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Man: Five murders.
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Somebody who says he committed
all and will commit yet more.
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Beeson:
The Zodiac Killer case
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is a classic
unsolved American crime.
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Jennings: The fact that we're
still here talking about him
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50-plus years later
is a testament
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to what he created
in terms of mystery.
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Man: The Zodiac Killer
puzzled authorities
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with a number of coded letters
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sent to newspapers
and law enforcement.
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Dr. Ho: The styles of
the letters, the cryptograms,
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the fact that the Zodiac Killer
had information
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that wasn't widely available
to the public...
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all point to this being
one killer.
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Butterfield:
I think the most logical
explanation is that one person
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was responsible for the crimes
and the letters
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and that that person
just got away with it
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and hasn't been identified.
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Horan: When you look
at the whole picture,
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the ballistics don't match
from one case to the next,
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the fingerprints don't match
from one case to the next,
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the witness descriptions
and survivor descriptions
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of the killer don't match.
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Nothing actually connects
any two of these murders
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to any other murder,
let alone to the letters.
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But the more time that goes on,
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detectives believe more and more
in the "Zodiac,"
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and it really does start
to skew their investigations
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toward certain suspects,
away from certain suspects.
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Man: This description,
just to clarify,
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was from the three students.
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This is the sketch
from San Francisco.
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Man #2: Not even close.
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Chambers:
Never been interviewed
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or never talked about her
to anybody.
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That's why I wanted
to talk to you --
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to set the record straight.
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Jensen: I've never
talked about it.
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If I am one of
the only witnesses,
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I just assumed
he might come for me.
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Woman: I just always think
about what she'd be like
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if she had a chance to grow up.
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[ Sniffles ]
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Nock: I have to ask you.
Did you kill Darlene?
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Nock:
This is the first time
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the 32 Zodiac letters have
been analyzed in this way --
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using computational linguistics
and artificial intelligence.
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Horan: Unlocking the mystery
of those letters and ciphers
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is the key to blowing
this whole case wide open.
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The evidence proves...
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there is no Zodiac Killer.
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Man: Somebody says he committed
all five murders
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and will commit yet more.
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Man #2:
David Faraday. Betty Lou.
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Two really good kids.
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Man #3: Zodiac. The symbol
of terror in San Francisco.
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Woman: I miss her so much.
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[ Indistinct voices ]
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-Good morning, sir.
-Good morning. [ Chuckles ]
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Nock: Okay.
Why don't you settle in?
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Man: Thomas Horan interview.
Take 1.
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They had a complete lack
of communication.
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Horan: I got interested
in the Zodiac case
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because nobody has come close to
cracking this for over 50 years.
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I originally started out
as an insurance investigator,
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but I got tired of seeing people
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get away with fraud
and even murder,
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so I got into
educational publishing
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and then eventually
went back to school
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and got all my degrees
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and became an English professor
and an author.
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Along the way,
I've been a journalist,
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and I'd worked in banks,
as well,
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and I learned a lot
about forgery.
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One famous element
of the Zodiac Killer story
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is that the only evidence
police had
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that there was a single person
committing these murders
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was the Zodiac Killer letters.
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"This is the Zodiac speaking."
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Jennings: "I am the killer of
the two teenagers last Christmas
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and the girl last 4th of July."
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"I am the murderer
of the taxi driver."
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Horan: I'd had some experience
reviewing homicide cases
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as an insurance investigator,
and I was curious.
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Did these letters really line up
with the actual evidence?
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So I spent hundreds of hours
reviewing that material.
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And the more I studied
these letters
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and compared them to
the actual facts in each case,
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I made a very surprising
discovery.
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It wasn't just that the story
that we're all familiar with
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about the Zodiac Killer
was wrong.
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It's the truth about
the Zodiac Killer case
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is more bizarre
and more interesting
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than anybody ever suspected.
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There was no serial killer.
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There was no single killer
involved in these murders.
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And the person
writing the letters
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didn't commit
any of the murders.
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The Zodiac Killer
is a fictional character.
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He's a literary invention.
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Nock: So you're telling me
that all the investigators,
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all the reporters,
all the online sleuths...
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Gary Francis Poste.
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It's been William Grant.
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Claiming that
he was the Zodiac Killer.
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Nock: All the people that have
looked at the Zodiac case
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for the last 50-plus years,
they've all got it wrong?
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Bingo!
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Falzon: It is my belief
that this is one man
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who randomly committed
vicious crimes
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for his own self-satisfaction.
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Butterfield:
I believe that one person
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was responsible for the crimes
and the letters
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and that that person
just got away with it
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and hasn't been identified.
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Nock: I'm Andrew Nock, and
I've been making documentaries
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since the 1990s.
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And there's no more famous case
than the Zodiac murders.
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Coming into this investigation,
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I believed all the murders
were committed by one person...
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and all those letters were
written by that same person --
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the Zodiac.
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You're plugged in live to
"The Stones Unturned Podcast."
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Nock: So when I ran into
Thomas Horan's theory online,
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it was shocking.
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The three pieces
of the bloody shirt
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actually prove the letters
are a hoax.
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His theory
is the most compelling
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and the most out-there
that I've ever heard.
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Man: Duffy Jennings interview.
Take 1.
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Nock: So, the theory
I'm investigating
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comes from Thomas Horan.
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He believes that the murders
were all committed
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by separate
individuals.
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Uh, well, I've never heard that,
first of all.
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It's the first time
I've ever heard that.
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I was recently asked
in an interview
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if I would be willing to debate
Thomas Horan, and I said no.
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You might as well debate
a ham sandwich.
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Nock: What do you say
to this theory
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that there isn't one killer
and one letter writer?
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I think it's a really
interesting theory.
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I mean, he calls it a hoax,
right?
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Yeah. I was asked
by two or three people
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to try to debunk
that theory.
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And my initial response
was, "Why?"
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This case is absolutely ripe for
something like a hoax theory,
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where you have one entity
or person
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or persons
committing the murders,
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and then someone else
taking credit for the murders
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by writing the letters.
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Nock: That really surprises me,
considering I've read your book,
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and the professor's theory
is nothing like yours.
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It obviously is a contrastive
theory to mine,
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but I liked a lot
of aspects of it,
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and it's a theory that I would
personally more gravitate to
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if I didn't already
have my own.
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Falzon: The realm of possibility
is infinite.
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You can come up
with any narrative you want.
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But show me something
I could follow up.
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Speculation --
that doesn't solve cases.
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I'm asking you, prove it.
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Nock: Exactly.
We have to prove it.
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Let's go down the rabbit hole.
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What if
there is no Zodiac Killer?
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Horan:
We need to take another look
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at each and every one
of these cases,
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look at what
the real evidence was,
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what the witnesses really said,
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look into
the victims' backgrounds,
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and find out who had a motive
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to kill each and every one
of these people
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instead of looking for a serial
killer who never existed.
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[ Trolley bell dings ]
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* It's the time of the season *
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* When love runs high *
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Richardson: The Summer of Love
happens in summer of 1967,
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and by that time, there had been
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a lot of
countercultural activity.
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* It's the time of the season *
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* For loving *
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It was a story
built for television --
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outlandish costumes,
very colorful,
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young people
really enjoying themselves.
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There was a kind of
youthful rebellion in the air.
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Man: These were the so-called
flower children,
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restless fugitives
from Middle America.
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Come here to smoke dope,
dance in the streets,
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and, in some marvelous
but undefined way,
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change the world.
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Jennings: All of that glow
of the Summer of Love
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gradually wore off into 1968.
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In '68, of course, we had
the Martin Luther King
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and Bobby Kennedy
assassinations.
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You had the big riots
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at the Democratic Convention
in Chicago that fall.
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So a lot was going on
in the country politically,
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most of it geared toward
resistance to the Vietnam War.
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Richardson: When the hippies
start heading for the hills
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is when the scene
in San Francisco
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loses its kind of
utopian spirit.
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Very quickly the whole scene
kind of hardened.
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It wasn't really about expanding
consciousness anymore.
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* It's the time of the season *
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Methamphetamine and heroin
and harder drugs
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began to take hold.
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[ Woman screaming ]
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[ Siren wails ]
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Well, the Zodiac Killer
enters the scene
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right about this same time.
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**
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Butterfield:
16-year-old Betty Lou Jensen
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and 17-year-old David Faraday
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were out on what has been called
their first official date.
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They told their parents that
they would be home by 11:00 p.m.
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and they were going
to a school function.
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Unfortunately, they decided
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to go to Lake Herman Road
instead,
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and they were still there
after 11:00 p.m.,
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sitting in David's
Rambler station wagon.
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[ Radio static]
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At some point, another vehicle
pulled up alongside them...
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**
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...and a man got out.
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**
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[ Gunshot ]
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There were shots fired
into the back window
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and even into the roof
of the Rambler.
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And at some point, the victims
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escaped from the passenger side
of the car.
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[ Gunshot ]
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[ Gunshot ]
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David Faraday was shot
once in the head.
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And Betty Lou Jensen was shot
five times in the back.
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She was found about 20 or so
feet away from the vehicle,
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and the belief is that
the killer shot her in the back
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as she was trying to escape.
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Man: What has the investigation
brought up to date today?
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Well, we checked -- we secured
the crime scene last night
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and we searched the area
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and we went back at daybreak
this morning.
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Have you any idea of the motive
at all? Was it robbery?
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There was no
robbery motive.
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We have no motive
at this time.
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Beeson:
There was no immediate claim
to that crime after it happened.
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It wasn't until late July 1969
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that there was even
a mention of that crime.
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That was the first time
a letter was sent
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where Zodiac took credit for it.
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**
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Horan:
The only so-called evidence
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that does link
any of these murders together
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is these letters,
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but there's absolutely nothing
about the murder
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of David Faraday
and Betty Lou Jensen
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that would indicate
a random crime of opportunity
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by some serial killer.
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From studying
the witness statements
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to ballistics evidence,
all the other evidence,
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I have concluded that the killer
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did not arrive
at the scene alone.
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And I believe I can prove it.
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**
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Nock: We are on Lake Herman
Road, and we're going to look
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for the first murder site
of David and Betty Lou.
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Well, the reason
why I want to come here
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with you, Thomas,
right now is,
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you suggest that there were
two people in the car
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that killed
David and Betty Lou.
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It wasn't a lone
serial killer.
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Which would completely
blow apart
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the whole
Zodiac Killer story.
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Right.
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So, I printed out
the police sketches
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that we're going to refer to
and we're going to try
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and re-create the positions
of the cars,
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the bodies,
and the bullet casings.
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Let's see if that
tells us a story.
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A story that most people
don't know.
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**
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Horan: In the so-called
Zodiac Killer case,
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I can't stop thinking about the
fact that none of these people
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and their families
ever got any justice.
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And there's something wrong
with that.
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There was a young lady.
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We were friends,
and we dated a few times,
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and we went to the University
of Illinois at the same time.
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And several years later,
she was murdered by --
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turned out to be
by somebody else I knew.
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That was a tough pill
to swallow,
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but at least her family
and her friends --
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we know who did it.
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He was arrested,
he was prosecuted,
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he was sent to prison.
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That doesn't bring back
the person that we lost,
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but it brings some closure
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and it does help the survivors
move on,
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if we just know who did it.
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**
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Nock: Okay, that night,
an eyewitness named James
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claims to have seen two cars
on Lake Herman Road.
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What I have here is a diagram
James drew for the police.
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He definitely
saw two cars --
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a station wagon
and another vehicle.
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James said that the cars
were about 10 feet apart.
328
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And then a quarter of a mile
down the road,
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he thought he heard a shot.
330
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Okay, so, I'm gonna call in
part of our production team.
331
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They're gonna bring in
another vehicle
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to this position
right here.
333
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Can you guys bring in
the other car?
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Man: Copy, copy.
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According to the police report,
Betty Lou was found
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28.6 feet from the car...
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and David only inches
from the car.
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There were 10 bullet casings
found around their vehicle.
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One casing in particular
was found 20 feet away,
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near where the witness said
a second car was parked.
341
00:17:35,638 --> 00:17:38,683
So let's do it from here.
That's good.
342
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So, this is 20 feet
from the car, right here.
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Right.
Okay.
344
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So, explain to me
why this is significant.
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Look where that
one shell casing is.
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This suggests someone
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00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:54,616
got out of the passenger side
of the second car,
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stepped around
right about here,
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fired over
the top of his car,
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into the back
of the station wagon.
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**
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00:18:04,501 --> 00:18:06,961
That would be just about
exactly how far
353
00:18:07,003 --> 00:18:11,257
a .22-caliber target pistol
would eject a shell.
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00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,177
Nock: So, how does this
demonstrate
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00:18:14,219 --> 00:18:15,679
that it was a second person
in the car
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and not the driver that
shot David and Betty Lou?
357
00:18:18,807 --> 00:18:20,850
Well, why would the driver
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get out of the driver's side
of the car
359
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and then walk around his car
all the way over here,
360
00:18:28,692 --> 00:18:31,319
carefully put one over the top
of the second car
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00:18:31,361 --> 00:18:33,446
and into the back of
Betty Lou and David's car
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00:18:33,488 --> 00:18:36,866
and then walk back around and
get in his car and drive away?
363
00:18:36,908 --> 00:18:39,828
That explanation
doesn't make any sense.
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The most logical, the simplest
explanation is the killer
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arrives in the passenger side
of the second car.
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00:18:46,251 --> 00:18:47,544
So he must have had
accomplices,
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00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:50,255
so this is not
a lone serial killer.
368
00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:52,716
**
369
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Horan:
Another myth of these murders
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is that there was
no apparent motive.
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But once we get to know the
victims, David and Betty Lou,
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00:19:01,558 --> 00:19:05,562
it turns out there was
an obvious and powerful motive
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for someone
to murder these kids.
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[ Bell tolling ]
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Beeson:
David Faraday was a Eagle Scout.
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00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,991
He received a God & Country
Award from the Boy Scouts,
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00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:21,369
one of the highest awards you
can receive in the Boy Scouts.
378
00:19:21,411 --> 00:19:24,039
He was on the wrestling team.
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Betty Lou Jensen
was 16 years old,
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and she was a junior
at Hogan High School.
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Very pretty girl.
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Her father worked
for Pacific Gas and Electric.
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Two really good kids.
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**
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Watson: I met Betty Lou when
we were in the fourth grade.
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00:19:47,604 --> 00:19:51,524
This is me and Betty Lou
at sixth-grade graduation.
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00:19:51,566 --> 00:19:53,401
Is this Betty Lou
on the right?
388
00:19:53,443 --> 00:19:55,862
The short one, yeah.
389
00:19:55,904 --> 00:19:57,489
Here's another picture
of Betty,
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00:19:57,530 --> 00:20:00,492
but I don't know
when that one was taken.
391
00:20:02,285 --> 00:20:04,829
"Diane, have fun,
you nut.
392
00:20:04,871 --> 00:20:08,583
Good luck with the person
you want good luck with.
393
00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:11,670
Love..." And she used to
sign things "BLJ."
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00:20:13,672 --> 00:20:16,633
She was very talented,
very artistic.
395
00:20:16,675 --> 00:20:21,388
We were just always together.
So she was a real sweetheart.
396
00:20:21,429 --> 00:20:22,764
She did not deserve this.
397
00:20:22,806 --> 00:20:26,101
And I think this
was her first date.
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00:20:26,142 --> 00:20:29,562
That night, he was going to
ask her to go steady.
399
00:20:29,604 --> 00:20:31,439
But they went out
on Lake Herman Road,
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00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:34,150
and that's where
it happened.
401
00:20:34,192 --> 00:20:38,488
**
402
00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:41,366
What do you think of the idea
that maybe they weren't
403
00:20:41,408 --> 00:20:44,744
the victims
of a serial killer?
404
00:20:44,786 --> 00:20:46,746
I guess I really had never
thought of it, you know?
405
00:20:46,788 --> 00:20:49,791
Once they plant the seed,
that, oh, the Zodiac did it,
406
00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:51,584
then you just kind of
convince yourself
407
00:20:51,626 --> 00:20:54,087
that it must have been
the Zodiac.
408
00:20:57,173 --> 00:21:00,802
Horan: This execution-style
double homicide took place
409
00:21:00,844 --> 00:21:05,807
in Vallejo, right at the peak
of this wave
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00:21:05,849 --> 00:21:11,021
of violent drug dealing
and trafficking by biker gangs.
411
00:21:11,062 --> 00:21:13,314
Man: The Hells Angels
for a whole generation
412
00:21:13,356 --> 00:21:16,443
has been known as a
black-jacketed motorcycle gang
413
00:21:16,484 --> 00:21:18,194
with a taste for violence.
414
00:21:18,236 --> 00:21:19,863
Now the police authorities say
415
00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:22,407
they have become
far more than that.
416
00:21:22,449 --> 00:21:24,325
They've gone into
such moneymaking fields
417
00:21:24,367 --> 00:21:26,661
as narcotics and prostitution
418
00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:29,330
and have made millions
using methods
419
00:21:29,372 --> 00:21:31,958
even more brutal
than the Mafia's.
420
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,211
**
421
00:21:35,253 --> 00:21:37,505
Horan: David was not just
on the wrestling team.
422
00:21:37,547 --> 00:21:39,507
He wasn't just an Eagle Scout.
423
00:21:39,549 --> 00:21:42,761
He was a real leader.
He was a real hero type.
424
00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:45,847
**
425
00:21:45,889 --> 00:21:48,433
[ Indistinct conversations ]
426
00:21:48,475 --> 00:21:51,895
According to the police reports,
witnesses told investigators
427
00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:54,397
that a couple of days
before he was murdered,
428
00:21:54,439 --> 00:21:56,358
David got into
a physical altercation,
429
00:21:56,399 --> 00:21:58,526
almost a knock-down, drag-out
fight,
430
00:21:58,568 --> 00:22:02,447
with this young punk
from his high school
431
00:22:02,489 --> 00:22:06,201
at the pancake house
on Tennessee Street.
432
00:22:06,242 --> 00:22:09,204
David said, "You're pushing
drugs at my school,
433
00:22:09,245 --> 00:22:11,289
and I'm gonna put a stop to it."
434
00:22:11,331 --> 00:22:14,167
**
435
00:22:14,209 --> 00:22:17,379
In my opinion, that is
the motive for this murder,
436
00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:21,716
that David was targeted by
these drug-dealing biker gangs,
437
00:22:21,758 --> 00:22:24,928
and they had concluded
that he was a danger,
438
00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:26,763
he was a snitch,
he was an informant,
439
00:22:26,805 --> 00:22:28,348
or he was about to be,
440
00:22:28,390 --> 00:22:30,975
and they decided
that he had to go.
441
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,772
Butterfield:
I don't think that what
David Faraday actually did
442
00:22:35,814 --> 00:22:37,982
was that provocative
at that time.
443
00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:40,110
It wouldn't be that unusual
for somebody
444
00:22:40,151 --> 00:22:43,613
to confront somebody
about dealing drugs.
445
00:22:43,655 --> 00:22:46,866
The more logical explanation
is that David Faraday
446
00:22:46,908 --> 00:22:49,369
was just in the wrong place
at the wrong time
447
00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:53,123
when the killer was trolling
for possible victims.
448
00:22:53,164 --> 00:22:55,417
**
449
00:22:55,458 --> 00:22:58,420
Nock: So, as you know,
I've also been talking
450
00:22:58,461 --> 00:23:00,630
to Professor Horan
about his theories,
451
00:23:00,672 --> 00:23:02,924
and he believes that
this murder involved
452
00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:06,136
biker gangs in the area
selling drugs in Vallejo.
453
00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:08,138
Beeson: It's plausible.
It's definitely plausible.
454
00:23:08,179 --> 00:23:10,724
Because there's some guys
in Hells Angels, as we know,
455
00:23:10,765 --> 00:23:12,267
would not hesitate
to take out,
456
00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:14,561
you know, people that
they needed to take out.
457
00:23:14,602 --> 00:23:18,606
But, then again, we go back
to the victims here.
458
00:23:18,648 --> 00:23:20,817
I don't know if that
would have been enough
459
00:23:20,859 --> 00:23:23,361
to justify murdering him
and his young date,
460
00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:27,907
over the possibility of
being ratted on for drugs.
461
00:23:27,949 --> 00:23:30,618
Why not cover your identity
and let Betty Lou live?
462
00:23:30,660 --> 00:23:33,079
I mean,
Betty Lou was executed.
463
00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:38,376
I cover crime
in Alameda County,
464
00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:41,838
Contra Costa County,
basically the entire East Bay.
465
00:23:44,007 --> 00:23:45,884
In the '60s,
especially the late '60s,
466
00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:47,969
there was kind of
an explosion
467
00:23:48,011 --> 00:23:51,181
of drug use and drug trafficking
in this area.
468
00:23:51,222 --> 00:23:52,390
[ Siren wails ]
469
00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:54,517
For instance,
in Solano County,
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00:23:54,559 --> 00:23:56,853
from 1967 to 1968,
471
00:23:56,895 --> 00:23:59,856
drug arrests
went up by 400%.
472
00:23:59,898 --> 00:24:01,274
You have to understand --
473
00:24:01,316 --> 00:24:03,985
right now marijuana
is not that big a deal,
474
00:24:04,027 --> 00:24:06,404
but back then, you know,
it was a prison offense,
475
00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:09,115
you'd go to jail for possessing
small amounts of it.
476
00:24:09,157 --> 00:24:11,368
And when you make
a drug, you know,
477
00:24:11,409 --> 00:24:13,828
something that you can get into
that much trouble for,
478
00:24:13,870 --> 00:24:15,497
it changes the caliber
of criminal
479
00:24:15,538 --> 00:24:18,249
that's, uh --
that's distributing it.
480
00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:21,336
[ Engines rumbling ]
481
00:24:21,378 --> 00:24:24,756
The threat of being turned in to
the police is a pretty big deal,
482
00:24:24,798 --> 00:24:28,843
and the way that biker gangs
and gangs in general
483
00:24:28,885 --> 00:24:31,179
enforce their rules
is with violence.
484
00:24:31,221 --> 00:24:33,473
**
485
00:24:33,515 --> 00:24:35,350
[ Gunshot ]
486
00:24:35,392 --> 00:24:38,520
So somebody snitching on you
or turning you in to the police
487
00:24:38,561 --> 00:24:40,063
is basically a cardinal sin.
488
00:24:40,105 --> 00:24:42,023
It's one of the worst things
you can do.
489
00:24:42,065 --> 00:24:43,900
It's definitely plausible
that somebody
490
00:24:43,942 --> 00:24:47,195
who was threatening
to turn in a biker-gang member
491
00:24:47,237 --> 00:24:48,279
would end up dead.
492
00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:50,365
One of the theories
that I've heard
493
00:24:50,407 --> 00:24:52,575
over the years from criminals
and other people
494
00:24:52,617 --> 00:24:54,202
was that there was
this drug dealer
495
00:24:54,244 --> 00:24:58,123
who owned a ranch up in the
Richmond Hills, in that area,
496
00:24:58,164 --> 00:25:01,209
who was responsible for the
Lake Herman Road shooting.
497
00:25:01,251 --> 00:25:02,502
Nock: Wow. Really?
498
00:25:02,544 --> 00:25:03,878
Yeah.
499
00:25:12,721 --> 00:25:14,347
Butterfield:
At first, police didn't know
500
00:25:14,389 --> 00:25:17,017
what to make of the murders
on Lake Herman Road.
501
00:25:17,058 --> 00:25:20,520
Those kinds of shootings
were rare in that area.
502
00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:22,147
**
503
00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:23,857
Man: What kind of
youngsters were these?
504
00:25:23,898 --> 00:25:25,984
The boy was an Eagle Scout.
505
00:25:26,026 --> 00:25:29,029
The girl
was on her first date.
506
00:25:29,070 --> 00:25:32,323
And there's no record
of any misbehavior
507
00:25:32,365 --> 00:25:34,284
on either one of them.
508
00:25:34,325 --> 00:25:36,745
We have several leads
that we're working on,
509
00:25:36,786 --> 00:25:39,956
and some of them
have been expired.
510
00:25:39,998 --> 00:25:42,917
We have ruled them out.
511
00:25:44,169 --> 00:25:47,589
Horan: When police aren't able
to generate any solid leads,
512
00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:49,382
fear really takes hold
513
00:25:49,424 --> 00:25:51,801
in the Vallejo and Benicia
communities,
514
00:25:51,843 --> 00:25:53,636
as Pierre Bidou talked about
515
00:25:53,678 --> 00:25:57,724
in the 2007 documentary,
"This Is the Zodiac Speaking."
516
00:25:57,766 --> 00:26:01,269
There was a real panic in
a small community like Benicia.
517
00:26:01,311 --> 00:26:05,940
Benicia had a 10:00 curfew.
Well, that was off after that.
518
00:26:05,982 --> 00:26:08,109
I would say
the paranoia in Benicia
519
00:26:08,151 --> 00:26:10,320
lasted a good
six to seven months.
520
00:26:10,362 --> 00:26:13,114
People were very concerned,
and it escalated every time
521
00:26:13,156 --> 00:26:15,742
after another reported killing.
522
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,250
Nock: Why do you think
the police didn't follow up
523
00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:26,211
on this suggestion
that this biker gang
524
00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:27,712
was involved
in their murders?
525
00:26:27,754 --> 00:26:29,422
Police are generally
pretty secretive.
526
00:26:29,464 --> 00:26:31,549
There could be any number
of reasons.
527
00:26:31,591 --> 00:26:35,261
But one thing you have to
keep in mind is...
528
00:26:35,303 --> 00:26:38,431
the nature of policing
really changed
529
00:26:38,473 --> 00:26:42,686
from now versus, you know,
the late '60s, early '70s.
530
00:26:42,727 --> 00:26:45,230
It was basically
a situation where
531
00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:47,232
if somebody
didn't see you do it,
532
00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:51,403
it was very easy
to get away with murder.
533
00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:53,405
There were no cameras.
There were no cellphones.
534
00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:57,784
And DNA was just some
scientist's dream at that point.
535
00:26:57,826 --> 00:27:01,788
**
536
00:27:01,830 --> 00:27:03,665
Horan:
At first, the police did assume,
537
00:27:03,707 --> 00:27:06,334
because there had been this wave
of drug-related violence,
538
00:27:06,376 --> 00:27:09,254
that this must have had
something to do with that.
539
00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:11,756
But then everybody's
telling investigators,
540
00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:13,425
"Well, David and Betty Lou
didn't do drugs.
541
00:27:13,466 --> 00:27:17,095
They didn't even smoke grass.
I mean, they didn't drink."
542
00:27:17,137 --> 00:27:21,766
So, well, maybe that's not
what's going on.
543
00:27:21,808 --> 00:27:24,602
But then a week
after the murders,
544
00:27:24,644 --> 00:27:27,063
they receive two tips
545
00:27:27,105 --> 00:27:29,024
pointing towards
possible involvement
546
00:27:29,065 --> 00:27:30,900
of organized crime
and narcotics,
547
00:27:30,942 --> 00:27:35,655
and they didn't follow up
on any of this.
548
00:27:35,697 --> 00:27:38,700
Butterfield:
There's not a lot of information
about the drug dealer
549
00:27:38,742 --> 00:27:41,578
or what happened in
the investigation into that,
550
00:27:41,619 --> 00:27:44,956
but having spoken to some
of the original investigators
551
00:27:44,998 --> 00:27:47,417
who were involved in that
particular investigation,
552
00:27:47,459 --> 00:27:49,377
they didn't see any reason
to believe
553
00:27:49,419 --> 00:27:53,089
that avenue of investigation
would be productive.
554
00:27:53,131 --> 00:27:54,841
Man:
Why did this happen?
555
00:27:54,883 --> 00:27:57,844
It was a senseless murder
I believe.
556
00:27:57,886 --> 00:27:59,512
**
557
00:27:59,554 --> 00:28:02,432
Horan: You had the lead
investigator, Les Lundblad,
558
00:28:02,474 --> 00:28:06,895
who had only ever worked on
one homicide case before.
559
00:28:06,936 --> 00:28:09,522
Les' partner,
Detective Butterbach,
560
00:28:09,564 --> 00:28:11,441
he had more experience,
561
00:28:11,483 --> 00:28:14,110
but neither one of them
had experience
562
00:28:14,152 --> 00:28:17,864
with this kind of violence
and these kinds of gangs,
563
00:28:17,906 --> 00:28:21,159
so they might not
have even really known
564
00:28:21,201 --> 00:28:23,912
what kind of leads to follow up.
565
00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:29,542
It's perfectly understandable
why these particular murders
566
00:28:29,584 --> 00:28:32,671
might go unsolved
by these investigators.
567
00:28:32,712 --> 00:28:38,343
**
568
00:28:38,385 --> 00:28:43,682
**
569
00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:45,767
Butterfield:
The next known Zodiac attack
570
00:28:45,809 --> 00:28:50,397
occurred on the night
of July 4, 1969, in Vallejo.
571
00:28:50,438 --> 00:28:52,565
**
572
00:28:52,607 --> 00:28:56,695
22-year old waitress, wife,
and mother Darlene Ferrin
573
00:28:56,736 --> 00:28:59,781
decided to go out with a friend
named Michael Mageau,
574
00:28:59,823 --> 00:29:02,450
who was 19 years old.
575
00:29:02,492 --> 00:29:05,370
They decided to go
to Blue Rock Springs Park,
576
00:29:05,412 --> 00:29:09,624
which is just outside of Vallejo
near a golf course.
577
00:29:09,666 --> 00:29:13,420
Darlene pulls into the park
and parks the car,
578
00:29:13,461 --> 00:29:15,714
and they're talking
for a little while.
579
00:29:15,755 --> 00:29:17,716
**
580
00:29:17,757 --> 00:29:19,926
At some point, a car drove up
581
00:29:19,968 --> 00:29:24,222
and parked behind
Darlene's Corvair.
582
00:29:24,264 --> 00:29:27,434
The driver just sat there
and then drove away.
583
00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:32,605
Just a short few minutes later,
another car pulls up behind them
584
00:29:32,647 --> 00:29:35,025
as they're parked
in Blue Rock Springs Park.
585
00:29:35,066 --> 00:29:38,611
A man gets out
of the driver's side,
586
00:29:38,653 --> 00:29:41,406
and he's shining
a very bright flashlight,
587
00:29:41,448 --> 00:29:43,950
and they think it's the police.
588
00:29:46,661 --> 00:29:49,080
And without any warning...
589
00:29:50,749 --> 00:29:53,752
...this man just starts
firing into the car.
590
00:29:53,793 --> 00:29:56,880
[ Gunshots ]
591
00:29:56,921 --> 00:29:58,631
[ Engine idling ]
592
00:30:01,718 --> 00:30:04,095
Butterfield:
Darlene was shot several times,
593
00:30:04,137 --> 00:30:06,931
much more than Michael Mageau.
594
00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:08,433
Three teenagers drove up,
595
00:30:08,475 --> 00:30:10,643
and they saw Michael Mageau
laying on the ground.
596
00:30:10,685 --> 00:30:14,898
So those teenagers found a phone
and called the police.
597
00:30:14,939 --> 00:30:18,902
That phone call was answered by
police dispatcher Nancy Slover
598
00:30:18,943 --> 00:30:20,987
at the Vallejo
Police Department,
599
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:24,324
and she directed police
to that location.
600
00:30:24,366 --> 00:30:25,617
Beeson:
The police finally arrive.
601
00:30:25,658 --> 00:30:27,452
They're trying
to get information
602
00:30:27,494 --> 00:30:29,204
out of Darlene Ferrin
about who did it.
603
00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:30,705
But she was
so critically wounded
604
00:30:30,747 --> 00:30:32,999
that she couldn't even speak
at this point.
605
00:30:33,041 --> 00:30:34,918
[ Siren wailing ]
606
00:30:34,959 --> 00:30:39,047
And then she winds up dying
on the way to the hospital.
607
00:30:39,089 --> 00:30:41,299
Mike Mageau
is shot up really bad,
608
00:30:41,341 --> 00:30:43,843
but he winds up surviving
that attack.
609
00:30:43,885 --> 00:30:46,805
**
610
00:30:46,846 --> 00:30:49,557
Horan: Mike tells police
that the shooter arrived
611
00:30:49,599 --> 00:30:54,270
in a car very similar
to Darlene's 1963 Corvair.
612
00:30:54,312 --> 00:30:56,106
So an APB goes out.
613
00:30:56,147 --> 00:30:58,274
"Be on the lookout
for a brown car
614
00:30:58,316 --> 00:31:00,652
and some kind
of 9-millimeter pistol."
615
00:31:00,694 --> 00:31:03,154
Because Richard Hoffman
and other officers
616
00:31:03,196 --> 00:31:05,115
discovered the shell casings,
617
00:31:05,156 --> 00:31:08,034
and they're stamped,
"9mm Luger."
618
00:31:08,076 --> 00:31:10,078
[ Police radio chatter ]
619
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:11,705
Butterfield:
Shortly after that,
620
00:31:11,746 --> 00:31:15,125
Nancy Slover answered
another phone call
621
00:31:15,166 --> 00:31:17,919
from someone who claimed
to be the killer.
622
00:31:17,961 --> 00:31:20,547
[ Telephone rings ]
623
00:31:44,738 --> 00:31:47,866
Beeson: If it was a crime of
passion or a drug deal gone bad,
624
00:31:47,907 --> 00:31:49,534
why the phone call?
625
00:31:49,576 --> 00:31:52,537
There was absolutely nothing
to gain from that phone call.
626
00:31:52,579 --> 00:31:54,956
The preponderance
of my research
627
00:31:54,998 --> 00:31:56,708
and things that I know,
628
00:31:56,750 --> 00:32:00,170
it lines up perfectly
with a Zodiac crime.
629
00:32:00,211 --> 00:32:02,005
Taking responsibility
by the phone call,
630
00:32:02,047 --> 00:32:05,550
knowing the details that came in
on that phone call.
631
00:32:05,592 --> 00:32:10,430
I think it really does solidify
that it's a Zodiac attack.
632
00:32:10,472 --> 00:32:12,223
Horan: That's not true.
633
00:32:12,265 --> 00:32:14,142
What we see
at Blue Rock Springs Park
634
00:32:14,184 --> 00:32:15,769
looks more like
a killing in anger.
635
00:32:15,810 --> 00:32:19,064
Like, really angry. Not just
taking a shot and running off.
636
00:32:19,105 --> 00:32:23,234
This is pumping round after
round into Darlene's back.
637
00:32:23,276 --> 00:32:24,694
[ Gunshots ]
638
00:32:24,736 --> 00:32:28,782
Like, this person
really wanted Darlene dead.
639
00:32:28,823 --> 00:32:30,909
Nock: But why would anyone
make that call?
640
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:34,788
Horan: Because if police believe
that the murders are related
641
00:32:34,829 --> 00:32:37,248
and perpetrated
by a single killer
642
00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:39,542
picking victims at random,
643
00:32:39,584 --> 00:32:41,795
then it takes the heat
off of the person
644
00:32:41,836 --> 00:32:45,048
who actually has a motive
to commit this killing.
645
00:32:45,090 --> 00:32:47,759
[ Gunshots ]
646
00:32:47,801 --> 00:32:52,430
I think Darlene was targeted
by someone who knew her.
647
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,853
Chambers:
Darlene was my oldest sister.
648
00:32:58,895 --> 00:33:00,438
We were very close.
649
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,441
For being six years apart,
we were extremely close.
650
00:33:03,483 --> 00:33:06,778
I idolized her.
I looked up to her.
651
00:33:06,820 --> 00:33:10,323
I thought she was
everything I wanted to be.
652
00:33:10,365 --> 00:33:13,827
She was friendly
and loved people.
653
00:33:13,868 --> 00:33:16,830
And she loved her daughter
and her husband.
654
00:33:16,871 --> 00:33:23,461
**
655
00:33:23,503 --> 00:33:25,964
Nock: I'm on my way
to meet Dean Ferrin.
656
00:33:26,006 --> 00:33:30,635
Dean was married to Darlene
when she was murdered in 1969.
657
00:33:30,677 --> 00:33:32,804
I don't know
what Dean is gonna remember
658
00:33:32,846 --> 00:33:34,097
from 50-odd years later,
659
00:33:34,139 --> 00:33:39,144
but he hasn't talked too often
to researchers.
660
00:33:39,185 --> 00:33:41,813
This must be the place.
661
00:33:41,855 --> 00:33:44,399
**
662
00:33:44,441 --> 00:33:46,735
Nock: So, how did you
and Darlene meet?
663
00:33:46,776 --> 00:33:50,363
Well, I was a cook here
in the middle '60s,
664
00:33:50,405 --> 00:33:53,825
and she was a waitress.
665
00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:55,994
We just worked a lot
of the same shifts,
666
00:33:56,036 --> 00:33:57,829
got to be friends, and...
667
00:33:57,871 --> 00:34:01,124
We started dating while she was
living with this friend of mine.
668
00:34:01,166 --> 00:34:04,210
We planned on
just settling down.
669
00:34:04,252 --> 00:34:06,421
And then she was pregnant.
670
00:34:06,463 --> 00:34:09,549
[ Engine idling ]
671
00:34:09,591 --> 00:34:11,259
Butterfield:
There are a lot of questions
672
00:34:11,301 --> 00:34:13,845
about why Michael Mageau
was with Darlene Ferrin,
673
00:34:13,887 --> 00:34:16,473
who, of course,
was married at the time.
674
00:34:16,514 --> 00:34:18,641
We don't know exactly
why they were together.
675
00:34:18,683 --> 00:34:20,352
There's all kinds
of speculation
676
00:34:20,393 --> 00:34:22,437
that they were
romantically involved.
677
00:34:22,479 --> 00:34:24,939
And Michael Mageau
even said years later
678
00:34:24,981 --> 00:34:26,775
that he was in love with her.
679
00:34:26,816 --> 00:34:29,652
**
680
00:34:29,694 --> 00:34:33,698
She liked to go out
and dance,
681
00:34:33,740 --> 00:34:35,450
and I worked nights,
682
00:34:35,492 --> 00:34:37,660
and it got back to me that,
683
00:34:37,702 --> 00:34:39,829
"Oh, she's out here
whoring around."
684
00:34:39,871 --> 00:34:42,665
And I don't believe that.
685
00:34:42,707 --> 00:34:45,085
And some of the other --
her closer friends
686
00:34:45,126 --> 00:34:46,419
said that wasn't true;
687
00:34:46,461 --> 00:34:50,173
they're just a group
of girls going out.
688
00:34:50,215 --> 00:34:53,677
Michael was a friend.
That's all.
689
00:34:53,718 --> 00:34:55,679
Their relationship
was friendship.
690
00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:57,806
So you think that
the websites and the books
691
00:34:57,847 --> 00:35:01,893
have given your sister
a real bad rap?
692
00:35:01,935 --> 00:35:05,563
Yeah, that's why
I wanted to talk to you,
693
00:35:05,605 --> 00:35:07,565
to set the record straight
and tell everybody
694
00:35:07,607 --> 00:35:11,569
how wonderful a sister
and mother she was and wife.
695
00:35:14,781 --> 00:35:17,575
Darlene Ferrin had been married
696
00:35:17,617 --> 00:35:20,286
before she married Dean Ferrin.
697
00:35:20,328 --> 00:35:23,123
She was married to a man
named Jim Phillips,
698
00:35:23,164 --> 00:35:26,584
and they apparently had
a rough relationship,
699
00:35:26,626 --> 00:35:28,336
and she had been working
700
00:35:28,378 --> 00:35:31,339
and trying to raise money
to get a divorce.
701
00:35:31,381 --> 00:35:35,969
When we first met,
she was still married
702
00:35:36,011 --> 00:35:38,722
and having a little trouble
with her husband
703
00:35:38,763 --> 00:35:41,224
and wanted to
get out from under him.
704
00:35:41,266 --> 00:35:43,393
They lived in a motel
on the edge of town,
705
00:35:43,435 --> 00:35:45,603
and he wouldn't let her sleep
in the bed
706
00:35:45,645 --> 00:35:50,066
and slapped her around
a little bit and...
707
00:35:50,108 --> 00:35:53,445
Nock: When Jim and Darlene
broke up and she went with Dean,
708
00:35:53,486 --> 00:35:54,988
was Jim upset?
709
00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:57,699
Yeah, I think he was
kind of upset with that.
710
00:35:57,741 --> 00:35:59,826
And I think he ended up
leaving town
711
00:35:59,868 --> 00:36:02,328
'cause he couldn't
handle it.
712
00:36:02,370 --> 00:36:06,082
Horan: If it's true
that Darlene is targeted
713
00:36:06,124 --> 00:36:07,834
by a very personal motive,
714
00:36:07,876 --> 00:36:10,211
the first person who comes
to mind would be the ex-husband,
715
00:36:10,253 --> 00:36:14,507
and this particular ex-husband
does have a criminal record.
716
00:36:15,925 --> 00:36:19,679
He owned a car just like
the one described by Mike.
717
00:36:19,721 --> 00:36:22,932
He was known
to be stalking Darlene.
718
00:36:22,974 --> 00:36:26,644
In my opinion, Darlene Ferrin's
ex-husband, Jim,
719
00:36:26,686 --> 00:36:29,439
is the prime suspect
in her murder.
720
00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:34,527
Nock: Do you think Jim
has anything to do
with Darlene's death?
721
00:36:34,569 --> 00:36:36,905
I did at first.
722
00:36:36,946 --> 00:36:39,949
I think he was mean enough
to definitely do it.
723
00:36:39,991 --> 00:36:41,159
[ Gunshot ]
724
00:36:41,201 --> 00:36:42,911
What kind of a person
was he?
725
00:36:42,952 --> 00:36:45,830
Kind of strange. I mean,
he didn't talk a lot.
726
00:36:45,872 --> 00:36:48,291
My folks didn't really
care for him that much.
727
00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:52,003
I guess they thought he kept
Darlene, you know, to himself.
728
00:36:52,045 --> 00:36:54,214
He seemed very capable of
doing something like this.
729
00:36:54,255 --> 00:36:58,009
He was that strange.
He was definitely a weirdo.
730
00:36:58,051 --> 00:37:00,512
**
731
00:37:00,553 --> 00:37:02,847
Horan:
When the police wanted to talk
732
00:37:02,889 --> 00:37:05,934
to Darlene's ex-husband,
they couldn't find him.
733
00:37:05,975 --> 00:37:08,812
You know, nobody
had seen him in town,
734
00:37:08,853 --> 00:37:13,692
and supposedly he didn't
have Darlene's address.
735
00:37:13,733 --> 00:37:15,652
Nock: Do you have any evidence
that Jim Crabtree
736
00:37:15,694 --> 00:37:17,821
was in Vallejo
the night of the murder?
737
00:37:17,862 --> 00:37:19,572
I have never found
any evidence
738
00:37:19,614 --> 00:37:21,533
that he was in town
around the time
739
00:37:21,574 --> 00:37:23,535
Darlene was murdered.
740
00:37:23,576 --> 00:37:25,912
It's very difficult to know
where Jim Phillips
741
00:37:25,954 --> 00:37:27,580
has ever been.
742
00:37:27,622 --> 00:37:29,207
To this day, I don't know.
743
00:37:29,249 --> 00:37:33,128
He's supposedly dead,
but I can't confirm that.
744
00:37:33,169 --> 00:37:37,257
**
745
00:37:37,298 --> 00:37:40,051
Butterfield: After the shooting
at Blue Rocks Springs Park,
746
00:37:40,093 --> 00:37:43,221
there was a lot of speculation
about what had happened and why
747
00:37:43,263 --> 00:37:46,224
and what the motives were
and who the killer was.
748
00:37:46,266 --> 00:37:50,770
But all of that changed
at the end of July 1969.
749
00:37:52,355 --> 00:37:54,983
Horan: Just a couple of weeks
after Darlene's murder,
750
00:37:55,025 --> 00:37:57,777
the newspapers start getting
these letters
751
00:37:57,819 --> 00:37:59,904
taking credit for these murders.
752
00:37:59,946 --> 00:38:03,158
**
753
00:38:03,199 --> 00:38:06,161
Beeson: The Zodiac letters
that came out
754
00:38:06,202 --> 00:38:08,705
on July 31, 1969,
755
00:38:08,747 --> 00:38:10,665
forever changed the case.
756
00:38:18,048 --> 00:38:21,551
Beeson:
On July 31, 1969,
757
00:38:21,593 --> 00:38:23,678
there was three
different letters
758
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,513
sent to the
San Francisco Examiner,
759
00:38:25,555 --> 00:38:29,809
San Francisco Chronicle,
and the Vallejo Times-Herald.
760
00:38:29,851 --> 00:38:31,144
That was the first time
761
00:38:31,186 --> 00:38:34,689
that anything was received
by the killer.
762
00:38:34,731 --> 00:38:36,649
And at that point, he only wrote
763
00:38:36,691 --> 00:38:39,110
the cross circle logo,
as we call it,
764
00:38:39,152 --> 00:38:41,529
but the word "Zodiac"
was not used yet.
765
00:38:41,571 --> 00:38:46,493
This is seven months after the
first crime at Lake Herman Road.
766
00:38:46,534 --> 00:38:49,120
"Dear Editor, I am the killer
767
00:38:49,162 --> 00:38:51,706
of the two teenagers
last Christmas
768
00:38:51,748 --> 00:38:53,583
at Lake Herman
769
00:38:53,625 --> 00:38:55,877
and the girl last 4th of July.
770
00:38:55,919 --> 00:38:58,254
To prove this
I shall state some facts
771
00:38:58,296 --> 00:39:01,466
which only I and the police
know.
772
00:39:01,508 --> 00:39:03,301
Christmas. 1.
773
00:39:03,343 --> 00:39:06,680
Brand name of ammo -- Super-X.
774
00:39:08,598 --> 00:39:11,267
2. Ten shots fired.
775
00:39:13,645 --> 00:39:18,400
I want you to print this cipher
on the front page of your paper.
776
00:39:18,441 --> 00:39:21,152
In this cipher is my identity.
777
00:39:21,194 --> 00:39:23,905
If you do not print this cipher
by the afternoon
778
00:39:23,947 --> 00:39:27,909
of Fri, 1st of Aug, '69,
779
00:39:27,951 --> 00:39:31,996
I will go on a kill rampage
Fri night."
780
00:39:32,038 --> 00:39:35,917
**
781
00:39:35,959 --> 00:39:37,335
Beeson:
All three letters were similar,
782
00:39:37,377 --> 00:39:40,547
and they each contained
a part of a cipher,
783
00:39:40,588 --> 00:39:43,425
a message hidden
in a cryptic code.
784
00:39:43,466 --> 00:39:45,593
**
785
00:39:45,635 --> 00:39:47,262
[ Siren wails ]
786
00:39:47,303 --> 00:39:50,181
Butterfield: Of course, the
police were a little skeptical,
787
00:39:50,223 --> 00:39:52,976
so they made a public
announcement asking the writer
788
00:39:53,018 --> 00:39:56,312
to send another letter
with more information,
789
00:39:56,354 --> 00:39:58,106
and the person complied.
790
00:39:58,148 --> 00:40:02,068
And that was the first letter
to begin with the phrase
791
00:40:02,110 --> 00:40:05,155
"This is the Zodiac speaking."
792
00:40:05,196 --> 00:40:07,449
When he followed up with
what we call
793
00:40:07,490 --> 00:40:08,950
the debut of Zodiac letter,
794
00:40:08,992 --> 00:40:11,327
all jurisdictions believe
this was the actual killer,
795
00:40:11,369 --> 00:40:14,414
by what he was revealing in
those letters about the crimes,
796
00:40:14,456 --> 00:40:18,960
and they were very, very
motivated to break that cipher,
797
00:40:19,002 --> 00:40:21,671
to see if it was
gonna reveal his name.
798
00:40:24,257 --> 00:40:26,134
Oranchak: The first cipher,
which was solved
799
00:40:26,176 --> 00:40:31,097
by Donald and Bettye Harden,
they did it completely by hand.
800
00:40:31,139 --> 00:40:33,308
Over the course
of 20 hours' worth of work,
801
00:40:33,350 --> 00:40:35,226
they were able to use
trial and error
802
00:40:35,268 --> 00:40:39,105
to come up with
the right answer.
803
00:40:39,147 --> 00:40:42,233
Beeson: It said, "I like killing
people. It's so much fun.
804
00:40:42,275 --> 00:40:45,278
It's more fun than shooting
wild game in the forest.
805
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:49,824
Because man is the most
dangerous animal of them all."
806
00:40:49,866 --> 00:40:51,868
Of course, it didn't lead
to who the killer was,
807
00:40:51,910 --> 00:40:53,995
but they knew that they were
dealing with somebody
808
00:40:54,037 --> 00:40:56,164
that wanted to take credit
for these crimes,
809
00:40:56,206 --> 00:40:57,916
and they knew
they had something
810
00:40:57,957 --> 00:41:01,378
really, really strange
on their hands at that point.
811
00:41:01,419 --> 00:41:05,131
**
812
00:41:05,173 --> 00:41:08,218
Nock: Why write a letter
to take credit for a crime?
813
00:41:08,259 --> 00:41:10,720
Isn't that a really
risky thing to do?
814
00:41:10,762 --> 00:41:14,349
I think the Zodiac Killer
is addicted to risk.
815
00:41:14,391 --> 00:41:17,894
And he doesn't want to
actually get caught,
816
00:41:17,936 --> 00:41:20,522
but he wants people to know
817
00:41:20,563 --> 00:41:23,942
that there's one single person
behind all of these crimes
818
00:41:23,983 --> 00:41:28,405
and that perhaps he is smarter
than the teams of policemen
819
00:41:28,446 --> 00:41:31,866
and detectives who were all
trying to solve this puzzle.
820
00:41:33,493 --> 00:41:35,704
Horan: What was the motive
for writing the letters?
821
00:41:35,745 --> 00:41:38,123
The motive apparently
was to get this
822
00:41:38,164 --> 00:41:42,544
three-part, coded message
published in three newspapers.
823
00:41:42,585 --> 00:41:44,421
Well, if it's easy to crack,
what's the purpose
824
00:41:44,462 --> 00:41:47,549
of putting it in code
in the first place?
825
00:41:47,590 --> 00:41:49,884
Is there
some other message here?
826
00:41:51,428 --> 00:41:53,847
Oranchak: A very real
possibility might be that Zodiac
827
00:41:53,888 --> 00:41:55,515
hid a message
within the message.
828
00:41:55,557 --> 00:41:58,727
There are well-known techniques
in cryptography
829
00:41:58,768 --> 00:42:00,186
for doing such things.
830
00:42:00,228 --> 00:42:01,771
One of them is called
null cipher,
831
00:42:01,813 --> 00:42:04,774
where you look at something
that looks like a normal letter,
832
00:42:04,816 --> 00:42:06,192
but if you look at, say,
833
00:42:06,234 --> 00:42:08,111
every second letter
of each word,
834
00:42:08,153 --> 00:42:10,238
it might spell
something significant.
835
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,657
And this was a technique
used a lot by prisoners.
836
00:42:12,699 --> 00:42:16,244
They'll try to write letters
to people outside of the prison,
837
00:42:16,286 --> 00:42:19,247
but they'll put hidden messages,
an order for a hit
838
00:42:19,289 --> 00:42:21,374
on a rival gang member
or something like that.
839
00:42:21,416 --> 00:42:24,419
So that's something
Zodiac could have known about.
840
00:42:24,461 --> 00:42:26,588
**
841
00:42:26,629 --> 00:42:29,758
Horan: As an English professor,
these Zodiac letters
842
00:42:29,799 --> 00:42:33,470
were what got me interested
in the case in the first place.
843
00:42:33,511 --> 00:42:35,930
They were fascinating.
844
00:42:35,972 --> 00:42:38,308
They're short,
but they're very well-written.
845
00:42:38,350 --> 00:42:43,063
And this series of letters,
very artfully crafted,
846
00:42:43,104 --> 00:42:45,273
created this
compelling character.
847
00:42:45,315 --> 00:42:48,610
He was cold,
calculating, ruthless.
848
00:42:48,651 --> 00:42:51,654
He was perfectly conscious
of his actions.
849
00:42:51,696 --> 00:42:54,199
He chose to be evil.
850
00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:56,868
But the initial response
was skepticism.
851
00:42:56,910 --> 00:42:58,244
No police spokesman says,
852
00:42:58,286 --> 00:43:00,288
"Oh, my God.
We have this terror..."
853
00:43:00,330 --> 00:43:05,251
No, they express a lot of
healthy skepticism.
854
00:43:05,293 --> 00:43:09,381
But the public now
are getting information
855
00:43:09,422 --> 00:43:12,300
from a person
claiming to be the killer.
856
00:43:12,342 --> 00:43:14,594
I think the fear
was that the public
857
00:43:14,636 --> 00:43:16,262
would believe these letters,
858
00:43:16,304 --> 00:43:18,139
and I think
that's what happened.
859
00:43:18,181 --> 00:43:19,641
The more time that goes on,
860
00:43:19,683 --> 00:43:21,393
they believe more and more
in the Zodiac,
861
00:43:21,434 --> 00:43:24,562
and it really does start
to skew their investigations
862
00:43:24,604 --> 00:43:27,482
toward certain suspects,
away from certain suspects.
863
00:43:33,863 --> 00:43:36,116
**
864
00:43:36,157 --> 00:43:38,952
Darlene Ferrin --
her first husband was a guy
865
00:43:38,993 --> 00:43:42,872
named James Phillips Crabtree.
866
00:43:42,914 --> 00:43:44,916
He was a suspect at one point.
867
00:43:44,958 --> 00:43:46,710
**
868
00:43:46,751 --> 00:43:49,963
Butterfield: Vallejo detectives
eliminated him as a suspect
869
00:43:50,005 --> 00:43:51,506
after talking to him.
870
00:43:51,548 --> 00:43:53,758
Now, it's possible that
they could have been wrong,
871
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:57,554
but it's important to remember
that looking at the ex-husband
872
00:43:57,595 --> 00:44:01,474
of a victim is basically
just standard procedure,
873
00:44:01,516 --> 00:44:06,396
and he's part of what you might
refer to as the usual suspects.
874
00:44:06,438 --> 00:44:08,732
**
875
00:44:08,773 --> 00:44:11,026
Nock:
Is he passed away?
876
00:44:11,067 --> 00:44:12,819
No.
877
00:44:12,861 --> 00:44:14,946
I believe
he's still alive.
878
00:44:14,988 --> 00:44:24,330
**
879
00:44:24,372 --> 00:44:33,340
**
880
00:44:33,381 --> 00:44:36,968
Can you first
tell me your name?
881
00:44:37,010 --> 00:44:39,304
Jim Crabtree.
882
00:44:39,346 --> 00:44:43,558
Should I develop a
"deer in the headlights" look?
883
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,894
I've read that your name
was also Jim Phillips.
884
00:44:45,935 --> 00:44:48,605
Yes.
885
00:44:48,646 --> 00:44:51,733
Tell me about when
you first met Darlene.
886
00:44:51,775 --> 00:44:54,819
There were some people
that I went to high school
887
00:44:54,861 --> 00:44:57,113
who were in San Francisco.
888
00:44:57,155 --> 00:45:00,241
And a little girl
I grew up with
889
00:45:00,283 --> 00:45:02,952
took me over
to the Haight-Ashbury.
890
00:45:02,994 --> 00:45:04,829
Boom!
891
00:45:04,871 --> 00:45:06,998
That's where I met Dee.
892
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:08,875
Everybody called her Dee.
893
00:45:08,917 --> 00:45:11,378
She had a job at AT&T,
and she lived in the city.
894
00:45:11,419 --> 00:45:13,755
She lived in the Haight-Ashbury
for a while, too.
895
00:45:13,797 --> 00:45:15,465
And she lived in the city,
close to it,
896
00:45:15,507 --> 00:45:19,427
because she wanted
to be close to her job.
897
00:45:19,469 --> 00:45:24,182
When I met her,
I felt like I got lucky.
898
00:45:24,224 --> 00:45:27,394
"Wow. I got lucky
with this pretty girl."
899
00:45:27,435 --> 00:45:28,895
When we got together, we --
900
00:45:28,937 --> 00:45:32,691
I decided we needed to go
to New York, and she agreed.
901
00:45:32,732 --> 00:45:36,027
And then I got a job offer
in Albany.
902
00:45:36,069 --> 00:45:37,612
So I went up there.
903
00:45:37,654 --> 00:45:39,280
So you asked her
to marry you.
904
00:45:39,322 --> 00:45:42,450
We just thought
we should get married.
905
00:45:42,492 --> 00:45:45,078
So, how long
were you together?
906
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:49,457
Um, geez.
I don't know.
907
00:45:49,499 --> 00:45:50,542
A year?
908
00:45:50,583 --> 00:45:52,335
How was your relationship
with Dee?
909
00:45:52,377 --> 00:45:56,089
I heard it was kind of
love/hate relationship?
910
00:45:56,131 --> 00:45:57,716
Is that fair?
Or tumultuous?
911
00:45:57,757 --> 00:45:59,592
No. No. [Bleep] no.
912
00:45:59,634 --> 00:46:03,054
I don't get tumultuous
with people, except guys.
913
00:46:03,096 --> 00:46:05,932
I don't get tumultuous
with women.
914
00:46:05,974 --> 00:46:08,768
[ Chuckles ]
Are you crazy?
915
00:46:08,810 --> 00:46:11,229
Nock: Did she ever talk to you
about the type of relationship
916
00:46:11,271 --> 00:46:13,481
she had with Jim?
917
00:46:13,523 --> 00:46:15,316
Chambers:
It was stressful, I thought.
918
00:46:15,358 --> 00:46:17,569
She always tried
to play it down,
919
00:46:17,610 --> 00:46:20,530
you know, and be happy
around me.
920
00:46:20,572 --> 00:46:25,035
But I think that it was
not going anywhere good.
921
00:46:25,076 --> 00:46:26,911
Why did you and Dee
break up?
922
00:46:26,953 --> 00:46:29,539
I started realizing
923
00:46:29,581 --> 00:46:32,125
that this is not a woman
I want to be with.
924
00:46:32,167 --> 00:46:34,336
She's too, as we say,
925
00:46:34,377 --> 00:46:37,672
accessible
to the male desires.
926
00:46:37,714 --> 00:46:39,924
I should have probably
just put her on a plane.
927
00:46:39,966 --> 00:46:43,762
But I felt responsible since I'd
taken her so far from her home.
928
00:46:43,803 --> 00:46:47,307
"I'm gonna deliver you
back to your parents."
929
00:46:47,349 --> 00:46:49,601
So that's what I did.
930
00:46:49,642 --> 00:46:53,313
Came back.
Stayed in a motel there.
931
00:46:53,355 --> 00:46:55,231
We were in that motel
about three days,
932
00:46:55,273 --> 00:46:57,067
and suddenly
she's in love with a guy
933
00:46:57,108 --> 00:46:59,694
in the International
House of Pancakes.
934
00:46:59,736 --> 00:47:02,197
Oh, that's Dean, right?
Yeah.
935
00:47:03,656 --> 00:47:06,951
So I felt like I could
get the hell out of there.
936
00:47:06,993 --> 00:47:10,038
I drove off
in our Corvair.
937
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:13,833
And when I left,
938
00:47:13,875 --> 00:47:16,961
I regretfully said,
939
00:47:17,003 --> 00:47:18,296
"Whatever's happened here,
940
00:47:18,338 --> 00:47:21,091
you're gonna get it back
nine times over."
941
00:47:21,132 --> 00:47:23,009
For that,
I regretted that.
942
00:47:23,051 --> 00:47:26,471
It just blurted out of my mouth.
I don't know why.
943
00:47:26,513 --> 00:47:31,393
Well, there's --
She was shot nine times.
944
00:47:31,434 --> 00:47:35,897
But that was like years
after I had seen her.
945
00:47:35,939 --> 00:47:39,484
How did you find out that
Darlene had been murdered?
946
00:47:39,526 --> 00:47:41,361
Well,
this highway patrolman
947
00:47:41,403 --> 00:47:43,571
stopped me
for a taillight broken,
948
00:47:43,613 --> 00:47:46,408
and I didn't have
my driver's license with me,
949
00:47:46,449 --> 00:47:49,494
so I had to go to
the Santa Cruz County Courthouse
950
00:47:49,536 --> 00:47:51,663
to show
my driver's license.
951
00:47:51,705 --> 00:47:54,749
So I went up to the judge.
I showed him my license.
952
00:47:54,791 --> 00:47:56,751
You know, I'm done here.
953
00:47:56,793 --> 00:47:59,504
And I turned around,
and the entire courthouse
954
00:47:59,546 --> 00:48:03,675
was filled
with uniformed police.
955
00:48:03,717 --> 00:48:07,137
And four detectives
heading towards me
956
00:48:07,178 --> 00:48:09,806
with their hands
on their guns.
957
00:48:09,848 --> 00:48:12,350
They said,
"Well, come with us."
958
00:48:12,392 --> 00:48:16,062
So they took me across the
street to another building.
959
00:48:16,104 --> 00:48:20,817
**
960
00:48:20,859 --> 00:48:23,528
One of them said,
"Did you know Darlene?"
961
00:48:23,570 --> 00:48:25,488
And I said, "Yeah."
962
00:48:25,530 --> 00:48:28,199
They said, "Did you know
she was murdered?"
963
00:48:28,241 --> 00:48:32,746
"No.
I don't follow her scene."
964
00:48:32,787 --> 00:48:34,706
You know?
965
00:48:34,748 --> 00:48:38,626
So they said, "Well, we need
to look at your house."
966
00:48:38,668 --> 00:48:42,547
So I said, "Sure,
but under the proviso
967
00:48:42,589 --> 00:48:44,591
that you're not gonna
bust me for my dope."
968
00:48:44,632 --> 00:48:47,010
They said,
"We don't care about the dope."
969
00:48:47,052 --> 00:48:50,889
And I thought, "Oh, Jesus.
This is serious."
970
00:48:50,930 --> 00:48:52,349
So they came to my house.
971
00:48:52,390 --> 00:48:54,434
They took pictures
of all my books
972
00:48:54,476 --> 00:48:57,437
about magic
and horoscopes
973
00:48:57,479 --> 00:48:59,272
and the car and everything.
974
00:48:59,314 --> 00:49:01,691
They put all this together.
975
00:49:01,733 --> 00:49:04,235
So then they took me
to Vallejo,
976
00:49:04,277 --> 00:49:07,739
where I did
writing samples.
977
00:49:07,781 --> 00:49:09,783
Nock: So, they asked you
for a handwriting sample
978
00:49:09,824 --> 00:49:12,660
because they thought you
may have written the letters
979
00:49:12,702 --> 00:49:15,205
to the press
from the Zodiac?
980
00:49:15,246 --> 00:49:18,583
Oh, yeah, sure.
981
00:49:18,625 --> 00:49:21,294
The police were finally able
to talk to him
982
00:49:21,336 --> 00:49:22,962
about six months
after the murder.
983
00:49:23,004 --> 00:49:25,757
And by that time,
you have to understand --
984
00:49:25,799 --> 00:49:28,468
it's just a couple of weeks
after Darlene's murder
985
00:49:28,510 --> 00:49:31,680
that the newspapers
start getting these letters
986
00:49:31,721 --> 00:49:34,140
from this guy
calling himself the Zodiac,
987
00:49:34,182 --> 00:49:35,892
taking credit for these murders.
988
00:49:35,934 --> 00:49:38,561
So now Jim doesn't just
have to be a good suspect
989
00:49:38,603 --> 00:49:40,146
for Darlene's murder.
990
00:49:40,188 --> 00:49:43,441
He has to be a good suspect
for all the murders,
991
00:49:43,483 --> 00:49:46,111
and his handwriting
has to match the letters
992
00:49:46,152 --> 00:49:49,406
in order for the police
to further investigate him.
993
00:49:49,447 --> 00:49:51,199
**
994
00:49:51,241 --> 00:49:55,662
Crabtree: I spent two or
three days in the jail there.
995
00:49:57,622 --> 00:49:59,833
Everybody knowing
in the jail
996
00:49:59,874 --> 00:50:02,836
that I had been arrested
as the Zodiac.
997
00:50:02,877 --> 00:50:04,754
**
998
00:50:04,796 --> 00:50:06,589
Why would the police
think that?
999
00:50:06,631 --> 00:50:09,551
Aside from being the ex-husband,
what else did they think
1000
00:50:09,592 --> 00:50:11,136
connected you
to the Zodiac killings?
1001
00:50:11,177 --> 00:50:15,390
I think it was probably
because I was a cryptographer.
1002
00:50:17,809 --> 00:50:19,811
I worked with codes.
I didn't realize
1003
00:50:19,853 --> 00:50:22,022
that you studied cryptography
in the Army.
1004
00:50:22,063 --> 00:50:25,191
Yes, I was trained
as a cryptographer.
1005
00:50:25,233 --> 00:50:28,361
I had about three months
1006
00:50:28,403 --> 00:50:31,072
at Fort Gordon
Crypto School.
1007
00:50:31,114 --> 00:50:35,577
When those cops showed up,
I thought, "I'm [bleep]."
1008
00:50:42,208 --> 00:50:47,672
**
1009
00:50:47,714 --> 00:50:49,674
I'm a cryptographer.
1010
00:50:49,716 --> 00:50:52,427
I have books on magic.
1011
00:50:52,469 --> 00:50:54,804
I thought, "I'm [bleep]."
1012
00:50:54,846 --> 00:50:57,098
What was your alibi
when the police asked you?
1013
00:50:57,140 --> 00:51:00,810
Every 4th of July
during those years, I took acid.
1014
00:51:00,852 --> 00:51:02,604
And on that particular day,
1015
00:51:02,645 --> 00:51:05,023
I parked
my 1929 Ford truck
1016
00:51:05,065 --> 00:51:08,610
down at the foot
of Boulder Creek Road
1017
00:51:08,651 --> 00:51:11,863
outside of Boulder Creek,
California.
1018
00:51:11,905 --> 00:51:15,909
And I walked up that road,
spent the day up there
1019
00:51:15,950 --> 00:51:19,871
just playing in the mud
and the sun.
1020
00:51:19,913 --> 00:51:22,582
They asked me where I'd been,
and I told them.
1021
00:51:22,624 --> 00:51:24,918
**
1022
00:51:24,959 --> 00:51:28,421
Then I walked back down
that road. It's about 3 miles.
1023
00:51:28,463 --> 00:51:30,423
And as I came down,
1024
00:51:30,465 --> 00:51:34,386
there was a family
gathered here,
1025
00:51:34,427 --> 00:51:39,057
having 4th of July, and I said,
"Hey. Hi. How are you?"
1026
00:51:39,099 --> 00:51:41,810
And they waved,
and I kept walking.
1027
00:51:41,851 --> 00:51:44,771
Turned out that man
was a Federal Court judge.
1028
00:51:44,813 --> 00:51:48,483
[ Chuckles ]
And he did see me.
1029
00:51:48,525 --> 00:51:51,152
And he did wave at me.
1030
00:51:51,194 --> 00:51:52,862
I wasn't there.
1031
00:51:54,072 --> 00:51:55,448
Nock:
I have found no record
1032
00:51:55,490 --> 00:51:57,742
of a judge verifying
Jim's story,
1033
00:51:57,784 --> 00:51:59,160
but in the police reports,
I can see
1034
00:51:59,202 --> 00:52:01,496
that one of the investigators
on the case,
1035
00:52:01,538 --> 00:52:03,164
a sergeant named Mulanax,
1036
00:52:03,206 --> 00:52:06,459
independently interviewed
Jim's new wife at the time
1037
00:52:06,501 --> 00:52:08,920
and corroborated his alibi.
1038
00:52:08,962 --> 00:52:11,297
Remember, by the time
of Darlene's murder,
1039
00:52:11,339 --> 00:52:13,758
she and Jim had been broken up
for over two years
1040
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:16,052
and both had remarried.
1041
00:52:16,094 --> 00:52:18,722
And they came back
and said, "Oh, he's clear."
1042
00:52:21,725 --> 00:52:23,351
Tell me
about this picture.
1043
00:52:23,393 --> 00:52:24,853
[ Chuckles ]
1044
00:52:24,894 --> 00:52:26,688
So, who's in
that photograph?
1045
00:52:26,730 --> 00:52:29,357
Oh, well,
that's Dee right there.
1046
00:52:29,399 --> 00:52:34,696
And they kept accusing me
of being this [bleep] guy.
1047
00:52:34,738 --> 00:52:38,533
This is a dork!
Dork! [ Chuckles ]
1048
00:52:39,617 --> 00:52:43,830
Nock:
Do you think Jim has anything
to do with Darlene's death?
1049
00:52:43,872 --> 00:52:46,207
I did at first.
1050
00:52:46,249 --> 00:52:49,085
I think he was mean enough
to definitely do it.
1051
00:52:49,127 --> 00:52:51,963
I want to show you
this picture.
1052
00:52:54,215 --> 00:52:56,926
I've seen that picture
quite a bit.
1053
00:52:58,511 --> 00:53:00,597
I thought it was Jim
because Jim has
1054
00:53:00,638 --> 00:53:02,682
similar characteristics
like that.
1055
00:53:02,724 --> 00:53:07,479
Tall and skinny.
And I think he wore glasses.
1056
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,064
Crabtree:
I recognize the sweater
1057
00:53:09,105 --> 00:53:13,693
because I bought it for her
for Christmas as a gift
1058
00:53:13,735 --> 00:53:17,655
for going through, uh --
1059
00:53:17,697 --> 00:53:19,741
You can't really see it here,
1060
00:53:19,783 --> 00:53:22,577
but she had just had
a knee operation.
1061
00:53:22,619 --> 00:53:25,288
She fell. We were skiing
on Mount Shasta.
1062
00:53:25,330 --> 00:53:29,751
This is the doctor who did
the operation on her knee.
1063
00:53:29,793 --> 00:53:32,087
The guy's a goddamn dork.
It's an insult.
1064
00:53:32,128 --> 00:53:34,589
Look at that thumb.
Look at that guy's thumb!
1065
00:53:34,631 --> 00:53:36,841
That's not my thumb!
[ Chuckles ]
1066
00:53:36,883 --> 00:53:38,843
Can I show you
one more picture?
1067
00:53:38,885 --> 00:53:41,179
So I guess this is their proof
that it is you.
1068
00:53:41,221 --> 00:53:43,765
Yeah. Yeah.
They say that's your
high-school photograph,
1069
00:53:43,807 --> 00:53:45,183
and that looks like
the same guy.
1070
00:53:45,225 --> 00:53:47,477
Have you seen that
before?
1071
00:53:47,519 --> 00:53:51,106
Yeah, it is.
[ Chuckles ]
1072
00:53:51,147 --> 00:53:52,273
Whew! Jesus!
1073
00:53:52,315 --> 00:53:55,110
I was even more dorky
than I thought.
1074
00:53:55,151 --> 00:53:57,445
You know, people in
the Zodiac community say
1075
00:53:57,487 --> 00:53:58,947
that when you put it
all together
1076
00:53:58,988 --> 00:54:00,657
and you line up
these two images --
1077
00:54:00,699 --> 00:54:02,867
this mystery man
here with Darlene
1078
00:54:02,909 --> 00:54:04,911
and your high-school
photograph --
1079
00:54:04,953 --> 00:54:07,205
they look pretty similar.
1080
00:54:07,247 --> 00:54:10,667
Yeah. This is not me.
That's the doctor.
1081
00:54:15,171 --> 00:54:17,674
I have to ask you.
Did you kill Darlene?
1082
00:54:25,598 --> 00:54:29,352
Guy who was taking an acid trip
when she was shot.
1083
00:54:29,394 --> 00:54:31,229
You know?
1084
00:54:31,271 --> 00:54:33,440
[ Chuckling ]
1085
00:54:33,481 --> 00:54:38,778
I've heard that her family
absolutely said it was me.
1086
00:54:38,820 --> 00:54:40,321
You know?
1087
00:54:40,363 --> 00:54:43,366
Why, ain't you a little bitch?
Why'd you do that?
1088
00:54:43,408 --> 00:54:45,910
You know nothing about me.
1089
00:54:45,952 --> 00:54:50,582
What do you believe happened
that night to Darlene?
1090
00:54:50,623 --> 00:54:54,252
Oh, I think
this asshole did.
1091
00:54:54,294 --> 00:54:57,255
The Zodiac.
Whoever the Zodiac guy is.
1092
00:54:57,297 --> 00:55:00,717
You think that she was the
victim of a serial killer?
1093
00:55:00,759 --> 00:55:04,429
Oh, yeah, sure. Yeah.
I mean I think so.
1094
00:55:04,471 --> 00:55:09,768
I really don't know any of
the details about her world
1095
00:55:09,809 --> 00:55:12,604
because I was basically
just living my life.
1096
00:55:12,645 --> 00:55:15,482
So I really don't know.
1097
00:55:15,523 --> 00:55:18,693
**
1098
00:55:18,735 --> 00:55:21,821
Thank you, Jim.
Oh, it was fun.
1099
00:55:21,863 --> 00:55:24,783
Thank you for listening
to all this crap.
1100
00:55:24,824 --> 00:55:26,201
Of course.
Thank you, Andrew.
1101
00:55:26,242 --> 00:55:28,078
Thank you so much
for meeting with me
1102
00:55:28,119 --> 00:55:30,455
and talking with me and
setting the record straight.
1103
00:55:30,497 --> 00:55:33,833
Yes, well, I don't know
if I did that or not.
1104
00:55:33,875 --> 00:55:36,378
Well, that's what
we wanted to do, right?
1105
00:55:36,419 --> 00:55:39,005
Set the record on fire.
1106
00:55:39,047 --> 00:55:42,676
You know, something funny
happens when you turn 70.
1107
00:55:42,717 --> 00:55:44,177
What?
1108
00:55:44,219 --> 00:55:46,721
You don't give a shit
about what you say anymore.
1109
00:55:46,763 --> 00:55:48,515
At all.
1110
00:55:48,556 --> 00:55:51,142
[ Chuckles ]
1111
00:55:51,184 --> 00:55:53,103
**
1112
00:55:53,144 --> 00:55:55,814
Nock: Okay, I'm gonna call
Thomas Horan right now
1113
00:55:55,855 --> 00:55:58,024
and let him know
about this conversation
1114
00:55:58,066 --> 00:56:00,068
I just had with Jim.
1115
00:56:00,110 --> 00:56:02,362
[ Line ringing]
1116
00:56:02,404 --> 00:56:04,114
[ Click]
1117
00:56:04,155 --> 00:56:06,700
Thomas?
Yeah.
1118
00:56:06,741 --> 00:56:08,410
Jim Crabtree.
1119
00:56:08,451 --> 00:56:10,245
He -- You know,
we met with him.
1120
00:56:10,286 --> 00:56:14,249
Well, he had a lot to say,
and he did his best to,
1121
00:56:14,290 --> 00:56:16,584
you know, dispel the rumors
that he had anything to do
1122
00:56:16,626 --> 00:56:18,336
with Darlene's murder,
1123
00:56:18,378 --> 00:56:20,880
anything to do with
being the Zodiac.
1124
00:56:20,922 --> 00:56:23,008
He pretty much told me
his whole story
1125
00:56:23,049 --> 00:56:26,428
about being in the military,
being in a cryptography program.
1126
00:56:26,469 --> 00:56:28,138
I didn't know that.
Did you know that?
1127
00:56:28,179 --> 00:56:30,849
That was bullshit.
That was total bullshit.
1128
00:56:30,890 --> 00:56:32,559
He was a clerk typist,
1129
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:34,436
and he was stationed in Germany
for a couple of years.
1130
00:56:34,477 --> 00:56:36,938
See, this is what
I'm confused about.
1131
00:56:36,980 --> 00:56:39,441
It was a very strange
conversation.
1132
00:56:39,482 --> 00:56:41,776
He did his best
to clear his name,
1133
00:56:41,818 --> 00:56:43,862
but then he said
a lot of things
1134
00:56:43,903 --> 00:56:46,990
that just fuels
the fire of speculation.
1135
00:56:47,032 --> 00:56:49,159
Like, he had
top-secret clearance,
1136
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:51,786
that he was a top cryptographer
in the Army.
1137
00:56:51,828 --> 00:56:53,121
Why would he say that,
1138
00:56:53,163 --> 00:56:55,373
knowing that that would
link him to the Zodiac?
1139
00:56:55,415 --> 00:56:56,833
Right. Right.
1140
00:56:56,875 --> 00:56:58,877
He said the last thing
he said to her
1141
00:56:58,918 --> 00:57:01,212
after she had been
cheating on him in Vallejo
1142
00:57:01,254 --> 00:57:04,132
when they lived in a motel there
was that,
1143
00:57:04,174 --> 00:57:06,426
"It's going to come back
to you nine times over."
1144
00:57:06,468 --> 00:57:09,179
And that's the number of times
she was shot.
1145
00:57:09,220 --> 00:57:11,348
Right.
And, see, victim blaming
1146
00:57:11,389 --> 00:57:16,186
is classic behavior on
the part of the perpetrator.
1147
00:57:16,227 --> 00:57:18,146
I asked him about
his alibi of the murder.
1148
00:57:18,188 --> 00:57:21,232
He said he did acid.
It was a 4th of July tradition.
1149
00:57:21,274 --> 00:57:22,984
He went hiking
in Boulder Creek.
1150
00:57:23,026 --> 00:57:25,153
And that -- The Boulder Creek
does match up
1151
00:57:25,195 --> 00:57:26,571
with the police report.
1152
00:57:26,613 --> 00:57:29,824
The truth about him
makes him look guilty
1153
00:57:29,866 --> 00:57:34,079
or very suspicious of being
involved in Darlene's murder,
1154
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:36,164
and nothing makes him
look innocent.
1155
00:57:36,206 --> 00:57:38,500
Now, that doesn't prove
he's guilty...
Right.
1156
00:57:38,541 --> 00:57:41,670
...but everything makes him
look guilty, and nothing --
1157
00:57:41,711 --> 00:57:44,047
There's nothing that
makes him look innocent.
1158
00:57:44,089 --> 00:57:45,715
Nothing.
Yeah, it's -- it's --
1159
00:57:45,757 --> 00:57:47,425
It's puzzling
and a little disturbing.
1160
00:57:47,467 --> 00:57:49,678
I've got --
I've got to be honest.
1161
00:57:49,719 --> 00:57:51,680
**
1162
00:57:51,721 --> 00:57:53,682
Horan: When you look
at Darlene's murder,
1163
00:57:53,723 --> 00:57:58,436
the most obvious suspect has to
be Darlene's ex-husband, Jim.
1164
00:57:58,478 --> 00:58:01,981
Maybe he's not guilty,
but you do have a prime suspect
1165
00:58:02,023 --> 00:58:04,651
who is worthy
of further investigation.
1166
00:58:04,693 --> 00:58:07,028
But by the time
the police catch up with him,
1167
00:58:07,070 --> 00:58:09,030
there's now
this runaway narrative
1168
00:58:09,072 --> 00:58:11,449
that the murders were committed
by one person
1169
00:58:11,491 --> 00:58:14,035
who's been writing
these letters.
1170
00:58:14,077 --> 00:58:15,870
And the police
couldn't prove that Jim
1171
00:58:15,912 --> 00:58:20,500
was the so-called Zodiac Killer,
so they lost interest in him.
1172
00:58:20,542 --> 00:58:22,168
**
1173
00:58:22,210 --> 00:58:24,337
The letters are probably
the number-one reason
1174
00:58:24,379 --> 00:58:27,048
none of these victims
ever got any justice.
1175
00:58:27,090 --> 00:58:29,467
And here's a perfect example.
1176
00:58:29,509 --> 00:58:31,594
If the letter writer
isn't the killer,
1177
00:58:31,636 --> 00:58:33,054
then we need to rethink
1178
00:58:33,096 --> 00:58:35,598
everything we know
about this case.
1179
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:38,518
And unlocking the mystery
of those letters and ciphers
1180
00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:42,564
is the key to blowing
this whole case wide open
1181
00:58:42,605 --> 00:58:45,900
and proving if there
really was a Zodiac Killer
1182
00:58:45,942 --> 00:58:47,902
or if it's all a myth.
1183
00:58:47,944 --> 00:58:49,362
**
1184
00:58:49,404 --> 00:58:51,072
Nock:
The so-called Zodiac Killer
1185
00:58:51,114 --> 00:58:55,076
ultimately sent over 20 letters
and 4 ciphers to the media.
1186
00:58:55,118 --> 00:58:57,579
Many experts actually
put the number at 32,
1187
00:58:57,620 --> 00:58:59,664
and they have been analyzed
for fingerprints,
1188
00:58:59,706 --> 00:59:03,585
analyzed for DNA,
analyzed for trace evidence.
1189
00:59:03,626 --> 00:59:06,421
The handwriting has been
compared again and again.
1190
00:59:06,463 --> 00:59:09,215
So far, it's led to nothing.
1191
00:59:09,257 --> 00:59:12,218
So what's next?
That's the big question.
1192
00:59:12,260 --> 00:59:14,637
Thomas Horan believes
the letters could be the key.
1193
00:59:14,679 --> 00:59:16,765
I think if we're trying
to prove his theory
1194
00:59:16,806 --> 00:59:20,643
about multiple killers,
possibly multiple authors,
1195
00:59:20,685 --> 00:59:22,687
that's what we need to focus on.
1196
00:59:22,729 --> 00:59:25,940
There have been famous letters
that have recently been cracked
1197
00:59:25,982 --> 00:59:27,734
by new scientific methods.
1198
00:59:27,776 --> 00:59:31,279
Case in point -- Q of QAnon.
1199
00:59:31,321 --> 00:59:32,614
Their identity was solved
1200
00:59:32,655 --> 00:59:35,241
with the help of
computational linguistics.
1201
00:59:35,283 --> 00:59:39,120
Maybe that's the key
to this Zodiac case.
1202
00:59:39,162 --> 00:59:43,500
[ Line ringing]
1203
00:59:43,541 --> 00:59:45,752
Hi, Florian.
Hi, Jean-Baptiste.
1204
00:59:45,794 --> 00:59:48,213
-Hi, Andrew.
-Hi, Andrew.
1205
00:59:48,254 --> 00:59:50,131
Nock: I found the two professors
who used
1206
00:59:50,173 --> 00:59:53,343
computational linguistics
to help identify Q.
1207
00:59:53,385 --> 00:59:56,221
It's been a few weeks since
I sent you the Zodiac letters,
1208
00:59:56,262 --> 00:59:59,307
and what we're trying to
understand about these letters
1209
00:59:59,349 --> 01:00:00,975
is not so much who wrote them,
1210
01:00:01,017 --> 01:00:04,979
but whether or not one single
person wrote all those letters
1211
01:00:05,021 --> 01:00:07,232
or if there are multiple
letter writers.
1212
01:00:07,273 --> 01:00:10,151
I'm dying to find out
what you discovered.
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