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"I AM GUILTY, I AM INSANE" BY NATHAN SWARTZ
It appears as though the Confession letter on November 29th 1966 primarily focused on attractive women, who "crazed " the author enough to want to kill them. The typed letter began "She was young and...
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TWO CARDS TO AVERY ABOUT DONNA LASS?
Donna Ann Lass Many people have asked the obvious question of why did the Zodiac Killer make the effort of obtaining a second Halloween card to painstakingly cut out the skeleton from this card to...
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AN AUDIENCE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
The police and other outlets received many calls from individuals who claimed to be the Zodiac Killer, which were routinely passed off as potential hoaxers. The most infamous of these calls came on...
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A FABRICATED BROADCAST AT PRESIDIO HEIGHTS?
There has yet to be a satisfactory explanation for why Officer Donald Fouke chose to head away from the crime scene on October 11th 1969 after the initial radio broadcast, rather than turn south on...
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AN ESCAPE EASTWARDS TO LYON STREET
Robert Graysmith Although Chief Martin Lee ridiculed the idea that the Zodiac entered the Presidio Park, it appeared that Inspectors David Toschi and Bill Armstrong weren't so dismissive according to...
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THE "GAMES" OF THE ZODIAC KILLER
The canonical murders of Jack the Ripper began on August 31st 1888 with the brutal murder of Mary Ann Nichols in Buck's Row, her throat severed, her vagina stabbed and her lower abdomen partly ripped...
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THE TRIGGER THAT BEGAN THE BELLI CODE?
Melvin Mouron Belli After the failed attempt of the Zodiac Killer to make contact with Melvin Belli on the Jim Dunbar Show on October 22nd 1969, his next attempt to arrange an appointment with the...
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THE "DARK SPOT IN THE CENTER" OF CLEVELAND
Wayne Williams, convicted of two murders On March 2nd 1981, a business reply envelope postmarked Cleveland, OH, bearing the press printed address "The Danbury Mint, Richards Avenue, P.O. Box 5260,...
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FOUR TRAPPED PIECES OF GRAVEL
After the brutal murder of Cheri Jo Bates on October 30th 1966 the newspapers ran several articles giving limited details of the autopsy findings. Deputy Coroner Mike Reilly said it appeared as though...
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1,000 FT CROSSHAIRS IN THE NEVADA DESERT
Many people have wondered what inspired the Zodiac Killer to choose his crosshairs symbol on July 31st 1969, with varied interpretations such as the Zodiac watch, gunsights or the Celtic Cross. What...
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WATCHING THE POLICE AT THE PAYPHONE
Most of the following has been covered before, but I felt it was important to take a deeper look at the Blue Rock Springs attack. Page 7 of the police report read "On initial arrival, RO requested by...
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THE ROBERT GRAYSMITH "i AM IN CONTROL OF ALL THINGS" CARTOON IN 1978
Robert Graysmith, author of "Zodiac" (1986} On April 24th 1978, the San Francisco Chronicle received a letter from the Zodiac Killer stating "Dear Editor: This is the Zodiac speaking I am back with...
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"SATIRICAL OPERETTA WILL OPEN FRIDAY"
Over the weekend of March 13th 1971 numerous calls poured into the Dublin Police Department saying they had seen the infamous Zodiac Killer, days before the Zodiac Killer's Los Angeles letter, mailed...
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SPOONERISMS AND KNIFERISMS
When the Zodiac Killer composed his "Exorcist" letter on January 29th 1974, he was likely comparing the "satirical comedy" of "The Mikado" stage play with "The Exorcist" movie by writing "I saw +...
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SHIFTING THE TIMELINE AT LAKE HERMAN ROAD
Stella Medeiros, after discovering the Lake Herman Road crime scene on December 20th 1968, "raced" off toward Benicia Police Station to seek help. Before she reached the police staton she noticed...
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SEARCHING FOR STRAYS IN THE NIGHT
The one thing I noticed in the Zodiac Killer's trinity of letters to the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner and Vallejo Times-Herald on July 31st 1969, was when he mentioned the Vallejo...
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ARE THE 1990 AND 2001 CARDS ONE AUTHOR?
1990 EUREKA CARD It is practically impossible to look at the envelope of the December 1990 Eureka card from the standpoint of handwriting and determine whether this communication was mailed by the...
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A VENTURE INTO DARKNESS
There is good argument to be had that the Zodiac Killer began the design of his July 31st 1969 letters and 408 cipher shortly after July 20th 1969, when the movie "Rampage" (1963), based loosely on...
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"YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL TO LIVE"
Click image to enlarge Murder victim Doreen Gaul (19) lived at 570 Myrtle Avenue in Albany, New York, before relocating to 1032 South Bonnie Brae Street in Los Angeles, California. Her former address...
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A REVISED TIMELINE AT LAKE BERRYESSA
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia of Bryan Hartnell Zodiac researcher Jibberjabber has made an extremely good case that Ronald Fong (in his boat) heard the cries of Bryan Hartnell closer to 6pm, meaning that the...
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