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 […]
“bus goes bang car pass es by ok.” — The Zodiac’s threat from Nov. 9, 1969 By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com In October 1969, the Zodiac killer mailed a letter in which he threatened to shoot out the tire of a full school bus and then kill the children within. In another […]
In my basement and reviewing several Zodiac suspects, including Arthur Leigh Allen By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com I began collecting information about Zodiac suspect Arthur Leigh Allen soon after learning to navigate the Internet back in the mid-1990s. The process intensified in 1998 after launching my website, Zodiackiller.com. My research continues to […]
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
Top Zodiac killer suspect Arthur Leigh Allen was the subject of three search warrants. During one of those searches, police confiscated Allen’s infamous Zodiac wristwatch. That watch is now missing and officially listed as stolen. After Allen died in 1992, police offered all of the confiscated items — including the watch and numerous weapons — […]
The most recent piece of Arthur Leigh Allen misinformation is the nonsensical claim that Allen originally faced police scrutiny because the Zodiac killer had been proven to drive a Volkswagen Beetle. The claim — posted at Reddit — is nonsense. As the silly story goes, following the Zodiac killer’s September 1969 attack in its jurisdiction, […]