There is a myth of the Zodiac killer that has taken over. Myth of the Zodiac Killer II
The Zodiac killer is a fictional character; he is a literary invention. ibid.
Dennis Land: He tampered with the crime scene. ibid.
31 May 1990: We had a senior citizen shot … This eerie note … I thought, Who the fuck are we dealing with? Catching Killers s3e2: Night Terror: New York Zodiac Killer, rozzer, Netflix 2023
Now they would consider it a gross violation of civil rights. Back then, it was a little faster, a little looser … ibid.
He just shot someone in Central Park. Sonoffabitch! … This guy is as serious as a heart attack. ibid.
I feel like I’m betraying him but he needs to be told on. This is the Zodiac Speaking I: We Called Him Mr Allen, Netflix 2024
American law enforcement have never seen anything like this. ibid.
It’s the case that will never die. ibid.
The principle said, This is your new teacher, My Allen. He was just a huge man. ibid.
We had a double homicide that took place out on a county road sometime after eleven o’clock last night. The victims were a 16-year-old girl [Betty Lou Jensen] and a 17-year-old boy [David Faraday]. ibid. rozzer
In the letter he also sent a cypher. ibid.
Allen made the following statement: ‘The two knives I had in my car with blood on them, the blood came from a chicken I had killed.’ ibid.
Arthur Leigh Allen: He taught me how to dive … He was Mr Allen, the teacher. ibid. comment
The Mikado is quoted is the letter the Zodiac writes: ‘… I’ve got a little list, I’ve got a little list …’ ibid.
He leans over, pulls out the bottom drawer, reaches in, up comes a white envelope. He opens it. ‘Sorry I couldn’t help you catch your man. Arthur Leigh Allen’. ibid.
Mr Allen paid different attention to the girls as he did the boys. ibid. witness
The sheriff, he has his men, believe that a murder in 1963 was the Zodiac’s. ibid. journalist
Mr Allen was in the Navy before he became a teacher. ibid.
We took off like a bat out of hell. ibid. child witness to beach murder getaway
I am not sick. I am insane. This is the Zodiac Speaking II: Are You the Zodiac? letter
Interview with Don Cheney, friend of Arthur Leigh Allen: ‘… That phrase about ‘picking the little darlings off’ – I remembered that. That is what forced me to go to the police …’ ibid.
Rozzer: What’s that watch?
Allen: Zodiac watch for diving. ibid. witness
A number of hunting knifes … A wooden dildoe is found under the bed. ibid. rozzer’ report
Arthur Leigh Allen went to Atascadero as a prisoner for molesting children. ibid. investigator
Oddly enough for four years no Zodiac letters, no murders. Everything stopped. ibid.
And he comes out, well, there’s a Zodiac letter again. ibid.
They found pipe bombs and explosives. ibid.
There were period where we were groggy … I asked, ‘Mr Allen, were you the Zodiac?’ There was deadly silence. I didn’t hear anything for a second. I hear this gasping noise. He was just crying. He collected himself enough, and he came back on in a real weak voice. He goes, ‘Yes, it was me’ … Molested my sister. And just confessed to being the Zodiac. This is the Zodiac Calling III: Box of Secrets, victim
The last thing he had in his hand was a letter to the police. ibid. comment
The Zodiac Killer: He said he hid his name in a bizarre set of letters and symbols. The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer I, History 2017
The Zodiac is among history’s most ruthless killers: a genius who between 1968 and 1970 terrorized the people of northern California with his gruesome crimes. ibid.
‘6 foot 2 inches, 200 pounds, stocky build, ghost.’ ibid. Investigator
Between 1968 and 1970 the Zodiac terrorized America leaving 7 victims in his wake. But in his letters he claimed a total of 37. He is killing just for the thrill. The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer II
The Zodiac may have begun his killing spree 5 years earlier and made the whole of California his playground. ibid.
The team has been focusing on the Zodiac killer’s most infamous code, the Z340 … The Z32 uses similar symbols but is far shorter. The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer III
Donna Lass disappeared on the same lunar day as the Zodiac’s four confirmed killings: Dali Day [symbol Zodiac]. ibid.
A missing person’s case from 1970 … Many believe 25-year-old Donna Lass was abducted and murdered by the Zodiac. The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer IV
Could new DNA evidence and new police files be the key to finally unravelling the case? The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer V