“My Name Is” Cipher Motivation

“My Name Is” Cipher Motivation

If you have anything beyond a cursory interest in the Zodiac Killer, you probably know that he created a cryptogram in which he purported to encipher his name. This cipher is often referred as the My Name Is cipher because that’s the phrase the killer used to...
Zodiac (2007) Movie

Zodiac (2007) Movie

4 (4 out of 5)   Zodiac (2007) is the David Fincher docudrama that depicts events surrounding the case of the Zodiac Killer. Although other, smaller-scale, movies have covered the subject of the San Francisco Bay Area serial killer — e.g. The Zodiac Killer...
The Zodiac Killer’s Eventual Apprehension

The Zodiac Killer’s Eventual Apprehension

Newspaper articles are interesting in that they often communicate opinions and attitudes related to their subject matter. In reading hundreds of Zodiac Killer newspaper articles, I am sometimes struck by threads of commonality that, while not necessarily noteworthy at...
Zodiac Newspaper for Sale on Ebay

Zodiac Newspaper for Sale on Ebay

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...
The Zodiac Killer’s Eventual Apprehension

Bad Company

The Zodiac killer is known to have written to three Bay-Area newspapers: the Vallejo Times Herald, the San Francisco Examiner and, his clear favorite, the San Francisco Chronicle. All three of these newspapers have survived to this day, and, not surprisingly, each has...