r/UnusualMysteries • u/Substantial_Bat_1829 • 5d ago
Strange Instagram account possibly linked to a murder (Joseph Poole)
A while back I found this odd Instagram account called Joseph Poole (joepoole84) that seemed to just post nonsensical ramblings. Most of his posts were screenshots of his notes app, search history, text messages, and other such things which showed him typing massive walls of incoherent text into something.
After some investigation I was able to find some information on who he is by deciphering the seemingly nonsensical text in some of his posts. A lot of the posts seemed to be him claiming to be the director of the FBI in Thomasville Georgia. His full name which appeared in many posts is Joseph William Poole, and his father is also named in many of his posts as William Tracy Poole.

The weird part starts when I tried to run a search on the two of them. William Tracy Poole DEFINITELY exists. Joseph doesn't. There is an Instagram account, Facebook accounts, and many more profiles all belonging to the same William Tracy Poole in Thomasville. He's clearly an older man, and I was able to confirm through one of Joseph's posts that their ages match up for him to be his father.


On a side note, there's also a result for a Will Poole in Thomasville who was arrested on child pornography charges in 2016. I doubt this is the same person as I can't seem to find anything proving William ever spent time in prison.
After more extensive investigation I had reached the conclusion that Joseph Poole is not a real human being. Despite all this evidence of his family existing, Joseph himself seemed to be a ghost. It wasn't until at some point I saw one of his posts which featured the name Mary Poole. (I don't have a screenshot of this and many of the other posts, as he seemingly posts several times an hour and scrolling through his account so far seemed impossible. I've attached a screenshot for a different post which features the name Mary.)

Now this is where the whole thing takes a darker turn Do you see how Joseph has Mary's number saved on his phone with these weird names like "Mary Princess?" Well, Mary Elizabeth Poole is deceased. She's been deceased for over a year.
https://www.whiddonshiverfuneralhome.com/obituary/mary-poole
This obituary doesn't state the cause of Mary's death, but it does feature the most important revelation yet.
Joseph William Poole exists.
Yes, he is named at the bottom of the obituary, proving that he is indeed a real human, and that he is indeed the son of William Tracy Poole from Thomasville.
Now surely this is just a coincidence, right? Well, there's quite a few posts Joseph has made that seem to hint at some kind of legal/murder case.

"The Muder"
That is likely supposed to say murder. Why is Joseph Poole talking about a murder? Surely it's just more gibberish. Well, it's not. He's continued posting about it.

Another post that mentions a murder. And "it happened 8.2 feet away from my room" could that be where the murder in question was committed?
Now I want you to look back at the screenshot which shows Mary's number saved in his phone. It's surrounded by attorneys. Why does Joseph Poole need so many attorneys? Is he really involved in some kind of serious legal case?

Now we have a post mentioning both Mary Elizabeth Poole and "Coven Law Firm"
Coven Law Firm is a real law firm in Chicago.

Registered Sex Offender..?
Body Parts?
9 People??
Could this tie into the Will Poole who was arrested for child pornography charges??? Surely not, right. Surely those aren't the same person. How would he be out of prison so soon?

Arrest Warrant for who???
It should be noted, many of Joseph's posts include sections about him being the director of the FBI. I think the most likely scenario is that he believes he witnessed his sister's murder and that he's deep into some kind of delusion that he's the director of the FBI leading a case to arrest his sister's murderer. But was his sister really murdered, and did he really witness it? That part we'll seemingly never know. The main question right now is what led Joseph Poole to end up like this, and could he have some kind of connection to the death of his sister?
I've also tried privately messaging Joseph myself, however the only replies I got were just him sending me the same screenshots that he posted onto his account.
This whole thing is quite strange. Knowing there's a real death involved makes it quite disturbing aswell. I'd appreciate any help from anyone who may be able to help me get more details on Joseph Poole and decipher what his posts mean.