Claim: A man using the screen name 'Slavemaster' is luring women to their deaths over the Internet.
Status: Was true; now outdated.
Examples:
[Collected via e-mail, 2000] If a guy by the name of SlaveMaster contacts you do not answer. He has killed 56 women that he has talked to on the internet. PLEAZE SEND OUT TO ALL THE WOMEN ON YOUR BUDDY LIST . ALSO ASK THEM TO PASS He has been on {{ Yahoo- Aol-- Excite }} so far. This is no JOKE.!!!!!! AND PLEASE SEND THIS TO MEN TO.......JUST IN Send to EVERY ONE YOU KNOW!! [Collected via e-mail, 2001] Warning from State Police -- Please be careful!!!! This is something from the State Police — Please read this "very carefully"...then send it out to all the people online that you know. Something like this is nothing to take casually; this is something you DO want to pay attention to. Think of it as a bit of advice too. If a person with the screen-name of SweetCaliGuy4evr contacts you, do not reply. DO not talk to this person; do not answer any of his/her instant Messages or Please send this to all the women on your buddy list and ask them to pass this on, as well. This screen-name was seen on Yahoo, AOL, and Excite, so far. This is not a joke! Please send this to men too...just in case! [Collected via e-mail, 2002] If a person with the screen-name of ooosparklesooo88 contacts you, do not reply. DO not talk to this person; do not answer any of his/her instant Messages or Please send this to all the women on your buddy list and ask them to pass this on, as well. This screen-name was seen on Yahoo, AOL, and Excite, so far. This is not a joke! Please send this tO all the girlS oN ur list. [Collected via e-mail, 2002] State police warning for online: Please read this "very carefully"...then send it out to all the people online that you know. Something like this is nothing to take casually; this is something you DO want to pay attention to. Think of it as a bit of advice too. If a person with the screen-name of Monkeyman935 contacts you, do not reply. DO not talk to this person; do not answer any of his/her instant Messages or This is not a joke! Please send this to men too...just in case! Send to everyone you know! Ladies, this is [Collected via e-mail, 2003] From STATE POLICE..USA (not a joke) State police warning for online: Please read this VERY carefullly...then send it out to all the people online that you know. Something like this is nothing to take casually; this is something you DO want to pay attention to. Think of this as a bit of advice too. If a person with the screen-name of Free_mumia911 contacts you, DO NOT REPLY. DO NOT talk to this person; do not answer any of his/her instant Messages or [Collected via e-mail, 2004] State police warning got online: Please read this very carefully...then send it to all the people on your buddy list. Something like this is nothing to take casual, this is something you DO want to pay attention to. Think of it as a bit of advice, too. If a person with the screen name extra_titanian contacts you, DO NOT REPLY OR SAY A WORD TO HIM. do not answer any of his questions through [Collected via e-mail, 2006] RAPIST ON MYSPACE!! NOT A JOKE please read-NOT A JOKE.... If a person with the screen-name of jokerkid613/Ja$on MoNeY contacts you, do not reply. DO not talk to this person; do not answer any of his/her instant messages or [Collected via e-mail, 2006] If a person with the screen-name of M.O.B. or goes by his name MIKE CONALLEY contacts you, do not reply. DO NOT talk to this person; do not answer any of his/her instant messages or e-mail. Whoever this person may be, he/she is a suspect for murder in the death of [Collected via e-mail, 2007] STATE POLICE WARNING TO MYSPACE USERS Please read this.....I hope that all of my Friends Post this and help keep our myspace friends safe. State police warning for online: Please read this "very carefully"..then send it out to all the people online that you know. Something like this is nothing to be taken casually; this is something you DO want to pay attention to. If a person with the screen-name of imahustlababay or https://www.myspace.com/ineedatipdrill contacts you, do not reply. DO NOT talk to this person; do not answer any of his/her instant messages or e-mail. Whoever this person may be, he/she is a suspect for murder in the death of 56 women (so far) contacted through the Internet. Please send this to all the women on your buddy list and ask them to pass this on, as well. This screen-name was seen on Yahoo, AOL, AIM, and Excite so far. This is not a joke! Please send this to men too...just in case! Send to everyone you know! [Collected via e-mail, 2007] If a person with the screen-name of imahustlababay or https://www.myspace.com/i_luv_skateboarding contacts you, do not reply. DO NOT talk to this person; do not answer any of his/her instant messages or e-mail. Whoever this person may be, he/she is a suspect for murder in the death of 56 women (so far) contacted through the Internet. Please send this to all the women on your buddy list and ask them to pass this on, as well. |
Origins: Information goes a long way in the Internet era, and this one's got the legs to outlast even AOL. There is some truth here, but the warning is outdated.
John Edward Robinson Sr., 56, was arrested on
intended."
After Robinson's arrest, law enforcement authorities discovered two
Robinson was also suspected in the mid-1980s disappearances of three women and an infant whose bodies had not yet been located. One of the bodies Robinson had stored in barrels was later identified as being one of these women, and the missing infant was discovered to have been adopted by Robinson's brother.
In October 2002, John Robinson was convicted of the murder of three women, the two found in the barrels on his land, and the third disappeared mother of the child he placed with his brother. In January 2003 he was sentenced to death for these murders. He has also been charged in the deaths of the three women found in Missouri.
The "slavemaster" is monstrously real, but so far he's well short of the
This internet warning has taken on a life of its own, one quite independent of the facts. The small grain of truth (someone using the screen name "Slavemaster" has been arrested for the murders of women he contacted on the Internet) had almost been lost in the sandstorm of claims that he's out there now looking for more victims and that he's killed
As well, pranksters have been pulling off jokes by substituting their acquaintances' screen names in place of "Slavemaster," so now versions are circulating that warn netizens to be on the lookout for someone using the handle "Dodgecity53_," "SweetCaliGuy4evr," "ooosparklesooo88," "DreamWeaverGrey," "Monkeyman935," "Free_mumia911,""ineedatipdrill," "RatBonesBlakStar," "Silly Black Goose," "Buc Vet," "Rooster," "spikey_mikey913," or "Darksideishere1," all screen names that have nothing to do with the real John Edward Robinson.
Additional information:
Evidence Sought in Kansas-Missouri Barrel Deaths (CNN.com)
More Clues Sought in Barrel Deaths (CNN.com)
Barrel Killings Probe Expands to Florida (CNN.com)
Last updated: 21 May 2008
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