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THE STRAW BAG OF CHERI JO BATES
On November 29th 1966, one month after the murder of Cheri Jo Bates alongside the Riverside City College library, two confession letters were delivered to the Riverside Homicide Detail and Riverside...
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THE CITIZEN DETECTIVE PODCAST
Click the image to visit their Youtube channel The Citizen Detective podcast is currently covering the Zodiac Killer case, having previously covered the pre-canonical murder of Cheri Jo Bates in...
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BRAINWASHED BY THE ZODIAC NARRATIVE
Of the three lengthy cryptograms crafted by the Zodiac Killer, the 408 cipher mailed on July 31st 1969 was his introductory message to the public, proclaiming his intention to collect slaves for the...
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THE "ZODIAC KILLER" PHONE CALLS TO BARSTOW
KSZL is a commercial radio station that is licensed to and serves Barstow, San Bernardino County, California, United States. The station is owned by California Communications of Barstow, LLC and...
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THE "ZODIAC KILLER" PHONE CALLS TO BARSTOW [PART TWO]
On December 19th 1969, somebody claiming to be the Zodiac Killer threatened cops by making a phone call to Sergeant Robert Rengstorff of the San Jose Highway Patrol, stating "I am going to kill five...
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ANOTHER SERIES OF "ZODIAC" PHONE CALLS
Another series of "Zodiac Killer" phone calls have been unearthed and sent to me by Jibberjabber, a previous contributor to the Zodiac Tapatalk forum. The first were received by Redding, California...
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THE KENNETH NARLOW RETIREMENT AND RETURN OF THE ZODIAC KILLER
Click to enlarge What inspired the Zodiac Killer to mail two letters in near tandem to the San Francisco Chronicle and Vallejo Times-Herald on October 28th/29th 1987 after seventeen months of apparent...
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A FEMALE HOAXER IN 1986 AND 1987 !!!
Click to enlarge Recently you may have read claims from the Zodiac Tapatalk forum that a woman was responsible for hoaxing both the 1986 and 1987 letters mailed to the Vallejo Times-Herald and San...
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A COMMUNICATION ALL ABOUT ME
I would like to revisit something I've covered previously regarding the Exorcist letter mailed on January 29th 1974 and the "My Name is" letter mailed on April 20th 1970. When the Zodiac Killer...
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ANOTHER PARKING LOT SLAYING ON JANUARY 3RD 1969
Two weeks after the December 20th 1968 murders of David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, in the early morning hours of Friday, January 3rd 1969, Matthew Burrell (46) was shot in his vehicle in the...
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ZODIAC KILLER: JUST THE FACTS USED FOR FICTION
Zodiac Killer investigators and amateur sleuths will often quote "original source documentation" in their research as the most valuable resource in their arsenal. You will see this referenced in many...
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THE NEWSPAPER SOURCES FOR THE "PACE" POSTCARD
Many years ago, Zodiac researchers on Mike Morford's forum unearthed some of the likely sources for the pasted newspaper cuttings on the 13-Hole postcard. Recently Jibberjabber, who once contributed to...
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AN EARLIER MESSAGE FROM THE "DEEP REAL ESTATE" AUTHOR R.A.
On August 26th 1976, an article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle entitled Tips Still Pursue Multiple Slayer, chronicling the relentless pursuit of the Zodiac Killer by Inspector David Toschi,...
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THE IDENTITY OF THE "DEEP REAL ESTATE" AUTHOR REVEALED
For many years, people in the Zodiac community have puzzled over the identity of the author and meaning behind the "deep real estate" advertisements placed in the San Francisco Chronicle and San...
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THE DMV LETTER, PAUL AVERY AND HERB CAEN
Seemingly inspired by the Confession letter mailed on November 29th 1966 and published in the Inside Detective magazine in January 1969, the Zodiac Killer used the words "twich", "sqwirm" and "victom"...
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ZODIAC, KILLER OF 5 OR 13 (OCTOBER 5TH 1970)
Orlando Sentinel, October 5th 1970 On October 12th 1970, the San Francisco Chronicle released an article entitled Gilbert and Sullivan Clue to Zodiac, featuring the recently mailed 13-Hole postcard...
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THE FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM [PART TWO]
The myth of the Zodiac Killer has been thrust back into the limelight in 2023 with the release of a two-part documentary on Peacock featuring Thomas Henry Horan. It is fair to say that the majority of...
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THE AUTOPSY FINDINGS OF CECELIA SHEPARD
Just over three years ago, on the Tapatalk Zodiac forum, Chaucer did an excellent visual and written explanation regarding the autopsy report by Dr. De Petris of Cecelia Shepard's wounds, and how those...
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EXAMINING THE AUTOPSY REPORT OF DARLENE FERRIN
There were 9 entry wounds and 7 exit wounds to the body of Darlene Ferrin noted at autopsy. There were 2 bullets recovered from her torso at autopsy. The right arm has 2 entry wounds; one is 5 and 1/2...
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TWO SCREAMS IN THE NIGHT
Several earwitnesses described hearing screams the night of Cheri Jo Bates' murder in Riverside on October 30th 1966, such as this one reported in the newspapers; "A neighbor heard an awful scream...
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