For those who believe the Halloween Card to be authentic, I compiled a list of every name that wrote to the Tim Holt fan club that started with issue #34. The fan club was called Redmask’s Cave. Being these names are already in print, I am assuming it’s okay to post here, if not please move as needed.
I know it’s highly subjective in determining what the killers “clue” was in this communication but I am exploring the possibilities if Z wrote into the Tim Holt fan club. Figured it’s worth a shot for people to compare their POI to this list. The posts from California are listed first.
Mark Bennett, (Colusa Junction Ca)
Billy Luginbill, (Bastow Ca)
Bobbie Bryan, (Halfmoon Bay Ca)
Murray Mattice, (Quincey Ca)
Marshal Harris, (Sacramento Ca)
Jimmie Underwood, (Brentwood Ca)
Albert Beltran, (Wasco Ca)
Benjamin Lopez, (Indio Ca)
Phillip Jackter, (Sparta Ca)
Everett Soris, (Eureka Ca)
Leon Lavely Jr, (Beaumont Texas) (never heard of the name Lavely but fits well based on envelope)
David Mannering, (Tallahassee Fla)
Everett Booth, (Burnt Ranch Oregon)
Don Hoover, (Boise Idaho)
Eddie Loomis, (Alstead New Hampshire)
Jimmy Lannon, (Audubon Iowa)
John Elsingham, (Rochester NY)
Jimmy Wilson, (Louisville Kentucky)
George Havers, (Galveston Texas)
Chuck Billows, (Lansing, Michigan)
Eddie Peterson, (Tuscaloosa Ala)
Benjamin Hasslett, (Terre Haute Indiana)
Douglas Calvin Lamber, (Mcleansboro illinois)
Jim Bannigan, (Lynnbrook NY)
Happy Moore, (Duluth Minnesota)
Albert Harman, (Trenton NJ)
Jerry Hague, (Mt Vernon Illinois)
Lee Kelly, (Carthage Texas)
George Krauss, (Chicago Illinois)
Charles Gilles, (Abilene Texas)
Lamar King, (Higgston Georgia)
Keith Rite, (Indianapolis Indiana)
Jessie Logan, (Pelahathie Mississippi)
Tom Sneath, (Lacrosse Wisconsin)
Stanley Zawrithy Jr, (Bath NY)
David Ripple, (Johnstown Pa)
Larry Somers, (Morhead Montana)
Ronnie Owens, (Oklahoma City)
Zelmer Mathis, (Georgia)
Ronald McNalb, (Ropesville Texas)
Ted Darby, (Ruffsdale Pa)
Richard Collins, (Stanford Ct)
John Medlar, (Burlington VT)
Billy McAdams, (Sandersville Ga)
Bill Meek, (Ft Smith Ark)
Fred Hayslett, (Columbus Miss)
Dwain Gilliam, (Mangum Oklahoma)
Terry Moe, (Dodge Center Minnesota)
Cletis Storment, (London Ark)
Carl Brewer, (Renrietta Texas)
Mike Wright, (Mt Vernon Washington)
Richard McGee, (Dallas Tx)
Charles Alexander, (Fanklin, New Hampshire)
Forest Horton, (Blue hill Maine)
Dick Hatfield, (New Hartford NY)
Patrick Hays, (Aurora Colorado)
Johnnie Bean, (Cambridge VA)
Bobby Nell, (St Louis Missouri)
Eugene Rudakewich, (Bridgeton NJ)
Harry Mitchell, (Black Foot idaho)
Mark Brown, (Talulah LA)
Frank Martin, (Houston Texas)
Henry King, (Muleshoe Texas)
Mark Williams, (Gifford SC)
William Wilson, (Chenango Forks NY)
Theadore Williams, (Stony Brook)
Billy Joe Jones, (SC)
Johnny Hurches, (Lenoir NC)
Hugh Webster, (Hiton NY)
Gregg Lacey, (Albion Michigan)
Bill Pitt, (Tarboro NC)
Bill Cornette Jr, (Indiana Rocks Beach Fl)
George Koona, (Athens Tennessee)
David Younts, (Pendleton Indiana)
Billy Routon, (San Antonia Texas)
Ronald Hostonick, (Venetia Pa)
Jonathan Morris, (Mobile Ala)
Dean Wirth, (Peru Illinois)
Robert Lindsay, (Charleston West VA)
Rick Blair, (New Martinsville West VA)
Richard Uhlman, (Parkersburg West VA)
Enid Anderson, (Oklahoma City)
Danny Poor, (Ridgewood NJ)
Jerry Williams, (Des Moines Iowa)
Tommy McAdams, Mcintyre GA)
Robert Magee, (Orange NJ)
JR Dawson Jr, (Washington DC)
Robert Jarrett, (Springfield Mass)
Tomas Bogue, (Mystic CT)
James Hainline, (Macomb Illinois)
James Rogowski, (East Hartford CT)
Monty Montgomery, (Delhi LA)
Allan Unger, (Torrington CT)
Larry Condell, (North Platte, Nebraska)
Marcus Norton, (Memphis TN)
John Shepard, (Sioux Fall South Dakota)
Joe Pitt, (Farboro NC)
Jimmie Phelps, (Boling Green KT)
Steven Johnson, (Salem Oregon)
Tommy Stevenson, (Menomonie Wis)
Harold Bowden, (Angier NC)
Bob Blackwood, (elkhart Indiana)
Bobby Kelling, (Newport News VA)
Robert Piechuch, South Bend Indiana)
Bruce Worrell, (Battle Creek Michigan)
Ted Mowers, (Utica NY)
Jack Mahan, (Nashua Iowa)
Ronald Prester, (Wyoming Delaware)
Roland Lee Dirk (Protection Kansas)
Willis Slone (Dwale Kentucky)
Kenneth Campbell (Louiville Kentucky)
Thonny Lloyd, (Waycross Georgia
John Claussen (Fargo, North Dekota)
Billy Kingston, (Salem Oregon)
Jaime Madrid (Marfa Texas)
David Lindsay (Canton NC)
Alan Lieberthal, (Chicago Illinois)
Ormon Gross, (Okalahoma City)
Willima Kulchyski (Saskatchewan)
Gary Smith, (Perryburg Ohio)
Van Phipps, (Clinton Oklahoma)
Tommy Lewis, (Wilmington Delaware)
I like your idea. Out of curiosity what years are we talking?
Soze
From what I can tell, the fan club started at issue #34. Assuming Z wrote the fan club at an age of 10 – 15 years old, it would make him 25 – 30 years old around the time of the killings. I could be way off because I have no idea what the target demographic was for this comic.
#34 – Feb 1953
#35 – Apr 1953
#36 – Jun 1953
#37 – Aug 1953
#38 – Oct 1953
#39 – Dec 1953
#40 – Feb 1954
#41 – Apr 1954
Many have stated their opinion about the red mask over the skeleton’s eyes but it’s also very similar to the red banner at the top of the page of the fan club. It’s basically a elongated red banner with the words Redmasks Cave written into that space. I don’t know? Just a thought…
Great list….you never know.
“…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
It’s worth remembering that the hoaxer could have got the idea from these comics, too. So if it’s a hoax card then perhaps one of the names listed is the hoaxer. The Tom Holt link does not mean it’s a genuine Zodiac card.
This is good work.
