Meet the Selfie Slayer | The Hunting Party | NBC

-Oh, wait, can you make one of those heart design things? I wanna post it. Maybe a star. [ Gasps ] No, wait -- a flower, like an orchid! -They don't really teach us how to do that. I can make a swirl. -That's just so basic. Just...try a flower. -It's already half swirl. -I mean, if you have to make a fresh one, it's totally fine. I will pay for it. -Do you mind? There are other people in line. [ Cellphone chimes ] -Oh, shoot. Oh, my gosh, I forgot that I have hot yoga in 15. Don't worry, though, when I post this, I'm going to totally make your café go viral. -Sorry for that. What can I get you? -Hi. Uh, drip coffee, please. -Totes Tina here, and it is time to reveal the newest addition to Tina's Bless to Impress List. First off, I need you guys to go -- no, not go -- run to the cutest new coffee bar I just found, Bernice's Coffee. No, seriously, people, it's the best oat milk latte I've had all year. Whoever's feeling blessed, say "Blessed!" Also, this new raspberry lip gloss, ugh, it makes my lips just feel so g-- [ Screams ] [ Truck horn blares ] [ Tires screech ] -Inmate H89, Lou Kaplan. -AKA the Selfie Slayer. -Not to brag, but lowkey, I created a program to alert me if any inmates logged on to their dormant social media platforms. -Wow. Very clever. -Thank you. It uses malware software I designed to bypass VPNs, but it looks like Lou just logged on to his old SnapMax account for the first time since 2019, in Midtown Manhattan. I guess even Pitt inmates can't stay off social media. -SnapMax, that's the one that's like if Instagram and TikTok had a baby, right? -Well, I don't know. We have a strict no-social-media policy at my house. -That's fun. -It says here that Lou was a gifted coder and one of the original software designers for SnapMax. He had some pretty lofty ideals about social media fostering community and empathy. -I'm sensing a turn coming. -Well, he wanted his technology to bring people together. Instead, according to him, the app "became a breeding ground for vanity, vitriol, and self-isolating behavior." -So, I'm guessing the nickname the Selfie Slayer is not a metaphor. -His M.O. is interesting. Despite the fact that he carefully selected and then stalked these victims for days, the kills themselves were semi-improvised and always public. This one, he threw into oncoming traffic as she was livestreaming, and then, another, he beat to death in Prospect Park using his own tripod. -He claimed that his six murders were a message, a way to wake the world up to the dangers of social media. -The Post wrote a whole exposé on him, turning him into a social media sensation himself, an ironic poster child for disruption. They even had merch with his face on it outside the courthouse during his trial. -Gross. -Yeah. -If he's already logged back into SnapMax again, he's probably stalking victims.

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