RETROSPECTIVE VICTIMS
Donna Ann Lass The Zodiac Killer mailed the Little List letter on July 26th 1970 setting out his search for "society offenders", but this lengthy communication was withheld from publication in the...
View ArticleDECEMBER 27TH 2020-THE DAY THE Z32 WAS SOLVED
This is the image supplied to us by the Zodiac Killer on the Phillips 66 Mount Diablo map on June 26th 1970. By placing the numbers 0, 3, 6 and 9 around the crosshairs, akin to a clock face, and...
View ArticleA NEW VENTURE WITH MICHAEL MORFORD
Renowned Zodiac investigator Michael Morford (USA) is the creator of the Zodiac Killer Site forum and producer of the hugely successful Criminology podcast along with co-host Michael Ferguson...
View ArticleTHE FIRST TWO "ZODIAC SPEAKING" EPISODES
The first two episodes of Zodiac Speaking are available by clicking the image below. This begins the Zodiac story at Lake Herman Road on December 20th 1968 and Blue Rock Springs on July 4th 1969.
View ArticleTHE 340 CIPHER REVEALS SO MUCH MORE
The breaking of the 340 cipher by David Oranchak, Sam Blake and Jarl Van Eycke on December 3rd 2020 was a fantastic achievement after 51 years, only slightly tarnished by the banality of the message...
View ArticleUNLOCKING THE KEYS TO EUREKA
On March 3rd 2007, Daniel King, editorial assistant of the San Francisco Chronicle unearthed the Eureka card among some photo files, just after the release of the 2007 David Fincher film, Zodiac. The...
View ArticleA TRINITY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
On October 22nd 1969, the San Francisco Examiner newspaper published an article by Will Stevens, which laid down a challenge from Professor D.C.B. Marsh of the American Cryptogram Association (ACA) to...
View ArticleTHE DIAGONAL STRUCTURE OF THE 340 CIPHER
One of the most remarkable achievements in the Zodiac story occurred in 2020, when David Oranchak, Sam Blake and Jarl Van Eycke collaborated to finally break the 51 year resistance of the infamous 340...
View ArticleMORE WRITING ON THE KARMANN GHIA?
Cragle, a contributor to the main two Zodiac Killer forums, brought my attention to two sections of the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia door of Bryan Hartnell where there appears to be additional writing. The...
View ArticleAUTHENTICATED ZODIAC COMMUNICATIONS
It is reasonable to accept - cautiously - a scholarly identification of handwriting which depends on a balance of probability. However the scrutiny which forensic analysis has undergone should help us...
View ArticleCONTEMPORARY MESSAGES IN CODE
On December 3rd 2020, Dave Oranchak (USA), Sam Blake (Australia) and Jarl Van Eycke (Belgium) finally unearthed the solution to the 340 cipher after 51 years. The message read:I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING...
View ArticleTHE WIDOW IN THE NOVEMBER 21ST 1969 SAN JOSE LETTER?
On November 21st 1969, somebody claiming to be the Zodiac Killer threatened a widow in San Jose, resulting in 24-hour protection given to the woman in question. The FBI file read "For the information...
View ArticleTHE HEADLINES THAT INSPIRED THE 340 AND 148 CHARACTER CIPHERS
Jim DunbarOn December 3rd 2020 David Oranchak, Sam Blake and Jarl Van Eycke unlocked the mystery to the 51-year-old 340 cipher, mailed by the Zodiac Killer on November 8th 1969. The decoded message...
View ArticleBRYAN BRUCE DOCUMENTARIES ON YOUTUBE
I have recently discovered a documentary channel on Youtube called Bryan Bruce Documentaries, with the majority emphasis on true crime. Two excellent storytelling channels on Youtube are That Chapter...
View ArticleSHE WON'T DIE THIS TIME
Rolland Taft was sentenced to 6 months to 20 years for the attempted murder of a young female student on the Riverside College campus in April 1965. She attended evening classes as a student of the...
View ArticleTHE FIFTH SCORPION CIPHER
Beginning in 1991, John Walsh from the popular television show America's Most Wanted, started receiving a sequence of sinister letters and cryptograms that many have considered may have been authored...
View ArticlePROFILING A GHOST
Many Zodiac enthusiasts, researchers and authors have attempted to profile the Zodiac Killer by examining the nature of his attacks and the content contained within the communications. Inevitably, no...
View ArticleNO EVIDENCE ZODIAC "TARGETED COUPLES"
Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) was found guilty of murdering thirteen women between 1975 and 1980 in Manchester and West Yorkshire, England, claiming he received a divine message from God to...
View ArticleTHE SWITCH TO SAN FRANCISCO
By August 4th 1969 the Zodiac Killer had shot four young people, killed three and mailed four letters, including three parts of a 408 character cryptogram. However, this didn't afford him the front...
View ArticleCAL NEVA CASINO WORKER MURDERED IN 1971
It has been speculated that Donna Lass, who was nearing the end of her shift, was abducted from the parking lot of the Sahara Tahoe Hotel & Casino on September 6th 1970, having possibly been lured...
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