On Oct. 22, 1969, a man claiming to be the Zodiac killer called a live San Francisco television show. The guest on the show was famed attorney Melvin Belli, and the show’s host was Jim Dunbar. Mr. Dunbar’s operator patched the caller through so the entire Bay Area could hear “Zodiac’s” voice. It was suggested […]
Author: Tom Voigt
Gaikowski Audio
In 1986, a former friend began to suspect that San Francisco resident Richard Gaikowski (pictured above) was the Zodiac killer. That friend made the recordings featured below. Eventually, Gaikowski’s recorded voice was played to Nancy Slover, who had spoken with the Zodiac in July 1969. Slover’s reaction to Gaikowski’s voice is included below. The audio […]
Vintage Vallejo
I created this image to help orient case enthusiasts with the area I call Zodiac Ground Zero, otherwise known as Vallejo, Cal. (The Zodiac killer’s crime scene along Lake Herman Road is out of the picture.) View full image: 1420 x 836 — 503 KB By Tom Voigt | Founder | Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com
Paul Avery’s Secret Suspect REVEALED
My recently obtained collection of former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery’s private stash of Zodiac killer materials reveals the name of a “new” suspect in the crimes Above: Those familiar with the Zodiac case will recognize Sherwood Morrill as being the individual in charge of identifying the Zodiac killer’s handwriting. Above: The suspect’s name […]
DNA and the Zodiac Killer: NEWS
The latest genetic testing yields mysterious results By Tom Voigt | Founder | Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com To the Vallejo Police Department, the desire to identify California’s still-at-large serial killer, the Zodiac, is as strong now as it was in the late 1960s, when the mysterious offender committed three area murders. Located about a 45-minute drive […]
The Zodiac Killer’s Hideout?
Located in an isolated spot in the hills over Lake Herman Road in Vallejo, Cal., the “Zodiac Shack” was rumored for decades by locals to be the former hideout of the Zodiac killer. The property had long been abandoned, but I found it thanks to directions from some residents of nearby Benicia.(I took these photos […]