so basically zero evidence for Gaik?

why is this guy even a suspect at all?

Read this and make up your own mind:
http://zodiackiller.com/SuspectGaikowski.html

Please correct me if I am mistaken, but did gyke’s employer not confirm that he was not in California on some of the needed dates? I think I saw an interview where his employer, or possibly an acquaintance, had a letter or a document confirming gyke was not in California, but this was a long time ago, and I can not remember if the claim was credible.

I have enjoyed the theories, but have not seen much to implicate this man…

My problem with Gaikowski has always been that while a radical, he seemed too much the "peace and love" hippy dippy save the whales type to be a cold blooded murderer. If the victims involved were police or authority figures I would believe him more capable.

Please correct me if I am mistaken, but did gyke’s employer not confirm that he was not in California on some of the needed dates?

No, in fact he was not traditionally employed during the entire Zodiac era.

My problem with Gaikowski has always been that while a radical, he seemed too much the "peace and love" hippy dippy save the whales type to be a cold blooded murderer. If the victims involved were police or authority figures I would believe him more capable.

The Good Times staffers were all radicals.

My problem with Gaikowski has always been that while a radical, he seemed too much the "peace and love" hippy dippy save the whales type to be a cold blooded murderer. If the victims involved were police or authority figures I would believe him more capable.

The Good Times staffers were all radicals.

I want my $10 back.

Hi, I have a few thoughts and questions. I haven’t read very much of Gaikowski’s writing yet. Are there any recognizable radical political intentions behind the Zodiac campaign that we have reason to believe may have resonated with Gaikowski in particular? It seems RG was anti-establishment and may have hated cops but was he really known to be pro violence? The Zodiac seemed content with simply causing widespread terror in general, nothing too specific for readers to take away as one might expect from a politically radical culprit. He never used his time in the spotlight to send any message out to the world that I would consider political. Is there any compelling motive for Gaikowski to turn psycho killer that we are aware of?

The Good Times staffers were all radicals.

Yes, I realize that. The victims just don’t seem to fit what I believe would be his profile. Still. who knows, I haven’t seen anything that rules him out.

Hi, I have a few thoughts and questions. I haven’t read very much of Gaikowski’s writing yet. Are there any recognizable radical political intentions behind the Zodiac campaign that we have reason to believe may have resonated with Gaikowski in particular? It seems RG was anti-establishment and may have hated cops but was he really known to be pro violence? The Zodiac seemed content with simply causing widespread terror in general, nothing too specific for readers to take away as one might expect from a politically radical culprit. He never used his time in the spotlight to send any message out to the world that I would consider political. Is there any compelling motive for Gaikowski to turn psycho killer that we are aware of?

Yeah, that’s the thing about Gaikowski, seems he would want to make a definitive political statement with the murders, but I don’t see one. I suppose Jansen/Faraday and Shepard/Hartnell could have been in his mind "children of the establishment", but then Ferrin/Mageau and Stine seem the opposite.

Please correct me if I am mistaken, but did gyke’s employer not confirm that he was not in California on some of the needed dates?

No, in fact he was not traditionally employed during the entire Zodiac era.

Thank you.

I wish I could remember where I heard this claim..

I remember seeing an old interview in a zodiac documentary, I can not remember which one, but I think it was probably one of the television shows on history or discovery or something. Any way, some guy had some piece of correspondence or document confirming that "gyke" was not in California on the needed date, I think the letter confirmed "gyke" was in Albany, New York…I thought it was an employer, but it was probably an acquaintance.

(The funny thing about that is that there are also bizzare zodiac connections to Albany, though they are likely unrelated to gyke)

Hi, I have a few thoughts and questions. I haven’t read very much of Gaikowski’s writing yet. Are there any recognizable radical political intentions behind the Zodiac campaign that we have reason to believe may have resonated with Gaikowski in particular? It seems RG was anti-establishment and may have hated cops but was he really known to be pro violence? The Zodiac seemed content with simply causing widespread terror in general, nothing too specific for readers to take away as one might expect from a politically radical culprit. He never used his time in the spotlight to send any message out to the world that I would consider political. Is there any compelling motive for Gaikowski to turn psycho killer that we are aware of?

Anarchism is by nature a peaceful movement. The radical left was also centered on peace and compassion. Even the weather underground made a point of only blowing up empty buildings or if they had to take casualties they were generally law enforcement. The SDS and weatherman underground did advocate violent revolution, adopting the slogans "piece now" (piece like a gun), and "bring the war home", they were known for robbing stores and banks, and were famous for smashing things up in Chicago. …but none of this seems fitting with zodiac, at least not to me.

If zodiac thought he was a part of the radical left or late 1960s youth culture, he surly violated every principal these cultures are founded on.

I don’t see the connection any way.

Zodiac made many comments regarding law enforcement, referring to them as "blue pigs" , "blue-meanies", and "pigs"

Zodiac also mentions wanting people to wear zodiac buttons, he mentions "peace sign", "black power" , and "Melvin eats blubber"

Other than this connections to the radical left seem sparse…

The radical left, even the SDS and the weather underground, would not have condoned of zodiac’s crimes, which would have done nothing but hurt the movement.

Look at what happened with Manson. After Manson people were truly afraid of "hippies" and the youth movement. That type of murder and mayhem was horrible for the hippie movement as well as the anti-war movement, youth culture and radical left.

Proximity to stine is legit…vallejo as well…i like the berkley association..i seriously question the reliability of (to put it nicely) goldcatcher though…i dont not like gaik beyond my first 2 points

I’ve probably said it before, but if Z was Gyke, or really any person connected to the radical left wing, it would probably be that he was a murderous psycho that found it useful to hang out among people who hated the police and liked to build bombs, and not because he advocated their political causes or carried out his crimes for that purpose.

But then again, gyke did a lot for that and more than you would think someone who was just pretending. In other words he seemed sincere in his belief and you would think a serial killer might not want to do things like purposely get himself arrested for a protest.

Proximity to stine is legit…vallejo as well…i like the berkley association..i seriously question the reliability of (to put it nicely) goldcatcher though…i dont not like gaik beyond my first 2 points

I have long suspected Berkeley of being zodiac’s city of residence.

Though "gyke" was not the only POI centered in that area.

I don’t know why the error persists that unsubstantiated info from Blaine/Goldcatcher is used against Gaikowski, but it simply is not true, at least not at my website. Unverified info might get discussed at the message board, but it’s not presented as factual.

What is for sure is that during the time of the Zodiac murders, Gaikowski was an undiagnosed schizophrenic using heavy drugs, suffering from depression and a confused sexual identity. (By the end of 1969 he came out as being gay, up until then he was living as a heterosexual.) He finally got help with his mental issues after being committed to the Napa State Hospital in March 1971. After that, Zodiac disappeared in name and returned in 1974 as a movie critic, at the same time Gaikowski was operating a small movie theater in San Francisco. (Not to mention the change in the key of the 408 so that GYKE translates to AUSE, the second syllable of his last name.)

There is much more, but if the above isn’t compelling to you, I don’t know what to say.