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 […]
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Hidden Witness
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 […]
THE CHENEY CONFESSION (Part 1)
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 – […]
The Art of Disguise
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 […]
Crazy Joe
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 […]
Too Close For Comfort?
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, […]
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 […]
Arthur Leigh Allen: The Missing Evidence
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 CASE OF THE ZODIAC KILLER: Arthur Leigh Allen misinformation
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, […]