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WOMAN:
The problem with the people
that run tech companies
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is that they become fanatics,
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end up thinking
they're messiahs.
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GARY:
There's a primal wound
that adoptees have.
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I think about my birth parents
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and who they are as people.
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"A lady from San Francisco
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claiming to be
your real mother."
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It was like a thousand
prayers answered.
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GARY:
I had no idea what I would find
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when I went searching
for my father.
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-LYN: He was a pedophile.
-GARY: My father was
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subject to medical,
chemical treatment
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for his disorder.
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LISA:
I've interviewed
a lot of people,
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and you can
sometimes sense evil.
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GARY:
I found out that my
mother's second husband
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was one of the inspectors
on the Zodiac case.
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I was beginning to wonder if
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the San Francisco
Police Department
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was trying to
cover up for Rotea.
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When the police sketch
flashed on the screen,
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it made me realize
that my father...
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*
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may have been the Zodiac Killer.
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San Francisco
apparently has
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a mad killer
in its midst.
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Since last December, five
persons have been murdered
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in the San Francisco area,
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and in each case, the killer,
who calls himself Zodiac,
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has boasted of the slayings
in letters to newspapers.
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One letter, Zodiac said,
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"I love killing people."
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REPORTER 1:
Two more communications have
been received from the Zodiac.
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REPORTER 2:
One of the letters was signed
with the symbol of the Zodiac
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and written in code.
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REPORTER 3:
"Bates had to die.
There will be more."
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BRYAN HARTNELL:
He had this black hood on.
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Just little slits in the eyes.
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I did think I was going to die.
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MARTIN LEE:
That little symbol
of the circle
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with the cross in
the center of it,
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this symbolizes the center
of the universe.
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So, this is probably
sign of the Zodiac.
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*
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REPORTER:
It appears that he is killing
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just for the thrill of killing.
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LEE:
He's an absolutely ruthless,
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completely merciless killer.
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In letters,
he claimed 37 murders.
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Police confirmed
at least six.
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Then, four years ago,
the killing stopped
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and so did Zodiac's letters.
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MAN:
We're still following
tremendous amount of leads,
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but as far as any
specific individual,
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we're no closer than we were.
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REPORTER:
Four decades later,
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the search for this
serial killer goes on.
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*
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GARY:
Why did I stumble across
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this psycho-serial killer
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partway through my journey
of looking for my father?
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I was not the guy who...
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looked for answers
to mysteries.
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I had a family.
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I had a commitment to
120 employees at my company.
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I would much rather
go home right now,
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and go see my son
and my grandson and say,
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"it wasn't us.
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We don't have that
defective gene."
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LEONA:
And Gary was kinda
upset to tell us
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that he thought that his
dad was the Zodiac killer.
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I was really upset about it.
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It worried us what
he would find out
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'cause Judy would
not tell us anything
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about him.
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JUDE:
It was so preposterous to me.
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I don't believe that the San
Francisco Police Department
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were trying to
cover up for Rotea
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because, I can assure you,
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if Rotea could've
solved that crime,
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he would've
solved that crime.
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*
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But, in hindsight,
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the next time Gary
came to San Francisco,
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we should've gone together
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to the police
department and said,
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"we gotta have
some clarity here."
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But, that didn't happen.
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GARY:
I often get asked
the question, "why?
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Why, when you first
suspected your father
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was the Zodiac Killer,
why didn't you just stop?"
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Because it was my identity,
and it was my story.
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And regardless of the outcome,
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I just had to know.
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*
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(theme song)
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*
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I spent years
searching for my father
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before I ever suspected that
he was the Zodiac Killer.
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And as I researched
my father's life,
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I began writing about
my journey to find him.
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It began with a journal,
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notes that I would take when
I would find out something new.
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Eventually, I had written
hundreds of pages,
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but it only contained maybe
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two or three pages
about the Zodiac Killer.
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My story was too complicated
for me to handle.
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So, when I went to
a friend of mine,
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looking for a serial
killer expert to help me,
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he says, "boy, have I
got the writer for you."
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(gunshot)
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*
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(gunshot)
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(gunshot)
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SUSAN:
I've been
an investigative journalist
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for more than 20 years,
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and I'm the author of several
best-selling true crime books.
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As a true crime author,
you get a lot of people
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approaching you, wanting
to tell this story or that.
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When Gary Stewart came to me
and told me that he believed
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his father was the Zodiac
Killer, I was very skeptical
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because so many people
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have come out
of the woodwork
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and claimed that their father
was the Zodiac Killer,
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or this person was,
or that person was.
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This is a case that's
50 years old. I mean,
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nobody believes
it can be solved.
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But when I read the manuscript,
I thought...
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maybe he was onto something.
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However, if I wrote this book,
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and it turned out
it wasn't true,
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then my reputation was ruined.
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*
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But aside from
the Zodiac Killer,
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there were quite a few things
that sold me on this project.
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You had the Ice Cream Romance,
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Judy and Van running away to
New Orleans, abandoning Gary.
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You had the adoption
the story of Gary
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being left in this stairwell,
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and then adopted by
these wonderful parents.
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And then, Gary's journey
to find his father.
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It was just too much
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of a story to resist writing.
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GARY:
When I got Susan to
help me write the book,
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she took the investigation
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to another level, to a place
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that I had never
dreamed we would go.
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*
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SUSAN:
Before I met Gary,
he had spent years
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researching his father,
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but we needed to
investigate further.
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So, we went to San Francisco
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to recreate the life
of Earl Van Best Jr.,
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and follow the trail
of the Zodiac.
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GARY:
So, after serving 90 days in
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Atascadero State Hospital,
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and then three years
in San Quentin Prison,
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my father returned
to San Francisco
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and married a third time.
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Edith Kos was his
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social worker from San Quentin.
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I think that marriage
was part of his...
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attempt to be cured
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of whatever evil he had.
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(traffic noise)
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When Edith became pregnant,
I'm pretty certain
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that she never knew anything
about my father's past,
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and that Van had another son
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who he had thrown away.
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Before he passed away,
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my father's best friend,
William Lohmus, told me
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that Van dreaded
having another baby.
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And when Edith gave birth,
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Van was out of work.
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Now with a crying baby at home,
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Van started
experimenting with drugs
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and found an escape
in the Summer of Love.
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("Liar, Liar" by
The Castaways playing)
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In 1967,
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San Francisco
was transforming.
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* Liar, liar, pants on fire
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* Your nose is longer
than a telephone wire... *
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GARY:
People from all
over the country
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were attracted to free love,
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sex, drugs,
the counterculture.
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* Know it's a lie
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* Come kill me,
honey, see how I cry *
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GARY:
My father immersed
himself into the scene
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and was hanging out with
some very bad people.
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(screech)
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*
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REPORTER:
Robert Beausoleil,
a member Charles Manson's
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so-called "hippie family,"
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was sentenced to die in
a California gas chamber
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for stabbing a musician
to death last year.
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*
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GARY:
William Lohmus told me that
Van was also hanging out
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with Anton LaVey,
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the founder of
the Church of Satan.
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Open wide the gates of Hell.
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GARY:
And as William tells it,
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my father was fascinated
with the occult.
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-Hail Satan.
-CONGREGATION: Hail Satan.
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SUSAN:
According to William,
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Van met Anton LaVey
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at San Francisco City College,
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where they both
studied criminology.
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Anton was also
an accomplished musician,
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and they bonded over their
love of playing the organ.
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And when Van got out of prison,
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he became more and more enamored
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of Anton LaVey's
Satanic principles.
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*
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If one were to do
a psychological profile on Van,
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from the hatred of his mother
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to the abandonment
by his father,
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and as he grew,
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he became violent
towards his wives.
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It was obvious Van's
rage was building,
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which would inevitably
lead him to murder.
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*
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(insects chirping)
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VAN:
Dear editor,
this is the murderer
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of the two teenagers last
Christmas at Lake Herman
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and the girl on
the Fourth of July
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near the golf
course in Vallejo.
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To prove I killed them,
I shall state some facts
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which only I
and the police know.
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-(crowd chatter)
-Christmas.
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One, brand name of ammo,
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Super-X.
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Two, 10 shots were fired.
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Three, the boy was on his back
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with his feet to the car.
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Four, the girl was on her
right side, feet to the west.
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-Fourth of July.
-(fireworks)
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One, the girl was
wearing patterned slacks.
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Two, the boy was also
shot in the knee.
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Three, brand name
of ammo was Western.
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00:12:57,377 --> 00:12:59,847
*
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Here is part of a cipher.
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I want you to print this cipher
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on the front page
of your paper.
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00:13:06,453 --> 00:13:09,123
In this cipher is my identity.
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00:13:09,156 --> 00:13:11,016
If you do not
print this cipher,
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I will go on a kill
rampage Friday night
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until I end up with a dozen
people over the weekend.
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00:13:30,210 --> 00:13:32,480
DUFFY JENNINGS:
When the first
Zodiac letter came in,
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it was just something
totally new to us.
251
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The cipher didn't seem
to make any sense at all.
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00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:41,146
You know, there were letters
and there were shapes
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and there were
circles and triangles.
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00:13:45,692 --> 00:13:49,502
The writer was making
threats to kill more people.
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00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:51,699
So, there was talk and buzz
around the newsroom
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about whether to print it.
257
00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:56,296
Do you tell people
and risk panic?
258
00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:58,866
*
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00:13:58,906 --> 00:14:01,506
Ultimately, the decision
was to print the cipher.
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00:14:03,944 --> 00:14:06,714
SUSAN:
The writer sent three
virtually identical letters
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00:14:06,746 --> 00:14:08,846
to the San Francisco Chronicle,
262
00:14:08,882 --> 00:14:10,482
the San Francisco Examiner,
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00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:12,087
and the Vallejo Times.
264
00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:16,657
GARY:
The newspapers each received
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00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:19,989
one part of this cipher,
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00:14:20,027 --> 00:14:23,427
and he demanded that
they print the ciphers
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00:14:23,463 --> 00:14:25,773
by Friday August 1st,
268
00:14:25,798 --> 00:14:27,728
which is a significant date.
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00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:29,097
It was actually
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seven years after
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the debut of
the Ice Cream Romance
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by Paul Avery in
the San Francisco Chronicle.
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00:14:39,146 --> 00:14:41,106
SUSAN:
In the letters,
the writer took credit
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00:14:41,148 --> 00:14:43,218
for two sets of murders
that had happened
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in Northern California
in the past six months.
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00:14:48,255 --> 00:14:51,615
REPORTER:
...briefly described what
apparently happened last night.
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00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:53,628
LEE:
A double homicide involving
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16-year-old girl
and a 17-year-old boy.
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00:14:57,464 --> 00:14:59,134
SUSAN:
Betty Lou Jensen
and David Faraday
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were in their car when
the Zodiac started firing.
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00:15:02,769 --> 00:15:04,439
David was shot in the head.
282
00:15:04,471 --> 00:15:06,971
Betty Lou was shot
five times in the back
283
00:15:07,007 --> 00:15:09,077
as she tried to escape.
284
00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:10,879
*
285
00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,550
Six months later, the Zodiac
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00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:13,979
attacked another couple,
287
00:15:14,014 --> 00:15:16,124
Darlene Ferrin
and Michael Mageau,
288
00:15:16,149 --> 00:15:18,149
in Blue Rock Springs Park.
289
00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:21,418
He killed Darlene, and...
290
00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:24,094
Michael Mageau survived.
291
00:15:24,124 --> 00:15:25,994
(typewriter clicking)
292
00:15:26,026 --> 00:15:27,726
The police had no suspects,
293
00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,930
so they publicly asked the
killer to send another letter,
294
00:15:30,964 --> 00:15:33,874
hoping that more information
would lead to his arrest.
295
00:15:36,203 --> 00:15:38,473
DAVID VAN NUYS:
The next letter started off
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00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:41,065
with a new salutation.
297
00:15:41,108 --> 00:15:43,678
"This is the Zodiac speaking."
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00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:47,680
The Zodiac, as if
it was like the God.
299
00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:49,854
We see the first sign of this
300
00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:52,252
grandiosity of the Zodiac.
301
00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:55,285
*
302
00:15:58,325 --> 00:16:00,955
VAN:
This is the Zodiac speaking.
303
00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:03,034
In answer to your
asking for more details
304
00:16:03,063 --> 00:16:06,103
about the good times
I have had in Vallejo,
305
00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:09,043
I shall be very happy to
supply even more material.
306
00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:13,274
By the way, are the police
307
00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:15,836
having a good time
with the code?
308
00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:22,682
LEE:
We haven't personally
started anything on it
309
00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:26,015
because none of us in the police
department know cryptography.
310
00:16:26,053 --> 00:16:28,193
However, we have
sent copies of it
311
00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:31,291
to certain experts
in that field,
312
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:35,034
and we anticipate
that if there is a...
313
00:16:36,063 --> 00:16:38,573
if it is a logical...
314
00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:41,898
-cryptogram, that we
will have it solved.
-(indistinct)
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00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:45,374
GARY:
I had no idea what the cipher
had to do with my father.
316
00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,235
And this is exactly like
317
00:16:47,274 --> 00:16:50,714
every other discovery I made.
318
00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:53,753
I wrote to Washington, DC,
requesting my...
319
00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:55,820
grandfather's military record,
320
00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:58,188
just to try to
find out anything.
321
00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:00,248
*
322
00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:03,917
I knew that my grandfather
was a chaplain in the navy,
323
00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:06,686
but when I got his military
record, I discovered
324
00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:09,596
I discovered that he was
also an intelligence officer
325
00:17:09,629 --> 00:17:12,999
and had formal training
in code breaking.
326
00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:14,702
HATTIE:
Gary's grandfather,
327
00:17:14,734 --> 00:17:16,704
Earl Van Dorn Sr.,
328
00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:19,206
was a code breaker.
329
00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:22,939
He passed on his
code breaking skills
330
00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:24,405
to his son,
331
00:17:24,444 --> 00:17:26,054
Van.
332
00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:31,021
GARY:
In my search, I discovered
a film of my grandfather
333
00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:32,490
in the military.
334
00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,063
The family says that
335
00:17:36,089 --> 00:17:38,559
my grandfather would actually
336
00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:41,261
write codes,
337
00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:44,604
and challenge Van to
break those codes,
338
00:17:44,631 --> 00:17:46,801
and they would go back
and forth doing that,
339
00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:49,103
trying to trick each other.
340
00:17:49,136 --> 00:17:51,196
And that just kinda shocked me
341
00:17:51,238 --> 00:17:53,568
right there
because I'm thinking
342
00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:56,376
is that more than
a coincidence?
343
00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:59,109
*
344
00:17:59,146 --> 00:18:01,076
SUSAN:
The Zodiac said
break this code,
345
00:18:01,114 --> 00:18:02,754
and you will know who I am.
346
00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:05,252
But the police and other
law enforcement agencies
347
00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:06,915
were baffled by the ciphers.
348
00:18:08,255 --> 00:18:09,955
Eventually,
a high school teacher
349
00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:12,629
and his wife were able
to break the code.
350
00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,457
They believed that
the killer's ego
351
00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:18,266
would dictate that
the letter "I"
352
00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:20,668
would be the first
letter in the cipher.
353
00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,900
They also believed that
he would talk about killing,
354
00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:25,936
so therefore they looked for
355
00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:27,942
the double symbols
that represent
356
00:18:27,974 --> 00:18:31,284
two L's in the word
"kill" or "killing."
357
00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:32,681
GARY:
The hidden message began,
358
00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,110
"I like killing people
359
00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:37,578
because it's so much fun.
360
00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:41,117
It's more fun than killing
wild game in the forest
361
00:18:41,154 --> 00:18:44,994
because man is the most
dangerous animal of all."
362
00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,632
*
363
00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:52,030
The Zodiac said,
"if you crack this cipher,
364
00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:54,474
you will have my identity."
365
00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:58,171
But there was no name
in the solved cipher.
366
00:18:58,205 --> 00:18:59,165
I think...
367
00:18:59,206 --> 00:19:01,266
the police just...
368
00:19:01,308 --> 00:19:03,308
prematurely stopped looking
369
00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:05,353
for a name in that cipher
370
00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:07,448
because you had to write
371
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,650
the solution next to
372
00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:13,023
each symbol and each letter.
373
00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:16,122
So, it's the solution
plus the original puzzle.
374
00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:18,855
When I looked at it,
I immediately saw...
375
00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:21,389
my father's name.
376
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,361
E... V...
377
00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:28,367
B... E... S... T...
378
00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:31,101
J... R...
379
00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:33,441
And...
380
00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:36,407
it pops right here.
381
00:19:36,443 --> 00:19:40,183
*
382
00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:43,153
Finding my father's
name in the cipher,
383
00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,592
that's when I was
convinced that
384
00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:47,988
my father...
385
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,890
was the Zodiac Killer.
386
00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:57,395
*
387
00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:59,430
(insects chirping)
388
00:20:03,370 --> 00:20:04,370
(door closes)
389
00:20:06,138 --> 00:20:07,968
(deposits coin)
390
00:20:09,609 --> 00:20:11,239
(dials phone)
391
00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:14,549
(phone ringing)
392
00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:15,781
WOMAN (phone):
Napa County Dispatcher.
393
00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:17,915
What's your emergency?
394
00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:19,250
VAN (phone):
I wanna report a murder.
395
00:20:20,787 --> 00:20:23,117
No, a double murder.
396
00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:26,555
They are two miles north
of park headquarters.
397
00:20:26,593 --> 00:20:30,203
They were in a white
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia.
398
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,159
I'm the one that did it.
399
00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:34,065
(rattling)
400
00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,468
(opens door)
401
00:20:43,843 --> 00:20:45,283
OFFICER:
When I arrived on the scene,
402
00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:48,152
found this young girl laid
on the shoreline here.
403
00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,975
All stabbed in several places.
404
00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:54,121
And her boyfriend,
male companion, had...
405
00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:57,391
came to from...
He had been stabbed,
406
00:20:57,424 --> 00:20:58,994
and he had taken off for help.
407
00:20:59,025 --> 00:21:01,785
*
408
00:21:01,828 --> 00:21:04,798
HARTNELL:
Cece and I happened to hear
some rustling behind us,
409
00:21:04,831 --> 00:21:06,071
and I asked her to look
410
00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,228
'cause she was facing
that direction.
411
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,796
I was facing toward the water.
412
00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:10,295
And when he came out,
413
00:21:10,337 --> 00:21:12,607
she said, "he's got a mask on."
414
00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:15,579
Just little slits in the eyes,
and these clip-on glasses.
415
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,538
They were clipped
into those loops.
416
00:21:18,545 --> 00:21:21,175
He mentioned that he was a
convict trying to get to Mexico
417
00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:23,283
and needed money, and he said,
418
00:21:23,316 --> 00:21:25,446
"what I need right now
is to get you tied up."
419
00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:27,785
And so he had the girl tie me.
420
00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:30,860
Of course, she was real nervous
and tied me rather loosely.
421
00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:33,960
I did think I was going to die.
422
00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:38,673
MAN:
The message left on the side
of the victim's door
423
00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:42,868
were the dates of
the Solano County murders,
424
00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:45,442
and ours. Have they
indicated to us that
425
00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,042
they're one in the same.
426
00:21:47,407 --> 00:21:50,837
He knows he has
a problem, definitely.
427
00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:53,307
He's a mental...
428
00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:55,106
person that is sick.
429
00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:56,817
*
430
00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:58,449
VAN NUYS:
This was the third couple that
431
00:21:58,485 --> 00:22:00,185
the Zodiac targeted,
432
00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:02,689
and he seemed to target women
433
00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:04,192
more than men.
434
00:22:04,223 --> 00:22:06,033
At Lake Berryessa,
435
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:07,988
he stabbed Cecelia
436
00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:11,227
many more times,
more viciously.
437
00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:14,203
She, in fact, dies as
a result of the stab wounds.
438
00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:19,042
His huge anger
against women
439
00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:22,071
would speak to his...
440
00:22:22,108 --> 00:22:26,078
not having been mothered well.
441
00:22:26,112 --> 00:22:28,552
These symptoms,
they don't come from nowhere.
442
00:22:28,581 --> 00:22:30,181
It's reasonable to assume that
443
00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:34,086
the Zodiac had very
traumatic beginnings,
444
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:37,260
and felt uncared
for as a child.
445
00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:39,689
And so, these people who want
446
00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:43,026
to inflict pain on others,
they're often...
447
00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:46,332
reenacting the pain that
was inflicted upon them.
448
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,265
There's a kind of revenge
449
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,240
motive behind all this.
450
00:22:50,269 --> 00:22:52,969
*
451
00:22:57,276 --> 00:23:00,376
GARY:
The most significant
connection to my father
452
00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,083
from Lake Berryessa
453
00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:04,284
was the fact that
454
00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:07,186
the Zodiac told
Bryan Hartnell that
455
00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,089
he wanted his car keys
456
00:23:09,121 --> 00:23:11,391
so he could drive to Mexico.
457
00:23:11,424 --> 00:23:14,694
That's where my father
earned his money.
458
00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:19,097
My father's profession
was an antiquities dealer.
459
00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:21,431
He's making trips
down to Mexico.
460
00:23:23,169 --> 00:23:25,709
I also found out
that Darlene Ferrin,
461
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,268
from the second Zodiac murder,
462
00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:30,107
Darlene's sister
463
00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:31,982
told the police of
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00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:34,951
someone with the name of
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00:23:34,981 --> 00:23:39,421
Lee that brought Darlene
gifts from Mexico.
466
00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:42,252
During his time on
the run with my mother,
467
00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:45,388
my father used
the alias "Harry Lee"
468
00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:47,364
to write bad checks.
469
00:23:48,695 --> 00:23:51,325
Another one of
those coincidences.
470
00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:53,633
*
471
00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:55,666
After the Lake
Berryessa murder,
472
00:23:55,702 --> 00:23:58,972
I discovered that in late 1969,
473
00:23:59,005 --> 00:24:02,775
my father's marriage to
Edith Kos ended abruptly,
474
00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:05,009
with Edith taking her kids
475
00:24:05,044 --> 00:24:07,354
to go live with her father
476
00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,179
back in Styria, Austria.
477
00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:13,947
I was hoping to get answers
from the Austrian siblings
478
00:24:13,986 --> 00:24:16,316
to find out what
happened with my father
479
00:24:16,355 --> 00:24:18,355
and his Austrian family.
480
00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,031
So, I contacted Edith,
481
00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:23,760
as well as my half-
siblings in Austria.
482
00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,866
And I'll never
know why they left,
483
00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:28,098
but they all made
it perfectly clear
484
00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:30,204
that they wanted
nothing to do with me
485
00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:32,906
or anyone in my
father's family.
486
00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:49,057
*
487
00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:52,158
The more I researched
the Zodiac Killer,
488
00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:54,091
the more it became
an obsession.
489
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:58,404
That search began with
one piece of paper,
490
00:24:58,430 --> 00:25:00,500
grew over time
491
00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:03,573
to thousands and thousands
of pieces of paper.
492
00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:07,011
And that was a journey that
493
00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:09,679
has lasted almost 17 years now.
494
00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:15,921
I was educating myself
on the Zodiac case.
495
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:18,118
I knew the good, the bad,
and I knew the ugly.
496
00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:21,151
(whirring)
497
00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:23,817
I had all sorts of...
498
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,186
thoughts go through
my head whenever...
499
00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:28,385
whenever I was told
that Rotea participated
500
00:25:28,427 --> 00:25:30,597
in the Zodiac investigation.
501
00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:34,600
Did Rotea actually know...
502
00:25:34,634 --> 00:25:37,574
who Jude Gilford was
before he married her?
503
00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:41,107
That is more than
just a coincidence.
504
00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:43,080
(whirring)
505
00:25:43,109 --> 00:25:46,179
JUDE:
Van, I don't believe
that he could've become
506
00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:48,352
a serial killer.
507
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,250
He operated with his
brains, not his brawn.
508
00:25:52,752 --> 00:25:54,922
With Gary, things began
509
00:25:54,954 --> 00:25:56,864
to get tense simply because
510
00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,759
he believes it very strongly,
511
00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:01,631
and he has even said--
512
00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:04,201
I mean, he's shouted
at me on the phone,
513
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:06,930
"what did my dad tell Rotea?"
514
00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:09,296
*
515
00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:12,135
GARY:
A very disappointing
516
00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:15,141
and low point in
our relationship
517
00:26:15,174 --> 00:26:17,084
was the fact that
I kept pressing.
518
00:26:17,109 --> 00:26:20,409
(whirring)
519
00:26:20,446 --> 00:26:22,746
ZACH:
You might say it
was an intense time.
520
00:26:23,182 --> 00:26:25,922
It's something that's been
521
00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:29,422
a consuming aspect of
his life for probably
522
00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:33,055
his entire adult life.
523
00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:36,662
SUSAN:
Gary Stewart pursued this
like a dog chewin' a bone.
524
00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:40,666
So, when he started
getting information,
525
00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:42,500
he just started pursuing it.
526
00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:44,604
As he went along
527
00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:46,807
and uncovered clue
after clue after clue,
528
00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:48,879
he became even more
obsessed with it.
529
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:52,980
SISTER:
He's always been a researcher,
530
00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:54,412
and he just
531
00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,776
took with it and ran
and wanted to find out more.
532
00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:01,117
I was concerned for
him as an older sister
533
00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:02,693
because he was finding out
534
00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:04,992
some ugly stuff.
535
00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:06,964
I wanted to make sure
that he was okay,
536
00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:08,963
and I wanted to make sure that
537
00:27:08,995 --> 00:27:11,695
Zachary was okay.
538
00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:14,371
JUDE:
In this very
difficult situation,
539
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,100
my husband, D.A., has been
540
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:19,165
a tremendous source of strength
541
00:27:19,205 --> 00:27:22,165
through the entire process.
542
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,878
D.A.:
When the door was
opened to his identity,
543
00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:27,011
Gary had the passion
544
00:27:27,046 --> 00:27:29,116
not just to open the door,
545
00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:30,718
but kick it open,
546
00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:34,550
and pursue every detail
to the nth-degree.
547
00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:40,063
So, when do you stop?
548
00:27:40,927 --> 00:27:43,057
*
549
00:27:43,095 --> 00:27:45,455
HATTIE:
I know that Gary got divorced
550
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:48,867
from Zach's mother,
and it's understandable.
551
00:27:48,901 --> 00:27:50,971
How could a wife
live through that?
552
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:53,573
He was obsessed with...
553
00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:55,165
every minute of his life,
554
00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:58,077
with finding out his identity.
555
00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:04,324
There's no doubt in my mind
556
00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:08,090
my determination
to find my father
557
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,620
affected previous
relationships.
558
00:28:12,224 --> 00:28:14,434
CATHY:
My name's
Cathy Bercegeay Stewart.
559
00:28:15,061 --> 00:28:17,061
I'm his fourth wife.
560
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:22,130
Gary and I were married
for three and a half years,
561
00:28:22,969 --> 00:28:26,609
and it started in
a whirlwind romance,
562
00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:31,408
and it ended about
as quick as it began.
563
00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,383
The search for Gary's father
consumed our whole lives.
564
00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:38,081
Gary and I got divorced,
565
00:28:38,117 --> 00:28:41,147
and the search for his father
played a big role in that.
566
00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:46,992
I think all of Gary's
wives were mesmerized.
567
00:28:47,493 --> 00:28:50,433
I got a call from Zach's mom
568
00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:53,472
before we married, and she said,
569
00:28:53,499 --> 00:28:54,929
"you don't know him.
570
00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:58,444
You're all in love right now,
but you don't know him."
571
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,740
*
572
00:29:01,774 --> 00:29:03,114
GARY:
It was very unfair
573
00:29:03,142 --> 00:29:05,412
for me to expect that
anybody around me
574
00:29:05,444 --> 00:29:07,914
would ever know the depths...
575
00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:10,981
of the tragedy
576
00:29:11,017 --> 00:29:13,417
and of the sense of loss...
577
00:29:16,122 --> 00:29:18,992
of what I went through.
578
00:29:19,025 --> 00:29:21,525
KRISTY:
I probably realized how
important it was to him
579
00:29:22,528 --> 00:29:24,528
maybe a year or so into
our marriage, when he...
580
00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:27,731
became nearly obsessed,
581
00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,336
if you will,
582
00:29:29,368 --> 00:29:32,598
with digging and finding
more and more.
583
00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:35,669
So, we had many
discussions over...
584
00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:38,335
the fact that I felt
like it was taking away
585
00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:40,807
from us and our family
and our children.
586
00:29:42,314 --> 00:29:45,154
GARY:
I have got the best thing
587
00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:46,554
that ever happened
to me in my life now.
588
00:29:47,987 --> 00:29:50,317
And for nearly 12 years,
589
00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:52,763
Kristy has...
590
00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,261
held my hand through
591
00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,803
the most difficult
days of my life.
592
00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:00,130
She helps me understand,
593
00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:03,867
although she has been
on the receiving end
594
00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:06,943
of my frustration and anger.
595
00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:09,043
*
596
00:30:09,075 --> 00:30:11,975
KRISTY:
As time went on, I realized
how important it was to him
597
00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:15,111
to find the closure so
that he could move on.
598
00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:18,777
I never dreamed it
would take this long.
599
00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:22,017
It was difficult for me
because it took away from
600
00:30:22,054 --> 00:30:24,964
time that I thought-- I mean,
we were early in our marriage,
601
00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:28,161
that we should be doing other
things besides researching...
602
00:30:29,028 --> 00:30:30,558
serial killers.
603
00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,967
*
604
00:30:40,006 --> 00:30:44,076
(traffic noise)
605
00:30:44,110 --> 00:30:46,080
WOMAN (radio):
All units, 211 in progress.
606
00:30:46,112 --> 00:30:49,052
Presidio Heights. Suspect
is African American male.
607
00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:51,051
Proceed with caution.
608
00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:53,753
(siren)
609
00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:55,345
ARMOND PELLESETTI:
When I got the call
610
00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:57,717
and drove up Washington Street,
611
00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:59,386
saw the cab sitting there.
612
00:31:00,226 --> 00:31:03,196
There was blood everywhere.
It was incredible.
613
00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:08,072
The first description that
came over communication
614
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,740
was an African-American male.
615
00:31:10,769 --> 00:31:12,499
But, as soon as
I started talking
616
00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:15,238
to the teenagers who
had seen the Zodiac,
617
00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:17,214
first words out of
their mouth was,
618
00:31:17,243 --> 00:31:19,083
"well, it was this white guy."
619
00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:21,881
Who screwed up? I don't know.
620
00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:27,049
I notified the station,
and at that point,
621
00:31:27,086 --> 00:31:30,856
Inspectors Toschi
and Armstrong showed up.
622
00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,789
So they took over the scene,
623
00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:34,934
and started doing
624
00:31:34,961 --> 00:31:37,101
the full investigation.
625
00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:38,599
*
626
00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:40,130
VAN NUYS:
Instead of attacking
627
00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:41,926
a couple on a lover's lane,
628
00:31:41,968 --> 00:31:45,198
he's attacking a lone male.
629
00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:48,367
The Zodiac shot
Paul Stine in the head.
630
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:49,777
(gunshot)
631
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:53,308
The Zodiac very
nearly got caught.
632
00:31:53,345 --> 00:31:56,045
A couple of policeman
see the Zodiac,
633
00:31:56,082 --> 00:31:58,752
but erroneously
have been told that
634
00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:01,924
the murderer was
a black person. And so,
635
00:32:01,954 --> 00:32:04,464
the Zodiac was able to get away.
636
00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:08,125
REPORTER:
The most wanted man
in San Francisco
637
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,800
calls himself
the Zodiac Killer.
638
00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:14,399
5-foot-8, about 30 years old,
reddish-brown hair.
639
00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:16,003
This bloody shirt belonged
640
00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:18,265
to the latest victim,
the cab driver.
641
00:32:18,304 --> 00:32:20,074
Zodiac mailed
a small piece of it
642
00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:22,836
to the
San Francisco Chronicle.
643
00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:25,984
And with the shirt,
there was a handwritten letter.
644
00:32:26,012 --> 00:32:28,282
"This is Zodiac
speaking," he wrote.
645
00:32:28,314 --> 00:32:29,984
"I murdered the taxi driver
646
00:32:30,016 --> 00:32:32,516
and did in the other
people in the Bay Area."
647
00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:37,015
Since the release of
the latest letter yesterday,
648
00:32:37,523 --> 00:32:40,263
our office has received
additional phone calls
649
00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,692
from different persons in
the Bay Area, who feel that...
650
00:32:43,329 --> 00:32:45,329
they can be helpful
in the, uh...
651
00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:48,168
apprehension of
the Zodiac suspect.
652
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,800
It's generally stirred up
quite a bit of interest.
653
00:32:50,836 --> 00:32:54,036
*
654
00:32:54,073 --> 00:32:57,513
KELLY CARROLL:
The Zodiac caught
the attention of everyone
655
00:32:57,543 --> 00:33:00,213
in the Bay Area,
656
00:33:00,246 --> 00:33:03,676
and conned a very
high-profile case.
657
00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:07,115
So much can come
flooding in to...
658
00:33:07,153 --> 00:33:10,693
cloud the investigation.
659
00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:14,234
The Zodiac case presented
660
00:33:14,260 --> 00:33:16,130
several functional problems
661
00:33:16,162 --> 00:33:18,732
from a law enforcement
perspective.
662
00:33:18,764 --> 00:33:21,234
You have multiple
jurisdictions.
663
00:33:21,267 --> 00:33:22,997
A crime that might occur
664
00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:25,895
just across the border in
a different jurisdiction
665
00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:28,337
doesn't necessarily involve
666
00:33:28,374 --> 00:33:30,814
a regional effort.
667
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:34,152
There are practical reasons
for holding back information,
668
00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:38,180
but there's an instinct
towards not sharing.
669
00:33:38,217 --> 00:33:40,517
SUSAN:
The police botched
that investigation.
670
00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,922
Not only did you have
multiple jurisdictions
671
00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:45,594
not sharing information,
but you had a situation
672
00:33:45,624 --> 00:33:48,194
in which every detective
in Northern California
673
00:33:48,227 --> 00:33:50,527
wanted to be the one to
solve the Zodiac case.
674
00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:55,003
There's nonsensical ego
675
00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,003
at the core of so much of this,
676
00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:00,005
and that can work against
677
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,568
solving the case.
678
00:34:02,808 --> 00:34:04,078
(whirring)
679
00:34:04,110 --> 00:34:07,110
*
680
00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:12,879
As I looked at the details
681
00:34:12,918 --> 00:34:14,788
from the Paul Stine murder,
682
00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:19,060
many things popped for me.
683
00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:22,031
I discovered through
the Polk City directories
684
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,230
that my father lived at
685
00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:27,373
797 Bush Avenue,
686
00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,439
which is exactly
two blocks from where
687
00:34:29,468 --> 00:34:32,738
the Zodiac hailed
Paul Stine's cab.
688
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,942
But the most compelling thing
689
00:34:35,974 --> 00:34:37,544
about the Paul Stine murder
690
00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:41,576
was the bloody fingerprints
left on the cab.
691
00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:44,883
The police, they
weren't able to extract
692
00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:47,046
a complete fingerprint,
693
00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:50,255
but the first thing
I noticed is this guy
694
00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:54,129
has a distinctive scar on
his right index finger,
695
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,860
going in the exact same
direction as my father's.
696
00:34:59,298 --> 00:35:02,398
I reached out to Bob Garrett,
who's a fingerprint expert.
697
00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:05,004
Mr. Garrett told me that
698
00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:07,966
scars cannot be compared.
699
00:35:08,006 --> 00:35:11,006
But, he did an overlay
from the Zodiac print
700
00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:13,012
against Van's print,
701
00:35:13,044 --> 00:35:15,014
and, I mean,
you can look at that
702
00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:16,646
and decide for yourself.
703
00:35:16,682 --> 00:35:18,122
*
704
00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:21,520
What are the odds that
Gary Stewart's father
705
00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:25,623
could have the same scar
as the Zodiac Killer?
706
00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:27,087
REPORTER:
And there was another message.
707
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:29,625
This one was signed with
the symbol of the Zodiac
708
00:35:29,661 --> 00:35:31,461
and written in code.
709
00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:33,127
The experts have
yet to decipher
710
00:35:33,165 --> 00:35:34,865
the meaning of this cryptogram.
711
00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:40,112
GARY:
The 340 Cipher is considered
712
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:42,468
the Zodiac's most
sophisticated cipher,
713
00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:45,038
and it's called the 340
because it contains
714
00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:47,676
340 characters.
715
00:35:47,713 --> 00:35:51,183
All the experts tried
to solve the 340 Cipher,
716
00:35:51,217 --> 00:35:54,187
but the one piece of
information they were missing
717
00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:56,190
was my father's name.
718
00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:59,625
My father created this cipher
719
00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:02,288
to fit his name perfectly,
720
00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:05,858
utilizing all 17
columns of the cipher.
721
00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,068
You can see it clearly.
722
00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:11,839
E... A... R... L...
723
00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:14,970
V... A... N...
724
00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:18,506
B... E... S... T...
725
00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:22,014
And he spelled out Junior
for the very first time.
726
00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:26,947
J... U... N... I... O... R.
727
00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:30,559
"Earl Van Best Junior,"
backward.
728
00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:32,089
*
729
00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:34,733
The fact that my father's name
730
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,330
fits perfectly,
731
00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:39,002
utilizing every column,
732
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:40,900
is not only unique,
733
00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:44,002
but I think astronomical
to the point to where
734
00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,305
it had to be him.
735
00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:52,376
In San Francisco,
two more communications
736
00:36:52,411 --> 00:36:54,111
have been received from
the person who calls himself
737
00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:55,505
the Zodiac Killer.
738
00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:58,547
*
739
00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:02,418
VAN:
This is the Zodiac speaking.
740
00:37:02,454 --> 00:37:04,094
Up until the end of October,
741
00:37:04,122 --> 00:37:06,732
-(clicking)
-I have killed seven people.
742
00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:09,058
I have grown rather
angry with the police
743
00:37:09,094 --> 00:37:11,204
for their telling
lies about me,
744
00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,229
so I shall no longer
announce to anyone
745
00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:15,065
when I commit my murders.
746
00:37:17,636 --> 00:37:20,036
They shall look like
routine robberies,
747
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:22,941
killings of anger,
and a few fake accidents.
748
00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:25,943
The police shall never catch me
749
00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:28,277
because I've been
too clever for them.
750
00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:30,945
One,
751
00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:34,652
I look like the description
only when I do my thing.
752
00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:36,216
Two, as of yet,
753
00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:38,724
I have left no
fingerprints behind me,
754
00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:41,427
contrary to what
the police say.
755
00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:44,960
In my killings, I wear
transparent fingertip guards.
756
00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:47,166
All it is is two coats
of airplane cement
757
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:50,068
coated onto my fingertips.
758
00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:52,941
Quite unnoticeable
and very effective.
759
00:37:52,971 --> 00:37:55,171
*
760
00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:59,078
P.S., two cops pulled a goof
761
00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:01,910
about three minutes
after I left the cab.
762
00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:05,117
I was walking down the hill
when this cop car pulled up
763
00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:07,990
and asked if I saw
anyone being suspicious,
764
00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:10,019
and I said, "yes.
765
00:38:10,055 --> 00:38:13,185
There was this man who was
running by, waving a gun."
766
00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:15,264
And the cops peeled rubber.
767
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,903
And I disappeared,
never to be seen again.
768
00:38:20,198 --> 00:38:22,498
Hey, pig,
doesn't it rile you up
769
00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:26,044
to have your nose
rubbed in your boo-boos?
770
00:38:26,071 --> 00:38:28,141
REPORTER:
The new letters from
the Zodiac Killer
771
00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:30,143
were sent to
the San Francisco Chronicle.
772
00:38:30,175 --> 00:38:31,975
There was also a greeting
card which said,
773
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,180
"sorry I haven't
written sooner.
774
00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:36,552
I just washed my pen."
775
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,151
*
776
00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:47,290
GARY:
Everyone always thought
that the Zodiac case
777
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:50,155
would be solved
with handwriting.
778
00:38:50,195 --> 00:38:53,155
And in my search for my father,
779
00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:55,668
I discovered my father's
marriage certificate
780
00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:58,041
to my mother.
781
00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:01,069
And I had seen the Zodiac
letters enough to know
782
00:39:01,106 --> 00:39:03,736
when I looked down at
that piece of paper...
783
00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:07,577
I mean, my heart stopped.
784
00:39:07,613 --> 00:39:09,623
I had seen that
handwriting before.
785
00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:13,823
SUSAN:
Some of this looks
really, really similar.
786
00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:16,522
So, I contacted
Michael Wakshull,
787
00:39:16,555 --> 00:39:19,115
who is a forensic
handwriting expert.
788
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,262
WAKSHULL:
As a document examiner,
789
00:39:22,293 --> 00:39:25,663
at least 21 different
attributes that we look at
790
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:28,027
for handwriting comparison.
791
00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:31,936
Some of those are relative
height of the letter.
792
00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:34,940
Does the person write large?
Do they write small?
793
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:39,183
Do they write in cursive?
Do they write in print?
794
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:42,780
Is it all uppercase
or is it uppercase lowercase?
795
00:39:42,814 --> 00:39:45,084
How does the person dot the I?
796
00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:46,546
Do they dot it
right over the I,
797
00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:48,615
or do they dot it to
the right, to the left?
798
00:39:48,654 --> 00:39:51,364
And no one of those attributes
799
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:54,259
will confirm or not confirm
800
00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:56,032
that it's a person.
801
00:39:56,061 --> 00:40:00,601
You have to look at the whole,
the entirety of the writing.
802
00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:03,372
So, here's an example.
In the marriage certificate,
803
00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,101
there's "est" in best.
804
00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:08,807
Then, in several of
the Zodiac letters,
805
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,240
he wrote the word "western."
In each instance,
806
00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:14,776
it's the second, third,
and fourth letter of the word,
807
00:40:14,813 --> 00:40:17,783
which is good because you're
comparing at the same locations.
808
00:40:18,984 --> 00:40:20,794
When I did the comparison,
809
00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:22,989
the spacing between
the letters was the same.
810
00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:24,761
The heights are
relatively the same.
811
00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:28,390
The slant is
basically the same.
812
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:31,226
And in the Zodiac letters,
813
00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:35,102
there is July,
and July was capitalized.
814
00:40:35,133 --> 00:40:38,173
There were two J's in
the marriage certificate.
815
00:40:38,203 --> 00:40:41,213
And what's interesting when you
look at this, they're perfect.
816
00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:44,140
I mean, once it's right
on top of the other,
817
00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:46,845
the curves, the way
that they're on top,
818
00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:49,948
crossed, the arc on the bottom,
819
00:40:49,981 --> 00:40:51,281
it's identical.
820
00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:55,654
My opinion was that there's
a strong probability
821
00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:58,187
that Earl Van Best Jr.
wrote the Zodiac letters.
822
00:40:58,490 --> 00:41:01,160
The words "strong probability"
is synonymous
823
00:41:01,192 --> 00:41:03,032
with virtually certain.
824
00:41:03,061 --> 00:41:05,461
*
825
00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:09,167
SUSAN:
When Mike Wakshull
sent me the overlays
826
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,140
of the Zodiac's handwriting
827
00:41:11,169 --> 00:41:13,469
and Van's handwriting,
828
00:41:13,505 --> 00:41:17,005
and I saw them,
I could not believe it.
829
00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:22,150
As we were writing the book,
830
00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:26,120
the deeper we went into it,
the more I begin to believe.
831
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,521
I mean, what are the odds
that Gary Stewart,
832
00:41:28,554 --> 00:41:31,024
who lives in Louisiana,
thinks his father
833
00:41:31,056 --> 00:41:32,216
was the Zodiac Killer,
834
00:41:32,257 --> 00:41:34,487
and they've got
the same handwriting?
835
00:41:34,526 --> 00:41:37,156
And they've got the same scar?
836
00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:40,295
And the police sketch, it's
like it's the same person.
837
00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:42,001
And they're in the same places.
838
00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:45,043
You know, it just
added up too much.
839
00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:49,468
GARY:
I can't answer for
840
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:51,177
the things that my father did,
841
00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:54,479
and what he became
later in life.
842
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:58,022
I certainly have to
compartmentalize my feelings
843
00:41:58,049 --> 00:42:01,249
about the father I never knew.
844
00:42:01,286 --> 00:42:04,216
In order to try to
give him a fair shake...
845
00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:06,315
*
846
00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:08,727
because I believe everybody...
847
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,660
who may have done
something in their past
848
00:42:11,697 --> 00:42:15,567
should be given the opportunity
to receive forgiveness.
849
00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:21,009
And so, my sole intent
850
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,609
and my sole purpose
was to find this man.
851
00:42:28,814 --> 00:42:31,824
*
852
00:43:17,028 --> 00:43:19,098
Do I just knock, or what?
What do you think?
853
00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:22,766
I feel like
they're not ever gonna...
854
00:43:24,703 --> 00:43:26,713
Why are you wearing
your sunglasses inside?
855
00:43:26,805 --> 00:43:29,335
Bro, you know I gotta drip, bro.
We're goin' to the studio
right now.
856
00:43:30,275 --> 00:43:32,005
Snack Time. I didn't--
857
00:43:32,043 --> 00:43:34,483
Okay. You're welcome.
858
00:43:35,814 --> 00:43:37,984
I feel like that did nothing
for my career.
859
00:43:38,016 --> 00:43:39,346
* Hi, I'm Dave *
860
00:43:47,058 --> 00:43:48,358
-Mom.
-Yes?
861
00:43:48,393 --> 00:43:50,803
-Okay. I want
a big party this year.
-Serious?
862
00:43:50,829 --> 00:43:53,029
-I want a quinceaƱera.
-QuinceaƱera?
863
00:43:53,064 --> 00:43:56,404
We can't do that.
We're too white for that.
We're not allowed.
864
00:44:05,711 --> 00:44:08,681
Do me a favor?
Never look me in the eye again.
865
00:44:08,714 --> 00:44:11,684
Okay? 'Cause your stare
is way too intense.
866
00:44:11,717 --> 00:44:13,517
It's starting to make
my hair fall out.
867
00:44:18,890 --> 00:44:21,590
-(operatic singing)
-(chattering)
868
00:44:28,934 --> 00:44:30,044
MAN: Check!
869
00:44:31,536 --> 00:44:32,536
Check.
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