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Dedicated to the memories of David Faraday, Betty Lou Jensen, Darlene Ferrin, Cecelia Shepard, and Paul Stine, and to Michael Mageau, and Bryan Hartnell, we are a podcast that digs into the Zodiac murders of 1968 and 1969, about the effect on the modern world, and about the victims and their lives a…

Christopher J Garcia


    • Feb 15, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 11m AVG DURATION
    • 46 EPISODES


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    S4E19 - The Joe Green / Josef Mengele Conspiracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 10:23


    S4E18 - Paul Doerr

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 11:01


    # Episode Notes

    S4E17 - Suspect - Earl Van Best

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 4:02


    S4E16 - Suspect - Richard Gaikowski Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 11:05


    Episode Notes zodiac murder bayarea history truecrime crime richardgaikowski Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E15 - Suspect - Richard Gaikowski

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 10:18


    S4E14 - Suspect: Bruce Davis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 7:22


    Episode Notes H. Allegra Lansing on Bruce Davis The Lame Conspiracy Theory well and truly debunked. Eric Fisher's excellent piece in The Clarksvillian Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E13 - Suspect - Edward Wayne Edwards

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 9:44


    Episode Notes A Rolling Stone article. An interesting blog. edwardwayneedwards truecrime murder bayarea history zodiac Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

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    S4E12 - Suspect - Arthur Leigh Allen: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 11:09


    # Episode Notes

    S4E11 - Suspect - Arthur Leigh Allen (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 12:25


    Episode Notes Zodiac Ciphers excellent page concerning Allen Zodiackiller.com's excellent page Screenrant on why ALA wasn't Zodiac zodiac murder truecrime history arthurleighallen bayarea crime Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E10 - Suspect: Lawrence Kane

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 9:42


    Episode Notes Zodiac Suspect Lawrence Kane on ZodiacKiller.com Lawrence Kane on Zodiacciphers.com murder #history #bayarea #truecrime #lawrencekane Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E9 - Introduction to the Suspects

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 6:45


    Episode Notes You can find a very good introduction to the frequently referenced Big Four suspects at https://zodiackiller.com/zodiac-killer-suspects/ truecrime #history #zodiac #zodiacspeaking #murder #bayarea Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E8 - Zodiac by David Fincher

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 10:00


    S4E7 - Gary Francis Poste - Potential Zodiac

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 7:27


    Episode Notes The Case Breakers press release - https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.114.250/g9q.07b.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Zodiac-Killer-Press-release-1-1.pdf Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E6 - Zodiac by Robert Graysmith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 8:11


    Episode Notes truecrimie murder zodiac history robertgraysmith book literature bayarea Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

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    S4E5 - The Great Unsolved Mysteries

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 6:49


    S4E4 - The California Crime Book by Robert Colby

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 8:33


    Episode Notes Sponsored by Military True Crime Addict! Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E3 - Dirty Harry - 1972

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 6:44


    Episode Notes The Dirty Harry Wiki! Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E2 - Zodiac & Porn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 6:35


    Episode Notes Yes, it exists. Yes, you can find the film on various porn sites. No, I'm not going to link it! Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S4E1 - The Zodiac Killer - 1971

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 7:01


    Episode Notes The Zodiac KIller - 1971 Directed & Produced by Tom Hanson Written by Ray Cantrell Manny Cardoza Starring Hal Reed Bob Jones Ray Lynch Tom Pittman Currently Available on YouTube Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S3E3 - The 340 Cipher

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021


    Episode Notes We look at the 340 Cipher. An excellent post on the 340 that served as the basis of this episode. Follow our new Instagram - ZodiacSpeakingPodcast Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S3E2 - Episode 26 - The 408 Cipher

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 22:39


    Episode Notes A look at the 408 Cipher, what it took, and how it all might be saying more. Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S3E1 - Episode 25 - Intro to Ciphers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 10:42


    Episode Notes We're doing a short, 4 episode season specifically on the Ciphers before Season 4, all about the suspects. In this introduction, we look at the basics of what a cipher is, how they can be abused, and the barebones of why it matters. Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S2E5 - Kathleen Johns

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 14:03


    Episode Notes Kathleen Johns, who sadly passed away in 2002, was abducted while on Highway 132 heading from San Bernadino to Petaluma. WAs it Zodiac? She thought so. Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S2E4 - Donna Lass

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 7:38


    Episode Notes A postcard tied the disappearance to the Zodiac, but what else? Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S2E3 - The Murders of Richard Domingos and Linda Edwards

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 18:49


    Episode Notes Two teens at the beach on Senior Ditch Day, are murdered, shot with a .22, Winchester Super X bullets, but was it an early Zodiac killing? Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

    S2E2 - Cheri Jo Bates - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 10:13


    Episode Notes We return from a LONG break to finish up our look at the murder of Cheri Jo Bates, about whether or not it was related, and what it meant. Find out more at https://zodiac-speaking.pinecast.co

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    Episode 20 - Cheri Jo Bates

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 11:24


    Was this murder in Riverside related? Is Bates the model for so many murder victims in popular culture? Did Zodiac do it? The first part of three.

    Episode 19 - The Canonical Murders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 11:31


    A review of the four attacks in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco, and what they as a whole might tell us.

    Episode 18 - Letters - October to December 1969

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 15:16


    We look at the letters following the murder of Paul Stine, the reasons these feel like Zodiac knew that he wasn't going to do it again, how Melvin Belli fit in, and why would he be so poor at spelling.

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    Episode 17 - The Second of Paul Stine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 13:36


    A look at the Stine murder theory as to why the car went an extra block, about what might have happened, and a lot of talk about whether or not Zodiac simply stopped.

    Paul Stine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 7:41


    A look at the murder of Paul Stine, and the beginning of a discussion of why Zodiac stopped here. We're looking to interview anyone who knew Paul and could give us some more insight on him.

    Intro - Paul Stine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 4:12


    The path I'll be taking towards the discussion of the murder of Paul Stine is laid out.

    The Last Shepard-Hartnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 9:34


    A final wrap-up of the Lake Berryessa attack, as well as a look at the rest of the path of the podcast

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    Shepard-Hartnell - The Clues

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 10:01


    A look at the clues from the Lake Berryessa attack, and if Zodiac left some behind on purpose.

    The Second Shepard-Hartnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 29:18


    Today, we look at the words of Bryan Hartnell, what they meant to the idea of Zodiac and how they have moved the case along. we also touch on details defining how a timeline is build, how unreliable details can often be as important as verifiable, and we give a shout-out to the amazing Ashley and Bay Area Mystery Club!

    Episode 11 - The First of Shepard Hartnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2018 17:29


    We start our look into the attack at Lake Berryessa with a few snippets from the police reports.

    Intro - Shepard-Hartnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2018 9:09


    A first look at the first attack following the Zodiac giving himself a name. Here, I lay out what I'll be talking about for the rest of the set of episodes, and exactly what it might all mean. You can read my issue of Claims Department on Zodiac at http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/ClaimsDepartment22.pdf You can read my issue of Exhibition Hall on Jack the Ripper at http://efanzines.com/ExhibHall/ExhibHall-21.pdf

    The First Two Letters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 18:44


    We look at the first two letters written to newspapers, the strange spelling, and why they may, or may not, be authentic.

    Michael Mageau

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 21:30


    Through the police report and my random thoughts, I look at Michael Mageau, how it fits into the case at large, how his survival may have changed the path of the murders, and more.

    Darlene Ferrin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2018 13:10


    A look at Darlene Ferrin and the stories that have grown around her. Was she the key to everything? Was Zodiac after her and her alone? Was she stalked? What were the calls to her family about?

    The Attack on Michael MAgeau and Darlene Ferrin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 12:38


    You can say that the attack on Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin on 4th of July, 1969 is what took a pair of murders and turned them into one of the most famous set of killings ever. We look at the two victims, and what we'll be looking at in the coming episodes, starting in late May

    Introduction - Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 4:38


    A look at encountering Michael Mageau, and an introduction to why this might be the most significant attack of all.

    Faraday & Jensen - Thoughts and Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018 13:32


    We take a last look at Faraday and Jensen with a consideration of a further-out theory, a look at what happened after in the community, and more.

    Coverage - Faraday and Jensen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2018 8:27


    A look at two of the major pieces of coverage of the Faraday-Jensen murders and what the pieces were saying about the murdered, as well as about the reason for the tone of the coverage.

    Betty Lou Jensen & David Faraday

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018 18:37


    We look at Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday, the first two victims of Zodiac, that last night, and what may have happened on December 20th, 1968.

    Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2018 4:38


    What we are going to do. How we are going to do it. why it matters.

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