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🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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In this episode, we journey back to the haunting night of April 10, 1962, when Oceanside cab driver Ray Davis was found murdered under mysterious circumstances. Discover how this chilling crime left investigators puzzled and locals gripped by fear, following an anonymous phone call that eerily predicted the tragedy. As detectives scrambled to find the elusive killer, a pattern emerged that would later draw striking parallels to the infamous Zodiac murders that terrorized California in the late 1960s.
We'll delve into the unsettling similarities between Ray Davis' case and the Zodiac's known victims, exploring how the ominous threats against bus drivers, taunting police phone calls, and the brutal nature of the slaying all hinted at a potential connection. Was Ray Davis the Zodiac Killer’s victim? Or was this just a grim coincidence? Join us as we unravel the chilling details and piece together a story that continues to confound and captivate true crime enthusiasts.
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0:00.0 | And the Hello friend. |
0:24.0 | Welcome back to foul play. |
0:27.0 | Serial murder begins with a single act, the inception of a killer's deadly career. |
0:35.0 | Often, it's not until multiple lives are tragically taken |
0:40.0 | that law enforcement becomes aware of their existence. |
0:44.8 | Each victim with their own story, aspirations and loved ones, is ruthlessly robbed of their future. |
0:54.5 | Investigators scrutinized patterns searching for the telltale sign of a killer's unique |
0:59.6 | method and signature. |
1:01.8 | Uncovering a trail of historical unsolved crimes. This revelation |
1:06.9 | ignites the resurgence of cold cases, prompting a relentless pursuit of justice. |
1:14.0 | The Zodiac Killer did not differentiate between gender, age, or background. |
1:20.0 | He operated in multiple locations, in daylight as well as under the cover of darkness. |
1:27.8 | He had used a gun and a knife in his attacks, looking to raise the bar on each successful strike. |
1:35.9 | By 1969 the Zodiac Killer had shown his violent and murderous intentions four times. At Lake Herman Road, he took two victims lives. Six months later, |
1:48.8 | at Blue Rock Springs, another life was stolen, with one terrified survivor. |
1:56.0 | Before the year was out, another attack was launched that upped his violent streak in his level of depravity. |
2:05.0 | At Lake Beriesa, a fourth life was taken, |
2:09.0 | with a second man only just managing to survive. A month later, in another method flip, the Zodiac took his fifth life. |
2:19.0 | A cab driver in San Francisco, seemingly chosen at random. |
2:26.6 | He had no chance to react to the gun that was placed against the back of his head. |
2:32.6 | A chilling resemblance emerged between the murder of Paul Stein, slain within the confines |
2:38.2 | of his own yellow cab, and a hauntingly similar crime from seven years earlier. |
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