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 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 – probably more than […]
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 […]
Pacific Union College “His voice, I can remember, almost like I’d heard it before.” — victim Bryan Hartnell on the Zodiac killer By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com Two Zodiac victims: Bryan Hartnell and Paul Stine A couple of weeks after he survived a knife attack at the hands of the Zodiac killer, […]
Exclusive to Zodiackiller.com, this is a letter Paul Avery believed was from the Zodiac killer, although somewhat disguised By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com ( Additional Zodiac updates here ) San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery. I recently obtained his personal collection of Zodiac-related items, including this letter The envelope The letter For […]
By Tom Voigt | Founder: Zodiackiller.com | tomvoigt@zodiackiller.com Long before the existence of current Internet staples such as Facebook, Google and YouTube, Zodiackiller.com was already just a click away. It was March 1998, and the web was a much different place. Most surfers used AOL and paid by the minute. Downloading a simple picture often […]
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 […]