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Throughout The Office’s run, the people of Scranton were terrorized by a notorious local serial killer dubbed “The Scranton Strangler (https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Scranton_Strangler).” A man named George Howard Skub was convicted of being the strangler and sent to prison, but Toby Flenderson (https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Toby_Flenderson) — who served on the jury — maintained that he believed Skub was innocent.

Based on the fact that Toby was certain Skub was innocent, had a long history of writing his own murder mystery stories, and was generally an all-round creepy guy, some Office fans have theorized that Toby is the real Scranton Strangler.

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The Scranton Strangler was never caught. Kevin was never actually stupid. And Michael Scott may have been a genius the entire time. These 17 theories don't just reframe the characters — they reframe the entire show.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Toby Flenderson Is The Scranton Strangler
01:07 - George Howard Skub Is Actually Innocent
02:10 - Creed Bratton Is The Real Strangler
03:07 - Gabe Lewis Is The Strangler
04:07 - Kevin Malone Is An Embezzling Genius
05:12 - The Documentary Crew Kept The Branch Alive
06:10 - Bob Vance Runs The Scranton Mafia
07:05 - Creed Bratton Stole His Own Identity
08:02 - Michael Scott Is A Secret Business Genius
09:06 - Jim Halpert Wrote The Documentary
10:04 - Michael's Hatred of Toby Is Projection
10:58 - Mose Schrute Could Be The Strangler
11:52 - Robert California Is The Most Deviant Man In That Building
12:50 - Jim Cheated On Pam In Philadelphia
13:50 - The Office Is Stanley's Personal Hell
14:50 - Radon Poisoning Explains Everything After Season 4
15:51 - The Office, Parks & Rec, And Dexter Share A Universe
16:42 - OUTRO