vending machine killer On April 30th 1985 a 45-year-old truck driver stopped near a vending machine in Fukuyama Japan He was exhausted from work and was looking for an energy drink to help him power through the rest of the day When he approached the vending machine however he noticed something surprising A bottle of Orura Namini energy drink was already in the pickup tray Thinking he'd locked down on a free drink the truck driver wasted no time chugging it down What he didn't know was that this would be the last drink he would ever taste Instead of the refreshing feeling he was looking for he felt something horribly wrong with his body A bitter burning sensation quickly spread throughout his throat followed by an intense wave of nausea It wasn't long before he was lying on the road in excruciating pain He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors discovered a lethal amount of parakquad dicchloride in his system Parakquad is an herbicide that was quite common in Japan at the time More importantly it's also highly toxic to humans When ingested it can lead to severe nausea throat inflammation internal chemical burns and eventually death This is also why it's been banned completely from over 70 countries to date Unfortunately despite knowing the reason for his illness there was nothing the doctors could do to save his life There's no antidote for the deadly chemical today let alone back then So after hanging on to his life for a month the truck driver passed away on the 30th of May 1985 At first investigators assumed that given the nature of his work he might have accidentally encountered the toxic substance while on duty However after reviewing his hall records they found no trace of this herbicide or anything remotely linked to it This left them with only one conclusion The chemical was mixed into the drink he consumed just moments before collapsing in agony But with no leads or concrete evidence they couldn't determine whether it was a murder or self-inflicted act resulting in the case getting shelved for the time being Now while this might sound absurd today you have to understand that Parakquad was readily available in the country at the time You didn't need any prescription or identification to purchase the chemical leading to over 1,400 people using it as the poison of their choice in 1984 alone In other words the possibility of it being self-inflicted was just as high However just as the investigators were about to give up on this case completely they received tragic news Another person had fallen victim to the same poison after consuming or Naminski on the 5th of September Then another 6 days later and one more 2 weeks after that By this point it was clear that someone was deliberately poisoning vending machine drinks across Japan This was the work of a deranged serial killer Unfortunately this supposed killer was also extremely thorough He didn't leave any fingerprint or DNA evidence on the drinks he tampered with and only targeted vending machines with no CCTV cameras nearby As for why his victims willingly drank the unknowingly poisoned drinks he left behind that had to do with the buy 1 get one free promotion or a Nami was running around the time to entice younger consumers However since some people only wanted the one drink they often left the second free drink near the vending machine as a gift for the next person This was common enough that people didn't find the lace drinks suspicious and drank them without a second thought Sadly this method was terribly effective By the end of the year this mysterious vending machine killer had claimed the lives of 12 victims and it severely injured 35 more But as I mentioned earlier this killer was a master of hiding his tracks He operated all across western and central Japan as well as Tokyo making it near impossible for investigators to pinpoint his location The lack of evidence also made it difficult to figure out his motive Some speculated that he was doing all this to extort money from Atsuka Pharmaceutical the company that made Orura This is because in 1984 a group called the Mystery Men with 21 Faces threatened to poison food products unless the companies paid them money So some believed that the vending machine killer was a copycat and wanted something similar However this theory didn't last very long because Atsuka Pharmaceutical didn't receive any demands or extortion letters from the perpetrator Additionally the killer also began using other drinks like the drink real gold and even Coca-Cola Hiakiwa a Tokyo professor of criminal sociology proposed a more disturbing theory regarding the killer's motives He stated "It is not uncommon for Japanese who live under tremendous pressure both on the job and in overcrowded communities to let out their frustrations by hurting someone else The person responsible may even wait around to see who buys the poison drink He or she may find this is a kind of exhilarating release from the tensions of life in Japan But even if this was the truth it still didn't bring investigators any closer to catching the suspect Left with no other options the authorities turned to the public and launched a nationwide campaign on the 27th of September They placed signs and distributed leaflets telling people to avoid suspicious free drinks and to properly inspect the capsules on their beverages before consumption They also instructed vending machine owners to investigate their stock for any anomalies and told chemical shops to monitor their customers more closely It's unclear how effective this campaign was as the number of victims kept increasing even after its launch But then something unexpected happened On the 17th of November the murder spree stopped completely after the death of a 17-year-old girl She was the only female to have died from the poisoning It's possible that the person who committed these atrocities had a moral code against harming women Though that's nothing more than a baseless speculation Due to the complete lack of evidence the vending machine killer was never identified cementing this case as one of the most chilling unsolved mysteries in Japanese history Little Rock serial stabber On April 11 2021 the Little Rock Police Department received a distress call from South Palaski Street regarding a potential homicide When they arrived at the scene they found a middle-aged woman lying on the street with stab wounds all over her body This woman turned out to be 41-year-old Deborah Walker She was homeless at the time and was living on the streets when this incident happened She was quickly taken to the hospital where medical staff discovered that she had been stabbed at least 15 times Despite lying on the street bleeding for what may have been hours she miraculously survived and managed to regain consciousness the same day Investigators also visited her in the hospital to gather any information she could provide about her attacker Unfortunately she was attacked somewhere between 1 and 4:00 a.m It was still dark outside and all that she saw was that her attacker was a tall African-Amean male with a slender build Now in most other similar cases such limited information would hardly be enough to generate any leads But in this instance the description Deborah provided left the investigators in disbelief That's because her attacker's profile closely matched the perpetrator of another incident that took place about 8 months earlier in the surrounding area The victim of that incident was 64year-old Larry Eugene Mcchen He was living in Little Rock with his daughter Sarah who was on probation at the time On the 20th of August 2020 he had a medical emergency and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance He was discharged from the hospital the next morning However when the hospital staff tried to contact Sarah so she could pick him up she wasn't answering her phone So they gave Larry the information about a nearby homeless shelter and a bus token to get there Later that day Sarah came to the hospital looking for her father only to learn that he'd been discharged hours ago She then reached out to the homeless facility Larry was told about but they didn't know anything about his whereabouts either The only option she had was to file a missing person's report and wait for the police to find Larry 2 days later on the 24th of August Sarah received the call she was waiting for Tragically it wasn't the news she had hoped for According to the official report the Little Rock Police Department found Larry's body on South Gain Street at around 2:00 a.m They identified him by the hospital discharge papers he had on him More importantly he had multiple stab wounds on his body and was unfortunately already dead by the time the police arrived His death was declared a homicide and the investigators began looking for clues almost immediately This proved quite impossible at first since there were no witnesses and there wasn't anything that could be used as evidence at the crime scene However after inspecting the surrounding houses they had a major breakthrough the CCTV camera outside a nearby house had captured the suspect walking down the street when suddenly he spots Larry and begins walking towards him After committing the crime he tries leaving the area only to stop go back and stab Larry one last time before fleeing As mentioned earlier this man matched the profile Deborah gave to the police leading investigators to believe she was attacked by the same person While looking into older cases they also connected the same killer to another murder that happened in the area on September 23rd 2020 The victim of this incident was 62-year-old Jeff Welch another homeless man who was living in an abandoned home On the morning of that day Jeff's friend found him on the porch of his house with a stab wound on his neck By this point the investigators knew they were dealing with a deranged serial killer However just as they uncovered the connection between the three attacks another tragedy unfolded On April 12 2023 a day after the attack on Deborah Walker another one of his victims was found on the Wright Avenue overpass The only thing in common with these four attacks was that they all involved homeless individuals and they all happened between 1 and 4:00 a.m There seemed to be no clear pattern on how the perpetrator selected his targets This left the Little Rock community terrified to leave their homes fearing they might become the next victim of the serial killer on the loose After realizing the potential danger of the situation LRPD began spreading awareness about the man who is now being referred to as the Little Rock Slasher They also turned to the public to ask for any information they could provide on the matter and even announced a $20,000 reward We also need your help If you have seen anything suspicious or have surveillance cameras on your homes or businesses in this area please contact us at 5013 Unfortunately despite having CCTV footage of the suspect the Little Rock slasher was never caught The case remains a mystery to this day Or at least that's what the official reports say While researching this case I came across an Arkansas based blog called the Snarky Media Report The authors of this blog did their own investigation into the slasher case and what they found was shocking to say the least Put simply they claimed to have found the true identity of the killer after talking to multiple locals and Deborah who according to their blog already knew the identity of her attacker They also uncovered many details about this supposed killer including his criminal record which reveals that he has already served two prison terms in Arkansas for felony convictions of domestic violence Also his history with drug abuse and how it made him very agitated and violent The authors of this blog also claimed to have contacted the alleged killer's previous landlord who gave them this image of the perpetrator Which begs the question if they know so much about the slasher including his legal name why didn't they give this info to the police That's where the case goes from creepy to bizarre since according to them they've already given everything they had to the relevant authorities Despite this the Little Rock police didn't make any progression in catching the serial killer Snarky Media also published a video of the Little Rock mayor and police chief refusing to answer questions about the case This seems to hint at something incredibly shady going on behind the scenes That said there's no way for me to confirm if the authors of the snarky media blog are telling the truth For all we know their whole investigation is made up and this is just some random guy who has nothing to do with the four attacks and it's all a ploy to make the Little Rock Police Department look bad Most of the information they've gathered seems to check out with what's released publicly by the authorities The only discrepancy in their investigation is the age of the suspect Officials believe the slasher to be young possibly in his 20s but the authors of this blog state that the person they found was 46 years old Unfortunately this is where the leads end Whether snarky media is telling the truth or not remains uncertain What is certain however is that the case remains unsolved to this day The Little Rock slasher is likely still out there and can continue his murder spree at any moment Thanks to Trade Coffee for sponsoring this video I never considered myself much of a coffee person but recently I found myself getting really into it though I quickly found out that it can get extremely expensive if you want to get the good stuff I'm talking like somewhere around $8 for a single cup of coffee at my local shop I decided to get my own equipment at home but I still had to buy the actual coffee itself which sent me down a rabbit hole of trying to find the most quality coffee for an actual fair 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drinktrade.com/chilling to get your free cold brew maker with select cold brew subscriptions On February 17 1997 21-year-old Patrick McNeel went out with his friends He spent the evening out drinking with his friends in the Dapper Dog Bar in Manhattan During this time he likely drank more than he could handle resulting in him throwing up in the bar's bathroom before leaving in a highly unstable and disoriented state Patrick was then seen turning left onto 90th Street heading in the direction of the East River This was the last time anyone would see Patrick alive Following this night out Patrick vanished into thin air Despite extensive efforts authorities found no leads or clues to his whereabouts That is until April 7 1997 when Patrick's lifeless body was found in the East River 50 days after his disappearance Duty sergeant of the NYPD Special Investigation Division Kevin Ganon was called to the scene to assist with the body's recovery and examination Kevin had been a seasoned detective for years and by this point there was little that could surprise him However the circumstances surrounding Patrick's death disturbed him to his core The more he looked into it the more strange the situation became For instance Kevin noted that Patrick's body wasn't decomposed enough to have been floating in the river for a week let alone the past 50 days He also found burn marks on Patrick's body hinting at the possibility of him being restrained prior to his death Kevin knew that something wasn't right Unfortunately due to the complete lack of evidence pointing to the contrary Patrick's death was ruled as an accident Kevin kept thinking over this feeling for the next year before coming across a case that reinforced his suspicions even further On February 13 1998 another body was found in the same stretch of water This body was later identified as 22-year-old Lawrence R Andrews who had gone missing on New Year's Eve after celebrating the event with his friends in Time Square After getting on the case it didn't take long for Kevin to notice eerie similarities between the two cases as both bodies were found within yards of each other Both of them were also young Caucasian males and were on track to have successful careers They both disappeared in one of the most crowded cities in the world without any trace as well Most importantly Kevin also found similar oddities in both cases where the bodies were a lot less decomposed than they should have been and there were burn marks indicating possible restraints before their death Lawrence's case prompted Kevin to look for other similar cases across the US He enlisted the help of fellow detective Anthony Darte and a criminal justice professor Dr Lee Gilbertson Together they began investigating these cases and soon a chilling pattern began to emerge In total they found 45 different instances of young men dying under shockingly similar circumstances as Patrick and Lawrence Most of them went out for a night of drinking became more intoxicated than usual disappeared shortly after and were later found dead in some body of water Almost all of them were also Caucasian and on track to have a highpaying career like engineering after college Most disturbingly however they also found graffiti of smiley faces near the bodies of at least a dozen different victims This led to the three investigators creating the smiley face murder theory According to this theory these 45 and possibly many other deaths from the 1990s to 2010s weren't accidents in the slightest Instead they were murders committed by a single deranged person or an organized group of serial killers This is the only logical explanation they could find to justify the many oddities and similarities in these incidents That said while this theory makes complete sense to some people others aren't convinced one bit Criminal profiler Pat Brown for instance called this theory ludicrous She believes that the idea of connecting smiley faces one of the most common graffiti symbols with murders is just absurd stating "It's not an unusual symbol If you look in any area 5 mi square I bet you could find a smiley face The FBI also completely denied this theory in a statement reading "The FBI has reviewed the information about the victims provided by two retired police detectives who have dubbed these incidents the smiley face murders and interviewed an individual who provided information to the detectives To date we have not developed any evidence to support links between these tragic deaths or any evidence substantiating the theory that these deaths are the work of a serial killer or killers The vast majority of these instances appear to be alcohol-related drownings However despite these setbacks the three men have stuck with their theory They're still working on finding evidence to back their observations That said if their hunch is correct it would mean one of the most wicked serial killers in American history is still at large today I70 killer Robin Fuldau was a 26-year-old Indiana University graduate who was working at an Indianapolis Pay Less Shoe Source store near I70 in 1992 The 8th of April was supposed to be her day off However just as she was getting ready to relax at home the employee who was supposed to man the counter called in sick Left with no other options her manager called Robin and told her to cover the shift instead Robin wasn't very happy about this emergency shift change but she reluctantly agreed arriving at the store at 10:00 a.m and starting her shift as usual Unfortunately her day was about to get a whole lot worse Everything seemed normal until 2:00 p.m when the manager called the store for a routine check To her surprise Robin wasn't picking up the phone She kept trying for a few minutes before giving up and calling the Speedway gas station neighboring the shoe store One of the gas station employees a friend of Robins went to the Payless store to see if she was doing okay However what she found inside left her confused The store was in slight disarray and some of the shoes were missing from the shelves The cash register was also open and there was no money in it Most concerning of all there were no signs of Robin anywhere Her friend called out Robin's name hoping she was just in the back and would respond But when she didn't hear anything from Robin after minutes of standing in the store she became worried and called the police at around 2:20 p.m The cops arrived within minutes and began searching the store for clues on Robin's whereabouts And it wasn't long before they made a devastating discovery They found Robin lying in the store's back office covered in blood It was already too late During questioning an employee from the store across the street claimed to have seen a strange man loitering around the shoe store a couple hours earlier According to this employee the man sat on the curb for about a half hour rifling through his bag and staring at the Payless store They then saw the same man a few minutes later trying to hitch a ride back to Interstate 465 which was about a/4 mile from the store's location Unfortunately they were too far away to get a good look at the man's face Given the money stolen from the register and without any other leads investigators filed this as nothing more than a robbery gone wrong However they couldn't have been more wrong because just 3 days later something similarly tragic happened to 23-year-old Patricia Smith and 32-year-old Patricia Makers The two were working at a bridal shop in Witchah along I7 The incident happened a little past their usual closing time as they were waiting for a customer who had a pickup When they saw a man approaching the store they assumed that it was the customer However this man drew a gun on the two after entering the store took them to the back and executed both with shots to the back of their heads As the killer was leaving the store he crossed paths with the actual customer the girls were waiting for Without hesitation he aimed his gun at the man and ordered him to head to the back of the store But the customer defied his command and ran narrowly escaping with his life He later helped the police draw a sketch of the killer Unfortunately the sketch didn't provide much of a breakthrough By this point the authorities were certain they were dealing with a serial killer but despite their efforts the killer spree continued By May 7th he had taken three more victims in small low-tra stores along the I70 highway By the time investigators managed to compile a few more sketches the I70 killer stopped his quest and went into hiding That is until 1993 when he claimed three more victims along I35 in Texas He tried to hide his identity by changing his weapon but the investigators were quick to notice the similarities One of his victims Vicky Webb also managed to miraculously survive after getting shot in the neck If he were ever caught Vickiy's testimony would have been crucial in bringing him to justice Though the I70 killer was never found and the case went cold for nearly three decades However then in 2021 investigators released CCTV footage of a murder that happened in 2001 The suspect in this footage looks strikingly similar to the I70 killer sketches potentially giving authorities the lead they need to finally catch him It's likely only a matter of time before he runs out of places to hide and is captured But for now he's still out there evading police and leaving the case unresolved We can only hope he doesn't take any more victims in the meantime