Having used the Hardens Key on the celebrity post card in the previous blog I seem to find it difficult to go any further while using their key. This may take some time to get further results on this post card.
However, as far as names go that may fit on the upper left side and lower right side of the card there seems to be three possibilities. I talked with Ricardo Gomez Monday night and we agreed that to put any names down might be a poor idea. All three names are included in Robert Graysmith's book Zodiac. Ricardo is working on the information I sent him about the Zodiac's real name being included in the first three cyphers sent to the Chronicle, Times-Herald and Examiner. This seems to be my best shot to date.
With every year more and more information is either lost or discarded and that makes it harder to find a solution to find the real killer. However, the one thing that sticks in my mind is the thought that why did the Zodiac wear the dickey up at Lake Berryessa unless he knew either Shepard or Hartnell and did not want to be identified by either of them in case one survived. Also when he parked his car near Hartnell's, why didn't he park closer so he didn't have to walk so far to get to where they were.
I hope the police made casts of the different tire treads and checked the different tire stores because usually on the sales slip they write the license number of the car.
There has to be a real good reason why the Zodiac usually killed the male first and then the female when there is a male - female couple.
Did we ever think that when the fisherman went to get help the ranger that came might have been involved?
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Zodiac - New Information
In January of 2013 Ricardo Gomez sent me a Celebrity Post Card and I finally have made some progress in decoding what was written on the card. First I thought that the key had nothing to do with the Harden's key but then after a few hours things began to fall into place.
Oakland, Ca. was the postmark on the card and the date was 9 -25 - 90. It should be noted that the Lake Berryessa Anniversary was 9 - 27 - 69 when Hartnell and Shepard were attacked by the Zodiac and Shepard was killed. Using Oakland as a starter I figured out what the code said on the right side of the post card to the best of my knowledge.
It said: Do you
know
my name?
I'm....................
Now the third line on the left side of the card is yet to be solved along with the Zodiac's real name on both sides. There are two people so far who fit the name slot but I have to work on this tonight. 5 -6 - 14. Both are in the second DVD disk.
A good clue to the killer was the attack by the Zodiac at Lake Berryessa. Why was he wearing a hood or dickey if he planned to kill them both? Also, why would he travel 40 miles with this dickey to make a killing? The answer is that one of the two people KNEW THE ZODIAC. Also one of them, when interviewed in the film, was much too relaxed than he should be. Much too relaxed. Allen was a good suspect, and may have been involved, but the real killer,s name is on the post card.
His name might be an anagram alone by itself unlike the rest of the symbols on the card.
Oakland, Ca. was the postmark on the card and the date was 9 -25 - 90. It should be noted that the Lake Berryessa Anniversary was 9 - 27 - 69 when Hartnell and Shepard were attacked by the Zodiac and Shepard was killed. Using Oakland as a starter I figured out what the code said on the right side of the post card to the best of my knowledge.
It said: Do you
know
my name?
I'm....................
Now the third line on the left side of the card is yet to be solved along with the Zodiac's real name on both sides. There are two people so far who fit the name slot but I have to work on this tonight. 5 -6 - 14. Both are in the second DVD disk.
A good clue to the killer was the attack by the Zodiac at Lake Berryessa. Why was he wearing a hood or dickey if he planned to kill them both? Also, why would he travel 40 miles with this dickey to make a killing? The answer is that one of the two people KNEW THE ZODIAC. Also one of them, when interviewed in the film, was much too relaxed than he should be. Much too relaxed. Allen was a good suspect, and may have been involved, but the real killer,s name is on the post card.
His name might be an anagram alone by itself unlike the rest of the symbols on the card.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Blue Rock Springs - Zodiac
Hello fellow bloggers. Sorry to be missing for such a long time but I was busy with my show truck hobby and a hard chest cold. Now we're back in the pink again and ready to roll with new ideas on the Zodiac case.
Sometimes the truth is right in front of us - so close that we can't see it and that smears our thinking. Many times I've said that this case is so simple that it's hard to decipher. (No pun intended.)
I'm positive that it revolves around Vallejo and those involved in the early murders. Blue Rock Springs is the best example I think. When Darlene Ferrin and Mike Mageau were parked the killer pulled in behind them. He then left and came back with a loaded 9mm Luger and then got out of his car. Here is the critical point. Why did he walk to Mike's side instead of Darlene's? Why did he start firing at Mike first? He had to have a real personal reason for doing this. Jealousy!! It's quite possible that he was related directly to Mike. When Mike survived why did he leave the area for the long period of time that he did? Mike was full of bullet holes. Darlene, not quite so many but died of a bullet hole in the left side of her heart. The Zodiac fired only from the passenger side of the Corvair and didn't go over to Darlene's side. He intended to kill Mike. It's quite obvious who the Zodiac pro-bably is or was isn't it. Only a jealous blood relative could harbor such hatred. Darlene died of bullets hitting her in vital spots. The Zodiac was trying to kill Mike not her.
This is just a thought but I think it's a good one.
Also, all the clothes that Mike had on were not to look more bulky but were there for some protection - poor as it was.
Don't forget the beautiful website of Ricardo Gomez's mk-zodiac.com
PS. Too bad we don't have a voice graph from the VPD, if there was one, so we could match it with those in the Mageau family.
Sometimes the truth is right in front of us - so close that we can't see it and that smears our thinking. Many times I've said that this case is so simple that it's hard to decipher. (No pun intended.)
I'm positive that it revolves around Vallejo and those involved in the early murders. Blue Rock Springs is the best example I think. When Darlene Ferrin and Mike Mageau were parked the killer pulled in behind them. He then left and came back with a loaded 9mm Luger and then got out of his car. Here is the critical point. Why did he walk to Mike's side instead of Darlene's? Why did he start firing at Mike first? He had to have a real personal reason for doing this. Jealousy!! It's quite possible that he was related directly to Mike. When Mike survived why did he leave the area for the long period of time that he did? Mike was full of bullet holes. Darlene, not quite so many but died of a bullet hole in the left side of her heart. The Zodiac fired only from the passenger side of the Corvair and didn't go over to Darlene's side. He intended to kill Mike. It's quite obvious who the Zodiac pro-bably is or was isn't it. Only a jealous blood relative could harbor such hatred. Darlene died of bullets hitting her in vital spots. The Zodiac was trying to kill Mike not her.
This is just a thought but I think it's a good one.
Also, all the clothes that Mike had on were not to look more bulky but were there for some protection - poor as it was.
Don't forget the beautiful website of Ricardo Gomez's mk-zodiac.com
PS. Too bad we don't have a voice graph from the VPD, if there was one, so we could match it with those in the Mageau family.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Zodiac
The thirteen symbols on page 144 of the 1997 Zodiac paperback edition is almost too good to be true. You have to expect perhaps one or more of the characters to be invalid and to be thrown out for a true identification of the killer. Anything less than that would be highly unlikely.
I think that we have mentioned and also these paperbacks have mentioned the true Zodiac killer many times over and over again. They say that the Zodiac was overweight and walked with a limp of a sort. This could be put on display very easily and would throw sleuths off the track right from the start. The fact that he had his face covered tells us that he would otherwise would be recognized very easily and we can guess that it's quite possible he's from the Vallejo, Ca. area.
Darlene Ferrin plays a huge role in the start of the murders and must never be discounted. She is the key to unlocking the identity of the man,or boy, who is the real culprit. Terry's Restaurant is also a large factor in solving the case. We must remember that a woman doesn't start running around with just anyone with her husband aware of this and expect him not to mind and pass it off with, "Oh she is just a very gregarious person and she has to get it out of her system."
The killer is mentioned early in the 1997 paperback, (his real name), and several times afterwards. His name fits just right in the thirteen symbol key leaving out the three 8's and the K and the middle M. Don't make the cipher too complicated because it isn't. He's mentioned on pgs. 22, 28 and 41. Don't be thrown off course by his size because many tricks have been used throughout the years.
There are only two general motives for murder. Love and money. And in this case of the Zodiac money is not the motive.
Good luck!
Don't forget Ricardo Gomez's website mk-zodiac.com. or mine zodiaccodesolved.blogspot.com
I think that we have mentioned and also these paperbacks have mentioned the true Zodiac killer many times over and over again. They say that the Zodiac was overweight and walked with a limp of a sort. This could be put on display very easily and would throw sleuths off the track right from the start. The fact that he had his face covered tells us that he would otherwise would be recognized very easily and we can guess that it's quite possible he's from the Vallejo, Ca. area.
Darlene Ferrin plays a huge role in the start of the murders and must never be discounted. She is the key to unlocking the identity of the man,or boy, who is the real culprit. Terry's Restaurant is also a large factor in solving the case. We must remember that a woman doesn't start running around with just anyone with her husband aware of this and expect him not to mind and pass it off with, "Oh she is just a very gregarious person and she has to get it out of her system."
The killer is mentioned early in the 1997 paperback, (his real name), and several times afterwards. His name fits just right in the thirteen symbol key leaving out the three 8's and the K and the middle M. Don't make the cipher too complicated because it isn't. He's mentioned on pgs. 22, 28 and 41. Don't be thrown off course by his size because many tricks have been used throughout the years.
There are only two general motives for murder. Love and money. And in this case of the Zodiac money is not the motive.
Good luck!
Don't forget Ricardo Gomez's website mk-zodiac.com. or mine zodiaccodesolved.blogspot.com
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Zodiac
It is interesting to note that there are conflicting views on the DVD discs about the Zodiac's personality. The one lady, I believe her name is Hagan or something close to that, is a slim blonde woman who is a criminal profiler. She says that the Zodiac was not a sadistic person and that his crimes were done fast and without much emotion such as the Lake Berryessa murder of Cecelia Shepard and stabbing of Brian Hartnell. You can see her on the second disc walking with Brian Hartnell and going into a building where the door from Brian's car, the Carman-Ghia, had the Zodiac's death tally written in blood on the passenger door. She is very emphatic about the Zodiac being passive and non emotional in committing his crimes.
On the other hand, Robert Graysmith describes the murder of Cheri Jo Bates in Riverside in 1966 as very drawn-out, sadistic, and gruesome. The Zodiac is also shown to be enjoying the fight that Cheri Jo Bates put up before he finished the job and almost cut her head off. Also the writing on the desktop about the blood dripping and dripping was anything but non-emotional.
It is very hard for a layman to see how the actions of the Zodiac can be anything but sadistic because if he were doing this in a non-emotional way he would more than likely have stopped long ago. He continued his murders because he enjoyed this type of performance and like a drug, he needed more and more of this type of action. Seeing his victims suffer only added to his pleasure and he stated this in his writings.
On the other hand, Robert Graysmith describes the murder of Cheri Jo Bates in Riverside in 1966 as very drawn-out, sadistic, and gruesome. The Zodiac is also shown to be enjoying the fight that Cheri Jo Bates put up before he finished the job and almost cut her head off. Also the writing on the desktop about the blood dripping and dripping was anything but non-emotional.
It is very hard for a layman to see how the actions of the Zodiac can be anything but sadistic because if he were doing this in a non-emotional way he would more than likely have stopped long ago. He continued his murders because he enjoyed this type of performance and like a drug, he needed more and more of this type of action. Seeing his victims suffer only added to his pleasure and he stated this in his writings.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Zodiac - Lying
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Zodiac
Last night in a conversation with a friend I mentioned that there is a possibility that there is no real person called the Zodiac and that there is a person or persons taking credit for random murders as they occur. This could be true but with so many young attractive girls being murdered it doesn't seem likely.
Coming up this Friday there is a radio program on WGY in Schenectady at eleven o'clock P.M. where they might be discussing past murders and the Zodiac topic might be mentioned. WGY is at 810 on the A M dial. If they do mention the Zodiac it thought I might have the availability of calling in the station if calls are accepted.
I might have mentioned this before but Arthur Leigh Allen told Ralph Spinelli at his bar, the Crazy Horse Saloon, that he could perform a service for him such as getting rid of unwanted characters. He said he could do this because he said he was Zodiac. It's interesting in the way he put it. He didn't say he was THE Zodiac but that he was Zodiac. It almost seems to hint that he might be affiliated with another person who was the real Zodiac and that he was just an affiliate. Sorting out the truth in his case seems to be a little difficult. Remember, Don Cheney and Arthur Leigh Allen were "friends" at one time.
There is something else I noticed. Sometimes when I read the Zodiac's messages I seem to sense a variance in continuity of his sentences. It almost seems that more than one person is writing the messages. The variance in continuity is from one message to another. There is a distinct possibility that more than one person is writing these notes. Some sentences have misspelled words in them while others don't. Also in the early messages a lot of feeling was entered about slaves in his after life while these "slaves" seemed to have dropped away in later paragraphs. You have to get the psychological "feeling" of these readings and then you can begin to tell and also feel the comparison. I guess some people would attribute this to being psychic but the feeling when reading the Zodiac's notes is impossible to avoid. Everyone who reads the Zodiac's writings gets something different and
that's what makes the enigma so fascinating.
Until next time I am Daryll Lathers - 518 773 3263
Coming up this Friday there is a radio program on WGY in Schenectady at eleven o'clock P.M. where they might be discussing past murders and the Zodiac topic might be mentioned. WGY is at 810 on the A M dial. If they do mention the Zodiac it thought I might have the availability of calling in the station if calls are accepted.
I might have mentioned this before but Arthur Leigh Allen told Ralph Spinelli at his bar, the Crazy Horse Saloon, that he could perform a service for him such as getting rid of unwanted characters. He said he could do this because he said he was Zodiac. It's interesting in the way he put it. He didn't say he was THE Zodiac but that he was Zodiac. It almost seems to hint that he might be affiliated with another person who was the real Zodiac and that he was just an affiliate. Sorting out the truth in his case seems to be a little difficult. Remember, Don Cheney and Arthur Leigh Allen were "friends" at one time.
There is something else I noticed. Sometimes when I read the Zodiac's messages I seem to sense a variance in continuity of his sentences. It almost seems that more than one person is writing the messages. The variance in continuity is from one message to another. There is a distinct possibility that more than one person is writing these notes. Some sentences have misspelled words in them while others don't. Also in the early messages a lot of feeling was entered about slaves in his after life while these "slaves" seemed to have dropped away in later paragraphs. You have to get the psychological "feeling" of these readings and then you can begin to tell and also feel the comparison. I guess some people would attribute this to being psychic but the feeling when reading the Zodiac's notes is impossible to avoid. Everyone who reads the Zodiac's writings gets something different and
that's what makes the enigma so fascinating.
Until next time I am Daryll Lathers - 518 773 3263
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Zodiac
It should be noted that in the Zodiac's ciphers all his letters and symbols are very even latitude wise but not so much longitudinally. It's almost as if he used a straight edge as he wrote them. We should also pay attention to what he doesn't mention along with what he does mention. He starts out in the 11/8/69 cipher with Herb Caen and finishes with detective Dave Toschi. That means those names were foremost in his mind and in that order. I don't think he ever mentions Robert Graysmith in his writings along with many of the law enforcement officers who were at the scene of the crimes after they were enacted.
It's almost a certainty that Donald F. and Eric Z. spoke to the Zodiac at the scene of the Paul Stein murder. It's too bad that Donald can't offer more as to what the Zodiac seemed like, personality wise, from his encounter near the murder site. That was an opportunity missed.
Here's something to think about! As the Zodiac wrote the 340 symbol cipher, when he had a change of thought, he changed from letters to symbols. This happens throughout the whole cryptogram. In other words he left a "mental fingerprint" as he wrote. Numerology also plays a part in the cipher and is used throughout the paragraph. Seven girls and seven girls murdered in S. F. , etc. The way he thinks or thought is something he cannot hide from the public because it is an integral part of his psychological makeup. I find the expression titwillow, titwillow, titwillow very interesting. I'll have to look this up because it sounds like it might be connected to an old English or possibly Irish limerick or poem. Therein might be a good lead as to whom the Zodiac is or was.
In the meantime I'll keep brousing through Graysmith's paperback and wait for something new to pop into my head. Those who saw him said he was big and overweight and this might tend to make him lethargic and lazy and less likely to plant a bomb at Mt. Diablo or do anything which requires much physical labor. The one thing that we might have overlooked is the fact that he might have been caught on videotape buying some of the equipment that he needed for one of his elaborate set-ups.
Till next time...............
It's almost a certainty that Donald F. and Eric Z. spoke to the Zodiac at the scene of the Paul Stein murder. It's too bad that Donald can't offer more as to what the Zodiac seemed like, personality wise, from his encounter near the murder site. That was an opportunity missed.
Here's something to think about! As the Zodiac wrote the 340 symbol cipher, when he had a change of thought, he changed from letters to symbols. This happens throughout the whole cryptogram. In other words he left a "mental fingerprint" as he wrote. Numerology also plays a part in the cipher and is used throughout the paragraph. Seven girls and seven girls murdered in S. F. , etc. The way he thinks or thought is something he cannot hide from the public because it is an integral part of his psychological makeup. I find the expression titwillow, titwillow, titwillow very interesting. I'll have to look this up because it sounds like it might be connected to an old English or possibly Irish limerick or poem. Therein might be a good lead as to whom the Zodiac is or was.
In the meantime I'll keep brousing through Graysmith's paperback and wait for something new to pop into my head. Those who saw him said he was big and overweight and this might tend to make him lethargic and lazy and less likely to plant a bomb at Mt. Diablo or do anything which requires much physical labor. The one thing that we might have overlooked is the fact that he might have been caught on videotape buying some of the equipment that he needed for one of his elaborate set-ups.
Till next time...............
Friday, October 11, 2013
Zodiac & Related Stories
Note: As I related to Ricardo Gomez I haven't been using the computer recently because I've been too busy with other business, mainly the restoration of my '95 Ford pickup and the painting of same. An expensive deal to say the least. Anyway, a man should have a hobby or two. Just to mention, the paint,(lacquer), costs about $275 a quart, not to mention the labor.
As for the zodiac. I am almost convinced that there might be a hidden sentence within a sentence in his big cipher of November 8th, 1969. I've tried looking for a connection when he switches from letters to symbols and have almost come up with new meanings but to no avail. It seems he has some sort of message within a message - you can almost sense it as you are translating the cipher. Almost like he's hitting one note "too heavy." It's like having a sixth sense that tells you this.
Now no one would be better at this than a newspaper columnist like Herb Caen. That is almost a giveaway in the small sentence that Graysmith puts in his paperback novel - 2nd edition. In fact it seems almost too easy to solve. As Graysmith says, "The zodiac would hardly come right out and practically give you his name." Maybe so and maybe not. Edgar Allen Poe said in the early 1800's' "Any cipher made by man could be solved by man." Using logic, the Zodiac wouldn't make his ciphers too hard because that would discourage sleuths and he wouldn't be as famous as he wanted to be. We are dealing with a crazed man with a huge ego here.
There is always the possibility that the letters he's using are just one or two away from the actual letter that he wants. That's either one or two forward or backward. That's one way to look at it. Another way might be if the letter is put down in reverse he might mean the letter before that letter. There are so many possibilities that it could make you half crazy before you came up with any solution.
If Herb Caen were the Zodiac it would be very easy to write letters to yourself and very few would suspect that he was the killer. It is like hiding in plain sight.
Till next time.........
As for the zodiac. I am almost convinced that there might be a hidden sentence within a sentence in his big cipher of November 8th, 1969. I've tried looking for a connection when he switches from letters to symbols and have almost come up with new meanings but to no avail. It seems he has some sort of message within a message - you can almost sense it as you are translating the cipher. Almost like he's hitting one note "too heavy." It's like having a sixth sense that tells you this.
Now no one would be better at this than a newspaper columnist like Herb Caen. That is almost a giveaway in the small sentence that Graysmith puts in his paperback novel - 2nd edition. In fact it seems almost too easy to solve. As Graysmith says, "The zodiac would hardly come right out and practically give you his name." Maybe so and maybe not. Edgar Allen Poe said in the early 1800's' "Any cipher made by man could be solved by man." Using logic, the Zodiac wouldn't make his ciphers too hard because that would discourage sleuths and he wouldn't be as famous as he wanted to be. We are dealing with a crazed man with a huge ego here.
There is always the possibility that the letters he's using are just one or two away from the actual letter that he wants. That's either one or two forward or backward. That's one way to look at it. Another way might be if the letter is put down in reverse he might mean the letter before that letter. There are so many possibilities that it could make you half crazy before you came up with any solution.
If Herb Caen were the Zodiac it would be very easy to write letters to yourself and very few would suspect that he was the killer. It is like hiding in plain sight.
Till next time.........
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Silence of the Lambs
After the West Virginia caper Clarice Starling continues to work on the Buffalo Bill case and Lecter wants a transfer to get away from Dr. Chilton who he considers his enemy instead of his jail keeper. The Lake Oneida offer was found out to be a fake dreamed up by Jack Crawford.
In the meantime Buffalo Bill has kidnapped another girl, a Senators daughter, and is keeping her in a pit in his house until she drops enough weight so he can use her skin for the human cover that he's making.
Hannibal Lecter has been transferred to Memphis, Tennessee and is visited again by Clarice Starling. This is the session where Clarice becomes more familiar with him and tells him about her young life living on a sheep ranch in Montana. She tells him how she was awakened one night by the screaming of the spring lambs as they were being slaughtered. She tried to save one but he was too heavy and she was caught and sent to an orphanage in Bozeman.
It was either in this session or the next that Hannibal tells her how to catch Buffalo Bill. I mentioned this earlier in the blog on how to catch the Zodiac. Hopkins mentions the Roman orator Marcus A. of the Roman Senate. You first have to understand the M. O. of Buffalo Bill. Simplicity--- What does he do? Buffalo Bill COVETS! What does he covet! He covets what he sees every day. All of these girls he sees every day or most every day. That is the secret of catching him. It must be that in ancient Rome they must have been bothered by serial killers or those of a similar nature.
Clarice Starling goes to the home of one of the last victims and by trial and error happens upon the home of Jamie Gumm, (Buffalo Bill). She arrests him and in the process he turns off the power in the house. She hears a click, a pistol being cocked, and shoots and kills him.
In the meantime Lecter escapes and takes a plane for Argentina and that's the end of the story.
Next time I'll mention more about the Zodiac and possible tips within his paragraphs.
In the meantime Buffalo Bill has kidnapped another girl, a Senators daughter, and is keeping her in a pit in his house until she drops enough weight so he can use her skin for the human cover that he's making.
Hannibal Lecter has been transferred to Memphis, Tennessee and is visited again by Clarice Starling. This is the session where Clarice becomes more familiar with him and tells him about her young life living on a sheep ranch in Montana. She tells him how she was awakened one night by the screaming of the spring lambs as they were being slaughtered. She tried to save one but he was too heavy and she was caught and sent to an orphanage in Bozeman.
It was either in this session or the next that Hannibal tells her how to catch Buffalo Bill. I mentioned this earlier in the blog on how to catch the Zodiac. Hopkins mentions the Roman orator Marcus A. of the Roman Senate. You first have to understand the M. O. of Buffalo Bill. Simplicity--- What does he do? Buffalo Bill COVETS! What does he covet! He covets what he sees every day. All of these girls he sees every day or most every day. That is the secret of catching him. It must be that in ancient Rome they must have been bothered by serial killers or those of a similar nature.
Clarice Starling goes to the home of one of the last victims and by trial and error happens upon the home of Jamie Gumm, (Buffalo Bill). She arrests him and in the process he turns off the power in the house. She hears a click, a pistol being cocked, and shoots and kills him.
In the meantime Lecter escapes and takes a plane for Argentina and that's the end of the story.
Next time I'll mention more about the Zodiac and possible tips within his paragraphs.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Silence of the Lambs
After an encounter with Hannibal Lecter at his cell, Clarice Starling takes a hint from him and goes to a place called "Your-Self" storage facility and searches one of the storage places. It happens to be the one designated for Benjamin Raspail, a former patient of Hannibal Lecter. It was prepaid for ten years and after searching, Clarice finds the patient's head, decapitated, in a large glass jar with makeup on it. She then goes back to Lecter's cell and proceeds to ask him who killed him. Lecter says, "Who can say," but in reality it was Lecter himself who did it and served his organs, (sweetbreads), to the symphony board - running true to form to his cannibalistic nature. As their conversation carries on we see a relationship beginning to develop between Clarice and Hannibal.
As the movie progresses, more bodies turn up due to the pathology of the killer known as "Buffalo Bill." Clarice has to go down to West Virginia where a body has turned up in Elk River with pieces of skin missing. Jack Crawford goes with her and the girls body is examined by Clarice as part of her training. After much work it is noticed that a pupa or pod is found inserted in the mouth of the girl. Clarice takes this back to Lecter and he says that this is a symbol of change which is exactly what Buffalo Bill is trying to do - change from man to woman.
By the way we should note that Buffalo Bill's real name is Jamie Gumm. Also all of the victims have had an Asian pupa inserted in their mouths. Buffalo Bill had probably applied for a sex change in the three hospitals that do this type of thing. Johns Hopkins, University of Minnesota and Columbus Medical Center. This type of personality has a pathology much more savage than what meets the eye.
As the movie progresses, more bodies turn up due to the pathology of the killer known as "Buffalo Bill." Clarice has to go down to West Virginia where a body has turned up in Elk River with pieces of skin missing. Jack Crawford goes with her and the girls body is examined by Clarice as part of her training. After much work it is noticed that a pupa or pod is found inserted in the mouth of the girl. Clarice takes this back to Lecter and he says that this is a symbol of change which is exactly what Buffalo Bill is trying to do - change from man to woman.
By the way we should note that Buffalo Bill's real name is Jamie Gumm. Also all of the victims have had an Asian pupa inserted in their mouths. Buffalo Bill had probably applied for a sex change in the three hospitals that do this type of thing. Johns Hopkins, University of Minnesota and Columbus Medical Center. This type of personality has a pathology much more savage than what meets the eye.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Silence of the Lambs - Zodiac
Before we get any further into Silence of the Lambs I should mention that we're getting close to one of the murder dates of the Zodiac. One should be very careful when sleuthing around these sites because we can't be sure that the Zodiac might be alive and well and lurking around these places. One must remember that one of these murders occurred in daylight and that tends to lessen the fear. I myself don't own a gun but I would feel safer if I had one and had it on me when walking at these locations.
Also I feel I should thank Doctor "G" in Vallejo for this blog site and Noreen B. for the interview some months ago over the air.
Back to the Lambs. Hannibal Lecter was being interviewed by Clarice Starling and seemed to take a liking to her in doing so. He was more interested in her past history especially that of her late father. She offered him a fake offering to go to Lake Oneida which rang a bell with me because this lake is about 100 miles west of where I live and just about in the center of Upstate New York.
Also I feel I should thank Doctor "G" in Vallejo for this blog site and Noreen B. for the interview some months ago over the air.
Back to the Lambs. Hannibal Lecter was being interviewed by Clarice Starling and seemed to take a liking to her in doing so. He was more interested in her past history especially that of her late father. She offered him a fake offering to go to Lake Oneida which rang a bell with me because this lake is about 100 miles west of where I live and just about in the center of Upstate New York.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Zodiac & Silence of the Lambs
Two websites should be mentioned as a reminder pertaining to the Zodiac case and related subjects:
1. mk-zodiac.com
2. zodiaccodesolved.blogspot.com
3. Number one is for Ricardo Gomez and number two is for Daryll Lathers
It should be mentioned that Psycho, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal can be compared to Zodiac in that the motivation for killing is quite similar. As I start with The Silence of the Lambs I'll try to interweave parts of it with the Zodiac. In the last story, Red Dragon, as Francis Dolarhyde was killing his victims not only was he becoming more and more psychotic and powerful like the Red Dragon but every time he was killing his grandmother in a symbolic way. He had a lot of strikes against him, especially his face and the way he looked.
Silence of the Lambs - 1991
The following note is taken from the MGM Hannibal Lecter Two - Pack.
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins deliver sensational, Oscar winning performances in this powerful "stunning" (Los Angeles Times) and "spellbinding" (The Hollywood Reporter) five time Academy Award Winner, when FBI agent Clarice Starling (Foster) is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins), whose fascination with the young woman is as great as his hunger for murder. As their relationship develops, Starling must confront her demons. and an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to stop it!
The serial killer, played by Ted Levine, is so convincing that he has you on the edge of your seat especially as the movie draws to the shocking finish.
As the movie starts Clarice Starling is in FBI training when her boss, Jack Crawford, takes her off an obstacle course and tells her that she is to interview Hannibal Lecter pertaining to a murder case involving a killer only known as "Buffalo Bill."
1. mk-zodiac.com
2. zodiaccodesolved.blogspot.com
3. Number one is for Ricardo Gomez and number two is for Daryll Lathers
It should be mentioned that Psycho, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal can be compared to Zodiac in that the motivation for killing is quite similar. As I start with The Silence of the Lambs I'll try to interweave parts of it with the Zodiac. In the last story, Red Dragon, as Francis Dolarhyde was killing his victims not only was he becoming more and more psychotic and powerful like the Red Dragon but every time he was killing his grandmother in a symbolic way. He had a lot of strikes against him, especially his face and the way he looked.
Silence of the Lambs - 1991
The following note is taken from the MGM Hannibal Lecter Two - Pack.
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins deliver sensational, Oscar winning performances in this powerful "stunning" (Los Angeles Times) and "spellbinding" (The Hollywood Reporter) five time Academy Award Winner, when FBI agent Clarice Starling (Foster) is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins), whose fascination with the young woman is as great as his hunger for murder. As their relationship develops, Starling must confront her demons. and an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to stop it!
The serial killer, played by Ted Levine, is so convincing that he has you on the edge of your seat especially as the movie draws to the shocking finish.
As the movie starts Clarice Starling is in FBI training when her boss, Jack Crawford, takes her off an obstacle course and tells her that she is to interview Hannibal Lecter pertaining to a murder case involving a killer only known as "Buffalo Bill."
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Silence Of The Lambs
Before I start talking about Silence Of The Lambs you might remember how they trap serial killers by the coveting method. Well - Red Dragon is a good example. Where could you view different women at pool parties than at a color film processing company. Francis Dolarhyde had the perfect job for this type of perversion. As a matter of fact there are similar types going about this criminal type of activity right now. I believe the Hippa laws would apply.
By the way, It's quite possible that a dozen or more people in the City of Vallejo, California actually know who the Zodiac is or was. We've talked about this a few times before but it bears repeating. Just the mere mentioning of the Hippa laws. I repeat, just the fact that one mentions this type of activity almost assures us that it is occurring at the present time. People usually mention, one way or another, what's going on in their minds. We are not too far from the truth most of the time
By the way, It's quite possible that a dozen or more people in the City of Vallejo, California actually know who the Zodiac is or was. We've talked about this a few times before but it bears repeating. Just the mere mentioning of the Hippa laws. I repeat, just the fact that one mentions this type of activity almost assures us that it is occurring at the present time. People usually mention, one way or another, what's going on in their minds. We are not too far from the truth most of the time
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