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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Unexplained Mysteries: The Zodiac Killer Pt. 1 (with Greg and Vanessa!)

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1969, newspapers in Northern California began receiving coded letters from a person who would come to identify themselves as "The Zodiac." The author of the letters taunted the police by giving clues related to a series of unsolved murders, but did the cryptic messages truly come from the mind of the killer? Parcasters - Don’t miss all of our special Summer of ‘69 episodes by subscribing to Parcast Presents: Summer of ‘69, on Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts! Sponsors! Embrace Pet Insurance - Get your FREE quote at EmbracePetInsurance.com/KILLERS right now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It may be difficult to imagine a time when the term serial killer wasn't a part of the zeitgeist. Our culture seems to be as fascinated with serial killers as it is terrified by them.

0:45.6

But in 1969, the idea of a murderer stalking and methodically killing victims seemed more like something out of a nightmare.

0:56.0

But then something unspeakable happened that summer in San Francisco.

1:01.0

A series of similar murders were initially viewed as unrelated violent events.

1:06.0

Until the letters started arriving.

1:09.0

On August 1st, 1969, the San Francisco Chronicle,

1:14.5

along with the San Francisco Examiner

1:16.7

and the Vallejo Times, each received variations

1:20.4

of a letter, all seemingly written by the same person.

1:24.0

Quote, Dear Editor,

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This is the murderer of the two teenagers last Christmas at Lake Herman

1:31.0

and the girl on the 4th of July near the golf course in Vallejo.

1:36.4

To prove I killed them, I shall state some facts which only I and the police know.

1:42.6

The letters were accompanied by bizarre cryptograms, square puzzles made up of simple, seemingly

1:49.0

undecipifiable symbols.

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