THE S.L.A LETTER - FEBRUARY 3RD 1974
The Exorcist letter bore the postmark 'U.S. Postal Service CA 940 AM 29 Jan', listed in the FBI files as documents Qc62 and Qc63 with a lab number of D-740208094. The following month, in the February...
View ArticleTHE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY AND THE ZODIAC KILLER
The Zodiac Killer wrote copious communications to the newspapers throughout 1969 and 1970, finally ceasing sometime in 1971. It would be nearly a three year hiatus, when suddenly four communications in...
View ArticleTHE SECOND COMING OF ZODIAC?
The S.L.A letter with the wording "Dear Mr Editor, Did you know that the initials SLAY (Symbionese Liberation Army) spell "sla", an old Norse word meaning "kill". a friend" was postmarked one day...
View ArticleTHE EPITAPH OF A KILLER
The S.L.A letter was postmarked - and likely mailed the day before the kidnapping of Patricia Campbell Hearst. The envelope bore the postmark "U.S. Postal Service, CA 913 PM 3 FEB 1974." Considering...
View ArticleTHE ANONYMOUS PHANTOM
In a previous article entitled 'The Symbionese Liberation Army and the Zodiac Killer', an S.L.A member was considered as the possible author of the February 3rd 1974 S.L.A letter because of the "Old...
View ArticleTHE REASON FOR THE CITIZEN CARD?
Marcus Aurelius Foster On November 6th 1973 two members of the urban militant group 'The Symbionese Liberation Army' killed school superintendent Marcus Foster and badly wounded his deputy, Robert...
View ArticleS.L.A LETTER NOT ZODIAC - AND HERE IS THE FBI FILE TO PROVE IT
S.L.A letter The S.L.A letter supposedly received at the San Francisco Chronicle from the Zodiac Killer on February 14th 1974, was actually mailed on or slightly before February 3rd 1974 from Los...
View ArticleRED WITH RAGE
Marc H. Spinelli When we consider the identity of the author of the July 8th 1974 Red Phantom letter, we have to consider the person they are addressing and what do they stand for. The letter states...
View ArticleTHE AUTHOR OF THE S.L.A LETTER?
The Exorcist letter was mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle on January 29th 1974 featuring a 'review' of the 1973 William Friedkin Exorcist movie, a verse from The Mikado's 'Tit-Willow', the usual...
View ArticleTHE HEARST FAMILY CONNECTION
When tying a single author or group to the mailing of the S.L.A letter, Citizen card and Red Phantom letter together under one banner, it is important to understand the focus of the communications as a...
View ArticleTHE HEARST FAMILY CONNECTION [PT2]
Click for full image We are coming towards the end of the series of articles examining the 1974 letters, probably to the relief of many. This article will be a continuation of 'The Hearst Family...
View ArticleROSS SULLIVAN - LETTER FROM RCC
Click the image above to view the complete letter. Here is an extract from the letter sent by the Riverside City College library staff regarding their favorite 'suspect' Ross Sullivan. The first thing...
View ArticleONCE UPON A TIME.....
Unless something extremely important surfaces in the coming weeks, this will be the final installment regarding the 1974 communications, and the distinct possibility that none were authored by the...
View ArticleWILL-I-AM THE MURDERER
The following is highly speculative and not intended as a solution to the identity of the Zodiac Killer, moreover, an exploration of the January 29th 1974 Exorcist letter in which the author wrote the...
View ArticleTAKING A BREAK
I shall be taking a break from the Zodiac scene for a few months to consider my future contributions to the case. It has become increasingly more difficult to find topics that haven't already been...
View ArticleJOHN KELLY, CRIMINAL PROFILER ON YOUTUBE
John Kelly, criminal profiler John Kelly, with numerous television and mass media appearances under his belt, is a renowned criminal profiler and forensic examiner whose extensive knowledge has been...
View ArticleTHE 'CONCERNED CITIZEN' CARD [PT3]
Donald Harden Without beating around the bush, we can now say with certainty that the 'Concerned Citizen' card, postmarked August 10th 1969, was not mailed by Donald Harden. The typist responsible for...
View ArticleTHE 340 CIPHER - TRICK OR TREAT?
The first section of this article is a refresher, before we incorporate the rarely mentioned 'American Greetings' card, postmarked December 1990. This card, devoid of any handwriting on the card inner,...
View ArticleTHE 340 CIPHER - TRICK OR TREAT? [PT2]
In the last article 'The 340 Cipher-Trick or Treat?' we attempted to show how the Zodiac Killer used two xeroxed keys in the 1990 'American Greetings' card to intimate that the 340 cipher should be...
View ArticleDNA AND THE DAVID TOSCHI CONTROVERSY
Mike Rodelli wrote in his book, 'The Hunt for Zodiac:The Inconceivable Double Life of a Notorious Serial Killer', that Alan Keel, Criminalist at the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco,...
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