ZODIAC SERIAL KILLER CASE CRACKED? LINKED TO DISMEMBERED ACTRESS?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Elizabeth Short was an American woman found nude, murdered in Los Angeles, California, in 1947.
She became known as the "Black Dahlia." The case was highly publicized due to its gruesome nature, and remains unsolved.
The Zodiac killer, pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer, murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area over the span of about nine months. He claimed in letters to have killed 37 people, but he was never identified.
A new book suggests a conclusion, a connection between the death of the "Black Dahlia" and The Zodiac killer. Alex Baber, Director at 'Cold Case Consultants of America' says he's used AI and his code breaking skills to crack the Zodiac Killer's letter.
The Zodiac Killer and Black Dahlia killer are the same.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Alex Baber - Director at 'Cold Case Consultants of America'
- Neama Rahmani - Former Federal Prosecutor-turned-trial Attorney; Author: “Harvard to Hashtag;" INSTAGRAM: @Neamarahmani; X: @NeamaRahmani
- Dr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA. Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital
- Sheryl McCollum - Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Host of podcast: Zone 7 -- and Author of a new book: "Swans Don't Swim in a Sewer: Solving the Cold Case of the Flint River Killer's Daughter;" X: @149zone7
- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic, Instagram @JoScottForensic
- Rachel Sharp - Crime Reporter from DailyMail.com
- Sydney Sumner - Investigative Reporter, ‘Crime Stories’
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:10.6 | Has the Zodiac serial killer case finally been cracked? |
| 0:17.0 | And is it linked to a starlet? A dismembered actress? Repeat, dismembered. Her limbs not attached to her body, |
| 0:29.2 | severed just above the waist and positioned for a mom and her child out on a walk to find half her body? |
| 0:40.6 | Are they connected? |
| 0:42.2 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:43.1 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:44.3 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:46.1 | An active serial killer terrorizes Northern California launching a violent rampage and |
| 0:51.8 | identifying himself through the media as the Zodiac Killer, |
| 0:56.2 | spreading fear across the state. |
| 1:00.4 | The Zodiac Killer's case, very complex. |
| 1:04.5 | But what we need to know, bottom line, he was a mad dog killer that killed seemingly at random. |
| 1:13.6 | The M.O. Modus operandi method of operation is very, very different between the known |
| 1:19.6 | zodiac murders, a slew of dead bodies, typically found on lover's lanes where couples were |
| 1:26.6 | alone together, very, very different |
| 1:30.7 | from the murder the intricately planned, meticulously carried out murder of a young Hollywood |
| 1:39.7 | Starlet. |
| 1:40.7 | Listen. |
| 1:41.7 | It was headlines for 30 days straight. They had a thousand law enforcement officers working |
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