One Wacko, Two Hands, & a Million Web IDs

Last updated on November 28, 2007.

Do you frequent TV/movie entertainment sites? Are you a fan of the CSI show franchise, a fan of CSI: Miami in particular, or are you an enlightened, though unimpressed TV geek who thinks that the CSI franchise merely projects the far-fetched adventures of glorified coroners and lab technicians?

If you've answered "yes" to any of the questions, we have this theory that you've likely run into a peculiar web character most prominently by the web-alias "Vixen". In fact, it's more likely that you've run into her and not even know it. That's because this "Vixen" character creates multiple pseudonyms (more appropriately, "sockpuppet" names) for reasons aptly summarized last summer by The New York Times:

"sock-puppeting" [is the] act of creating a fake online identity to praise, defend or create the illusion of support for one’s self, allies or company".

--The New York Times | June 16, 2007.

Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of To Catch a Wacko contributers -- especially those of you who continue emailing us with new info and clarifications -- well over two dozen pseudonyms/dummy accounts are attributable to this "cyberstalker" and can be discounted, accordingly.

As you assess the collective list, it'll help to note that bold-faced aliases are the ones most prominent, reoccurring and "imbricated," if that makes sense. You see, the many aliases are part of a pretense to appear as multiple, unaffiliated "third parties". The bold-faced aliases simply reveal the flimsiness/obviousness of "Vixen's" pretense.

Let's begin by taking stock of the "cyberstalker's" primary and most active blogs to date:

• on blogspot.com: David Caruso & Me -- as "Vixen" (DEFUNCT)
• on blogspot.com: David Caruso Revealed -- also as "Vixen"
• on blogspot.com: Ugly creatures -- as Cole/SweetCorn"
• on personalfanpages.com: The Fame and Glory of David Caruso -- "Vixen / Vivien Leigh"
  
• on MySpace.com: Karen's Blog -- as "Karen / Fifitrixibelle"
  
• on TVGuide.com: Horatiolover's Blog -- as "Horatiolover"

These are obsessively updated on a daily basis, typically several times each day on one blog (e.g., David Caruso Revealed) and then cross-posted to any number of others listed above.

But, of course there's much, much more.

This "cyberstalker" also has the propensity to troll mainstream movie/television sites, entertainment news sites, TV/movie-based snark message forums and of course, celebrity gossip sites -- generally, anywhere that'll guarantee captive audiences. You'll thus also find her handiwork:

• on Amazon.com -- as "H. Schnitzer"
• on CSI-Forensics.com -- as "Karen Spelling or KarenS"
  
• on Yahoo! Groups -- as "Karen Spelling / Heidi Schnitzer / dchc2005"
• on bebo.com -- as "Karen Spelling / BadassVixen" (UPDATE: Note this original screen shot)
• on DCWackoHunter.blogspot.com -- as "Carmen" (BANNED/DEFUNCT)
• on Hollywood Rag -- as "Carusoaddict"
• on The Republic of Bitch -- as "Greta Caruso"
• on Hollywood Rocks -- as "QueenBitch"
• on PerezHilton.com -- as "Horatio Caine"(DEFUNCT)
• on Evalarue.com -- as "laruerules"
• on blogspot.com -- as " SweetCorn"
• on TelevisionWithoutPity.com -- as "TaylorAnn"
• on TelevisionWithoutPity.com -- as "MelodyA"
• on Flickr.com -- as "dchc2005"
  
• on forums.cigaraficionado.com -- as "Hunchback of Paris"
• on CSIfanatic.com -- as "Arin" (BANNED)
• on CSImiamiwiki.cbs.com -- as "F73U" (BANNED)
• on CSImiamiwiki.cbs.com-- as "CrazyLacy" (BANNED)
• on CSImiamiwiki.cbs.com -- as "IndianRunner" (BANNED)
• on CSImiamiwiki.cbs.com -- as "Snowprincess2" (BANNED)
• on CSImiamiwiki.cbs.com -- as "Jason5" (BANNED)
• on CSImiamiwiki.cbs.com -- as "MaterialGirl" (BANNED)
• on CSImiamiwiki.cbs.com -- as "MoniqueLalique" (BANNED)
• on WhosDatedWho.com -- as "Golden Angel"
• on Viply.de (German language only) -- as "Anonymous"
  
• on CBS.com (CSI: Miami forums) -- as "MISTRESS2"
• on CBS.com (CSI: Miami forums) -- as "AnnaHanna"
• on CBS.com (CSI: Miami forums) -- as "fansupreme"
  
• on CBS.com (CSI: Miami forums) -- as "Mannus"
  
• on Typekey.com -- as "Vixen / KarenSpelling"
• on Forums.Manpaper.com -- as "KarenS"
• on Manpaper.com -- as a slew of transparent pseudonyms
• on TVGuide.com -- as SouthernBelle89 (NEW)

Additionally, consider that beyond blogs and social networking sites, this peculiar 'cyber-stalker' also obsessively sets up shop on various Internet/blog search engines. This is evidently a ploy to increase (read: inflate) the visibility of the libelous material that is published on her multiple blogs and web profiles. Thus you'll find her inflating her visibility:

• on Digg.com -- as "Karen Spelling / QueenBitch2die4"
• on Digg.com -- as "CrazyRabbit2"
• on Digg.com -- as "QueenBitch2die4"
• on Technorati.com -- as "QueenB2die4"
• on Technorati.com -- as "Queen2die4"
• on Technorati.com -- as "ColeP"
• on Zimbio.com -- as "DavidCaruso" (NEW)
• on Digg.com -- as "Karen Caine / StealthQueen" (NEW)
• on Digg.com -- as "Mermaid7" (NEW)
• on Digg.com -- as "sugarpuss2" (NEW)

In any case, most of the links (some defunct/inactive/banned) typically reflect the same characteristically vitriolic content/tirades. Almost all are marked by the same focuses, obsessions and themes, including:

• fabricated rumors about Caruso/his family/past and present associations
  
• an obsession with referencing outdated/90s-era supermarket tabloid pieces about Caruso
  
• stolen/misappropriated photos of Caruso with fans, family or associates
• confidential information on Caruso/his family/his associates (e.g. SSNs, phone#, financial records, addresses)
• sloppy and emotional diatribes on anything or anyone remotely associated with David Caruso

There are also "bonus" pseudonyms, falling into 3 categories.

(1) The "Too Obvious" Category:

• on IMDb.com -- as "tfb1956"
• on IMDb.com -- as "miamilover"
• on IMDb.com -- as "QueenB2"
• on IMDb.com -- as "Dixiebabe"
• on IMDb.com -- as "ladyKSC"
  
• on IMDb.com -- as "MelodyAnn"
• on IMDb.com -- as "sks97" (NEW)
• on IMDb.com -- as "KitKatClub" (NEW)
• on IMDb.com -- as "Puppeteer67" (NEW)

...Obvious because they clearly belong to the"Vixen" character, who has spammed the IMDb message boards for CSI: Miami, Eva LaRue, Emily Proctor, and David Caruso for well over two years because they are relatively unmoderated. In the process, some of the sockpuppet aliases have become inactive or otherwise banned, including:

HeidiSchnitzer, SeXyKiTTen1975, norakuusik, ladycc,
stephaniecc, angel_girl19, yelina, and WingChick

--Thanks to whatever4024 for supplying these.

Nevertheless, the ones listed just above them remain active. Sadder still, the deranged Austrian national goes through the trouble of logging in and out of the various IMDb.com accounts on a daily basis, and all to forge the pretense of "support" that the NY Times quote points out.

(2) The "Too Creepy" Category:

• on justblogme.com -- as "David Caruso" (DEFUNCT)

...Creepy because The Vix-meister attempted to impersonate David Caruso, publishing entries that solicited sex from female web surfers. In other words, this "Vixen" character felt she could compel people to believe that a TV actor would peruse a cheap, adware-riddled blog platform, not for publicity, but rather to sleep with random strangers from the internet. We suspect that only Freudian psychology can explain the cyberstalker's resentful yet intensely sexual preoccupation with Caruso (Exhibit "A").

(3) The "Too Hilarious" Category:

• on Topix.com -- as "Angel Wing 5" (BANNED)
• on Topix.com -- as "SunnyMind (BANNED)
• on Topix.com -- as "Miriam" (BANNED)
• on Topix.com -- as "Stella" (BANNED)
• on Topix.com -- as "Anonymous" (BANNED)

...Hilarious because initially, the cyberstalker wasn't aware that Topix automatically displays posters' IP location. Consequentially, every post she submitted revealed that she accessed the web from Austria, inadvertently discounting past claims of being a German national residing in Beverly Hills, CA (or sometimes, "Miami, FL"). Indeed, on one occasion, the cyberstalker even accidentally used one username from two different IP locations within the very same thread post: as "SunnyMind" from Innsbruck, Austria AND from Dornau, Austria. Topix.com thus made it obvious that she likely accessed the web from both home and at work, depending on the time of day.

Finally, the pseudonyms "Stella" and "Miriam," of course, appeared on the forum solely to "support" and "corroborate" posts made by "SunnyMind." Suffice it to say, however, that "Stella" and "Miriam" were not having daily slumber parties at "SunnyMind's" house. With the aliases interchangeably pegged as posts from Innsbruck and Dornau, it was embarrassingly clear that one was busy juggling three sockpuppet names.

Since that time, most of the registered pseudonyms have been banned from Topix. In a desperate bid to stay relevant, the peculiar woman uses internet IP proxy software ("web anonymizers") to dodge scrutiny from Topix's administration. Nevertheless, she is summarily banned on a regular basis. During those periods, she then quietly lurks the site for weeks to months at a time, presumably determined to forge the pretense that there's no obvious connection between the previous and future site disruptions.

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So there you have it -- a repository of one wacko, two hands, and a million web IDs. To the people who have left notes here or emailed us with info on the pseudonyms, To Catch a Wacko thanks you!