Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages "Badlands" letter wasn't a letter at all, but rather a postcard, according to several FBI reports from August '74. * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 By clicking on the links below, you will be directed to the ZodiacKillerFacts Document Gallery, featuring photographs of all of the authenticated "Zodiac" communications, as well as a collection of suspected forgeries and other documents. * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 If it isn't listed below, it's not considered by law enforcement to be an authenticat Zodiac communication:--> View High-Resolution Scans Of Select Letters--(Above: Donald Harden (along with his wife) solved Zodiac's initial three-part cipher.) * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 A citizen, Editor, SF Chronicle, 5th + Mission, San Fran, evidenced by your running of the ads for the movie "Badlands," featuring the blurb: "In 1959 most people were killing time. * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters The name was coined in a series of taunting letters … In the 308, he adds B & Y, but ignores G & N again, so I consider those likewise ignored in the 408. * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 The S.L.A letter supposedly received at the San Francisco Chronicle from the Zodiac Killer on February 14th 1974, was actually mailed on or slightly before February 3rd 1974 from Los Angeles County, one day before the kidnapping of Patricia Campbell Hearst. In light of recent events, this kind of murder-glorification can only be deplorable at best (not that glorification of violence was ever justifiable) why don't you show some concern for public sensibilities + cut the ad? You may be correct and that caused Zodiac to start looking for another victim. * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates The author of a warning/confession letter to both the Riverside (Calif.) police department and the editor of the Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper suggested that a … High resolution, color images have been provided whenever possible, although some documents are presented in black and white photographs. * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 On July 31, 1969, the Zodiac killer mailed three letters to three different San Francisco newspapers. Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * Zodiac Message on Car Door: Lake Berryessa - September 27 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac From 1969 to 1978, the person who called himself Zodiac wrote 21 letters … * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Examiner Letter: July 31 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates Most times, he has a strong emotional intention why he performs his first killing. * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 14 people found this helpful. The challenge by Marsh simply wetted Zodiac's appetite. The letter is signed "yours truely" with the excerpt of lyrics from a song from "the Mikado". * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Zodiac Message on Car Door: Lake Berryessa - September 27 1969 As with the capital “B” below, we get a strong smattering of Zodiac’s formal handwriting in the Badlands Letter. Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 On December 20, 1969, exactly one year after the murders of David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, the Zodiac mailed a letter to Belli that included another swatch of Stine's shirt; the Zodiac said he wanted Belli to help him. * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 Bettye Harden” - Bettye Harden’s letter “B” from Graysmith’s book, matches letter “B” in 1974 Badlands letter,same year as the Exorcist letter. * Vallejo Times - Herald Letter: July 31 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages I still find it more than a coincidence that about 30 yrs later, my suspect claimed to be her killer. * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 Dec. 2, 2008 Updated: Feb. 12, 2012 11:30 p.m. Facebook Twitter Email. * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: July 31 1969 Zodiac Killer: The Letters. * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 The letter took credit for the murder of Cheri Jo Bates. * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters Hi all, please allow me first two simple assumptions: 1. * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Examiner Letter: Received August 4 1969 (?) Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974, Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac, * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates, Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages, * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters, * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, Graysmith: UNMASKED * MYTHS & LEGENDS * DOCUMENT GALLERY * NEWS & UPDATES * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages A few times in Zodiac letters he made mistakes. * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine While an SFPD Inspector (probably Toschi, but his name was redacted) confided in the Bureau that he felt this postcard and the "Count Marco" letter were fakes, the * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 Each communication is presented in its own "album" which includes the envelopes, codes, and other items sent with these communications. * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 12. Sent to the Riverside Police, this is the first alleged Zodiac Killer letter, detailing his murder of Cheri Jo Bates. * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 A letter to the Chronicle, postmarked May 8, 1974, featured a complaint that the movie Badlands was "murder-glorification" and asked the paper to cut its advertisements. ... featuring photographs of all of the authenticated "Zodiac" communications, as well as a collection of suspected forgeries and other documents. * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 While I do not agree with every point Mr. Korsgaard makes (could a dyslexic have written the "Badlands" letter? * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters Zodiac Killer letter, May 8th 1974, the "Badlands" card, sent to the San Francisco Chronicle Zodiac Killer letter, July 8th 1974, the "Count Marco Red Phantom" letter, sent to the San Francisco Chronicle Zodiac Killer letter, April 24 1978, sent to the San … * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 His identity remains unknown. * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 Signed only “A citizen”, the handwriting, tone, and surface irony were all similar to earlier Zodiac communications. Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 Good information thank you. The wires in her Volkswagen's distributor cap had been pulled out. * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * San Francisco Examiner Letter: Received August 4 1969 (?) The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 A letter to the Chronicle, postmarked May 8, 1974, featured a complaint that the movie Badlands was “murder-glorification” and asked the paper to cut its advertisements. * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 Badlands Card, 22nd Zodiac Letter Lyrics Editor, SF Chronicle, 5th + Mission, San Fran Sirs- I would like to expressionmy consterntconsternation concerning your poor taste + … Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac ", The Riverside Desktop Poem, 3rd Zodiac Letter, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, and Vallejo Times-Herald, 4th Zodiac Letter, ”This is the Zodiac Speaking”, 5th Zodiac Letter, ”School Children Make Nice Targets”, 7th Zodiac Letter, ”I Get Awfully Lonely”, 8th Zodiac Letter, ”Sun light in early morning”, 11th Zodiac Letter, ”When I Have My Blast”, 12th Zodiac Letter, ”This code will tell you where the bomb is set”, 13th Zodiac Letter, ”Peek Through the Pines”, 19th Zodiac Letter, The Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden, Part III, Ransom Letter Sent to JonBenet Ramsey’s Parents, The Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden, Part II. * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters But that leaves proper C, reversed B & reversed Y. Zodiac's 408 alphabet contains characters for every letter of the alphabet, except 3: J, Q, and Z. * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 The killer's identity remains unknown. * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 Signed only "A citizen", the handwriting, tone, and surface irony were all similar to earlier Zodiac communications. * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 Through a series of cryptic letters he sent to the media and others, the killer disclosed his motivation for the slayings, offered clues to future murders, and adopted the nickname Zodiac. * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine Zodiac Message on Car Door - Lake Berryessa - September 27 1969 San Francisco Chronicle Letter - October 13 1969 Re: Murder of Paul Stine San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher - November 8 1969 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 Another similarity I recently found is the Badlands letter starts with "Sirs," much like one of the Cooper letters starts "Dear Sirs," DB Cooper & the Zodiac Killer - The Zodiac Killer -- Unsolved & Unforgotten * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 Each “Zodiac” communication is linked separately below, but the entire collection is also available by following this link to the Document Gallery. ), overall I feel that this book is a welcome addition to a Zodiac bookshelf and one I'd highly recommend to other serious researchers. * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 Below, “speaking” is spelled with a p that is 1 stroke rather than his usual 2 stroke p. As you will notice, he also wrote a 2 stroke d here. * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters He was trying to “hide” his Zodiac identity in that letter. * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 NOTE: There are many hoaxed Zodiac letters. * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 It is called the “Exorcist Letter” because he mentions seeing The Exorcist and thinking it the best “saterical comedy.” Another movie commentary letter, if you like to call it that, was mailed on May 9, 1974. To me, this letter doesn't look like spot on Zodiac writing to me, but it also doesn't look completely different.Some similarities are wide spacing on some places, some Capital T's remind me of the Bates letters, and the curling C in because reminds me of the curling C in the Badlands letter 'concerning'. * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: July 31 1969 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 Kit + Holly were killing people. * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates * Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages So Zodiac uses all but 4 of those reversed letters: B, G, N, Y. * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Examiner Letter: July 31 1969 * San Francisco Examiner Letter: Received August 4 1969 (?) * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters Zodiac mailed a letter to the Los Angeles Times on March 13, 1971. * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 At least if he isn´t medically insane. * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 ... * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974. * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac On July 31, 1969, The Zodiac Killer—his puzzling infamy reignited by the 2007 film Zodiacstarring Jake Gyllenhaal—sent his first three letters to San Francisco area newspapers claiming responsibility for several murders. Sirs- I would like to expression my consternt consternation concerning your poor taste + lack of sympathy for the public, as evidenced by your running of the ads for the movie "Badlands," featuring the blurb: "In 1959 most people were killing time. Suspected "Zodiac" Forgeries and Other Dubious Messages To Zodiac, the first victim was the most relevant one. * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 The Zodiac Killer was a serial murderer who stalked parts of Northern California from December 1968 through October 1969. * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 If you are like me, and believe the Zodiac killer was none of the commonly named suspects, here is a possible theory: The January 24, 1974 "Exorcist" letter is the last one most people believe is an authentic letter that references the Zodiac killings. * San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974 * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 Communications Possibly Linked to the Zodiac Each "Zodiac" communication is linked separately below, but the entire collection is also available by following this link to the Document Gallery. * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 The ZODIAC Communications. * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * Zodiac Message on Car Door: Lake Berryessa - September 27 1969 * Zodiac Message on Car Door: Lake Berryessa - September 27 1969 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 Contemporary public speculation and Zodiac claims * Los Angeles Times Letter: March 13 1971 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970 ABOUT THIS SITE / SOURCES & LINKS * FORUM * BLOG * MAIN MENU, ABOUT THIS SITE / SOURCES & LINKS * FORUM * BLOG * MAIN MENU, Vallejo Times - Herald Letter: July 31 1969, San Francisco Examiner Letter: July 31 1969, San Francisco Chronicle Letter: July 31 1969, San Francisco Examiner Letter: Received August 4 1969 (? * Atlanta "Zodiac" Letter - March 8, 1981, * Melvin Belli Letter: December 20 1969 * Secret Pal Card - December 1990 * San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970 * San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971 Zodiac then sent a letter to The Los Angeles Times indicating that the killer confirmed the theory that he had killed Bates. * San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969 * San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974 * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 * Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters * Zodiac Message on Car Door: Lake Berryessa - September 27 1969 ), Zodiac Message on Car Door: Lake Berryessa - September 27 1969, San Francisco Chronicle Letter: October 13 1969 - Re: Murder of Paul Stine, San Francisco Chronicle Dripping Pen Card & 340 Cipher: November 8 1969, San Francisco Chronicle Letter: November 9 1969, San Francisco Chronicle "My Name Is" Letter: April 20 1970, San Francisco Chronicle Map Code Letter: June 26 1970, San Francisco Chronicle "Kathleen Johns" Letter: July 24 1970, San Francisco Chronicle "Little List" Letter: July 26 1970, San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970, San Francisco Chronicle Paul Avery Halloween: October 27 1970, San Francisco Chronicle Lake Tahoe card: March 22 1971, San Francisco Chronicle Exorcist Letter: January 29 1974, San Francisco Chronicle SLA Card: received February 14 1974, San Francisco Chronicle Badlands card: May 8 1974, San Francisco Chronicle Count Marco Red Phantom Letter: July 8 1974, Riverside Documents Linked To Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates, Letters and Other Communications Attributed to Zodiac Imposters. * San Francisco Chronicle Pace Card: October 5 1970 Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. 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