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Mikado pick up sticks game

vasa croe — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 16:11:43 +0000

Has any discussion ever come up around the Mikado game of pickup sticks? Not sure how it would connect to anything, but it was a popular game back when Z would have been growing up.

Zodiac Communications Authentication

Greek1453 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:41:12 +0000

Hi- I just joined. Fascinated for a long time with this case. Question: how were Zodiac communications (letters, etc.) authenticated? (Beyond the first few which were made before the information therein was published.). More specifically the Stine case- although The Stine communication was obviously from the Stine killer (or a cohort) due to the shirt piece, etc.) how are we sure that was Zodiac? Did Zodiac have a authenticator symbol, etc. that was not released? Seems like any copycat could have killed Stine unless this was the case.

UNAZOD

mrsean — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:45:28 +0000

Greetings, Does anyone have any idea where Douglas Oswell is these days? (Author "The Unabomber and The Zodiac") Re: his associated website http://www.unazod.com, all links result in "403 forbidden. You don't have permission to access / on this server." Domain is registered to Nakazawa Trading Co. Thanks for the opportunity to pose this question here.

1969 Vallejo directory

Cragle — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:30:59 +0000

Does anybody know if it is available free online or just on Ancestry. Trying to find all the residents on Gonzaga Ave ?

Anyone know what these correctional acronyms mean?

thedude — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:03:59 +0000

This is a question for anyone that has experience in the correctional system or with reading sentencing data The following acronyms were written down on a “summary of sentence data” page, and I have know idea what they mean. I’ve tried looking them up using google etc but they seem to be used only in the corrections system. Any help appreciated. OTRFA 15 years ATFA 7years CSWPT POC + Work Unit PC not c/w TFA 15 years Denied FPC PP 1 cal year PG all cts. Par Rev Den PO 2/70 mrcal 5077

Was Kane's photo edited?

loom — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:13:29 +0000

I remember reading somewhere on the forum that the glasses on this photo were edited on. Is this true? Looking closely at it, I can kind of see it being edited but I'm not sure.

Did those who shot the fireworks at BRS ever contact police?

egg — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 05:35:18 +0000

Did the police ever ask them to come over to be asked questions? They could have seen a car before or after they shot the fireworks.

Questions from new guy on forum

ptr1986 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:43:17 +0000

Maybe some of these questions were already answered, but I would like your opinions about them. So please, be kind with me - I have some theories about Zodiac which I´ll present here too (not about who did that - but about why he acted at some moments like he did). My questions: 1.) Halloween card - he mentioned 4 ways how he got his slaves in "paradice" - gun, knife, rope, fire. I think that there is huge gap, because it seems we dont know about all Zodiac crimes. Rope was used to bind Bryan and Cecellia before using a knife - so in their case, it would not be "rope", but knife as weapon mentioned in card. Then - there have to be obvious question - what he meant by rope and fire? I know that people may consider his messages as truth mixed with bunch of lies to confuse investigation and cause panic among public, but he was bragging type of character and I never saw any explanation, what fire and rope meant in that card. I honestly think that in his warped way, it really means he burnt someone to death and strangled someone with rope. So - there might be at least two more killing acts we have no idea about. 2.) I still think about how much cold-blooded killer he was and what was motive behind his actions. He obviously didnt care about who he killed, I mean - in serial murders, victims are related to motive of killer - even if they didnt know each other - it might be warped sexual thrill... in this case? Absolutely not. Victims didnt matter to him at all. Slaves for afterlife? I dont think it was real motive.... When you read his letters, his disdain to police is obvious. It seems that his killing spree didnt have motive in killing itself, but did they ever consider that it might have been sort of revenge against police? I know people often think that it was atrocious "cat and mouse" game, but it must have been started by something in Zodiac´s life. In life of every serial killer (unless he is completely mad person), you can find starting motive. Zodiac was obviously intelligent guy, so what was starting point for his decision to kill? 3.) Did he really stop killing after Paul Stine murder? There is over four years gap between Stine murder and last letter - so he was obviously free and didnt commit anything in those four years? It seems that as soon as he stopped to announce "this was my crime", his crimes stopped. I dont think its the case - I think there are murders, which were done by Zodiac - maybe with different m.o. (like suggested in Halloween card). There are various speculations about what happened with him later - I think there is possibilty he was convicted for "other" murder (or crime) without ever discovering it was also Zodiac. 4.) There is one thing which is beyond my comprehension. His handwriting style is so unique that it´s mindblowing it has never been recognized.... No I dont believe he "faked" different style as part of "Zodiac act", I think it was his normal handwriting. From message left on car door, there is one obvious thing - he was right-handed (the gap in by knif"e" would look different if it was written by left hand). Was his handwriting style ever used as crucial part of investigation? Not only as ruling out suspect, but as trying to find out suspects? And now one of my theories: There was a question about hood used in his Lake Berryesa attack. I think the reasons were two. First - after first attack, both victims died. After second attack, one of victims survived. That must have been shock for Zodiac (noone was supposed to survive... Zodiac sort of... failed) - and surviving victim means you have a witness. He used hood to scare victims, but mainly to avoid any possible identification if anyone of them survived. It also might be explanation, why he changed his way of acting - he may felt that being faced against two people might have been too risky.

How reliable is the hard evidence?

jasonbourne — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 06:45:52 +0000

After some studying, I find that there are some great suspects based on circumstantial evidence, but the hard evidence doesn't match. Therefore I ask how good is the hard evidence of fingerprints, handwriting, and DNA? For example, Ross Sullivan, Lawrence Kane, Arthur Leigh Allen, Richard Gaikowski, or insert your fave suspect here have some good circumstantial evidence, have been identified by the victims, and some look like the wanted poster. If we go by the hard evidence, then it seems to let them off. I don't think most have an alibi except for Ross Sullivan. From the hard evidence, there appears to be a suspect that isn't known but that sounds far fetched since there are enough facts to find some suspects.

Donald Fouke

PeakWidows — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:04:45 +0000

Does anybody know who of the POIs Don Fouke was asked to look at? EDIT: In person or photograph.