I guess this is a new phenomenon where people who run podcasts and TikTok accounts feel capable of solving crimes better than the police. Of course, when their findings differ from those of the police, they accuse the police of a cover-up.
How 'TikTok idiots' and 'wild' conspiracy theories are disrupting police investigations
"So, do we have a serial killer in the UK pushing people or drowning people in rivers, canals, lakes, etc?" a TikToker cheerfully asks, in a video that has attracted more than 300,000 views.
She uses mainstream media reports of unconnected women found dead in the water across the country, Google maps, and studies published online to add credibility to the baseless theory on her account, which has more than 90,000 followers and more than two million likes.
When mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, 45, went missing while walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre, the amateur detectives moved offline as they descended on the Lancashire village to carry out their own investigations at the scene.
During an intensive search and amid worldwide media attention in the weeks before the mortgage adviser's body was found in the river, detectives said they were "inundated with false information, accusations and rumours" which were "distracting" them.
After a coroner concluded Ms Bulley died after accidentally falling into cold water, her family said in a statement: "We encourage people to look at the facts, the evidence which has been heard during the inquest, and the conclusion reached by the coroner, to ignore any amateur views and opinions, and be mindful of the impact words bring."
But the speculation continued online, where in a video addressing the criticism of "TikTok idiots" a year after her disappearance, the serial killer theorist says: "Personally, in my mind any attention to the case until full answers are given is positive.
https://news.sky.com/story/how-conspirac...s-13103720
How 'TikTok idiots' and 'wild' conspiracy theories are disrupting police investigations
"So, do we have a serial killer in the UK pushing people or drowning people in rivers, canals, lakes, etc?" a TikToker cheerfully asks, in a video that has attracted more than 300,000 views.
She uses mainstream media reports of unconnected women found dead in the water across the country, Google maps, and studies published online to add credibility to the baseless theory on her account, which has more than 90,000 followers and more than two million likes.
When mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, 45, went missing while walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre, the amateur detectives moved offline as they descended on the Lancashire village to carry out their own investigations at the scene.
During an intensive search and amid worldwide media attention in the weeks before the mortgage adviser's body was found in the river, detectives said they were "inundated with false information, accusations and rumours" which were "distracting" them.
After a coroner concluded Ms Bulley died after accidentally falling into cold water, her family said in a statement: "We encourage people to look at the facts, the evidence which has been heard during the inquest, and the conclusion reached by the coroner, to ignore any amateur views and opinions, and be mindful of the impact words bring."
But the speculation continued online, where in a video addressing the criticism of "TikTok idiots" a year after her disappearance, the serial killer theorist says: "Personally, in my mind any attention to the case until full answers are given is positive.
https://news.sky.com/story/how-conspirac...s-13103720
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
