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July 24, 2023

Myth of the Zodiac Killer · The Heiress and the Heist

Plus NJ's Ponzi king and NYPD's serial litterer

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The crime(s)
How difficult it is to get consensus on what is a “canonical” crime in the Zodiac “series”? …I shouldn’t joke, but at the same time, it’s not really a joke, at least not in the context of Peacock’s two-part Myth of the Zodiac Killer documentary.

For the purposes of our discussion, then, let’s agree that a/the Zodiac

  • shot Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday, killing them both;

  • shot Darlene Ferrin and Mike Mageau, killing Ferrin;

  • stabbed Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard, killing Shepard; and

  • shot Paul Stine, killing him.

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