When I was made aware of the speculations regarding the word “jerky” in Epstein’s communications referring to human meat, I was intrigued yet sceptical. Intrigued because I am very well aware of these people’s tendencies to use code words to refer to their illicit activities (see my 2016 Pizzagate article). However, I was also sceptical because there’s been a great number of theories circulating regarding the Epstein files that turn out to be “big nothings” after some basic research.

As I like to say, this site is about finding truth, not conspiracies. So I started looking into this rabbit hole with a rather sceptical mindset, and fully expecting to quickly dismiss it as a “big nothing.” After searching the DOJ’s website (and other sources) for any mentions of the word “jerky” I found an absurd number of results, mainly email communications between Epstein and his staff.

After reviewing all of them, here are some conclusions: Jeffrey Epstein loved beef jerky. Actually, he was obsessed with it. Actually, he NEEDED beef jerky in great quantities, or he became very upset, and everyone around him was very stressed out about that.

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