THE MYTH OF THE BERRYESSA COPYCAT
For many years, some observers have questioned the September 27th 1969 Lake Berryessa attack on Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard as a genuine Zodiac crime. It is claimed that the MO of this crime...
View ArticleTHE AUDIO CHALLENGE
If anybody would like to mail me their thoughts on any or all of the following questions in the form of a podcast or recording, I will place your audible contributions on this site. There is no...
View ArticleTHE EDGAR ALLAN POE CIPHER
It would be befitting that the Zodiac Killer's last correspondence may possibly be the 'Eureka' card mailed in the December of 1990, considering the last major work of Edgar Allan Poe was the...
View ArticleWHY SPOIL THE GAME
This is a continuation of the article 'The Illusion of the 340 Cipher,' attempting to show Zodiac's second code was nothing more than a collection of puzzles, interconnected to his other mailed...
View ArticleCRYPTIC INSPIRATION
Detective Sergeant Leslie Lunblad We know the Zodiac Killer mailed his first three letters simultaneously on July 31st 1969, but what inspired him to design a trinity of cryptograms, that when combined...
View Article"I JUST WASHED MY PEN"
There are many ways to interpret the 'Dripping Pen' card mailed by the Zodiac Killer on November 8th 1969 and here is another.​Some people use the 'evidence of absence' argument to suggest the Lake...
View ArticleTHE WHEEL OF FORTUNE
This is the last time this subject will be tackled for the foreseeable future, unless something magical sticks its head above the parapet- but before that happens- there is just one more addition to...
View ArticleWHO IS THE RED PHANTOM?
Marc H. Spinelli courted much controversy during his 15 year reign as San Francisco columnist 'Count Marco,' offering advice to his women readers on a range of subjects. Some liked his columns, while...
View ArticleTHE FOOTPRINTS AT BERRYESSA
At 4.20 pm on September 28th 1969 'Dean' from Pacific Union College contacted the Napa County Sheriff's Office and informed police that three young women from the college had been sunbathing by Lake...
View ArticleTHE TAPESTRY OF MURDER
There is no definitive evidence to totally negate the idea that the 340 cipher contains a viable solution- with the mystery and allure of the Zodiac Killer code the driving force behind people wishing...
View ArticleIT'S ALL IN THE WORDS
Looking east on Springs Road The best evidence we have in the Zodiac case, are not the murders themselves, but the copious letters and cards the killer mailed over many years. They may not have told us...
View ArticleTHE MODUS OPERANDI OF THE ZODIAC KILLER
The most important editorial decision made in the Zodiac Killer case was the publication of an article in the Sunday San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle newspaper on August 3rd 1969, labeling the...
View ArticleNO BROWN CAR AT THE PAYPHONE
Officer Richard Hoffman arrived at the Blue Rock Springs parking lot at approximately 12.13 am on July 5th 1969. Shortly thereafter, an ambulance was summoned (arriving at around 12.20 am), and...
View ArticleEXPOSED-THE ZODIAC REVEALED BY DR MARK HEWITT
On September 27th 2018, the third instalment of Dr. Mark Hewitt's trilogy of Zodiac books will be available. 'EXPOSED: The Zodiac Revealed, the final instalment of the Zodiac Serial Killer series,...
View ArticleTHE IMPRINT OF A KILLER
The sighting of a 'suspicious' male roaming the hillside of Lake Berryessa was reported by Dr Rayfield & Son and the three young women at different times during the Saturday of September 27th 1969....
View ArticleTHE SHRINKING LIGHT
On December 20th 1968 the Zodiac Killer, supposedly acting alone, pulled into Gate #10 just off Lake Herman Road and parked his vehicle alongside the Rambler of David Faraday. The headlights of each...
View ArticleTHE IMPASSE ON LAKE HERMAN ROAD
The long held narrative of Lake Herman Road is of a couple, David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, pulling into the Gate #10 turnout and parking on the east side facing the field. They remained parked...
View ArticleTHE PAYPHONE CALL AT MAIN STREET
The following is a little background information for people just starting to learn about the Zodiac case.Approximately seventy minutes after the attack on Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard at Lake...
View ArticleTHE FOUR DOTS OF DEATH
On December 30th 2013 Tahoe27 gave us the 'Wheel of Death' from the Tim Holt comic book. It contained a Rota Fortunae style game in which 'Redmask' would discover his fate based upon twelve methods of...
View ArticleTHE HALLOWEEN CARD MIRROR
It seemed rather fortunate that the 'Halloween' card mailed on October 27th 1970, if designed totally independently to the 340 cipher, that Paradice and Slaves could be found perfectly bisecting the...
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