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Please tell me some of these things are made up-TW Epstein

113 replies

Needtorunawayfromitall · 06/02/2026 21:44

I’m feeling really disturbed.

Know some info about the Ef, but stopping myself delving into it as I know I won’t be able to cope with it.
Was scrolling Instagram and heard horrible childrens screaming on a video, it was dark and I quickly went off it. I can’t stop thinking about it and just feel so distraught and really strange
Is some of it all made up? How can that be being shown and nothing being done about it??!
Lay in bed next to my peacefully sleeping 7 year old and just crying for those poor kids.
Feel like I can’t trust men also, is anyone else feeling similar? Think I need to delete my Sm accounts for a while.

How do we even begin to cope with all this mentally

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Puppylucky · 06/02/2026 21:46

It's made up please stop panicking

Needtorunawayfromitall · 06/02/2026 21:47

Puppylucky · 06/02/2026 21:46

It's made up please stop panicking

The video? How do you know and why the hell would someone make that up?

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newornotnew · 06/02/2026 21:48

Best to stop scrolling on SM, it's completely unreliable as a news source anyway.
Read a reputable news source and then step away to give yourself a break.

Needtorunawayfromitall · 06/02/2026 21:50

newornotnew · 06/02/2026 21:48

Best to stop scrolling on SM, it's completely unreliable as a news source anyway.
Read a reputable news source and then step away to give yourself a break.

Yes, I wasn’t expecting it to come up, just awful

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Puppylucky · 06/02/2026 21:51

Because there are huge MAGA led conspiracy theories around Epstein. The truth - that he was a sleaze ball who used girls and women to entice powerful men into sharing influence and information is bad enough, without all this gothic children screaming in the dark shit. I've even seen the Wayfair theory resurrected which is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. The truth is bad enough - stop making things worse.

Aliceisagooddog · 06/02/2026 21:53

I'm afraid there is plenty of evidence of very dark actions in this. But yes, be careful what you are looking at. Follow reliable accounts that are looking at the evidence.

JanBlues2026 · 06/02/2026 21:56

Some of it is getting very far fetched which unfortunately is going to discredit the genuine stuff

flapjackfairy · 06/02/2026 21:56

I dont see how anyone can say it is fake since we know that Epstein and his ilk were into torture and possibly murder alongside rape of children. It sounds so unbelievable but the evidence is stacking up .
And yes it is horrifying but it is important we dont look away . We all heed to speak up.and fight againdt the evil in this world in any way we can imo. The victims deserve that at the v least.

BlackCatDiscoClub · 06/02/2026 21:56

There have been no videos like that released in the files. So anything you see like that is likely a fake. The truth is horrible enough, wealthy people using women and children as objects. Its ok to protect your peace too OP, only check the news once a day, and realise that you are giving your DC a lovely safe life far away from these monsters.

Puppylucky · 06/02/2026 21:57

flapjackfairy · 06/02/2026 21:56

I dont see how anyone can say it is fake since we know that Epstein and his ilk were into torture and possibly murder alongside rape of children. It sounds so unbelievable but the evidence is stacking up .
And yes it is horrifying but it is important we dont look away . We all heed to speak up.and fight againdt the evil in this world in any way we can imo. The victims deserve that at the v least.

Do we know that?

worcesterpear · 06/02/2026 21:57

I wouldn't have thought instagram was a very good way to do your research. If in doubt, search the Epstein files on the US government website to see if it is an actual document, then you need to evaluate it for yourself as to the validity. Some of the accounts are were deemed not credible by the FBI.

Needtorunawayfromitall · 06/02/2026 21:58

Puppylucky · 06/02/2026 21:51

Because there are huge MAGA led conspiracy theories around Epstein. The truth - that he was a sleaze ball who used girls and women to entice powerful men into sharing influence and information is bad enough, without all this gothic children screaming in the dark shit. I've even seen the Wayfair theory resurrected which is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. The truth is bad enough - stop making things worse.

I’m not making it worse, i’m reading all about it, so children etc isn’t true and just conspiracy 🙏 I truly hope so

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Needtorunawayfromitall · 06/02/2026 22:00

worcesterpear · 06/02/2026 21:57

I wouldn't have thought instagram was a very good way to do your research. If in doubt, search the Epstein files on the US government website to see if it is an actual document, then you need to evaluate it for yourself as to the validity. Some of the accounts are were deemed not credible by the FBI.

I wasn’t doing research, a couple of videos/pictures came up

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flapjackfairy · 06/02/2026 23:00

Puppylucky · 06/02/2026 21:57

Do we know that?

there are references to torture in the emails yes. Google it. And photos out there if you search.
Unbelievable though it seems

peanutbuttertoasty · 06/02/2026 23:21

Also in the files are emails about women’s bodies being buried at his ranch 😢

Its not looking good I’m afraid

fashionqueen0123 · 06/02/2026 23:23

Puppylucky · 06/02/2026 21:51

Because there are huge MAGA led conspiracy theories around Epstein. The truth - that he was a sleaze ball who used girls and women to entice powerful men into sharing influence and information is bad enough, without all this gothic children screaming in the dark shit. I've even seen the Wayfair theory resurrected which is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. The truth is bad enough - stop making things worse.

Ugh I saw someone mention wayfair today too.
Its quite frustrating as they create these crazy stories which I think under minds the real stuff

Spookyspaghetti · 06/02/2026 23:38

JanBlues2026 · 06/02/2026 21:56

Some of it is getting very far fetched which unfortunately is going to discredit the genuine stuff

Genuine posts about it will usually give the file/evidence number so you can corroborate it yourself. You can literally just search all the files on the DOJ website.

Anything that is on there that has enough corroborating evidence will get reported in the press. For your own piece of mind, I would just look for info in the British papers and public broadcasting as they are regulated to a higher standard (social media is basically the Wild West) and will have passed everything by their lawyers before printing.

Just to say, what you are feeling is normal. I saw an interesting IG video with a therapist yesterday (don’t have the link, sorry) who said our body doesn’t differentiate between a threatening/traumatic situation that we are reading about and a ‘real’ threat. Your nervous system is being set off and making you feel teary or disassociated and these responses are our bodies defence mechanisms.

FrothyCothy · 06/02/2026 23:41

peanutbuttertoasty · 06/02/2026 23:21

Also in the files are emails about women’s bodies being buried at his ranch 😢

Its not looking good I’m afraid

Aren’t these tips or allegations made to the FBI tip line? Not necessarily proven. From what I’ve seen reported the worst of it seems to be in the form of these so not sure what weight we can put in them.

Spookyspaghetti · 06/02/2026 23:44

Puppylucky · 06/02/2026 21:51

Because there are huge MAGA led conspiracy theories around Epstein. The truth - that he was a sleaze ball who used girls and women to entice powerful men into sharing influence and information is bad enough, without all this gothic children screaming in the dark shit. I've even seen the Wayfair theory resurrected which is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. The truth is bad enough - stop making things worse.

*children and women

1dayatatime · 06/02/2026 23:51

FrothyCothy · 06/02/2026 23:41

Aren’t these tips or allegations made to the FBI tip line? Not necessarily proven. From what I’ve seen reported the worst of it seems to be in the form of these so not sure what weight we can put in them.

Yes these are not emails from/ to Epstein but emails sent in to the FBI by often anonymous senders after the FBI requested information from the public about anyone else harmed by Epstein. I think some posters are confused on this difference.

For example there is also an email to the FBI from an anonymous sender alleging that Epstein and Andrew had a threesome with a young girl. Might be true might not be true but no evidence to back it up.

I mean anyone could have emailed the FBI alleging that he ate babies and tortured puppies but it doesn't make it true.

peanutbuttertoasty · 07/02/2026 00:17

I thought I’d seen it in an email to/from Epstein in the usual fashion but may have mistaken that. It was a number of days ago. There are so many.

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 07/02/2026 00:25

Are people actually denying Epstein was a pedophile?! WTF. Are you serious?

You can sneer at the Wayfair theory, but Pizzagate was true, so I wouldn’t be too sneery too soon.

OP we can’t say if the video is true but yes he’d have made little girls scream in fear, because he was running a child sex trafficking ring. It’s horrific beyond belief.

It is horrible to see awful things by accident though. When Charlie Kirk died I was just scrolling Insta and saw a close up of the moment he was shot. I couldn’t sleep for a week.

peanutbuttertoasty · 07/02/2026 00:35

Why are people so sneeringly incredulous about the wayfair thing? We know that humans are bought and sold through dark networks. We know money gets transacted for this. We know pedophile rings use code words for the ‘type’ of children they procure. We know there are invoices that align in the Epstein files. Is it that it’s in plain sight that you dismiss it, or because you imagine these kids jumping out of cardboard boxes on delivery?

FMLGFastMovingLuxuryGoods · 07/02/2026 00:39

peanutbuttertoasty · 07/02/2026 00:35

Why are people so sneeringly incredulous about the wayfair thing? We know that humans are bought and sold through dark networks. We know money gets transacted for this. We know pedophile rings use code words for the ‘type’ of children they procure. We know there are invoices that align in the Epstein files. Is it that it’s in plain sight that you dismiss it, or because you imagine these kids jumping out of cardboard boxes on delivery?

Agreed!

How do they think these things happen?! Do they really think they correspond saying the type of child they want to rape?

Pizzagate was sneered at but the Epstein files are full of “Can you order XYZ a cheese pizza to his room ASAP” at 10.30am and “Thanks so much Jeffrey for the amazing pizza last night it was seriously yummy, best pizza ever”.
Or do people think they’re actually talking about pizza?

ProfessorSillyStuff · 07/02/2026 00:46

I think some people want people to just feel afraid that they'll look stupid if they discuss the details.

I wonder what kind of people would further their agendas more easily in such conditions..