IN DNA WE TRUST
In 2002, a new round of DNA testing was performed on some of the Zodiac letters by Dr. Cydne Holt, yet despite an ABC Primetime documentary opening up with the promising statements of "But today thanks...
View ArticleTHE 18 UNSOLVED CHARACTERS [PT4]
It is no coincidence that the Zodiac Killer only wrote "in this cipher is my idenity" in the letter he mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 31st 1969, because this one-third of the cipher...
View ArticleMORE THAN JUST "BY KNIFE"
Serial killer Karl Francis Werner may inadvertently have been responsible for the murder of Cecelia Shepard and attempted murder of Bryan Hartnell at Lake Berryessa on September 27th 1969. Many people...
View ArticleMORE THAN JUST "BY KNIFE" [PT2]
In the last article 'More Than Just By Knife' we looked at the message "by knife" on the car door at Lake Berryessa and the month of "Aug" on the 'Dripping Pen' card, mailed on November 8th 1969. It...
View ArticleTHE MURDER OF DIANE GERRISH
Diane Louise Gerrish (19) Diane Louise Gerrish (19), a young and attractive cosmetologist, who resided at 1042 Peralta Avenue, Albany, was found beaten and strangled to death in the grounds of the San...
View ArticleTHE DRIPPING PEN CARD AND SAN JOSE CONNECTION
Using old and new material, we will take a comprehensive look at the 'Dripping Pen' card mailed by the Zodiac Killer on November 8th 1969, and attempt to link it to a future threat of murder. The card...
View Article"STOP LISTENING TO PHONYS"
On July 13th 1971, the Zodiac Killer claimed his involvement in the April 11th 1971 murder of Kathy Bilek, brutality stabbed at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga. The Monticello card also inferred his...
View ArticleTHE CELEBRITY CYPHER
Luis Campos, born in Santiago, Dominican Republic is an inventor, poet and cryptographer who created puzzles and ciphers for the United Features Syndicate of New York, beginning in 1983. He would...
View ArticleTHE ZODIAC & RIDDLER NOTES
Although this is questionable Zodiac material, it does appear in the FBI files and has never been featured before - so I thought I would try to unearth as much information as possible, despite the...
View Article"CARS MAKE NICE WEAPONS"
On October 28th 1987, a letter was mailed to the Vallejo Times-Herald stating "This is the Zodiac speaking. I am crackproof. Tell herb caen that I am still here. Tell the blue pigs if want me I will be...
View ArticleA THEATRICAL ILLUSION
Alan Keel, Criminalist at the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco, California from 1996 to 1999 "revealed that there were two letters in possession of the department that, in contrast to the...
View Article1971-THE EPITAPH OF A KILLER
Cheri Josephine Bates After five murders in a matter of 10 months in 1968 and 1969, followed by numerous communications, 1971 was a watershed year for the Zodiac Killer. When all is said and done, it...
View ArticleTHE MURDER SQUAD WITH PAUL HOLES AND BILLY JENSEN
The Murder Squad with Paul Holes and Billy Jensen On April 1st 2019 a new true crime podcast was launched entitled The Murder Squad. Featuring former detective and investigator Paul Holes, pivotal in...
View ArticleCHANNEL NINE LETTER MAILED BY S.L.A. ASSOCIATE
In a series of recent articles it was shown that the February 3rd 1974 S.L.A. letter was mailed by the Symbionese Liberation Army, as likely were the other three 1974 communications purportedly mailed...
View ArticleTHE ALBANY LETTER- ANOTHER OFFERING FROM THE S.L.A?
In the last article we focused on the 1978 Channel Nine letter as a product born from the Symbionese Liberation Army, and highlighted the very real possibility that all the 1974 'Zodiac' communications...
View Article"THE GENERAL" LETTERS
Eduard Versluijs brought to the attention of the Zodiac Killer Site forum a threatening letter directed toward Harland David Sanders, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain...
View ArticleTHE MCQUEEN, NIXON AND FAIRFIELD LETTERS
Nobody knows for certain what the Zodiac Killer developed into after his brief, but deadly reign over Northern California during the late 1960s and early 1970s, but what we do know is that he mailed...
View ArticleTHE PHIL SINS PARALLEL
Paul Avery Whether the Zodiac Killer was responsible for the murder of Cheri Jo Bates (18) in Riverside on October 30th 1966 has been widely debated. The young woman was found brutally stabbed on...
View ArticleA MEMORIAL FROM ZODIAC
Donna Ann Lass I would like to expand on a previously discussed topic, regarding two cards likely mailed by the Zodiac Killer on March 22nd 1971 and July 13th 1971, dubbed the 'Pines' and 'Monticello'...
View ArticleA DATE WITH DEATH
Some of the questioned Zodiac communications address certain individuals using the lower case format, and the March 13th 1971 'Los Angeles' letter refers to Riverside in the same fashion: "I do have...
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