The wires in her Volkswagen's distributor cap had been pulled out. * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 If DCB Marsh hadn't laid down the challenge to Zodiac to send a cipher with his name, then in all probability the 340, 13 and 32 cipher may not have existed. The name was coined in a series of taunting letters … If it isn't listed below, it's not considered by law enforcement to be an authenticat Zodiac communication:--> View High-Resolution Scans Of Select Letters--(Above: Donald Harden (along with his wife) solved Zodiac's initial three-part cipher.) * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 Editor, SF Chronicle, 5th + Mission, San Fran * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: July 31 1969 Below, “speaking” is spelled with a p that is 1 stroke rather than his usual 2 stroke p. As you will notice, he also wrote a 2 stroke d here. Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 From 1969 to 1978, the person who called himself Zodiac wrote 21 letters … * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 When I write the true ending,it will shake the earth! Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 The last letter openly declared to be from ZODIAC was on January 24, 1974. * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 The Badlands Letter shows how he naturally made b and p with 1 stroke. * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 Hi all, please allow me first two simple assumptions: 1. In light of recent events, this kind of murder-glorification can only be deplorable at best (not that glorification of violence was ever justifiable) why don't you show some concern for public sensibilities + cut the ad? * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 Contemporary public speculation and Zodiac claims Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages Each letter included details about his recent murders, and a third of his 408-character cryptogram. * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 The author of a warning/confession letter to both the Riverside (Calif.) police department and the editor of the Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper suggested that a … The Zodiac Killer only wrote the August 4th letter because he was challenged by Chief Jack Stiltz to provide more details. 14 people found this helpful. * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 NOTE: There are many hoaxed Zodiac letters. * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 But the actual letter that gave things away was the Badlands Letter. * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates You may be correct and that caused Zodiac to start looking for another victim. * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages Sent to the Riverside Police, this is the first alleged Zodiac Killer letter, detailing his murder of Cheri Jo Bates. ", The Riverside Desktop Poem, 3rd Zodiac Letter, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, and Vallejo Times-Herald, 4th Zodiac Letter, ”This is the Zodiac Speaking”, 5th Zodiac Letter, ”School Children Make Nice Targets”, 7th Zodiac Letter, ”I Get Awfully Lonely”, 8th Zodiac Letter, ”Sun light in early morning”, 11th Zodiac Letter, ”When I Have My Blast”, 12th Zodiac Letter, ”This code will tell you where the bomb is set”, 13th Zodiac Letter, ”Peek Through the Pines”, 19th Zodiac Letter, The Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden, Part III, Ransom Letter Sent to JonBenet Ramsey’s Parents, The Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden, Part II. * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 Zodiac mailed a letter to the Los Angeles Times on March 13, 1971. * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates Every serial killer has his first killing and in most cases it is something special even to him. At least if he isn´t medically insane. * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 The S.L.A letter supposedly received at the San Francisco Chronicle from the Zodiac Killer on February 14th 1974, was actually mailed on or slightly before February 3rd 1974 from Los Angeles County, one day before the kidnapping of Patricia Campbell Hearst. * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 One letter was sent to the Vallejo Times-Herald, one to the San Francisco Chronicle and one to the San Francisco Examiner. * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates The killer's identity remains unknown. A letter to the Chronicle, postmarked May 8, 1974, featured a complaint that the movie Badlands was "murder-glorification" and asked the paper to cut its advertisements. * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters While I do not agree with every point Mr. Korsgaard makes (could a dyslexic have written the "Badlands" letter? * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac As with the capital “B” below, we get a strong smattering of Zodiac’s formal handwriting in the Badlands Letter. * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters 12. Zodiac Killer: The Letters. Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Examiner Letter: Received August 4 1969 (?) I still find it more than a coincidence that about 30 yrs later, my suspect claimed to be her killer. * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 Kit + Holly were killing people." * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: July 31 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 On December 20, 1969, exactly one year after the murders of David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, the Zodiac mailed a letter to Belli that included another swatch of Stine's shirt; the Zodiac said he wanted Belli to help him. * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates Zodiac sent the 1971 Pines card with the advertisement for the new Forest Pines condominiums in Lake Tahoe. Zodiac rarely if ever disguised his “d.” But he did disguise his “p;” that is, in all but the Badlands Letter. * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac Badlands Card, 22nd Zodiac Letter Lyrics Editor, SF Chronicle, 5th + Mission, San Fran Sirs- I would like to expressionmy consterntconsternation concerning your poor taste + … * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages ... featuring photographs of all of the authenticated "Zodiac" communications, as well as a collection of suspected forgeries and other documents. Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Vallejo Times - Herald Letter: July 31 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 Kit + Holly were killing people. * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 Zodiac Killer FACTS - The Zodiac Letters. ... * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974. * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 ABOUT THIS SITE / SOURCES & LINKS * FORUM * BLOG * MAIN MENU, ABOUT THIS SITE / SOURCES & LINKS * FORUM * BLOG * MAIN MENU, Vallejo Times - Herald Letter: July 31 1969, San Francisco Examiner Letter: July 31 1969, San Francisco Chronicle Letter: July 31 1969, San Francisco Examiner Letter: Received August 4 1969 (? * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 Zodiac then sent a letter to The Los Angeles Times indicating that the killer confirmed the theory that he had killed Bates. * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 On July 31, 1969, The Zodiac Killer—his puzzling infamy reignited by the 2007 film Zodiacstarring Jake Gyllenhaal—sent his first three letters to San Francisco area newspapers claiming responsibility for several murders. * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 High resolution, color images have been provided whenever possible, although some documents are presented in black and white photographs. A citizen, Editor, SF Chronicle, 5th + Mission, San Fran, evidenced by your running of the ads for the movie "Badlands," featuring the blurb: "In 1959 most people were killing time. While an SFPD Inspector (probably Toschi, but his name was redacted) confided in the Bureau that he felt this postcard and the "Count Marco" letter were fakes, the * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 Here's a … * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in Northern California for ten months in the late 1960s. * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 Another similarity I recently found is the Badlands letter starts with "Sirs," much like one of the Cooper letters starts "Dear Sirs," DB Cooper & the Zodiac Killer - The Zodiac Killer -- Unsolved & Unforgotten Signed only "A citizen", the handwriting, tone, and surface irony were all similar to earlier Zodiac communications. * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters Sirs- I would like to expression my consternt consternation concerning your poor taste + lack of sympathy for the public, as evidenced by your running of the ads for the movie "Badlands," featuring the blurb: "In 1959 most people were killing time. Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 The ZODIAC Communications. * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 He was trying to “hide” his Zodiac identity in that letter. Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Examiner Letter: Received August 4 1969 (?) * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 The challenge by Marsh simply wetted Zodiac's appetite. * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates 2656552 Letter Zodiac … * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 Each “Zodiac” communication is linked separately below, but the entire collection is also available by following this link to the Document Gallery. May 8th 74 was the Badlands letter, the one that was closer to when she went missing was received on July 8th 74 , the Red Phantom letter. * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 On July 31, 1969, the Zodiac killer mailed three letters to three different San Francisco newspapers. * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 A few times in Zodiac letters he made mistakes. * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters Good information thank you. * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac If you are like me, and believe the Zodiac killer was none of the commonly named suspects, here is a possible theory: The January 24, 1974 "Exorcist" letter is the last one most people believe is an authentic letter that references the Zodiac killings. * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: July 31 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 The authenticity of this letter remains unverified. * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 To provide more details August 4th letter because he was challenged by Chief Jack to. 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