Less than two months before his arrest on sex-trafficking charges in 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was on top of the world—at least going by his iMessages. Over the course of three days ...

Someone asked “What are some of the darkest stories and posts [online] that many people don't know about?” and people shared their worst examples.

The Epstein Files show how the FBI tried to identify who the person was. Epstein and Christopher Poole, the reclusive 4Chan founder, discussed meeting in 2011. Among the many mysteries surrounding ...

Among the many mysteries surrounding Jeffrey Epstein is how, exactly, a website famous for pornography and white nationalism got the scoop on his death. At 8:16 a.m. on August 10, 2019, an anonymous ...

In March 2026, online users shared an image of what appeared to be a screenshot of a nearly 20-year-old post from the 4chan image board website. The author of the alleged 4chan post, supposedly dated ...

Even with the release of many of the Epstein files, a mystery endures: Who was behind a series of posts on the internet forum 4chan announcing Epstein’s death in 2019 nearly 40 minutes before the ...

It’s a posthumous one because, as Buzzfeed reported in 2019, someone on 4chan of all places confirmed Epstein’s death more than half an hour before the first media reports. Now, Business Insider ...

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10:50, Fri, Feb 27, 2026 Updated: 10:50, Fri, Feb 27, 2026 An anonymous user on the message board 4chan posted about Jeffrey Epstein’s death 38 minutes before it was first reported by a mainstream ...

Self-portrait of Fredrick Brennan, September 2019. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS - CC BY-SA 4.0 A central figure in the English-speaking world of anonymous forums and the creator of 8chan, the site where the ...