Two score and five years ago the Zodiac started his rampage with the murder of Cheri Jo Bates near Riverside, California and for all we know he could still be out there up to his old bloody tricks.
The biggest aid when questioning a suspect is the ability to discern whether or not they are telling the truth. If you know some of the tricks you can fairly easily tell by their actions. Immediately after asking them a question they sometimes fold their arms in a defensive position. Also they start talking about a subject totally unrelated to what you were asking them and at the same time start shifting their eyes back and forth from left to right. They also might start to light up a cigarette and start chain smoking from that point forward. Casting their eyes downward and shifting in their seat is another action they might do. Nervous twitches in their face might start and also they might begin to stutter-a result sometimes of being nervous. The suspect might suddenly become very quiet or on the other hand he or she could become very agitated while being questioned. An old trick the FBI uses is to ask a question one minute and then ask the same question ten or fifteen minutes later. Sometimes the answer is the same and sometimes the answer isn't. The idea is that if the subject lies about the question, he or she has to remember how they answered so as not to conflict with the answer the second time. Also the subject might start tapping their feet or drumming their fingers on the table in front of them. The best way to question a suspect is to ask he or she questions that are relatively easy to answer to begin with and then hit them with a critical question and see if there is any movement showing nervousness. Chances are if there is some definite movement - then there is a good possibly they are lying.
The worst thing that could happen is the fact that they could become violent on the spot and start swinging although this doesn't always mean that they are lying. Sometimes it just means that they are very unstable and can go off with very little provoking. If this individual is suspected of being like this then it's best to have two or more people questioning the subject.
By the way add two more years to the first sentence so it reads two score and seven years ago the Zodiac started his rampage. Old Abe Lincoln was better at starting his Gettysberg Address than I am writing about the Zodiac.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Zodiac
With the holiday season upon us now we have to stop and think that the season is no different than any other time for the Zodiac. He has no personality and therefor has no life of his own which makes it harder to track him. His life is like a walking shadow - no purpose, only that of feeding his very abnormal drives for the rest of his life. He probably has been like this for most of his life so Happy Holidays Zodiac!!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Zodiac
I mentioned Freudian slip two days ago and I wondered if any of you sleuths might have noticed anything that the Zodiac had said that could be classified as such. Although this might have happened as the Zodiac spoke or wrote I think the use of drugs might have played a larger part in the formation of his sentences. That is although he had a fairly high I Q, we can not assume that all he said in his writing was absolutely true. The fact also remains that we may be dealing with more than one personality in his head. Maybe two, three or four or more. The Zodiac didn't speak the same to Paul Avery as he did to Dave Toschi.
As an example we don't talk the same way to our parents as we do to our intimate friends. Therefor there are many variations in our personalities as we talk to different people. This is mentioned in the 1971 movie Carnal Knowledge where Candice Bergen is talking to Art Garfunkle at a mixer (a college getting to know each other get together.) I guess we therefor have to take the Zodiac at his word and make the most sense out of what he gives us or gave us if he is no longer still alive. Summing this up we are different things to different people. Thank heavens no two people are exactly alike or there would be no conversation at all needed.
We can hash this Zodiac character over and over again and still never come closer than we were before. Inflections in his speech and "psychological traits" are about the best tools that we have to use to get inside his mind and find out who he is. Also just plain dumb luck, maybe with a Freudian slip, might bring us closer to him. This man is the Hamlet of serial killers and we with a sane brain are trying to find out who he is with an insane brain.
As an example we don't talk the same way to our parents as we do to our intimate friends. Therefor there are many variations in our personalities as we talk to different people. This is mentioned in the 1971 movie Carnal Knowledge where Candice Bergen is talking to Art Garfunkle at a mixer (a college getting to know each other get together.) I guess we therefor have to take the Zodiac at his word and make the most sense out of what he gives us or gave us if he is no longer still alive. Summing this up we are different things to different people. Thank heavens no two people are exactly alike or there would be no conversation at all needed.
We can hash this Zodiac character over and over again and still never come closer than we were before. Inflections in his speech and "psychological traits" are about the best tools that we have to use to get inside his mind and find out who he is. Also just plain dumb luck, maybe with a Freudian slip, might bring us closer to him. This man is the Hamlet of serial killers and we with a sane brain are trying to find out who he is with an insane brain.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Zodiac - Ricks
Hello Zodiac sleuths. It's time to go back to Blue Rock Springs and Darlene Ferrin and Mike Mageau. As the car pulled up behind them Darlene said, "Oh no, Rick," or something close to that so Mike said. I think we can eliminate Rick Marshall but there are two other Ricks. Rick Crabtree at the house painting party and also Rick Hoffman. Those two can be researched. I don't know anything about Rick Crabtree but Rick Hoffman was at the scene trying to get information from Darlene but to no avail. She was too far gone and filled with bullets. Graysmith wrote that Hoffman was at the house painting party but he swears that he wasn't. I just wonder if that could be some kind of a Freudian slip?
As the Zodiac wrote he left his "psychological fingerprint" by the way he constructed his sentences. A good psychiatrist might be able to identify him just by talking to him either on the street or in a one on one conversation. Even though he is psychotic, he still would leave some sort of a "fingerprint" in his speech or writing.
The desktop poem in Riverside City College library was discovered shortly after Cheri Jo Bates was murdered and was signed rh.
As the Zodiac wrote he left his "psychological fingerprint" by the way he constructed his sentences. A good psychiatrist might be able to identify him just by talking to him either on the street or in a one on one conversation. Even though he is psychotic, he still would leave some sort of a "fingerprint" in his speech or writing.
The desktop poem in Riverside City College library was discovered shortly after Cheri Jo Bates was murdered and was signed rh.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Zodiac
Of all the people that discussed the escapades of the Zodiac, the best speaker of the bunch was Ralph Spinelli. He off times used the phrase " now I want to paraphrase the following information." Ralph has long commentaries on the second disc of the two disc set of the Zodiac. He, as far as I can remember, never mentioned Don Cheney but he did mention Arthur Leigh Allen a lot. He tried to convince us that Allen was either the Zodiac or was connected to the Zodiac. The one thing that stood out was that when he said that he was the Zodiac he didn't actually say that he was the Zodiac but "I'm Zodiac." It seemed that he couldn't quite say that he WAS the Zodiac only "I'm Zodiac." There is a difference between being the actual person or acting like the real person.
When they ran tests on Allen after he died, the tests showed positive for him being the Zodiac but after they ran them again they didn't. This must have been a big let down for Toschi, Greysmith and the bunch. He was the one who many suspected was their man. This also left Spinelli out in left field.
There is one more thing pertaining to that thirteen symbol cipher the Zodiac said which contained his name. Using the key that the Hardens used, shift the letters once, twice or three times and use those letters and see what you get. This only works with letters, not symbols.
Also, in the long rambling letters the Zodiac wrote, wherever he spells a word wrong, use that letter or a letter close to that letter and gather all those letters and try to make some sense out of it. I still think there is some hidden messages or names in a collection of those misspelled words.
In closing I should remind you sleuths to visit web site mk-zodiac.com the web site of Ricardo Gomez.
When they ran tests on Allen after he died, the tests showed positive for him being the Zodiac but after they ran them again they didn't. This must have been a big let down for Toschi, Greysmith and the bunch. He was the one who many suspected was their man. This also left Spinelli out in left field.
There is one more thing pertaining to that thirteen symbol cipher the Zodiac said which contained his name. Using the key that the Hardens used, shift the letters once, twice or three times and use those letters and see what you get. This only works with letters, not symbols.
Also, in the long rambling letters the Zodiac wrote, wherever he spells a word wrong, use that letter or a letter close to that letter and gather all those letters and try to make some sense out of it. I still think there is some hidden messages or names in a collection of those misspelled words.
In closing I should remind you sleuths to visit web site mk-zodiac.com the web site of Ricardo Gomez.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Zodiac and Ciphers
This is Daryll K. Lathers speaking. I've been away from the computer for a while as I was having my '95 Ford show truck painted which required a lot of preparation and a lot of $. The original color was Cayman Green (dark blue/green). Where I live in Upstate New York the winters are rough on paint so I figured the job was justified. Don't ever try this yourself unless you've had previous experience because you can easily ruin the job. Take it to a professional and do it right. As I was doing this I was also thinking about the Zodiac and I've come up with some new ideas which I'll share with you all.
On page #144 of the Zodiac paperback, the one with the Golden Gate Bridge in the fog at night, the Zodiac gave us a thirteen symbol and letter cipher. He said his name was in the cipher........? You can easily make out Herb Caen or Arthur Leigh Allen. Sleuths don't be fooled!!!! This is much too simple and much too brief to figure out. Somebody, the Zodiac himself, is trying to shed the light on someone else and it follows a pattern that we've seen before, more than once. Do you remember how Ralph Spinelli and Don Cheney would shift our attention towards Arthur Leigh Allen? This is more of the same. The Zodiac didn't or does not want to be caught because he enjoys killing too much! I think we are closer than we think to knowing the real identity of the killer. I don't think that Cheney or Spinelli had the brains or especially the patience to write the long rambling messages that the Zodiac did. But - we probably have mentioned the Zodiac's name in our conversations and didn't know it. Looking for patterns, I think that this is the best shot that we have had in all our conversations. There is just one more word that might lead us to the killer ----- titwillow.
On page #144 of the Zodiac paperback, the one with the Golden Gate Bridge in the fog at night, the Zodiac gave us a thirteen symbol and letter cipher. He said his name was in the cipher........? You can easily make out Herb Caen or Arthur Leigh Allen. Sleuths don't be fooled!!!! This is much too simple and much too brief to figure out. Somebody, the Zodiac himself, is trying to shed the light on someone else and it follows a pattern that we've seen before, more than once. Do you remember how Ralph Spinelli and Don Cheney would shift our attention towards Arthur Leigh Allen? This is more of the same. The Zodiac didn't or does not want to be caught because he enjoys killing too much! I think we are closer than we think to knowing the real identity of the killer. I don't think that Cheney or Spinelli had the brains or especially the patience to write the long rambling messages that the Zodiac did. But - we probably have mentioned the Zodiac's name in our conversations and didn't know it. Looking for patterns, I think that this is the best shot that we have had in all our conversations. There is just one more word that might lead us to the killer ----- titwillow.
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