The Case So Far
My dad passed away earlier this year. He didn't leave much behind except a couple bags of clothes, two junker cars, and a box of video tapes. [ … ]1
[ … ] Hidden within random TV shows and movies was the strange footage I'm putting up. If you recognize anyone from any of the clips, please email me at moc.liamg|sepat.sdad.ym#moc.liamg|sepat.sdad.ym or call anonymously (860) 578-27372
Following the revelation of these videos the Youtube/Twitter user "MyDadsTapes" has been harassed by a serial killer, Donotcontinue. Donotcontinue has been posing various puzzles and committing murders as My Dad's Tapes tries to discover what his Dad was involved in.
Principle Parties
Others Involved
Locations
A map of the My Dad's Tapes locations.
- Venice Community Housing, 4429 Inglewood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066 Donotcontinue films emergency vehicles here in his video pain is part of order 35≠26ø3
- Westfield Century City, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Donotcontinue stalks two women here in his video Idol Hands ø4
- The Storage Unit 9327 San Fernando Rd Sun Valley CA, 91352 [citation needed]
- 200 Park Avenue, New York. A deposit was made (by The Father?) here on 6/18/19935
Artifacts
IRC coordination
irc.chat-solutions.org channel #mdt
Timeline
October 11th, 1969
- Paul Stine is murdered by the Zodiac
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August 1st, 2011
- The first video is posted: My Dad's Tapes, Strange Clip 1 (2011-08-01_12-53-25_27.3gp)
August 3rd, 2011
August 4th, 2011
August 6th, 2011
August 9th, 2011
August 12th, 2011
September 4th, 2011
- MDT tweets for the first time and posts a picture of his father.6
September 10th, 2011
- MDT receives a coded message via email, the email comes from moc.liamg|06d6b3c4b4c3c4d3b1d6c#moc.liamg|06d6b3c4b4c3c4d3b1d6c which mirrors the code.7
September 19th, 2011
- MDT tweets that he only posts via YouTube and Twitter, mentioning that someone has been posting as him elsewhere.8
September 20th, 2011
- MDT receives another coded message from the same email address.9
September 22nd, 2011
- Someone gets a reply from c6d1b3d4c3c4b4c3b6d60 saying "red/white/blue/makes/a/monkey/out/of/you"10
- beastriker gets 31 replies with the same phrase11
- iceygray responds "red/white/black/makes/the/bogeyman/attack"12 which gets him 28 replies which introduce the next riddle phrase "close+only+counts". These emails also link to the Uncle Don video and feature a footer saying "Be a better friend, newshousd [sic], and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. http://mobile.yahoo.com [linked] Try it now. 24≠26 ø"
September 25th, 2011
- a forum guest gets the code "B6C2C2B5A3B6C2C6A5C5" as an email reply.13 The footer is different this time.
- Jabroni gets a message with a modified footer14, the link points to http://tinyurl.com/A6B3C1A4D1B2A5B1C5B3A4
- Jabroni solves the first puzzle15 and it leads to the first video from Donotcontinue: the info you seek, the metadata for the video links it to the Zodiac Killer murder of Paul Stine.
- Jabroni got a cipher16 which decoded to "unwilling to die" alluding to a poem linked to the Zodiac Killer.
September 26th, 2011
- "My Dad's Tapes (19), The Lockbox" is posted, revealing The Lockbox Contents
- MDT posts that a user has tweeted that DNC's first video was filmed on Oct 11, 1969 in Presidio Heights, San Francisco.17
September 28th, 2011.
- Donotcontinue posts his second video: 25≠26ø with a code which weakandwounded decodes to mean "Every body dies some sooner than later."18 using the same block method as before.
September 29th, 2011
- MDT posts My Dad's Tapes (20), The Hidden Message introducing the number 9327 on the lid of the lockbox
September 30th, 2011
- MDT writes that he's getting strange emails. Jabroni writes him and gets the message forwarded, the message is obviously from DNC19 as it comes from the code email address associated with the first puzzle, the email also contains a link: http://tinyurl.com/spreadmyword The link leads to an image of "Telecom Italia Mobile"
- Gnash notes these tinyurls used by DNC (Editors note: How did Gnash find these? I've missed it so far, was it in the various emails?):
- These images ultimately ask the question "Who is my next victim?"20
October 1st, 2011
- MDT notes that someone has emailed saying that they may recognize the girl from My Dad's Tapes (21), The Tape from the Lock Box.21
- weakandwounded gets an email from Donotcontinue with this link: http://tinyurl.com/be-mine-spead-my-word22, she also draws a parallel to the "Butcherface" story. It seems as if there are indeed parallels23
- weakandwounded is sent this link: http://tinyurl.com/howdisappointing which she takes as a sign that the butcherface analogy is incorrect.24
- My Dad's Tapes (21), The Tape from the Lock Box is posted.
- Donotcontinue posts pain is part of order 35≠26ø which contains a cipher which decodes to "The world is out of order."25; several phrases and a link: http://tinyurl.com/doinggodsworkalone
October 2nd, 2011
- MDT tweets that the person whom someone called about went missing in 1996.26
- Donotcontinue posts Idol Hands ø. The video cuts between a blond haired woman and an auburn haired woman (Jane Doe #2 and another potential victim, see: The Victims), a cypher link appears: http://tinyurl.com/C2A2B1B2F2C5C3FD and the cypher decodes to "which one?"27 implying DNC will abduct and kill one of the subjects.
October 3rd, 2011
- MDT tweets a picture of Donotcontinue's decoded picture message.28, originally solved on 9/30
- 12:47 weakandwounded says she received hints on the last block cypher from Donotcontinue, at this time DNC's only known methods of communication are youtube and the cypher email address.
- 21:25 Jabroni discovers that the phrase "The world is out of order." from 10/1's pain is part of order 35≠26ø posting by Donotcontinue corresponds to a tinyurl: tinyurl.com/theworldisoutoforder which leads to DNC's twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/downthispath29 The profile image for this account is the image of the number 9327 from the lockbox.
October 4, 2011
- MDT tweets that he received messages from an anonymous remailer.30
- MDT tweets DoNotContinue's Twitter account.
- Jono discovers DNC's twitter tagline has changed to "what is the magic word?" (but what was it before?) and theorizes that one ought to say "please" and "thank you" to Donotcontinue31
- MDT posts the memory card images from The Lockbox Contents
October 5th, 2011
- MDT posts a "strange" anonymous email he received to Twitter.32 The email comes from an anonymous remailer service, obstructing the senders identity.
October 6th, 2011
- weakandwounded gets emails she believes to be from Donotcontinue (see: [[weakandwounded]]] for the contents). The footer includes a link: http://tinyurl.com/whatsthemagicword33 The last character of each line in the first email spells out "I am a god & evey y shall bow before me take that as my word"34. Moreover the email is the first reference to Donotcontinue wanting 100 followers "do others no about me?/when i have 100 followers/thats when things will/get really fun". A guest proposes he means 100 twitter followers.35
October 7th, 2011
October 8th, 2011
- MDT posts an email mentioning that the sender is familiar with his father, Donotcontinue and MDT's Uncle Don and warning him not to continue38 the email has capitalized words saying "DONT! STOP! UNCLE!"39
- DNC posts winner winner ø, a video with shots of the blonde woman from the mall in Idol Hands ø
- My Dad's Tapes (23), The Deposit Slip is posted, we learn a deposit was made (by The Father?) at 200 Park Avenue, New York on 6/18/199340
October 9th, 2011
- MDT posts a follow up email sequence to the message from October 8th, 2011.41
- DNC tweets an unsigned image saying "For heavens, sake catch me, before I impersonate more, I cannot control myself"42 a reference to William Heirens, replacing the word "kill" with "impersonate.
- Donotcontinue posts the video I did it again ø along with a cypher link http://tinyurl.com/B1G5C1F1B4G4E5A3G3F5G5F5B1C3D. The cyhper decodes to “I got boeed again D”.43
October 10th, 2011
- MDT posts a final email, from a confused user who has had their email hacked.44
- MDT notes that someone is posing as DoNotContinue.45
- MDT tweets that he does not believe the remailed messages are real.46
October 12th, 2011
- MDT tweets that he thinks DoNotContinue is real, referencing a video he posted.47
- Donotcontinue posts the video last warning ø along with a tinyurl link http://tinyurl.com/umethem.48 The video contains a binary code which decodes to “you can save her”.49 The link http://tinyurl.com/youcansaveher leads to a puzzle.50
October 19th, 2011
- Donotcontinue posts the video i do not cry wolf ø along with a tinyurl link http://tinyurl.com/shedidnotscreamtoomuch. The binary code in the video decodes to "and now it has begun". The link http://tinyurl.com/andnowithasbegun leads to an image of the fourth horseman.51
October 23rd, 2011
- MDT askes an anonymous caller to call him again.52
October 26th, 2011
- MDT notes on Twitter that the storage unit lead nowhere.53
October 29th, 2011
- MDT posts a video from DoNotContinue.54
October 31, 2011
- MDT tweets a riddle: "I'm not very good with riddles. If anyone has any ideas: "the first set of triplets. two were identical twins. the other was just odd"55
November 2nd, 2011
- MDT tweets that there are three storage units at the storage facility registered in his name.56
November 11th, 2011
- MDT tweets a picture of the storage facility.57
November 13th, 2011
- MDT tweets a new video from DNC.58
November 20th, 2011
- Donotcontinue tweets a picture of a masked figure.59
- elkapo notes that this is picture is not of Donotcontinue, but from this blog.60
- Donotcontinue taunts The Impostor in a tweet.61 The picture features what appears to be the first character in the Japanese word for "jealous".62