If Zodiac was gay, like Rick Marshall, then it might explain his apparent lack of sexual interest in female victims.
12 Letters = RICKMARSHALL and JOEDONDICKEY
A vague theater link is also present in the 1933 film Charlie Chan at Treasure Island, in which Charlie Chan investigates the suspicious death of a writer, along with a telegram sent by the mysterious hypnotist Dr. Zodiac, who is believed to have been blackmailing his clients. While Charlie Chan is traveling to San Francisco by plane, a friend of Charlie, novelist Paul Essex, dies aboard the aircraft after receiving a radiogram warning him not to ignore "Zodiac". This sends Charlie Chan, played by Sidney Toler, into another puzzling mystery set on San Francisco’s Treasure Island during the Golden Gate International Exposition.
It has also been suggested that if Rick Marshall were the Zodiac Killer he could possibly have gained his inspiration for the Zodiac crosshairs logo from his projectionist work at the Avenue Movie Theatre. A film leader is a section of film attached to the head or tail of a roll of film to help its threading into a projector. This often involved a number countdown for television and motion picture productions. View Universal Film Leader.
He was also allegedly in possession of a Royal Typewriter, which is another link to the Zodiac case with respect to the typed ‘Confession’ letter sent to the Riverside Homicide Detail and Riverside Press Enterprise on November 29th 1966. A letter that graphically describes the repeated stabbing and murder of Cheri Jo Bates on October 30th 1966 outside the Riverside City College library.
It’s funny I’m watching this Case Closed series focusing on Ross Sullivan and Larry Kane to be the Zodiac. They are looking into them for an old film expert lead when obviously Marshall is the best lead being a known expert on old films.
Who was Wallace Penny in the film that named Marshall as the Zodiac?
His name was Wallace Penny. He said he knew who the Zodiac was. Gave me a name. Rick. Rick somebody.
– Rick Marshall?
– Yeah.
– I think that the man who you talkd to called me, too.
– After he left, then I checked my files. I never cleared a Rick Marshall.
– Hello? Hello? Who is this? It’s the wrong number. Does the name Rick Marshall mean anything to you?
– What are you after?
– What do you got?
– Hypothetically, you just named my favorite suspect in the whole case. This is off the record. Couple years back, I was trying to get Marshall’s prints. I handed him a photo. He looks at it. He’s about to give it back and he stops and he says, "My goodness, I got fingerprints all over this." And he wipes them off.
– Why didn’t you test him for handwriting?
– Because when they finally did run his prints, they cleared him against the one in Stine’s cab.
– So, then, it’s not him.
– Maybe yes, maybe no.
– No. What do you mean?
– Zodiac left gloves behind at the scene. If he had the foresight to bring gloves with him, how the hell’s he gonna accidentally leave a print behind?
– But it was in the victim’s blood.
– Could have been one of the bystanders, or a cop just reached out, boom, false print.
– Yeah, but that print disqualified 25,000 suspects.
– Which is why we also used handwriting.
– But not for Rick Marshall.
– SFPD saw a handwritten sign in the window of his house. Decided it looked nothing like the Z letters, so they just moved on.
– How do they know that Rick Marshall wrote the sign?
– My thoughts exactly. Rick Marshall was a Navy man. He received code training. He was also a projectionist at a silent film theater.
– Well, then, how do I get copies of Rick Marshall’s handwriting?
– Three ways. One, get a warrant, which you can’t. Two, get him to volunteer, which he won’t.
– Yeah, and three?
– Get creative.
“On April 7, 1972, Isobel Watson, a thirty-three-year-old legal secretary in San Francisco, got off the bus in Tamalpias and began walking up Pine Hill. Out of no where, a white Chevy swerved at her. The car stopped and the driver leapt out, explaining: I’m terribly sorry. Please let me drive you home.” The driver was in his early forties, about 5’ 9” and wore heavy black-rimmed glasses.”
“Ms. Watson replied: ‘No thanks.’ The man repeated his request in a very concerned voice and was again refused. At this time, the man flew into a rage and, pulling a short-bladed knife, began to stab at her back. She let out a series of screams. As a result, lights went on in all the nearby houses. The man raced back to his car and sped off. Watson was rushed to the hospital and treated for her wounds. Ken Narlow of the Napa P.D. believed that there was a good chance that the attacker was the Zodiac, being that he fit all of the previous Zodiac descriptions to a tee and that the attack took place on the weekend.” (Zodiac, Robert Graysmith, pp 181-182.)
“Fifteen minutes before the killings on Lake Herman Road, and throughout the evening, a white Chevrolet sedan was seen parked exactly where the murderer’s car was parked. If the killer of Faraday and Jensen drove a white Chevrolet and the man asking about Darlene drove a white Chevrolet, then chances were that they all belonged to the same man, Zodiac.” (Zodiac, Robert Graysmith p 294.)
Rick Marshall 1972 – Chief Engineer at Marin Radio Station KTIM
Killed: Shepard, Sept. 29, 1969 (Monday)
Wounded: Hartnell, Sept. 27, 1969 (Saturday)
Case number: 105907
Time of attack: Approximately 6:15 p.m. | Sept. 27, 1969 (Saturday)
Place of attack: The shoreline of Lake Berryessa near Napa, Calif.
"Dr Rayfield stated that about 6:30 pm the previous evening, he and his son had parked their car north of Park Headquarters in the general area of the crime scene. They stated they went down towards the beach area when David noticed a white male adult subject walking in the area, described as about 5’10", heavy build, wearing dark trousers, a dark shirt with red in it, long sleeves".
By the time they reached the beach and then noticed the man, it was likely closer to 6:45-6:50 pm. There is a very good chance that the individual they saw that evening was the Zodiac Killer – and the dark shirt he was wearing "with red in it" was likely the blood of Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard. The Zodiac Killer was returning to his vehicle from the crime scene 0.8 miles south. The killer was effectively traveling from south to north, and likely had the pass the location of Dr Rayfield and his son to reach his vehicle.
https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-ne … s-timeline
David Rayfield seems to have noted this man’s gait that it was irregular or clumsy to some degree.
Sounds like the Stine suspect and Marshall.
Marshall’s age, height and reddish tinted hair matches
Stine Suspect
White Male Adult, in his early forties, 5’8", heavy build, reddish-blond ‘crew cut’ hair, wearing eyeglasses, dark brown trousers, dark (navy blue or black) ‘Parka’ jacket, dark shoes.” This description was subsequently adjusted for the SFPD composite sketch which published this description: WMA 35-45 years old, 5’8" Reddish brown hair, Crewcut, Heavy Rim Glasses, Navy blue or black jacket.
I wasn’t aware there was this much against Rick Marshall. Interesting.
I’ll raise my one continuing-although-hard-to-tell-how-much-it-matters objection to gay suspects – the females seem, for the most part, attractive and/or desirable.
The Zodiac played a game all his life and his ego would never allow him to reveal himself. Remaining unsolved he believes he has won the game – SFPD 0. Marshall covered his tracks well but the more digging the more you uncover.
What police files are available on Marshall? Any interviews or reports?
I wasn’t aware there was this much against Rick Marshall. Interesting.
I’ll raise my one continuing-although-hard-to-tell-how-much-it-matters objection to gay suspects – the females seem, for the most part, attractive and/or desirable.
James Randi named a classic car of his after Sophia Loren. Because, in his words, "I’m gay but I’m not blind".
3 lucky girls:
Earlier on in the day, three young women, students of Pacific Union College parked their vehicle two miles north of the A & W Root Beer stand at 5100 Knoxville Road. As they left their vehicle to go sunbathing, a white male, driving a silver or light blue Chevrolet 2-door sedan with California plates pulled up to the rear of their car, bumper to bumper, yet remained inside his vehicle. This man would seemingly remain in his vehicle for approximately 30 minutes before they spotted him again, observing them from about 40 to 50 feet away while they were sunbathing. Each time they looked at him he seemingly evaded eye contact, thus drawing suspicion from the three women. He was described as being between 28 and 40 years, 200-225 pounds, 6 feet tall, styled black hair, with rounded eyes and thin lips – he was good looking, with a muscular or stocky build, wearing dark pants and a dark pullover shirt. He remained observing them, by their accounts, for between 30-45 minutes and then left. At 4:30 pm they decided to leave the shores of Lake Berryessa and noticed his vehicle had gone.
Bryan Hartnell thought the attacker to be 20-30 years using voice concept, with dark brown hair visible through the hood, wearing dark blue or black pleated slacks, 5′ 8" to 6′ 0" tall and 225-250 pounds. https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-ne … iac-killer
Suspect seen at Berryessa
"Rick Marshall was not as heavy back then as he was later in life." Gilda Tabarez, San Francisco
OCT. 12, 1970
13 Punch holes for victims or 3 in a separate row to indicate 13 March ?
MAR 13, 1971 Marshall’s 45th birthday – "fiddle & fart around"
On June 19th 1970, Sgt Richard Radetich was gunned down by three shots from a .38 caliber revolver at point blank range through the driver side window of his vehicle, while in the process of serving a parking ticket. He was sat in his police car near 643 Waller Street, San Francisco in the Lower Haight District when he sustained life threatening injuries and subsequently died 15 hours later. https://www.zodiacciphers.com/zodiac-ne … ich-murder
Marshall lived at 143 Scott Street
