From Bestselling author Steph Young; An investigation into the Horrifying Case of 'The Smiley Face Killers.' For the past 20 years, hundreds of college-aged men have disappeared, silently, soundlessly, vanishing without trace, only to be found some time later, dead in the water, but with no water in their lungs. They did not drown. Many are still missing.

They usually have no wounds, no trauma, so how did they die? As we delve into many of these cases, who are these sinister & highly disturbing group of killers called 'The Smiley Face Killers'? What is 'The Smiley Face Murder Theory.' A breed of Serial Killers you have never met before. Well- organised, very successful, and never seen, they prey on young men, selecting them, hunting them, abducting them, holding them and killing them.

They are never caught. They are silent, invisible predators who always get away. How are they doing this? Who are they? Why are they doing this? - This book will share with you some disturbing & terrifying evidence which will fill you with a terrible sense of dread, an escalating fear, and an overwhelming sense of horror. It is all true. It is still happening. And no-one is safe.


“I couldn’t get through to him. He couldn’t talk. He couldn’t tell me where he was. A good 7-8 minutes into the call there was suddenly this ghastly screaming. I started crying.”


On the night he disappeared he left what can only be described as the most haunting, most chilling, and most harrowing voicemail. He is screaming, pleading and growling in raw, animalistic agony. Disturbingly, in the background, is something that sounds mechanical. Even more horrific, a voice then interrupts his screams and calmly tells him, in a cold, emotionless, detached voice, “Stop it.”


It isn’t stopping; it appears to be escalating... the ‘Smiley Face Killers’ continue....Young college men are vanishing without a trace, only to be found dead; weeks or months later, in remote rivers or creeks, in areas that searched multiple times before; their bodies later discovered there, as though deliberately placed to be found there. Taunting. Deliberate. Sinister and Sadistic.

“The evil is rampant and deep and widespread. He was tortured, taken to the river and killed. Then his body was ‘positioned’.

“Nobody will speculate on the disappearances because they don't understand the sinister nature of the world they are living in. This is dark alchemy indeed.”

“Once so vital, he is now…..grist for the mill. For a machine…..A machine full of teeth he never saw coming.”

“We take what we need and leave. Understand this: This is necessary. Life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on death feeds on life.”


“If people knew the depth of this, they would be terrified to be outside at night, whether out in the country or in the city.”


An investigation into 'The Smiley Face Killers.' What happened to Chris Jenkins, Joshua Szostak, Joshua Guimond, Joey LaBute, Brian Shaffer, Dakota James, Zachary Marr, Henry McCabe, Sovik Pal, Chris Brahney, and many many more? Were they victims of 'The Smiley Face Killers?'



This is the True Story of 'The Smiley Face Killers.'

Steph Young has been a guest on the national radio show Coast to Coast AM, discussing The Smiley Face Killers and her Bestselling Books, as well as multiple other radio shows and podcasts.