ZODIAC KILLER Ep. 4 | “Lake Berryessa”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Two college students relax along the shore of a lake in Napa County, California on a sunny afternoon in September of 1969. Before long, they are interrupted by a man who wears an eerie black hood and carries a gun. The man attacks the students with a knife and leaves them for dead. The killer writes a message on the students’ car and calls the police to take credit for the crime. In the process, he leaves behind new clues that investigators add to the growing list of evidence about the elusive criminal. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The The man in the black executioner's hood with a semi-automatic handgun told Brian Hartnell and
0:21.0	Cecilia Shepard to stay calm.
0:23.6	If they gave him their money and their car, they wouldn't be hurt.
0:27.9	It was late afternoon on Saturday, September 27, 1969, and the young adults said they would willingly comply.
0:36.7	Brian was 20 years old and Cecilia was 22 and they were in a vulnerable spot beyond the fact that a man in a crazy costume had them dead to rights with a gun.
0:47.0	The pair had dated the previous year when they were both in school at Pacific Union College in Napa Valley in Northern California.
0:55.6	But after the school year, Cecilia transferred to a school in Southern California.
1:00.8	She was only back in Napa to collect her remaining possessions so she could complete the move.
1:06.4	She had bumped into Brian randomly and they had decided to hang out for the afternoon.
1:11.5	They had driven to Lake Berriessa, a man-made reservoir on the edge of Napa
1:16.0	Valley to relax in a quiet spot for the rest of the day. They were now lying on a blanket on the shoreline of the lake, and a man in the black hood was pointing a gun at them.
1:27.0	They were hundreds of yards from Brian's car.
1:30.0	There was no one else around. There was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
1:35.0	All they could do was hope the man was telling the truth.
1:39.0	He had made his demand for their money in their car,
1:42.0	but then he continued by launching into an
1:44.7	explanation of why he was robbing them. He said he had escaped from Deer Lodge
1:50.1	Prison in Montana and he was running to Mexico.
1:53.4	Deer Lodge, Montana is a real place and so is the state prison outside town.
1:58.6	But why he picked that prison and actually named it remains a mystery.
2:04.0	Either way, that was his excuse.
2:07.0	Brian said he only had 75 cents on him, which was true.
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