The Turd Burglar



The Turd Burglar is an anonymous and mysterious figure who is the responsible for a series of crimes/ pranks which occure during the Second Season of American Vandal which Sam Ecklund and Peter Maldonado are investigate. The Turd Burglar comits a series of pranks "The brownout, The Poop Piñata, The Shit Launcher, the calendar incident and the The Dump".

After the Brownout happends the anonynous Turd Burglar account claims reasonability for the crime but the St. Bernardine staff, students and Police are unable to find out the identity. The police suspect that Kevin McClain was responsible for the crime and after a long interrogation he confesses but his friend Chloe Lyman doesn't think he's really think he was guility and hires Sam and Peter to investigate.

As Sam and Peter investigate they are repeatedly in contact by the Turd Burglar who they attempt to unmask but who manages to stay anonymous for the majority of the series. He communicates with them via secret online accounts.

The brownout
On November 6, 2017, at a Catholic high school named St. Bernardine in Bellevue, Washington, an incident occurred during the school lunch in which several students drank the lemonade offered, unaware that they were tainted with laxatives, causing them to defecate across the school grounds at costly expenses. An anonymous person, known as The Turd Burglar, claims responsibility for these crimes on social media.

The Poop Piñata
"The Poop Piñata", which occurred when a piñata was hit during a class celebration of Vonnegut Day, that caused feces put into it to splatter on surrounding students.

The Shit Launcher
The Shit Launcher", which occurred at a school assembly when cheerleaders fired t-shirt cannons, only to realize they unknowingly fired out cat feces that spread and afflicted students.

The investigation
After Kevin is blaimed for the Brownout incident at the school, his friend Chloe Lyman disagrees thinking that he is inncent and contract Same and Peter to investigate as they have made a name for thereselves after the success of their documentary on the The phallic incident.