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Seagull
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This book has nine different stories about crimes in San Francisco. It was first published in 1974. It has what is the first account, in book form, of the Zodiac killings according to the author of the Zodiac story. The author is Duffy Jennings of the San Francisco Chronicle. Most of the story goes along as we all know it to be but there are a few things that made me say to myself, "That’s not right" or "I never knew that". This kind of leads me to think that when someone insists they read a particular thing but can’t remember where, it might have come from this story and been repeated at a forum. An example would be, this story says Bryan Hartnell said that Zodiac was wearing glasses under the hood and may have had clip-ons attached to the glasses.

This story was written without the benefit of the various police reports that we have today but reporters were given more access in real time to police reports back then than they are today.


















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Posted : May 15, 2014 2:44 am
Tahoe27
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Wow! Thanks for your efforts posting this. It’s appreciated.


…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

 
Posted : May 15, 2014 10:13 am
traveller1st
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Wow! Thanks for your efforts posting this. It’s appreciated.

Ditto. :D


I don’t know Chief, he’s very smart or very dumb.

 
Posted : May 16, 2014 12:02 am
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Yeah, thanks Seagull.

A lot of original true crime books are well worth it because they don’t have the benefit of hindsight.

"If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."

 
Posted : May 18, 2014 8:34 pm
smithy
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Blimmin’ marvellous. Thank you very much, S.

 
Posted : May 18, 2014 9:46 pm
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