I've been doing some research...
I love research!
I've been looking into the Zodiac murders. I know that sounds really morbid, but I love looking up this stuff.
So, the whole story of the Zodiac killer is that in 1968 a man started writing in to newspapers (in particular the San Fransisco Chronicle) laying claim to certain murders that had happened. He would also send in ciphers to give clues and specific knowledge of the crime scene only the murderer or police would know. He would also send in the odd bloodied shirt.
So, the interesting thing is that the cartoonist for the San Fran Chron became quite obsessed with the case and went to great lengths to solve it. The investigating detective even helped him along.
Eventually the murderer was found like 20 years later, but died before the trial finished.
That would suck.
It was such an odd case though, because it happened in the late 60s where getting your 15 minutes of fame wasn't the main objective of everyone. It was one of the first times the killer had involved the public.
It was even an influence on the Dirty Harry films. This was brought out while the case was still opened. So although he only killed five (he laid claim to 37) it was a big influence on popular culture.
Another intriguing thing is that he generally went for couples on "lovers lanes". He would go to kill both the male and female, but get so caught up in the female that the male (although severely injured) would still survive.
There were also Japanese and New York copy cat killings.
The Japanese one was known as "Seito Sakakibara". The symbols in this name mean alcohol, devil, rose, saint and fight. Seito Sakakibara was only 14. His name was originally printed as Onibara which means Demon's Rose, which of course scared the public. He wrote in to that paper stating that this had angered him and he was more likely to continue killing if they continued to misspell his name. This all happened in 1997, almost 3o years after the original killings. Seito used the same symbol as the Zodiac and wrote in to the major local news papers.
Heriberto Seda was the New York zodiac copy cat. It was thought that Seda admired the Zodiac. His murders happened between 1990 - 1993, but he wasn't caught till 1996. The one difference was that Seda intended to kill 12 people for each of the Zodiac signs. He signed off each letter with the same marking as the original Zodiac killer.
When I first read about this I immediately thought of the "Son of Sam" killings and thought there was some sort of connection because I am sure in one of the Zodiac's letters he said "call me Sam". Although, when I went back to read the Son of Sam letters, he was referencing Sam as Satan. There are a number of similarities though within these cases, including the purposeful misspellings.
Well...
I think that is enough murder talk for one night.
I'm starting to creep myself out.
Sleep Tight
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(that's my evil laugh)
Ok, just tricking.
Night
xx
I love research!
I've been looking into the Zodiac murders. I know that sounds really morbid, but I love looking up this stuff.
So, the whole story of the Zodiac killer is that in 1968 a man started writing in to newspapers (in particular the San Fransisco Chronicle) laying claim to certain murders that had happened. He would also send in ciphers to give clues and specific knowledge of the crime scene only the murderer or police would know. He would also send in the odd bloodied shirt.
So, the interesting thing is that the cartoonist for the San Fran Chron became quite obsessed with the case and went to great lengths to solve it. The investigating detective even helped him along.
Eventually the murderer was found like 20 years later, but died before the trial finished.
That would suck.
It was such an odd case though, because it happened in the late 60s where getting your 15 minutes of fame wasn't the main objective of everyone. It was one of the first times the killer had involved the public.
It was even an influence on the Dirty Harry films. This was brought out while the case was still opened. So although he only killed five (he laid claim to 37) it was a big influence on popular culture.
Another intriguing thing is that he generally went for couples on "lovers lanes". He would go to kill both the male and female, but get so caught up in the female that the male (although severely injured) would still survive.
There were also Japanese and New York copy cat killings.
The Japanese one was known as "Seito Sakakibara". The symbols in this name mean alcohol, devil, rose, saint and fight. Seito Sakakibara was only 14. His name was originally printed as Onibara which means Demon's Rose, which of course scared the public. He wrote in to that paper stating that this had angered him and he was more likely to continue killing if they continued to misspell his name. This all happened in 1997, almost 3o years after the original killings. Seito used the same symbol as the Zodiac and wrote in to the major local news papers.
Heriberto Seda was the New York zodiac copy cat. It was thought that Seda admired the Zodiac. His murders happened between 1990 - 1993, but he wasn't caught till 1996. The one difference was that Seda intended to kill 12 people for each of the Zodiac signs. He signed off each letter with the same marking as the original Zodiac killer.
When I first read about this I immediately thought of the "Son of Sam" killings and thought there was some sort of connection because I am sure in one of the Zodiac's letters he said "call me Sam". Although, when I went back to read the Son of Sam letters, he was referencing Sam as Satan. There are a number of similarities though within these cases, including the purposeful misspellings.
Well...
I think that is enough murder talk for one night.
I'm starting to creep myself out.
Sleep Tight
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(that's my evil laugh)
Ok, just tricking.
Night
xx
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