S33 Ep18: The Zodiac: Brooklyn's Night of Terror, Part 1
Foul Play: Crime Series
Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins
4.4 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Foul Play's Zodiac Crime Series, we delve into the chilling case of the New York Zodiac Copycat. Beginning in 1990, a series of brutal shootings in Brooklyn eerily mirrored the infamous Zodiac killings of California. The assailant, adopting the Zodiac moniker, sent taunting letters to law enforcement, detailing his heinous acts and threatening to kill more. With each attack seemingly linked to astrological signs, the NYPD launched an intense manhunt. Join me as we uncover the terror that gripped New York and the desperate efforts to stop this copycat killer.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the zodiac. The first sign is dead. The zodiac will kill the 12 signs in the belt when the zodiacal light is seen. |
| 0:10.0 | The zodiac will spread fear. I have seen a lot of police in Jamaica Avenue in Elden Lane, but you are no good and will not get the Zodiac. |
| 0:20.0 | Orion is the one that can stop Zodiac and the Seven Sister. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, The world of serial killers and the law enforcement teams trying to catch them can be a long and arduous road. |
| 0:58.1 | These are killers that can often hide among us. |
| 1:02.0 | Their lives can appear normal and settled, but that is the side they show in public. |
| 1:07.0 | Their dark side, the side they used to kill. That is the one they keep silent and hidden from view. |
| 1:17.0 | The Zodiac Killer had taken five lives, yet he remained free and unpunished. |
| 1:23.1 | No one knew who this man was. |
| 1:25.9 | They didn't know what his plans were. |
| 1:29.0 | Only that he had disappeared in 1974 and remained absent each year since. |
| 1:35.0 | The hunt becomes almost impossible when you don't know who you're looking for. |
| 1:41.0 | While detectives questioned, know who you're looking for. |
| 1:43.1 | While detectives questioned what else could be done to catch this killer. |
| 1:48.2 | Someone else was watching from the shadows. |
| 1:51.5 | He was quiet, hidden within the hustle and bustle of modern day life. |
| 1:57.4 | He stayed out of harm's way and kept to himself. |
| 2:02.0 | An avid reader, he was a big fan of serial killers. His room at his mom's apartment in |
| 2:08.4 | East New York was littered with books. One of his favorites was a book he had read more than once. It fascinated |
| 2:18.0 | him and highlighted all of his own internal fantasies. |
| 2:23.7 | He admired this killer more than the others. |
| 2:26.9 | That book was Zodiac by Robert Gray Smith. |
| 2:31.8 | Law enforcement were about to find out what happens, and fantasy and admiration collide with reality. |
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