The Chilling Code That Was Never Cracked... Or Was It? - The Zodiac Killer
Murder, Mystery & Makeup
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🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Today I dive into one of my most requested episodes EVER... a story many of you have been patiently waiting for: the Zodiac Killer.
For over 50 years, the Zodiac has terrified Americans. From isolated lover's lanes to busy city streets, this menacing, hooded murderer unleashed a terrifying spree, targeting young couples, a cab driver, and even threatening a busload of schoolchildren.
His taunting letters, cryptic clues, unsolvable ciphers, and bone chilling phone calls kept the public in a frenzy. Even with DNA collected from the crime scenes and relentless investigations (some to this very day), the question remains... who was he?
Despite countless theories and compelling arguments for several suspects, one thing is true... Zodiac seems to have gotten away with it. But how?!
Why does this case still capture our attention? Why can't we solve it? Why did he do it?! Why why why?! So many questions. Dive in with me, share your theories, and let's explore the enduring mystery of the Zodiac Killer.
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Bailey Sarian
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, how are you today? My name is Bailey Sarian and today is Monday, which means it's |
| 0:04.6 | murder, mystery, and makeup Monday. If you are new here, hi, my name is Bailey Sarian and on Mondays |
| 0:12.0 | I like to sit down and talk about a true crime story that's been heavy on my noggin and I do my |
| 0:19.7 | makeup at the same time. You guys, today, listen, you have been recommending |
| 0:23.9 | this story since day one and I've been avoiding it because it's a behemoth of a story. Okay. |
| 0:29.2 | It's just like one of those cases that we have all heard about and it has had people in a chokehold |
| 0:34.9 | for years. A killer, sometimes hooded or in a costume, who |
| 0:40.5 | appears out of nowhere, sometimes on like an isolated lover's lane, a busy city street. Young |
| 0:47.1 | women and couples seem to be his preferred target, but then he guns down a cap driver. And then even |
| 0:54.0 | like targeting a busload of schoolchildren. |
| 0:56.6 | So there seemed to be a pattern, but then again, like no pattern at all. |
| 1:02.1 | Just more bloodshed. |
| 1:04.8 | According to the killer, quote, because it is so much fun, end quote. |
| 1:09.3 | Then came the taunting letters, the unsophable ciphers, and the creepy phone calls. |
| 1:17.6 | This is Zodiac speaking. |
| 1:19.6 | Today, more than 50 years after the notorious Zodiac killer claimed his last victim, he still holds our attention hostage. Who was he? Why'd he do it? Is he still out there |
| 1:32.4 | watching, listening, giggling? Or maybe he's dead. Either way, police to this day still get tips |
| 1:40.7 | about his identity and the case after all these years still remains open. |
| 1:47.2 | Investigators, they have his DNA, still no matches. |
| 1:50.5 | There have been suspects, but no arrests. |
| 1:53.5 | Questions, lots of them, but no answers. |
| 1:56.7 | What really makes the Zodiac unique, though, is like how deeply involved ordinary citizens were in trying to catch him even to this day. |
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