by Michael Cole | Jun 2, 2011 | Articles, Media
The Santa Barbara Independent, a local newspaper and news website serving the greater Santa Barbara area, published a new article that discusses the murders of Robert Domingos and Linda Edwards – as well as another couple. The article is entitled: Murdered but...
by Michael Cole | May 27, 2011 | Articles, General
The Atlantic just published an interesting article in which they sifted through the yearbooks of numerous current and potential GOP presidential candidates so that the Atlantic-reading public can know what the politicians looked like, and in some cases did, while in...
by Michael Cole | May 24, 2011 | Articles, Books
What do Woody Allen, The Godfather and the Zodiac Killer have in common? While there are probably a few odd answers to that question, the one I’m going for is that they were all non-trivial parts of the cultural watershed year of 1969. A book, written by Rob...
by Michael Cole | May 21, 2011 | Articles, Books
This past Thursday, Steve Hodel, author of “Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder” and “Most Evil: Avenger, Zodiac, and the Further Serial Murders of Dr. George Hodel”, spoke at the public library in South Pasadena, California. In the...
by Michael Cole | May 7, 2011 | Articles, Ciphers
If you’re interested in the Zodiac Killer’s ciphers and you have some time to spare, you may well find this thesis on automated cipher solving an interesting read. Apart from the other valuable content, the author, Michael James Banks, provides a concise...
by Michael Cole | Apr 29, 2011 | Articles, Books, Non-Zodiac Crime
A newly-published book, Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence, by author Bill James, examines America’s ongoing obsession with the crime of murder. It focuses on numerous high-profile and sensationalized instances of murder throughout...