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.