The Zodiac Revisited: Analysis and Fact-Based Speculation: 2

Understand Historys Most Enigmatic Serial KillerIn December of 1968 a serial killer began orchestrating a campaign of terror in the San Francisco Bay Area. Not satisfied with the simple act of murder he taunted law enforcement and the public by writing letters to local newspapers. Through often cryptic and bizarre content-including four ciphers three of which have never been solved-the psychopath played a twisted game. Reporters dubbed the man the Cipher Killer but the murderer chose a different name for himself: the Zodiac. Eventually he would claim to have murdered thirty-seven. Law enforcement however could only account for five.In 1971 authenticated communications with the Zodiac ceased. The elusive fugitive resurfaced briefly three years later sending a small number of communiqués before disappearing for good. What started out with shocking abruptness slowly dissolved into mysterious uncertainty. To this day the Zodiacs true identity remains one of the twentieth centurys greatest mysteries...Having established an analytical foundation in Volume 1 Michael uses Volume 2 to look across the entirety of the case and identify meaningful threads of commonality exploring subjects such as the killers methodology persona and ciphers.