Tom Voigt (left) and Don Cheney. Dec. 30, 2000 Don Cheney met Arthur Leigh Allen in 1962 and maintained a friendship with him through 1968. Their friendship ended in 1969, after a New Year’s Day conversation in which Allen spoke of killing at random and calling himself “Zodiac.” Cheney soon moved to the Los Angeles […]
The view from a recently-retired San Francisco homicide cop Inspector Maloney at police headquarters in San Francisco Exclusive to Zodiackiller.com Nov. 9, 2005 | San Francisco, Cal. By Inspector Michael Maloney | Star 2014San Francisco Police Dept. | Retired The Zodiac case will not be solved until the current San Francisco Police Dept.’s manager in […]
Tom Voigt (left) and Zodiac suspect Rick Marshall By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com ADDITIONAL UPDATES When Rick Marshall vacated his Riverside apartment shortly after the murder of Cheri Bates in late 1966, he left a closet full of women’s clothing and handbags. Cross-dressing was not unusual for Marshall, who especially enjoyed the […]
Below is an extremely rare photograph of the San Francisco Chronicle building from the late 1960s, just as it appeared when the Zodiac killer was actively writing his letters to the newspaper. View full image: 1290 x 1154 — 163 KB By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com
The recent Michael Connelly saga is the latest in a silly string of profiteers attempting to get rich (or richer) via the case of the Zodiac killer By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com NOTE: The article below was originally published in 2009. It is more relevant than ever in 2026. The Zodiac killer […]
Bryan Hartnell, surviving victim of the Zodiac killer. Attacked on Sept. 27, 1969. Pictured from late 1969 By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com In early October 1969, a suspicious man had gotten the attention of Captain Don Townsend of the Napa County Sheriff’s Department. Townsend had been warned of the man by a […]
No, the Zodiac killer/Cheri Jo Bates connection was not the invention of a newspaper reporter By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com Welcome to 2026, where any moron with an Internet connection can provide “Zodiac content,” no matter how obscenely misinformed. This post deals with one such example, sometimes appearing in the form of […]
Don Cheney circa 2008 By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com | ADDITIONAL UPDATES By late 2001, I was used to receiving weird phone calls from Don Cheney. This occasion was not an exception. Immediately after I answered the phone, Don identified himself and quickly offered an unexpected revelation: “Yeah, there’s one thing – […]
Above: The Zodiac killer as described in October 1969 following his murder of cab driver Paul Stine in San Francisco. Based on current data regarding the accuracy of eyewitnesses, the description (including age, height and weight) should be taken with a healthy grain of salt beef. Zodiac nerd reference intended FYI: Contrary to a somewhat […]
1961 writings — including odd symbols — by “Crazy” Joe Mitton By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com On Sept. 22nd, 1943, a new client named Claude Burriston took a seat in Joe Mitton’s barber chair at a shop in downtown Oakland, Cal. Upon sitting, Burriston let out a cough — possibly due to […]