Article: Why are so many Grateful Dead fans being murdered?

Hmmm. Possibly the work of the first serial killer motivated by good taste.

Dang, dawg. That's harsh.

According to the article:

"The point is made early on that there is not a serial killer who has been hunting down Deadheads for decades. As prolific cybersleuth Todd Matthews explains in an interview, what he established by linking these cases to the victims’ Grateful Dead fandom is a commonality that garners attention—murder and the Grateful Dead is pretty tantalizing as far as headlines go—and hopefully helps solve cold cases."

' "[D]arkness is pretty well represented in song as well,” Brennan says, citing “Dire Wolf” and “Death Don’t Have Mercy” as examples.'

Amazing reporting. Death don't have no Mercy is about the inevitability of death, and Dire Wolf was based on the story The Hound Of the Baskervilles.

I'm surprised the authors didn't cite "Dark Star" as a song about 'darkness' too!

I know, right?

How about the fact that there's like a billion Dead Heads (okay, probably more like a hundred million) and the sheer numbers of fans alone mean some of them were, statistically speaking, bound to be murdered. (Sorry to say.)

Simple math. It would be weird if there weren't any victims from a group so large.

that scene was sketchy as fuck in the 90s

good example of the dead scene in the 90s

You make a fair point. How about this for a corollary:

Like moths to a flame, people will ill intent would have seen Grateful Dead shows as a place to blend in, cause chaos, or do nefarious things under the cover of so many peaceful hippy-types.

I think it has less to do with the music itself than the culture around it.

Especially after "Touch of Grey" in '85 when the band got massive exposure and suddenly became 'hip' again...

i dropped out of high school to go on GD tour
and stopped doing tour when i was 38
now i live in nor cal growing weed

no lecture needed

Only the smart Grateful Dead fans are being murdered...by the CIA, because through their worship of shite music they decided to find out as much as possible about Jerry Garcia and like anyone else with an I.Q above Forrest Gump level, they realized what is blaring obvious....Jerry Garcia was always a CIA asset/agent, and "The Company" doesn't want the truth circulating among everyone because they still get a lot of the profits from Grateful Dead merch, and all that sutff.

rock n roll owes WEEN 20 bucks

Tie Died

in the video..... not Tie Dyed....

you are right OP

Serious response. If you're a predator, cults of any sort make for great hunting grounds. How many dumb misfits join up with some sort of Satanic group and end up dead? There are plenty of cases in police files. Living the gypsy life, tripping out on acid, sleeping with strangers, believing everything is cool...that's the perfect recipe for predators to prey upon them. Sometimes they are fortunate and they are just sexual predators and they may not even realize they were used or care. Others are looking for a darker, deeper thrill and have found easy prey. It's a scary world. There are common sense reasons for all the warnings against promiscuity and drug use. It's not always about controlling parental figures or repressive sexuality.

they were looking for the "acid murders" back then

[link to youtu.be (secure)] clip from that documnetary

Y is an in... in spilling Opinyon... cuz... that's that... all it is.

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pin this thread!

you claimed to be grateful to be dead so what are you complaining about? you got your wish

The Grateful Dead Is a folklore term


a traveler finds a group of people beating a dead corpse because he has debt

then the traveler meet the spirit of the dead guy they were beating

and the traveler pays the dept for the dead man

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maybe theres an irony based killer .
AAAAAHAHAHAHA WOOOOOOOHAHAHA

which dept? housewares?

my typo triggered you .. ha ha

I still don't get why the traveler pays anyone, seems like virtue signaling.

Well...Well...Well.

My wife doesn't understand why I listen to them so much.

To me, their music just makes me happy.

Are the dead greatful?

fuck the dead..

i spent way to much time on panic lot and not going in the shows


we are the good people, the ones they warned about



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