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]]> 13TH Victim Postcard 10/5/70 Cragle https://forum.zodiackillerciphers.com/community/13th-victim-postcard-10-5-70/the-articles-for-the-13th-card/ https://forum.zodiackillerciphers.com/community/13th-victim-postcard-10-5-70/13th-victim-claimed-and-fk-im-crackproof/ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:39:44 +0000 Now upside down: Like the "Peek through the Pines" card it is composed of images and words cut out from newspapers and then glued onto the card. Jack the Ripper , the Black Dahlia, the NYC Mad Bomber "FP", as well as many kidnappers ransom notes, did similar cards. ROLAND: There have been ongoing discussions in the Z researchers community if the card was an authentic Zodiac communication. Here a link to articles stating that the inked words on the address side of the card had been confirmed as Zodiac's by handwriting expert Sherwood Morrill at that time. http://www.zodiackiller.com/LassArticles.html AK: I think it is important to note that IF the Pines paste up card was really from Zodiac, IMO that increases the chances that this paste up card could also be legit. BRUCE3: 'Crack proof' is on the 10/5/70 card and 'crack proof' is used in the 3/13/71 letter with like 'I have always said I am crack proof 'as a clear reference to the 10/5/70 card. Also, the 10/5/70 card has the same unusual stamp or 'In the beginning God...'that the 10/27/70 card has! AK: Most people seem to assume that "Fk" means "F**k". I disagree. Zodiac said "Bullshit!" in a letter, why would he be shy about saying "F**k"? Also, "Fk" does not really suggest "F**k" - "F--k" does. I think Zodiac, whoever he was, may have been inspired by the Mad Bomber using "FP" as a signature (Fair Play) and/or by the fictional anarchist terrorist group in the Conrad novel "The Secret Agent" also using "FP" (Future of the Proletariat). Also, I think the weird symbol on the Halloween card looks like an "FZ". To solve a code is to 'crack' it. IMO he says crackproof to mean the 340 has not been solved. ENTROPY: Agree with AK's explanation but I also think it is saying "nobody can figure me out" or find out who I am. In other words, HE is "crackproof" and his ciphers are as well. The most astounding thing about this card, IMO, is that the writer uses the term "crackproof" months before Zodiac uses the term in the March, 1971 Los Angeles Times letter. It also seems to foreshadow Zodiac's "collage style" used in the Halloween Card just a few weeks later. I suppose there is always the possibility that this one could be fake and that Zodiac saw it in the SF Chronicle and decided to have a little fun by reusing the term "crackproof". http://cdn.sfgate.com/chronicle/acrobat ... 0_12_1.pdf For what it's worth, this article by Paul Avery seems to indicate that LE seems to feel pretty strongly about its authenticity. "The detectives studied the card for two days and for reasons they decline to make public say they feel it "highly probable" it came from Zodiac." TAHOE27: Looks like as of May 1, 1971, LE and Paul Avery believed it a fake: http://www.zodiackiller.com/AveryReport1.html AK: I would say that Avery thinks it was a probable fake, not sure about LE. Based on the cite above, they thought it was probably real. Also IMO based on Zodiac use of the word "crackproof" in the confirmed real LA Times letter of 3/13/71, this is likely to be real. TRAVELLER1ST: Probably been spotted before but just in-case. I have flipped the image and highlighted the area in question. You are looking for what appears to a very faded stamp with title/line then another title and a few more lines with something written on one of the lines. ]]> 13TH Victim Postcard 10/5/70 AK Wilks https://forum.zodiackillerciphers.com/community/13th-victim-postcard-10-5-70/13th-victim-claimed-and-fk-im-crackproof/ https://forum.zodiackillerciphers.com/community/13th-victim-postcard-10-5-70/13th-victim-card-mailed-10-5-70/ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:38:49 +0000 Now upside down: ]]> 13TH Victim Postcard 10/5/70 morf13 https://forum.zodiackillerciphers.com/community/13th-victim-postcard-10-5-70/13th-victim-card-mailed-10-5-70/