Peak-a-boo song sheet music cover.
Matrix is 16 x 20…oh so close!
This is William Peek-A-Boo Pennington:
1940 United States Federal Census
NAME: William Pennington
AGE: 40
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt 1900
GENDER: Male
RACE: White
BIRTHPLACE: Kansas
MARITAL STATUS: Married
RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Head
HOME IN 1940: Piedmont, Alameda, California
MAP OF HOME IN 1940: View Map
STREET: Ramona
HOUSE NUMBER: 133
FARM: No
INFERRED RESIDENCE IN 1935: Piedmont, Alameda, California
RESIDENCE IN 1935: Same Place
RESIDENT ON FARM IN 1935: No
SHEET NUMBER: 4A
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD IN ORDER OF VISITATION: 75
OCCUPATION: Pot Sewestge
HOUSE OWNED OR RENTED: Owned
VALUE OF HOME OR MONTHLY RENTAL IF RENTED: 8500
ATTENDED SCHOOL OR COLLEGE: No
HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED: College, 4th year
HOURS WORKED WEEK PRIOR TO CENSUS: 40
CLASS OF WORKER: Working on own account
WEEKS WORKED IN 1939: 40
INCOME: Letter
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
William Pennington 40
Beula Pennington 37 (wife)
William N Pennington 17 (son)
Jacquelin J Pennington 8 (daughter)
Alice Joan Pennington 5 (daughter)
W R Hendrickson 24 (brother in law)
Hi, english is not my first language so please bear with me 
The sons obit. He was the one in the link initially provided—they mentioned peek-a-boo,but obviously it was his son.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/rgj/ob … =151132190
“…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep.“ L.A. Times, 1969
I was actually hoping for the full Peek-a-Boo newspaper article–not the criss-cross writing. Curious about the date of it too.
Were you a blindbowman?
Found it. Milwaukee Sentinel, March 15 1946, page 57.
Thank so much doranchak! Definitely an earlier time, as was the "Death Wheel" comic.
“…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep.“ L.A. Times, 1969
You started off slow and cryptic blind bat .. Warming up nicley.. Eagerly awaiting your next move..
Bats aren’t really blind are they!
I have a very important question!
Does anyone know, or-can ask the SFP if
the shirt piece Zodiac mailed in to them,
was actually torn or cut from Paul’s shirt,
or if pinking sheers was used to cut the pieces up.From the photos I have seen, pinking sheers
look favorable!Thanks in advance.
Blind Bat
The shirt was torn or ripped, not cut
morf13, I do understand what you have shared.
But is it what we have been told?
(If) the Zodiac did in fact, tear a piece of shirt from
Paul’s shirt, did he in fact send (torn) pieces
into the press and to Melvin?
I think it reads, he sent pieces.
What I would like to know for a fact, were the
sent pieces torn, knife cut, straight scissor cut,
or were they cut with pinking shears.
From the looks of the photos, they appear to have a haring bone
profile around some of the edges, meaning,
pinking shears.
I wonder (if) it is possible for the evidence
custodian at the SF police department to verify
how those pieces were sent into the police
department. Cut, torn, etc.
All we have are a few photos and someone’s
statement of what they thought!
A closer examination of the edges would be great.
There was a famous actress who used pinking
shears to cut her photo negatives out with.
And (if) Paul’s shirt was in fact cut with pinking
shears, then it is possible the Zodiac new her and how
she cut out her photographs, and possibly got
the idea from her.
Again, are we sure how they were sent in?
Can anyone research besides the paper, like ask
the SF police to check this out.
Thank you.
Blind Bat
I was actually hoping for the full Peek-a-Boo newspaper article–not the criss-cross writing. Curious about the date of it too.
Were you a blindbowman?
Found it. Milwaukee Sentinel, March 15 1946, page 57.
Thank so much doranchak! Definitely an earlier time, as was the "Death Wheel" comic.
Yes I’m blind.
Would you like for me to start posting in brail or
morse code? 
Some thoughts on the pi advert.
The peek-a-boo stuff is good but it’s hardly conclusive. Actually until it’s explored it’s not conclusive. I would hesitate to even call it unique. I have had people send me poi’s artwork to look at that have included eyes with lashes on them. Yes, I know this has the added ‘peek’ part but what I’m saying is that it’s not necessarily unique. There is nothing new under the sun, everything gets re-hashed and recycled. The peek-a-boo phrase is commonly followed by ‘I see you’ i.e. I’ve found you. Derived from the game of hide n’ seek it’s a rather appropriate marketing/branding angle for a private investigator. The O’s as eyes is a fairly basic graphic adaptation and a reasonably obvious one given the subject matter and the use of the ‘peek’ phrase. The inclusion of the lashes, I venture to suggest, may well have been a graphic norm for the time. Today the same techniques and approaches are still used although the styling has changed and the inclusion of the obvious (i.e the lashes) isn’t always required. In fact it’s more often than not avoided as it would be considered too obvious and therefore not ‘clever’ enough.
Looking at the HC Zodiac’s approach is to employ a twist on the well known phrase rendering it as ‘Peek-a-boom’ in obvious reference to his bomb threats. He also employs a technique on this card that is quite common in design whereby you combine or cross words through each other so that they still read correctly. Less skillfully with the ‘peek-a-boom’ but given the scale, space and rendering material, understandable. He does this on the envelope, the inside of the card and on the back of the card. Essentially he chooses a styling technique and then employs it across the whole project. The inclusion of the eyes is graphic mainstay to accompany any derivative of the phrase ‘peek-a-boo’. It’s practically unavoidable and as I’ve already said the addition of the lashes was probably the graphic norm at the time and for decades either side.
Sometimes in this case we find things that are reasonably conclusive. Sometimes actually conclusive. With the HC we can’t be so sure. What does appear to rise out of it though is this graphic approach. He approached this almost as a mini design project and that is further suggested by the ‘extras’. The pumpkin and the skeleton (which btw ‘appears’ to have evidence of scalpel/hobby knife trimming – another design technique).
For myself and the reasons stated above I wonder not just about an immediate correlation between Zodiac and the owner/subject of the ad. What I am wondering though is … who designed it and where? Independent, design house, printers? Or maybe it was the person who placed it? Some other avenues to consider if the ad and it’s owner doesn’t yield anything useful directly. Unfortunately though if, and I say ‘if’, Zodiac was creatively inclined or even experienced then my worry is he could have taken inspiration from anything and everything when compiling his mailings and that makes it even trickier to attribute any one thing definitively as a direct influence or relevance even when it appears compelling.
Encouraging aint I? lol
You are right!
But my original question has not been answered
yet.
The question was this, like most of my questions
have been.
Is it (possible) that Zodiac got his Peek-A-Boo
art design for the post card from this yellow
page phone book.
I never stated that it was conclusive.
It was only a question.
The question was presented so one
could look outside the box.
And to give light to a new angle of the Zodiac.
More interesting is this.
What is (preventing) us from solving this case?
What do you, et.el., need?
The police have a lot of evidence in
their possession, but what do we have in ours?
We might have it, in the most oblivious place.
The Purloined Letter?
Blind Bat
Bingo Moderator!
Fresh air.
You quoted it, here it is right in front of you.
Your own words!
" Unfortunately though if, and I say ‘if’, Zodiac was creatively inclined or even experienced then my worry is he could have taken inspiration from anything and everything when compiling his mailings and that makes it even trickier to attribute any one thing definitively as a direct influence or relevance even when it appears compelling." (sic)
Right!
We don’t have to contribute anything to him.
Like I have stated!
He is an emotional midget, going around
stealing other artist, writers, photographs, etc.
And through (tom-foolery) making us think
that it is his own ideas!
That for years has been one stumbling
block to this case.
Now that we have escaped his hypnotic capture
and we are on the outside of the box,
we can move through the pines!
Why would anyone follow the Zodiac’s instructions?
Like peek through, around in the snow, Lake Tahoe?
When it is possible that Zodiac took nurse Donna by surprise
like all his victims by walking right up
behind her and hitting her in the head
with a hard-rubber tire tool, like Bill Morey
(the boy who turned killer) did nurse
Pauline Campbell?
And then hauled Donna off to never be found.
Peek through the Pines! LMAO!
How about,
I would have sent you a photograph, but then you
would have traced it back to me!
All the photos I have posted can be traced back
to someone else!
And so can his writings!
But a personal photograph that Zodiac snapped
can be traced to him?
Why did he finally single himself out with
his own personal photograph?
And how could it have been traced back
to him, he developed it himself?
Was he a famous photographer, or
a famous photojournalist and someone would
have recognize his work by the type
of camera he used, like a press camera.
He might have confessed the truth here
for once.
Tell Herb I have always been here. (sic)
How, by wearing a press badge?
Blind Bat
Found it. Milwaukee Sentinel, March 15 1946, page 57.
What’s the March 17, 1916 date at the bottom?
If you go to the source link and look at the page prior to this one, it is 1946…appears part of the "4" did not come through on the copy.
Now, I see it. Pretty tough to see on an iPhone.
But a personal photograph that Zodiac snapped
can be traced to him?
Why did he finally single himself out with
his own personal photograph?
And how could it have been traced back
to him, he developed it himself?Was he a famous photographer, or
a famous photojournalist and someone would
have recognize his work by the type
of camera he used, like a press camera.
He might have confessed the truth here
for once.
I think it’s simpler than that.
It’s more likely that he didn’t have access to developing equipment and as such would have had to get his photo’s developed the same way everyone one else had to. A bit risky if you’re getting photos of a ‘death machine’ developed. All LE would have to do would be to check where it was developed and check the customer records. In fact the developer would quite likely have even preempted that by contacting LE first. "I’ve just developed some photos for a customer and they look like snaps of bombs". There have been discussions on this in the past and I can’t quite remember exact details but there might have been a system/s in place as standard practice whereby photos of a possible criminal nature could be easily traced to a customer.
“I don’t know Chief, he’s very smart or very dumb.“
But a personal photograph that Zodiac snapped
can be traced to him?
Why did he finally single himself out with
his own personal photograph?
And how could it have been traced back
to him, he developed it himself?Was he a famous photographer, or
a famous photojournalist and someone would
have recognize his work by the type
of camera he used, like a press camera.
He might have confessed the truth here
for once.I think it’s simpler than that.
It’s more likely that he didn’t have access to developing equipment and as such would have had to get his photo’s developed the same way everyone one else had to. A bit risky if you’re getting photos of a ‘death machine’ developed. All LE would have to do would be to check where it was developed and check the customer records. In fact the developer would quite likely have even preempted that by contacting LE first. "I’ve just developed some photos for a customer and they look like snaps of bombs". There have been discussions on this in the past and I can’t quite remember exact details but there might have been a system/s in place as standard practice whereby photos of a possible criminal nature could be easily traced to a customer.
True… (If) he didn’t have his own dark room.
He had a basement tho! Lol
Blind Bat
I would like to thank everyone for their comments
and support.
It’s like family here.
We have this!
What is missing?
Blind Bat
Careful Trav…you’re starting to sound like me.
–Did Zodiac have a basement though or was that all a lie too? Developing ones own photos still takes knowledge. If he had that knowledge he probably would have developed them himself.
“…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep.“ L.A. Times, 1969
A map and a sports jacket.
Zodiac… Map & jacket.
Blind Bat
What is the price tag now. (sic)
