Zodiac Speaking

S4E20 - Marvin Margolis

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 23:03:12 -0000

Episode Notes

https://www.theblackdahliainhollywood.com/?s=marvin+margolis

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S4E19 - The Joe Green / Josef Mengele Conspiracy

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 22:39:06 -0000

S4E18 - Paul Doerr

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 17:33:04 -0000

# Episode Notes

S4E17 - Suspect - Earl Van Best

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:18:24 -0000

S4E16 - Suspect - Richard Gaikowski Part 2

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:53:44 -0000

Episode Notes

zodiac

murder

bayarea

history

truecrime

crime

richardgaikowski

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S4E15 - Suspect - Richard Gaikowski

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:56:35 -0000

S4E14 - Suspect: Bruce Davis

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:02:19 -0000

Episode Notes

H. Allegra Lansing on Bruce Davis The Lame Conspiracy Theory well and truly debunked. Eric Fisher's excellent piece in The Clarksvillian

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S4E13 - Suspect - Edward Wayne Edwards

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:39:43 -0000

Episode Notes

A Rolling Stone article. An interesting blog.

edwardwayneedwards

truecrime

murder

bayarea

history

zodiac

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S4E12 - Suspect - Arthur Leigh Allen: Part 2

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 21:55:23 -0000

# Episode Notes

S4E11 - Suspect - Arthur Leigh Allen (Part 1)

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:02:52 -0000

Episode Notes

Zodiac Ciphers excellent page concerning Allen Zodiackiller.com's excellent page Screenrant on why ALA wasn't Zodiac

zodiac

murder

truecrime

history

arthurleighallen

bayarea

crime

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S4E10 - Suspect: Lawrence Kane

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:30:37 -0000

Episode Notes

Zodiac Suspect Lawrence Kane on ZodiacKiller.com Lawrence Kane on Zodiacciphers.com

murder #history #bayarea #truecrime #lawrencekane

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S4E9 - Introduction to the Suspects

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:06:38 -0000

Episode Notes

You can find a very good introduction to the frequently referenced Big Four suspects at https://zodiackiller.com/zodiac-killer-suspects/

truecrime #history #zodiac #zodiacspeaking #murder #bayarea

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S4E8 - Zodiac by David Fincher

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:26:56 -0000

S4E7 - Gary Francis Poste - Potential Zodiac

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 18:41:46 -0000

Episode Notes

The Case Breakers press release - https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.114.250/g9q.07b.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Zodiac-Killer-Press-release-1-1.pdf

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S4E6 - Zodiac by Robert Graysmith

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:56:20 -0000

Episode Notes

truecrimie

murder

zodiac

history

robertgraysmith

book

literature

bayarea

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S4E5 - The Great Unsolved Mysteries

Sat, 15 May 2021 23:33:03 -0000

S4E4 - The California Crime Book by Robert Colby

Sat, 01 May 2021 20:13:57 -0000

Episode Notes

Sponsored by Military True Crime Addict!

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S4E3 - Dirty Harry - 1972

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:46:23 -0000

Episode Notes

The Dirty Harry Wiki!

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S4E2 - Zodiac & Porn

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 23:50:42 -0000

Episode Notes

Yes, it exists. Yes, you can find the film on various porn sites. No, I'm not going to link it!

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S4E1 - The Zodiac Killer - 1971

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 04:24:24 -0000

Episode Notes

The Zodiac KIller - 1971 Directed & Produced by Tom Hanson Written by Ray Cantrell Manny Cardoza

Starring Hal Reed Bob Jones Ray Lynch Tom Pittman

Currently Available on YouTube

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S3E3 - The 340 Cipher

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 05:12:01 -0000

Episode Notes

We look at the 340 Cipher. An excellent post on the 340 that served as the basis of this episode. Follow our new Instagram - ZodiacSpeakingPodcast

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S3E2 - Episode 26 - The 408 Cipher

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:41:56 -0000

Episode Notes

A look at the 408 Cipher, what it took, and how it all might be saying more.

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S3E1 - Episode 25 - Intro to Ciphers

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:58:30 -0000

Episode Notes

We're doing a short, 4 episode season specifically on the Ciphers before Season 4, all about the suspects. In this introduction, we look at the basics of what a cipher is, how they can be abused, and the barebones of why it matters.

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S2E5 - Kathleen Johns

Tue, 05 May 2020 19:36:58 -0000

Episode Notes

Kathleen Johns, who sadly passed away in 2002, was abducted while on Highway 132 heading from San Bernadino to Petaluma. WAs it Zodiac? She thought so.

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S2E4 - Donna Lass

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:16:26 -0000

Episode Notes

A postcard tied the disappearance to the Zodiac, but what else?

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S2E3 - The Murders of Richard Domingos and Linda Edwards

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:06:08 -0000

Episode Notes

Two teens at the beach on Senior Ditch Day, are murdered, shot with a .22, Winchester Super X bullets, but was it an early Zodiac killing?

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S2E2 - Cheri Jo Bates - Part 2

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:19:14 -0000

Episode Notes

We return from a LONG break to finish up our look at the murder of Cheri Jo Bates, about whether or not it was related, and what it meant.

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S2E1 - Cheri Jo Bates

Mon, 20 May 2019 16:13:50 -0000

Was this murder in Riverside related? Is Bates the model for so many murder victims in popular culture? Did Zodiac do it? The first part of three.

S1E19 - The Canonical Murders

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:46:09 -0000

A review of the four attacks in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco, and what they as a whole might tell us.

S1E18 - Letters - October to December 1969

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:30:34 -0000

We look at the letters following the murder of Paul Stine, the reasons these feel like Zodiac knew that he wasn't going to do it again, how Melvin Belli fit in, and why would he be so poor at spelling.

S1E17 - The Second of Paul Stine

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:29:30 -0000

A look at the Stine murder theory as to why the car went an extra block, about what might have happened, and a lot of talk about whether or not Zodiac simply stopped.

S1E16 - Paul Stine

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:30:29 -0000

A look at the murder of Paul Stine, and the beginning of a discussion of why Zodiac stopped here. We're looking to interview anyone who knew Paul and could give us some more insight on him.

S1E15 - Intro - Paul Stine

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:41:29 -0000

The path I'll be taking towards the discussion of the murder of Paul Stine is laid out.

S1E14 - The Last Shepard-Hartnell

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 21:57:43 -0000

A final wrap-up of the Lake Berryessa attack, as well as a look at the rest of the path of the podcast

S1E13 - Shepard-Hartnell - The Clues

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:47:52 -0000

A look at the clues from the Lake Berryessa attack, and if Zodiac left some behind on purpose.

S1E12 - The Second Shepard-Hartnell

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 04:51:10 -0000

Today, we look at the words of Bryan Hartnell, what they meant to the idea of Zodiac and how they have moved the case along. we also touch on details defining how a timeline is build, how unreliable details can often be as important as verifiable, and we give a shout-out to the amazing Ashley and Bay Area Mystery Club!

S1E11 - The First of Shepard Hartnell

Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:57:59 -0000

We start our look into the attack at Lake Berryessa with a few snippets from the police reports.

S1E10 - Intro - Shepard-Hartnell

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:22:47 -0000

A first look at the first attack following the Zodiac giving himself a name. Here, I lay out what I'll be talking about for the rest of the set of episodes, and exactly what it might all mean. You can read my issue of Claims Department on Zodiac at http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/ClaimsDepartment22.pdf You can read my issue of Exhibition Hall on Jack the Ripper at http://efanzines.com/ExhibHall/ExhibHall-21.pdf

S1E9 - The First Two Letters

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:26:18 -0000

We look at the first two letters written to newspapers, the strange spelling, and why they may, or may not, be authentic.

S1E8 - Michael Mageau

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:03:13 -0000

Through the police report and my random thoughts, I look at Michael Mageau, how it fits into the case at large, how his survival may have changed the path of the murders, and more.

S1E7 - Darlene Ferrin

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 21:58:12 -0000

A look at Darlene Ferrin and the stories that have grown around her. Was she the key to everything? Was Zodiac after her and her alone? Was she stalked? What were the calls to her family about?

S1E6 - The Attack on Michael MAgeau and Darlene Ferrin

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:35:41 -0000

You can say that the attack on Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin on 4th of July, 1969 is what took a pair of murders and turned them into one of the most famous set of killings ever. We look at the two victims, and what we'll be looking at in the coming episodes, starting in late May

S1E5 - Introduction - Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:26:47 -0000

A look at encountering Michael Mageau, and an introduction to why this might be the most significant attack of all.

S1E4 - Faraday & Jensen - Thoughts and Theories

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:54:25 -0000

We take a last look at Faraday and Jensen with a consideration of a further-out theory, a look at what happened after in the community, and more.

S1E3 - Coverage - Faraday and Jensen

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:39:03 -0000

A look at two of the major pieces of coverage of the Faraday-Jensen murders and what the pieces were saying about the murdered, as well as about the reason for the tone of the coverage.

S1E2 - Betty Lou Jensen & David Faraday

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:38:03 -0000

We look at Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday, the first two victims of Zodiac, that last night, and what may have happened on December 20th, 1968.

Introduction

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 03:29:30 -0000

What we are going to do. How we are going to do it. why it matters.