8/?/69 Zodiac "unveiled" letter sent to the SF Examiner - Zodiac Discussion Forum

Zodiac's 'aim'

Quicktrader — Mon, 24 May 2021 20:52:47 +0000

"When I fired the first shot at his head, he leaped backwards at the same time thus spoiling my aim."

Doesn't sound as if both targets were equal to him, does it? While shooting 'his aim' Darlene more often, too, Mike Mageau was described as 'the boy' only.

It clearly shows that it was Z's aim to kill Darlene, not necessarily the boy.

There is two possibilities to explain his preference over 'aim' vs 'boy':

A/: Zodiac hated women, therefore wanted to kill them.

B/: He knew Darlene, she indeed was the target of his actions (in this case).

Imo, A/ is secondary to B/. Although not yet committed, Z did a crime against a man (without woman - Paul Stine). Thus, his primary objective was not to kill women in general (eg Green River killer) but he preferred to kill Darlene over Mike.

Therefore, with a 100% probability, Z had picked her out particularly as his (priority) target / aim (B/).

Hidden writing

Cragle — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:58:00 +0000

On the top of page 3 and possibly page 2 it looks as though the FBI label is covering additional writing ? Has this been addressed before ?

Debut of Zodiac letter hand delivered

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:20:38 +0000

I have a thought on the 'Debut of Zodiac' letter and the fact that no envelope is ever shown with this letter - because there never was one, and the Zodiac hand delivered it to the Hearst Building of the San Francisco Examiner Offices. He must have read the Sunday August 3rd 1969 San Francisco Examiner article (with Police Chief Jack E Stiltz urging him to send more details to prove he was the killer) either on Sunday or early Monday morning. Eager to have it published by Monday afternoon he delivered it directly. I obviously don't know this to be true, but the FBI files are telling. For 35 years starting in 1965, the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner operated under a Joint Operating Agreement whereby the Chronicle published a morning paper and the Examiner published in the afternoon. The Examiner published the Sunday paper's news sections and glossy magazine. This is why he chose the Examiner, because he knew that if he hand delivered it in the early morning hours it has a chance of publication by the afternoon. The FBI files stated "Enclosed herewith are the following documents: Original undated three page letter beginning "Dear Editor this is the Zodiac speaking" ending with "did not get front page coverage". This letter was sent anonymously to the San Francisco Examiner, received, and turned over to the Vallejo Police Department 8/4/69." The three July 31st letters are mentioned in the same file document alongside their envelopes. Even though this letter was received on August 4th and turned immediately over to the Vallejo Police Department on the same day, no envelope was mentioned in the FBI files. If an envelope had accompanied this letter and was tossed in the bin upon opening, as soon as the letter was read, the envelope could easily have been retrieved. The reason there was no envelope, is because it was hand delivered directly to the San Francisco Examiner offices. If you take a look at the final page of the three, he finishes with NO ADDRESS. The page measured 10.5 inches long, http://www.zodiackiller.com/ZLetter3.html So, he needed to fold it to hold the three pages together. Where exactly he delivered it to, at or in the offices cannot be ascertained. Was there an outside letter box to the building or did he slip it under a door, or leave it inside the building somehow? But if we fold the three 10.5 inch pages twice evenly, we get just over 2.5 inches in height. Done in such a fashion would show the bottom section of page 3 from about 8 inches upwards. The only part showing would be NO ADDRESS and the Zodiac sign, All he had to do was place page 3 at the top, and fold in the middle twice. The NO ADDRESS section would now be where he normally placed the address of the newspaper. He didn't need to address it to the newspaper or editor anymore, because the Zodiac symbol said it all, especially because it could now be read without opening. The Zodiac really wanted it published that afternoon, and knowing that by mailing it in a normal mailbox maybe wasn't going to achieve this, he delivered it directly to the Examiner, hence no envelope ever being detailed on the day of delivery, as shown in the FBI files dated 8/4/69 when it was forwarded to VPD. If there is evidence of an envelope ever existing, please let me know, thanks.

When they do crack the code they will have me...

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:28:51 +0000

In this letter the Zodiac introduces himself. He also states that if the police can crack the first code (solved by the Hardens) to cheer up, they will have him. The last 18 symbols of this first code appear unsolved to date. Where is the Zodiac Killer's identity in this code? Why is he confessing? Does he want to be stopped? What are some of the solutions to the end of this code that seem valid? Could these last symbols represent his name, or numbers instead of letters, like an address, or a social security number? Maybe Zodiac was lying, maybe he wasn't.

Pencel flashlight

Quicktrader — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:40:59 +0000

Z writes that he used a 'pencel flashlight' attached to the 'barrell' of his gun. I wonder how many people had such pencil flashlights at that time? QT

8/?/69 Zodiac "unveiled" letter sent to SF Examiner PHOTOS

morf13 — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:34:34 +0000