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Zodiac Killer

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In this podcast we talk with authors that have covered the Zodiac Killer of the San Francisco area during the late sixties. Whether it's a far out theory or something based on police fact it'll be here!

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Episodes

Michael Butterfield - The Zodiac Killer

More than 50 years after the Zodiac Killer mysteriously vanished, his crimes and letters still haunt the world. The Zodiac Killer conducted a campaign of terror in the late 1960s, killing seven victims before taunting investigators through a series of cryptic letters, clues and coded messages sent to local newspapers. For more than five decades, investigators have searched for the identity of the Zodiac Killer. Hoaxes and forged letters fueled an ongoing media circus while the mystery inspired T...

Jun 07, 202547 min

John A. Cameron - It Was Always ME!: Edward Edwards The Most Prolific Serial Killer of All Time

This is the Expanded version of John Cameron's book "It's ME!" Forget everything you thought you thought you knew about the most publicly covered murders of our time. The evidence leads to one man committing the most chilling and widely known murders that have captivated the public’s interest and caused terror throughout our communities including the Zodiac killings. Based on the investigation by veteran detective John Cameron and others contained in this book, Edward Edwards is also now linked ...

Jan 13, 202351 min

Gary L. Stewart - Most Dangerous Animal of All

An explosive and historic New York Times bestseller of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious-and still at large-serial killers in America—THE BASIS FOR A 4-PART FX DOCUMENTARY MINISERIES. “I promise that you’ve never read anything like The Most Dangerous Animal of All. Mesmerizing from the first page, the story includes a shattering surprise that ...

Jan 13, 20231 hr 11 min

STEVE HODEL- MOST EVIL (ZODIAC KILLER INTERVIEWS #6)

Former LAPD detective Steve Hodel compiles never-before-seen evidence that reveals his father as a serial killer who may have been responsible for some of the most infamous murders of the last century- including the Zodiac killings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 13, 202355 min

DREW BEESON - DON CHENEY (ZODIAC KILLER INTERVIEWS #2)

"You make a strong argument based on good circumstantial evidence. Ted Braden looks to be a strong suspect" - Michael E. Anderson, Former F.B.I. Assistant Special Agent in Charge - Enron Investigation Ted B. Braden was “the perfect combination of high intelligence and criminality.” - Jo Ann, Ted Braden’s sister-in-law November 24th, 2021 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the only unsolved skyjacking case in American history. The case, nicknamed “Norjack” by the FBI as it involved the hijacking o...

Jan 13, 202338 min

Drew Hurst Beeson - Sighting In on The Zodiac Killer

Now updated with compelling new information! December 20, 2019, marked the 51st anniversary of the first canonical Zodiac crime, and for decades, police and amateur detectives have been searching for clues to the identity of the man whose reign of terror began the year after the “Summer of Love.” After 50 years is it possible for anyone to discover anything new, anything that will unmask the infamous killer? Drew Hurst Beeson says, “Yes,” and in Sighting In on The Zodiac Killer, he reveals the n...

Jan 13, 202354 min

Mark Hewitt - Zodiac Killer Revealed

Only one killer solves the riddle of the Zodiac. Theodore Kaczynski, dubbed the Unabomber, fills in the gaps of the Zodiac mystery to present the full picture of both criminal careers. Ted Kaczynski: — had experience building bombs which he threatened to use on school children as the Zodiac, and that he subsequently used to kill his victims as the Unabomber — had a psychotic break at age 24, where he convinced himself that he was free of any moral or ethical standard that would prevent him from ...

Jan 13, 202354 min

THOMAS HORAN - ZODIAC KILLER HOAX PT.2 (ZODIAC KILLER SERIES)

According to the actual police department files and evidence from the original murder cases, there was no "Zodiac Killer," only some phony letters to the SF Chronicle claiming credit for some unrelated murders, followed by an exploitative book full of falsehoods by Robert Graysmith (real name: Robert Smith, Jr). This book thoroughly debunks Graysmith's 1986 book ZODIAC , explores in detail the cultural and literary environment that inspired the original Zodiac hoax, and explains what really happ...

Jan 13, 202358 min

THOMAS HORAN - ZODIAC KILLER HOAX PT 1 - 2014 (ZODIAC KILLER SERIES)

According to the actual police department files and evidence from the original murder cases, there was no "Zodiac Killer," only some phony letters to the SF Chronicle claiming credit for some unrelated murders, followed by an exploitative book full of falsehoods by Robert Graysmith (real name: Robert Smith, Jr). This book thoroughly debunks Graysmith's 1986 book ZODIAC , explores in detail the cultural and literary environment that inspired the original Zodiac hoax, and explains what really happ...

Jan 13, 202345 min

THOMAS HORAN - ZODIAC KILLER HOAX (ZODIAC KIILER INTERVIEWS #10)

According to the actual police department files and evidence from the original murder cases, there was no "Zodiac Killer," only some phony letters to the SF Chronicle claiming credit for some unrelated murders, followed by an exploitative book full of falsehoods by Robert Graysmith (real name: Robert Smith, Jr). This book thoroughly debunks Graysmith's 1986 book ZODIAC , explores in detail the cultural and literary environment that inspired the original Zodiac hoax, and explains what really happ...

Jan 13, 202356 min

ANNE PENN - ZODIAC SOLVED ( ZODIAC KILLER INTERVIEWS #3)

Golden State Killer, East Area Rapist, Original Night Stalker, Visalia Ransacker and more. The Story of The Golden State Killer’s Beginnings. Who else was he as he traveled through time? Was he, is he the Zodiac Killer who terrorized us in the 1960's and is that who else sits in the Sacramento County Jail now convicted of 13 murders, one attempted murder and many rapes, kidnapping and more. Anne presents evidence of other monikers that may belong to this man. Spanning almost 6 decades the killer...

Jan 13, 202342 min

MIKE MORFORD - CASE OF THE ZODIAC PODCAST (ZODIAC KILLER SERIES)

By the creators of Criminology: a complete chronicle of the Zodiac serial killer investigation, including photographs and documents. In the late 60’s and early 70’s, an enigmatic serial killer terrorized the San Francisco Bay area—and teased the police tasked with stopping him. Through bold letters and cryptic ciphers mailed to local newspapers as well as taunting calls to police, the Zodiac left his mark on the state of California. Without warning he was gone, but not before achieving infamy in...

Jan 13, 202353 min

RAY GRANT - MICHAEL O'HARE (ZODIAC KILLER INTERVIEWS #9)

Of all the notorious serial killers of the 20th century, only San Francisco’s Zodiac remains at large. A cold-blooded psycho stalking the nightmare streets of the late 1960s, he left behind at least five dead victims. The menacing sociopath sent more than two dozen letters to the newspapers, including four weird ciphers. Only the first code was cracked, and it began: I LIKE KILLING PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FUN. His last three ciphers, including the infamously unintelligible Z340, have confou...

Jan 13, 202357 min

Glenn Wall - Zodiac Maniac: The Secret History of the Zodiac Killer

In 2011, as author Glenn Wall began research on what became a book on the Valerie Percy murder case (Kenilworth, Illinois, 1966), he was unaware that there was a previously unnamed criminal whom the FBI considered to be a prime suspect for the murder. However, he did learn that police couldn't make anything of one piece of evidence found at the crime scene nor of two other area crime scenes whose crimes were linked to the murder. It was odd, they said. He took their word for it, and it didn't me...

Jan 13, 202356 min
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