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The 'Hunt for the Zodiac Killer' docudrama on the History Channel has just revealed a portion of code they claim is a solve for the infamous 340 cipher.
With the accompanying 'Dripping Pen' card, the Zodiac Killer mailed us a message "This is the Zodiac speaking. I though you would nead a good laugh before you hear the bad news. You won't get the news for a while yet. Could you print this new cipher in your frunt page? I get aufully lonely when I am ignored, so lonely I could do my Thing."
Using the deciphering of the History Channel (right side) I have attempted to fill in the blanks on the first six lines. The green lettering is from the History Channel. The yellow lettering is my calculated decryption. The pink lettering is far more speculative.
The reasoning behind the opening two words "my thing," is partially derived from the threat on the 'Dripping Pen' card, possibly left as a clue by the killer, and the code itself. The solve reads:
MY THINGS, I KILL BOTH NIGHT AND DAY. I LIVE BY THE GUN BARREL AIM AND LIKE FISHING FOR GOLDFISH OVER PIGS. I MISS GOLDILOCKS NOW.
Image may be NSFW.With the accompanying 'Dripping Pen' card, the Zodiac Killer mailed us a message "This is the Zodiac speaking. I though you would nead a good laugh before you hear the bad news. You won't get the news for a while yet. Could you print this new cipher in your frunt page? I get aufully lonely when I am ignored, so lonely I could do my Thing."
Using the deciphering of the History Channel (right side) I have attempted to fill in the blanks on the first six lines. The green lettering is from the History Channel. The yellow lettering is my calculated decryption. The pink lettering is far more speculative.
The reasoning behind the opening two words "my thing," is partially derived from the threat on the 'Dripping Pen' card, possibly left as a clue by the killer, and the code itself. The solve reads:
MY THINGS, I KILL BOTH NIGHT AND DAY. I LIVE BY THE GUN BARREL AIM AND LIKE FISHING FOR GOLDFISH OVER PIGS. I MISS GOLDILOCKS NOW.
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Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard were brutally stabbed 6 weeks prior to the mailing of the 340 cipher. Considering the proximity of water, were they like 'goldfish in a bowl' to the Zodiac Killer. Cecelia Shepard had blonde hair- was he referencing her in the phrase "I miss Goldilocks now."
If you have a better decryption for the pink and yellow areas, please post them in the comments below. The 340 Cipher.
If you have a better decryption for the pink and yellow areas, please post them in the comments below. The 340 Cipher.
LINE 7 AND 8 OF THE 340 CIPHER
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and the older still "The Story of the Three Bears" are two variations of a 19th-century fairy tale. The original tale tells of a badly-behaved old woman who enters the forest home of three bachelor bears whilst they are away. She sits in their chairs, eats some of their porridge, and sleeps in one of their beds. When the bears return and discover her, she starts up, jumps from the window, and is never seen again. The other major version brings Goldilocks to the tale (replacing the old woman), and an even later version retained Goldilocks, but has the three bachelor bears transformed into Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear. Taken from Wikipedia.
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