Dec. 20, 2005) On this date in 1968, the Zodiac began his killing spree by murdering a young couple parked along rural Lake Herman Road on the eastern outskirts of Vallejo, Cal. Exclusive to Zodiackiller.com, here are 60 pages of the official Lake Herman police report. (High-res photos included.)
Nov. 9, 2005) Exclusive to Zodiackiller.com, here’s a look at the status of the Zodiac case through the eyes of a recently-retired San Francisco Police Dept. detective.
Oct. 31, 2005) Just in time for Halloween, the Zodiac Magazine Rack has been updated again with two vintage stories.
Oct. 11, 2005) Today is the 36th anniversary of the Zodiac’s only San Francisco crime, the murder of cab driver Paul Stine. In a future update I’ll have exclusive comments from a detective who worked the Stine case for several years. Meanwhile, check out Stine’s page for a rare color pic of the cab.
> A nine-page story (“ZODIAC CASTS A STRANGLER’S SHADOW”) from the March 1970 issue of Startling Detective has been added to the Zodiac Magazine Rack.
> Ironically, the locations where several of the Zodiac’s murders took place are quite beautiful. Here are high-resolution images from two of those locations that may be saved for your desktop:
Desktop Image 1 (Lake Herman Road/1,280 x 960 pixels/455MB)
–From the crime scene looking north across the road to the hills–
Desktop Image 2 (Lake Berryessa/1,280 x 960 pixels/567 MB)
–“Zodiac Island,” as it’s known to the locals. The tree is now gone–
> While Paul Stine was Zodiac’s last-known victim, many believe he continued killing undetected. If so, a possible victim is missing nurse Donna Lass, who disappeared in September 1970. Donna’s page has been updated with a rare reward poster showing the Zodiac’s possible connection to her disappearance.
Sept. 27, 2005) Today is the 36th anniversary of the Zodiac’s attack on a young couple at Lake Berryessa in Napa County, Calif.
> A 14-page story (“HE WANTS SLAVE GIRLS WAITING FOR HIM IN PARADISE”) from the September 1975 issue of Front Page Detective has been added to the Zodiac Magazine Rack.
> Click here for several exclusive new photos from the upcoming ShadowMachine Films release, The Zodiac. Meanwhile, here’s another exclusive: A behind-the-scenes report from the actor who portrayed Zodiac in the film, Marty Lindsey.
Sept. 1, 2005) While one high-profile, in-production Zodiac film barrels forward in an apparent attempt at convincing the world that Arthur Leigh Allen was the Zodiac killer, here’s a look at a few new Zodiac suspects who, unlike Allen, weren’t ruled out long ago by police via fingerprint comparison, handwriting analysis and DNA testing.
> It has long been assumed that Zodiac was a movie buff who was influenced by such 1930s films as The Most Dangerous Game and Charlie Chan At Treasure Island. Here’s yet another possible influence — the 1952 San Francisco-based thriller, The Sniper.
> While it’s a rather large file size (148 KB), this high-quality portrait of possible 1966 Zodiac victim Cheri Jo Bates is definitely worth the download time.
> Here is a recent aerial view of Zodiac’s Lake Herman Road attack site from 1968.
Aug. 3, 2005) After more than two years of anticipation, I am thrilled to be able to bring Zodiac buffs around the world a look at the upcoming ShadowMachine Films release, The Zodiac:
— VIEW TRAILER — (QuickTime Player required/2.67 MB) | More about The Zodiac
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> Zodiackiller.com received a whopping 2.5 million hits in July 2005. (The hits total since the beginning of this year is more than 18 million.)
July 8, 2005) Several Zodiac films are making news. Ulli Lommel’s Zodiac Killer will be available on DVD July 19. Meanwhile, The Zodiac is finished and awaiting a distributor; hopefully it will be showing in a theatre near you by early 2006. Finally, a Zodiac-based film from Warner Bros./Phoenix Pictures is in pre-production and should be released in late 2006.
Feb. 7, 2005) Ulli Lommel, director of the upcoming film Zodiac Killer, sent me this update: “We are in the final stages of completing a US DVD release. Once that is done (we are currently trying to get an R-rating for the film), I will let you know. Probably by middle or end of March.”
> The page about Zodiac suspect Rick Marshall has been updated to include vintage photos of the San Francisco theatre where Marshall worked during the late 1960s/early 1970s.
