by Michael Cole | Jun 4, 2012 | Articles, Ciphers, Internet
Over the years, Dave Oranchak has done some great research into the Zodiac Killer’s ciphers. He’s created two popular cipher analysis web applications (webtoy and cryptoscope) and collected a wealth of information related to the ciphers of the Zodiac...
by Michael Cole | Jun 3, 2012 | Articles, Ciphers, Internet
Back in the 2007 time frame, I was writing a cipher-solving program called CipherExplorer. The program works reasonably well. It’s capable of solving the Zodiac Killer’s 408 cipher and other homophonic substitution ciphers comparable to the apparent...
by Michael Cole | May 7, 2012 | Articles, Internet
Roger Ebert coordinates a set of “Far-Flung Correspondents” over at the suntimes.com blog. Apparently, these correspondents, who are scattered across the globe, regularly comment on all things movie. A couple of days ago, one of the...
by Michael Cole | Apr 16, 2012 | Articles, Internet
Michael Kelleher, Ph.D. (author, Zodiac case expert, friend of this site and all-around good guy) sent me the following announcement regarding his website: zodiackillercase.com. We have closed our website earlier than expected due to what can best be described as a...
by Michael Cole | Mar 30, 2012 | Articles, Internet
There’s a copy of an October 22, 1969 edition of the San Francisco Examiner for sale on Ebay. This time frame was at the absolute height of the Zodiac’s impact on the city. There were, literally, developments every day. This particular day contained an...
by Michael Cole | Mar 25, 2012 | Articles, Internet
Pierre Bidou was a police officer with the Benicia Police Department in 1968. He investigated the murders of David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen – the first Bay-Area victims of the Zodiac killer. Pierre gave an interesting interview about the circumstances...
