1 00:01:06,036 --> 00:01:08,300 Where have you been? I've been waiting since 7:00. 2 00:01:08,405 --> 00:01:10,737 Get in. I had to find fireworks. 3 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,034 Let me drive. 4 00:01:12,142 --> 00:01:14,406 Get in. I haven't eaten in 24 hours. 5 00:01:17,380 --> 00:01:18,938 Are you coming or not? 6 00:01:39,869 --> 00:01:41,769 It's too crowded. 7 00:01:41,871 --> 00:01:43,668 I thought you were starving. 8 00:01:45,475 --> 00:01:47,636 Let's go someplace quiet. 9 00:01:49,179 --> 00:01:50,339 Okay. 10 00:02:01,925 --> 00:02:03,552 What are we doing? 11 00:02:05,261 --> 00:02:09,459 Sitting. Listening to music. Talking. 12 00:02:10,533 --> 00:02:14,367 - You seem weird. Is everything okay? - Yeah, everything's fine. 13 00:02:22,245 --> 00:02:24,941 It's July. How many shirts are you wearing? 14 00:02:25,048 --> 00:02:28,142 - I'm cold. - You're cold on the Fourth of July? 15 00:02:32,622 --> 00:02:34,681 Fuck off and die! 16 00:02:41,031 --> 00:02:44,125 - What? - "Fuck off and die"? 17 00:02:45,769 --> 00:02:46,963 Shut up. 18 00:03:12,429 --> 00:03:14,522 Was that car at the drive-in? 19 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:19,193 I saw that car at Mr. Ed's. 20 00:03:25,608 --> 00:03:28,873 - Do you want me to tell him to leave? - Stay in the car. 21 00:03:44,194 --> 00:03:46,287 - Was that your husband? - No. 22 00:03:50,567 --> 00:03:52,398 Who was that, Darlene? 23 00:03:53,336 --> 00:03:55,429 Don't worry about it. 24 00:03:55,538 --> 00:03:58,974 - Don't tell me not to worry. Who was it? - It's nothing. 25 00:04:18,661 --> 00:04:20,151 Oh, shit. 26 00:04:23,533 --> 00:04:24,761 Let's go. 27 00:04:28,338 --> 00:04:29,532 Now, D. 28 00:04:41,851 --> 00:04:43,341 Get your wallet. 29 00:04:51,928 --> 00:04:53,896 Man, you really creeped us out. 30 00:05:56,492 --> 00:05:59,188 - Vallejo Police Department. - I want to report a double murder. 31 00:05:59,295 --> 00:06:00,887 May I have your name and where you are calling... 32 00:06:00,997 --> 00:06:03,363 If you go one mile east on Columbus Parkway, 33 00:06:03,466 --> 00:06:06,697 a public park, you'll find kids in a brown car. 34 00:06:07,637 --> 00:06:10,435 They were shot with a 9mm Luger. 35 00:06:11,407 --> 00:06:13,602 I also killed those kids last year. 36 00:06:14,744 --> 00:06:16,803 Goodbye. 37 00:06:34,797 --> 00:06:35,855 Spit. 38 00:06:36,699 --> 00:06:38,462 Come on, buddy. 39 00:06:38,568 --> 00:06:41,537 - I swallowed it. - Why? 40 00:06:41,638 --> 00:06:43,003 It was minty. 41 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,508 You can't do that. It's not good for you. 42 00:06:47,410 --> 00:06:48,900 Lunch box. 43 00:06:49,012 --> 00:06:51,947 - Why am I not going on the bus? - Because we're late. 44 00:06:53,916 --> 00:06:57,249 Okay, you're staying with your mom and Aaron tonight. 45 00:06:57,887 --> 00:07:00,082 So, you don't like having a new little brother? 46 00:07:00,189 --> 00:07:03,522 - No, not really. - Oh, that's honest. 47 00:07:05,528 --> 00:07:07,359 Learn a lot. 48 00:07:10,733 --> 00:07:12,598 There will be a test tonight! 49 00:07:47,870 --> 00:07:48,962 Morning. 50 00:07:49,939 --> 00:07:51,907 - Hi. - Good morning. 51 00:07:52,008 --> 00:07:53,339 - Morning. - Morning. 52 00:08:14,530 --> 00:08:16,293 How's the coffee today, Shorty? 53 00:09:02,812 --> 00:09:04,404 Editorial in two. 54 00:09:34,410 --> 00:09:35,536 Good morning, gentlemen. 55 00:09:35,645 --> 00:09:36,873 - Good morning. - Good morning. 56 00:09:36,979 --> 00:09:38,913 Well, Stanton, tell Mr. Howe 57 00:09:39,015 --> 00:09:41,506 the draft board piece was damn near perfect. 58 00:09:42,718 --> 00:09:44,185 Mr. Graysmith. 59 00:09:45,721 --> 00:09:47,120 Horrid. 60 00:09:47,223 --> 00:09:48,281 Horrid. 61 00:09:48,391 --> 00:09:50,586 Not so horrid. 62 00:09:50,693 --> 00:09:52,456 Horrid. I'm thinking we go with not so horrid. 63 00:09:56,199 --> 00:09:58,827 Paul, what's on the crime beat? 64 00:09:58,935 --> 00:10:03,065 Janice in Datebook left the fondue party before everyone got naked. 65 00:10:03,172 --> 00:10:04,867 That's a crime. 66 00:10:04,974 --> 00:10:07,101 Have you seen her? Wouldn't kid you. 67 00:10:07,210 --> 00:10:09,940 It may be the beginning of a crime wave. 68 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,311 You need to see this. 69 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,551 Go get the publisher. 70 00:10:19,655 --> 00:10:20,747 "Dear Editor, 71 00:10:20,857 --> 00:10:21,915 "This is the murderer 72 00:10:22,024 --> 00:10:24,083 "of the two teenagers last Christmas at Lake Herman 73 00:10:24,193 --> 00:10:27,356 "and the girl on the Fourth of July near the golf course in Vallejo. 74 00:10:27,463 --> 00:10:28,521 "To prove I killed them, 75 00:10:28,631 --> 00:10:32,328 "I shall state some facts which only I and the police know. 76 00:10:32,435 --> 00:10:35,768 "Christmas, brand name of ammo, Super-X. 77 00:10:36,672 --> 00:10:38,139 "Ten shots were fired. 78 00:10:38,241 --> 00:10:41,039 "The boy was on his back with his feet to the car. 79 00:10:41,143 --> 00:10:42,405 "The girl..." 80 00:10:44,647 --> 00:10:47,673 Would you read that, please? 81 00:10:48,918 --> 00:10:51,409 "The girl was on her right side, feet to the west. 82 00:10:51,521 --> 00:10:53,182 "Fourth of July. 83 00:10:53,289 --> 00:10:56,156 "One, girl was wearing patterned slacks. 84 00:10:56,259 --> 00:10:58,318 "The boy was also shot in the knee. 85 00:10:58,427 --> 00:11:00,759 "Brand name of ammo was Western. 86 00:11:01,464 --> 00:11:03,227 "Here is part of a cipher. 87 00:11:03,332 --> 00:11:06,824 "The other two parts of this cipher are being mailed to the editors of 88 00:11:06,936 --> 00:11:09,769 "the Vallejo Times and S.F. Examiner. 89 00:11:09,872 --> 00:11:13,672 "I want you to print this cipher on the front page of your paper. 90 00:11:13,776 --> 00:11:16,176 "In this cipher is my identity. 91 00:11:16,279 --> 00:11:18,770 "If you do not print this cipher by the afternoon of Fry," 92 00:11:18,881 --> 00:11:24,877 F-R-Y, "First of Aug '69 I will go on a kill rampage Fry night. 93 00:11:24,987 --> 00:11:29,287 "I will cruise around all weekend killing lone people in the night 94 00:11:29,392 --> 00:11:30,825 "then move on to kill again 95 00:11:30,927 --> 00:11:34,658 "until I end up with a dozen people over the weekend." 96 00:11:34,764 --> 00:11:37,232 It's unsigned except for a symbol. 97 00:11:38,467 --> 00:11:41,595 Is it me, or does that look like a gunsight? 98 00:11:43,172 --> 00:11:45,037 Today's August first. 99 00:11:45,141 --> 00:11:46,768 He wants his code in the afternoon edition. 100 00:11:46,876 --> 00:11:49,606 If the Examiner doesn't have the balls to run it, we scoop the Bay. 101 00:11:49,712 --> 00:11:51,737 Al, this man is talking about shooting 12 people. 102 00:11:51,847 --> 00:11:53,644 And not running this might make him do that. 103 00:11:53,749 --> 00:11:56,217 If we run it, we might be setting a very dangerous precedent. 104 00:11:56,319 --> 00:11:57,752 Oh, come on, now, it's newsworthy. 105 00:11:57,853 --> 00:12:00,083 Well, giving some sick bastard a soapbox, 106 00:12:00,189 --> 00:12:01,213 what does that say to people? 107 00:12:01,324 --> 00:12:04,521 Back up. Is this Vallejo story true? Do we know that? 108 00:12:04,627 --> 00:12:07,596 - Paul? - What? I cover crime in Vallejo? 109 00:12:08,798 --> 00:12:10,732 Yeah, I cover crime in Vallejo. Ten minutes. 110 00:12:10,833 --> 00:12:13,131 Let's shoot the code and call SFPD. 111 00:12:13,235 --> 00:12:17,035 If it turns out to be real, at least we'll have the material. 112 00:12:17,506 --> 00:12:18,837 All right. 113 00:12:19,642 --> 00:12:21,906 Graysmith, don't you have that cartoon to finish? 114 00:12:22,011 --> 00:12:23,239 Oh, yeah. 115 00:12:29,785 --> 00:12:32,015 Hi, this is Paul Avery from the San Francisco Chronicle. 116 00:12:32,121 --> 00:12:35,147 I'm looking for someone to shed some light on a letter we received. 117 00:12:35,257 --> 00:12:36,281 Thank you. 118 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:38,584 Sergeant Mulanax. 119 00:12:38,694 --> 00:12:40,457 Sergeant, Paul Avery from the San Francisco Chronicle. 120 00:12:40,563 --> 00:12:41,587 I just wanted to check 121 00:12:41,697 --> 00:12:43,494 if you had an unsolved firearm-related homicide 122 00:12:43,599 --> 00:12:46,500 on Christmas and maybe one on July fourth. 123 00:12:46,602 --> 00:12:47,762 Shit. 124 00:12:48,304 --> 00:12:49,669 You guys got one, too? 125 00:12:50,740 --> 00:12:53,903 Confirmed. VPD, they confirmed the shootings. 126 00:12:54,010 --> 00:12:55,068 Al's on the phone with the Examiner. 127 00:12:55,177 --> 00:12:56,576 They got the same letter with a different code. 128 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:57,737 So did Times-Herald. 129 00:12:57,847 --> 00:13:00,213 Christmas, two teenagers on lover's lane. Both DOA. 130 00:13:00,316 --> 00:13:01,908 David Faraday and Betty Jensen. 131 00:13:02,018 --> 00:13:04,578 July fourth, Darlene Ferrin and Michael... 132 00:13:04,687 --> 00:13:06,552 I think it's "Mayhew." Anyway, he lived, she didn't. 133 00:13:06,656 --> 00:13:07,714 The murder weapons? 134 00:13:07,823 --> 00:13:10,724 Ballistics, everything he said in the letters matched. 135 00:13:10,826 --> 00:13:13,886 I mean, I think the Times-Herald's gonna go with it. 136 00:13:13,996 --> 00:13:16,863 The Examiner's going, but won't go front page. 137 00:13:16,966 --> 00:13:21,164 I say let's go front page. If he kills 12 people, it's not our fault. 138 00:13:21,737 --> 00:13:24,297 Robert! We need the cartoon. 139 00:13:26,208 --> 00:13:29,371 - You're not finished? - No, I'm finished, Carol. I'm finished. 140 00:13:29,478 --> 00:13:31,173 Thieriot's still here. 141 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:32,440 Really? 142 00:13:32,915 --> 00:13:36,180 The first edition is off the floor in 10, Charles. 143 00:13:39,655 --> 00:13:41,122 Give us a sec. 144 00:13:44,060 --> 00:13:45,550 Okay, re-plate. 145 00:13:46,028 --> 00:13:48,553 We'll go on page... Page four. 146 00:13:50,433 --> 00:13:53,561 What do you say, 20 bucks whoever cracks the psycho's name? 147 00:13:53,669 --> 00:13:55,534 He won't give his name. 148 00:13:56,806 --> 00:13:58,535 Morti's? Anyone? 149 00:13:58,641 --> 00:14:00,871 - That's where I'm heading. - All right. 150 00:14:27,470 --> 00:14:30,234 Put those on my desk. Turn on the light. 151 00:14:41,217 --> 00:14:42,741 Grab your book. 152 00:14:45,721 --> 00:14:47,780 Now go get your jammies on. 153 00:14:50,693 --> 00:14:52,183 All right, people, listen up. 154 00:14:52,595 --> 00:14:57,658 The cipher's broken into three sections, each with eight lines and 17 symbols. 155 00:14:57,767 --> 00:15:00,292 No breaks between the symbols denoting different words. 156 00:15:00,402 --> 00:15:02,768 No numbers or clues to substitution keys. 157 00:15:02,872 --> 00:15:04,931 And you got symbols from at least seven different sources. 158 00:15:06,275 --> 00:15:10,905 Greek, Morse code, Navy semaphore, weather symbols, astrological signs. 159 00:15:16,752 --> 00:15:19,915 - Hey, take a gander at this code thing. - Okay. 160 00:15:25,261 --> 00:15:26,853 You wanna give it a go? 161 00:15:28,931 --> 00:15:31,900 Guy who used to sit there was a great cartoonist. Bob Bastian. 162 00:15:32,001 --> 00:15:35,297 Now he's doing public television. For some reason. 163 00:15:36,872 --> 00:15:38,237 Paul Avery. 164 00:15:39,708 --> 00:15:42,677 Robert Graysmith. I've been here nine months. 165 00:15:45,714 --> 00:15:47,978 You were right, by the way. He didn't give his name. 166 00:15:48,083 --> 00:15:49,050 Who cracked it? 167 00:15:49,151 --> 00:15:51,381 A history teacher and his wife in Salinas. 168 00:15:51,487 --> 00:15:54,581 "I like killing people because it is so much fun. 169 00:15:54,690 --> 00:15:58,717 "It is more fun than killing wild game in the forest 170 00:15:58,828 --> 00:16:03,356 "because man is the most dangerous animal of all to kill. 171 00:16:03,465 --> 00:16:06,127 "Something gives me the most thrilling experience. 172 00:16:06,235 --> 00:16:10,194 "It is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl. 173 00:16:10,306 --> 00:16:13,935 "The best part of it is that when I die, 174 00:16:14,043 --> 00:16:17,012 "I will be reborn in paradise. 175 00:16:17,112 --> 00:16:20,479 "And all that I have killed will become my slaves. 176 00:16:20,583 --> 00:16:24,349 "I will not give you my name because you will try to slow down 177 00:16:24,453 --> 00:16:27,650 "or stop my collecting of slaves for my afterlife." 178 00:16:27,756 --> 00:16:29,621 Methinks our friend's a tad bit fuckered in the head. 179 00:16:29,725 --> 00:16:33,889 I heard he even sent Vallejo a code key, just to help. 180 00:16:33,996 --> 00:16:36,362 - What is that at the bottom? - Leftovers. 181 00:16:36,465 --> 00:16:38,057 Maybe an anagram. 182 00:16:54,550 --> 00:16:56,984 How does one do that? 183 00:16:57,820 --> 00:16:59,981 I like puzzles. I do them a lot. 184 00:17:01,357 --> 00:17:04,383 How did you know he wasn't gonna give his name? 185 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,587 Dangerous animal. 186 00:17:07,463 --> 00:17:09,055 Dangerous animal. 187 00:17:09,999 --> 00:17:12,866 What dangerous animal? How do I know that? 188 00:17:20,242 --> 00:17:21,834 - Paul. - Yes, Templeton. 189 00:17:21,944 --> 00:17:24,003 - Editorial, now. - Very well. 190 00:17:26,181 --> 00:17:27,739 Another letter. 191 00:17:27,850 --> 00:17:31,149 More of the same. Details about the murders. 192 00:17:32,288 --> 00:17:36,190 He taped a flashlight to the gun. That's how he hit them in the dark. 193 00:17:36,292 --> 00:17:38,351 And he gave himself a name. 194 00:17:59,515 --> 00:18:02,609 You know this used to be the town of Montecello? 195 00:18:02,718 --> 00:18:04,049 But at some point, 196 00:18:04,153 --> 00:18:07,316 the county decided that the land would work better as a lake. 197 00:18:07,423 --> 00:18:09,118 So they flooded it. 198 00:18:10,592 --> 00:18:14,358 - But there's an entire... - Hidden city under the water. 199 00:18:14,463 --> 00:18:16,556 We were here last spring, remember? 200 00:18:16,665 --> 00:18:18,064 Oh, yeah. 201 00:18:24,273 --> 00:18:26,002 Somebody else is here. 202 00:18:26,108 --> 00:18:27,837 It is a public park. 203 00:18:30,512 --> 00:18:32,605 I think he's watching us. 204 00:18:32,715 --> 00:18:34,945 Well, we're very good-looking. 205 00:18:40,622 --> 00:18:42,089 Where'd he go? 206 00:18:44,827 --> 00:18:46,488 He went behind that tree. 207 00:18:46,595 --> 00:18:48,961 All right. So he's taking a leak. 208 00:18:55,971 --> 00:18:57,836 He's coming towards us. 209 00:18:59,942 --> 00:19:01,910 Oh, my God, he has a gun. 210 00:19:02,711 --> 00:19:04,178 Don't move. 211 00:19:04,279 --> 00:19:07,146 - I want your money and your car keys. - Okay. 212 00:19:07,850 --> 00:19:09,442 We're not gonna do anything, okay? 213 00:19:09,551 --> 00:19:13,248 We're gonna cooperate. Just tell me what you want us to do. 214 00:19:16,925 --> 00:19:17,983 Here. 215 00:19:20,362 --> 00:19:22,853 You're welcome to everything I have. 216 00:19:26,435 --> 00:19:28,869 If there's anything else I could do for you... 217 00:19:28,971 --> 00:19:31,269 Maybe I could write you a check? 218 00:19:33,842 --> 00:19:36,436 Okay, I could give you my phone number. 219 00:19:37,046 --> 00:19:39,742 You know, I might be able to help you. 220 00:19:39,848 --> 00:19:41,941 Even more than you might think. 221 00:19:42,051 --> 00:19:44,110 He's a sociology major. 222 00:19:45,654 --> 00:19:48,248 Pre-law, actually. 223 00:19:50,392 --> 00:19:51,859 Oh, keys. 224 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,087 You know, I'm sorry, I don't know exactly where I put my keys. 225 00:19:54,196 --> 00:19:57,165 They might be on the blanket. Is it okay if... 226 00:20:01,937 --> 00:20:03,495 Here's the keys. 227 00:20:04,973 --> 00:20:06,804 Don't get up. 228 00:20:06,909 --> 00:20:08,900 I want her to tie you up. 229 00:20:13,082 --> 00:20:14,174 Okay. 230 00:20:33,936 --> 00:20:36,962 You know, if he comes any closer, I might be able to get that gun. 231 00:20:37,072 --> 00:20:39,267 - Don't get any ideas. - I'm not. 232 00:20:39,374 --> 00:20:41,968 I killed a guard escaping from prison in Montana. 233 00:20:42,077 --> 00:20:44,045 I'm not doing anything, okay? 234 00:20:44,146 --> 00:20:46,307 I'm not afraid to kill again. 235 00:20:47,850 --> 00:20:49,147 Look away. 236 00:20:56,425 --> 00:20:58,791 What was the name of that prison? 237 00:21:02,598 --> 00:21:05,158 Hey, you said it was in Montana, right? 238 00:21:06,301 --> 00:21:07,962 I'm taking your car. 239 00:21:08,070 --> 00:21:09,970 I'm going to Mexico. 240 00:21:10,072 --> 00:21:12,131 We didn't complain when you tied our hands. 241 00:21:12,241 --> 00:21:14,209 Okay, you have everything that I have. 242 00:21:14,309 --> 00:21:17,142 We have done everything that you've asked. 243 00:21:17,246 --> 00:21:18,577 It's okay. It's okay. 244 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,944 She tied you loose, didn't she? 245 00:21:24,153 --> 00:21:26,212 Get on your stomach so I can tie your feet. 246 00:21:26,321 --> 00:21:28,789 Okay. It gets really cold out here at night. 247 00:21:28,891 --> 00:21:30,449 We could freeze. 248 00:21:38,867 --> 00:21:40,562 Okay, you all done? 249 00:21:42,604 --> 00:21:44,299 You know, just because people are gonna ask, 250 00:21:44,406 --> 00:21:46,465 was that thing even loaded? 251 00:21:57,452 --> 00:21:58,749 It's okay. 252 00:21:59,488 --> 00:22:01,513 This is all gonna be okay. 253 00:22:30,519 --> 00:22:34,148 Dispatch, this is 43L2, heading south on Knoxville Road. 254 00:22:34,256 --> 00:22:37,953 I've got an abandoned white VW Karmann-Ghia... 255 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,837 Napa Police Department. 256 00:22:53,942 --> 00:22:58,174 I want to report a murder. No, a double murder. 257 00:22:59,715 --> 00:23:03,014 They are two miles north of park headquarters. 258 00:23:03,118 --> 00:23:06,679 They were in a white Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia. 259 00:23:08,257 --> 00:23:10,316 I'm the one that did it. 260 00:23:10,425 --> 00:23:12,484 43L2 has a male victim with him. 261 00:23:12,594 --> 00:23:15,188 Piner's ambulance has been dispatched. 262 00:23:16,164 --> 00:23:18,325 Boy lived, the girl didn't. Again. 263 00:23:18,433 --> 00:23:20,799 God, can you imagine surviving something like that? 264 00:23:20,902 --> 00:23:22,301 Writing the dates on the side of the car. 265 00:23:22,404 --> 00:23:25,498 We got two Vallejo killings, now there's one in Napa. Why Napa? 266 00:23:25,607 --> 00:23:27,507 What the hell is he doing out of Vallejo? 267 00:23:27,609 --> 00:23:31,067 Sweet mother of Christ, what are you drawing? 268 00:23:31,179 --> 00:23:32,669 Kid at the lake. 269 00:23:32,781 --> 00:23:34,578 This is what he said the Zodiac was wearing. 270 00:23:34,683 --> 00:23:35,911 God, that's a hell of a get-up. 271 00:23:36,018 --> 00:23:38,612 - Paul, what are you doing? - Hyman, I wrote it. It's done. 272 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:39,778 Now I just got to type it up. 273 00:23:39,888 --> 00:23:42,015 Type it up? It's not finished until you type it up. 274 00:23:42,124 --> 00:23:43,887 We've got to read it. 275 00:23:46,528 --> 00:23:49,326 - What's that? - That's the Zodiac at the lake. 276 00:23:49,431 --> 00:23:50,864 What's the story with the kid? 277 00:23:50,966 --> 00:23:53,332 He seems a little touched or medicated or... 278 00:23:53,435 --> 00:23:54,561 - Graysmith? - Yeah, what is it? 279 00:23:54,670 --> 00:23:56,160 He's a fucking boy scout. 280 00:23:56,271 --> 00:23:58,466 He doesn't smoke, he doesn't drink, he doesn't curse. 281 00:23:58,573 --> 00:24:00,006 - And he's back. - I knew it. 282 00:24:00,108 --> 00:24:01,439 "Man is the most dangerous animal of all." 283 00:24:01,543 --> 00:24:02,635 I knew that I heard that from somewhere. 284 00:24:02,744 --> 00:24:05,042 The Most Dangerous Game. 285 00:24:05,147 --> 00:24:08,116 It's a movie about a Count who hunts people for sport. 286 00:24:08,216 --> 00:24:09,240 People. 287 00:24:09,351 --> 00:24:11,319 The Most Dangerous Game. 288 00:24:12,087 --> 00:24:14,521 - Who's that? - That's Count Zaroff. 289 00:24:14,623 --> 00:24:16,716 Zaroff? With a "Z"? 290 00:24:19,394 --> 00:24:21,123 And that will be all for the news on the 20. 291 00:24:21,229 --> 00:24:23,720 We've got curfews in effect tonight for the following counties, 292 00:24:23,832 --> 00:24:27,768 Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Marin, and San Mateo. 293 00:24:27,869 --> 00:24:29,996 So please, everyone, stay safe. 294 00:24:30,105 --> 00:24:33,404 Vic in San Francisco, you're on the line. You're not scared of the Zodiac? 295 00:24:33,508 --> 00:24:36,568 Heck no, he's only shooting those farm kids. 296 00:24:36,678 --> 00:24:39,272 What scares me is those hippies out in the Haight 297 00:24:39,381 --> 00:24:41,246 with their free love and weird clothes. 298 00:24:41,350 --> 00:24:43,341 We've got Alfred from Vacaville. 299 00:24:43,452 --> 00:24:45,716 You know, I think that was really offensive. 300 00:24:45,821 --> 00:24:47,448 It's not just farm kids. 301 00:24:47,556 --> 00:24:49,421 These are nice, clean-cut young people. 302 00:24:49,524 --> 00:24:51,958 Hey, nobody's downplaying the loss of human life here, Alfred. 303 00:24:52,060 --> 00:24:54,051 Well, that last guy was. 304 00:24:54,162 --> 00:24:56,995 We have good solid communities out here in the North Bay. 305 00:24:57,099 --> 00:25:00,626 Unlike in the city where you have Satanists running around. 306 00:25:00,736 --> 00:25:04,194 Well, you bring up a good question. Is the Zodiac a Satanist? 307 00:25:04,306 --> 00:25:06,001 Amber from Oakland, what do you think? 308 00:25:06,108 --> 00:25:07,302 I don't really know, 309 00:25:07,409 --> 00:25:10,503 but I thought that code they printed didn't look very Christian. 310 00:25:10,612 --> 00:25:13,308 But I think the bigger problem is that the papers shouldn't have printed 311 00:25:13,415 --> 00:25:15,246 anything that the Zodiac has been doing. 312 00:25:15,350 --> 00:25:18,478 That they're just printing all that stuff to sell more newspapers. 313 00:25:18,587 --> 00:25:20,748 Well, the Zodiac did demand they print his letters 314 00:25:20,856 --> 00:25:22,448 or he'd kill more people. 315 00:25:22,557 --> 00:25:23,854 Yeah, but he would have done it anyway, 316 00:25:23,959 --> 00:25:25,517 whether they printed it or not, I think. 317 00:25:25,627 --> 00:25:27,060 An interesting point. 318 00:25:27,162 --> 00:25:29,323 So, what do you think he'll do next? 319 00:25:50,051 --> 00:25:53,418 - San Francisco Police Department. - Yes. There's a fight in a cab! 320 00:25:53,522 --> 00:25:54,750 What is your location? 321 00:25:54,856 --> 00:25:57,825 3398 Washington, at the corner of Cherry. 322 00:25:57,926 --> 00:25:59,655 One's drunk and we think he's robbing him. 323 00:25:59,761 --> 00:26:03,094 - Is the crime still in progress? - Yes, please hurry. 324 00:26:04,599 --> 00:26:06,191 Oh, my God, look! 325 00:26:29,090 --> 00:26:30,318 Nuts! 326 00:26:33,628 --> 00:26:35,425 Whoever this is, you owe me a new lamp. 327 00:26:35,530 --> 00:26:38,158 Cabbie's been shot three blocks from the Presidio. 328 00:26:38,266 --> 00:26:40,461 Well, it wasn't me. I've been with my bride all night. 329 00:26:40,569 --> 00:26:43,538 - She can vouch. - Go put on the Folgers. 330 00:26:43,638 --> 00:26:45,037 You'll pick me up? 331 00:26:45,140 --> 00:26:46,971 Let me just describe the lamp you're gonna buy me. 332 00:26:55,817 --> 00:26:58,752 - I just got to sleep. - Suspect's Negro, male adult. 333 00:26:58,854 --> 00:27:01,755 Walt's on scene, locked up the cab and secured the crowd. 334 00:27:01,857 --> 00:27:04,348 Seriously, dead asleep. I lost feeling in my arm and everything. 335 00:27:04,459 --> 00:27:05,756 Crackers. 336 00:27:09,631 --> 00:27:11,622 You ever try Japanese food? 337 00:27:11,733 --> 00:27:14,395 - What do you mean, like teriyaki? - No, like the urchin. 338 00:27:14,503 --> 00:27:16,869 - Raw fish. - I'm eating here, Bill. 339 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,209 - I always wanted to try it. - So, why don't you? 340 00:27:21,309 --> 00:27:23,277 Haven't got around to it. 341 00:27:38,894 --> 00:27:42,022 Evening, gents. What a lovely night for a botched robbery. 342 00:27:42,130 --> 00:27:44,690 Yeah, third this week. Must be end of summer rush. 343 00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:47,927 I got foot patrols going through the park, dogs are on the way. 344 00:27:48,036 --> 00:27:52,336 The victim's name is Paul Stine. Dousette pronounced him at 10:10. 345 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,533 Suspect fired one shot to the back of the head. 346 00:27:54,643 --> 00:27:56,543 Driver's wallet and car keys are missing. 347 00:27:56,645 --> 00:27:57,669 How'd you know his name? 348 00:27:57,779 --> 00:28:00,714 Leroy, there, came down from Yellow Cab to ID him. 349 00:28:00,815 --> 00:28:02,373 Neighborhood's pretty high-end for this kind of thing, 350 00:28:02,484 --> 00:28:04,679 so I already set up transpo for the cab. 351 00:28:04,786 --> 00:28:06,253 - Coroner's here. - Any witnesses? 352 00:28:06,354 --> 00:28:09,790 Kids who called it in saw the suspect from that window. 353 00:28:09,891 --> 00:28:11,381 - Did they hear a shot? - No. 354 00:28:11,493 --> 00:28:12,585 They first saw him in the front seat, 355 00:28:12,694 --> 00:28:14,594 thought he was a drunk fighting with the driver. 356 00:28:14,696 --> 00:28:17,665 Oldest kid ran downstairs to get a better look from the dining room, 357 00:28:17,766 --> 00:28:19,563 described him as a white male, glasses, 358 00:28:19,668 --> 00:28:21,863 crew-cut, stocky, and wearing a dark jacket. 359 00:28:21,970 --> 00:28:23,767 Wait, I thought someone said he was black. 360 00:28:23,872 --> 00:28:25,772 That's the description that went out to radio cars. 361 00:28:25,874 --> 00:28:28,809 - We already corrected it. - Oh, well, that's good. 362 00:28:28,910 --> 00:28:31,276 - You guys need anything else? - No. Get out of here. 363 00:28:31,379 --> 00:28:33,313 Thanks. Happy Birthday. 364 00:28:33,415 --> 00:28:36,111 - Wait, it's your birthday? - Yep. 365 00:28:36,217 --> 00:28:38,344 - That's great. Happy birthday. - Thanks. 366 00:28:38,453 --> 00:28:41,445 - Body or scene? - It's your birthday, I'll take the body. 367 00:28:41,556 --> 00:28:43,683 Dave, looks like he wiped the cab down pretty good. 368 00:28:43,792 --> 00:28:46,192 - We got some blood over here. - Prints? 369 00:28:46,294 --> 00:28:48,159 Could very well be. We'll dust it at the Hall. 370 00:28:48,263 --> 00:28:50,993 The odd thing is, we also got gloves. 371 00:28:51,099 --> 00:28:53,499 - Suspect's? - There's blood on them. 372 00:28:54,936 --> 00:28:56,130 - Hey, Pete? - Yeah, Dave. 373 00:28:56,237 --> 00:28:57,397 You through over there, can I get in there? 374 00:28:57,505 --> 00:28:59,132 Yeah, I'm all set. 375 00:29:00,108 --> 00:29:02,099 - Who rolled him? - Stewarts. 376 00:29:09,017 --> 00:29:11,008 I got a single 9mm casing. 377 00:29:15,523 --> 00:29:16,888 Yeah, Luger. 378 00:29:17,492 --> 00:29:19,323 Nothing from the crowd. 379 00:29:19,427 --> 00:29:22,294 Okay. I'm your shooter, Negro male adult, 380 00:29:22,397 --> 00:29:25,730 who also happens to be a stocky, crew-cut Caucasian. 381 00:29:25,834 --> 00:29:28,359 I flag a cab. I give him this address. 382 00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:31,234 Did I give him this address? Who's got the fare book? 383 00:29:31,339 --> 00:29:32,670 Right here. 384 00:29:35,010 --> 00:29:37,877 Washington and Maple. That's one block east. 385 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,160 Lighting's the same over here, 386 00:30:00,268 --> 00:30:02,702 so maybe I see someone walking their dog. 387 00:30:02,804 --> 00:30:05,637 You don't want any witnesses so you tell him to go down a block. 388 00:30:05,740 --> 00:30:06,798 He pulls over. 389 00:30:06,908 --> 00:30:08,842 I wait for him to put it in park because I'm smart 390 00:30:08,943 --> 00:30:10,240 and I don't want him hitting the accelerator 391 00:30:10,345 --> 00:30:11,607 when I shoot him. May I? 392 00:30:11,713 --> 00:30:14,079 He stops, puts it in park, boom. 393 00:30:14,182 --> 00:30:16,878 I shoot him on the right side, he slumps right? 394 00:30:16,985 --> 00:30:18,976 Maybe you've got your hand on his collar when you shoot. 395 00:30:19,087 --> 00:30:20,247 All right. So, either way, 396 00:30:20,355 --> 00:30:22,050 I just dumped a quart of blood in the front seat. 397 00:30:22,157 --> 00:30:25,285 - So, why do you get in the front seat? - For the money. 398 00:30:25,393 --> 00:30:26,417 But he's dead. 399 00:30:26,528 --> 00:30:28,223 You could just reach over the seat, pull out his wallet. 400 00:30:28,329 --> 00:30:30,490 You don't have to go anywhere near the blood. 401 00:30:30,598 --> 00:30:33,066 So, why'd he get in the front seat? 402 00:30:33,601 --> 00:30:35,193 - I'm an idiot. - But you're not an idiot. 403 00:30:35,303 --> 00:30:37,032 You waited for him to put it in park. 404 00:30:37,138 --> 00:30:39,333 - Right. Thank you. - Yeah, sure. 405 00:30:41,076 --> 00:30:42,907 - Can I see that? - Yeah. 406 00:30:43,445 --> 00:30:46,710 I am an idiot. I just killed a man for $8.25. 407 00:30:46,815 --> 00:30:51,115 It's his third fare of the night. Does anyone have any animal crackers? 408 00:30:51,653 --> 00:30:53,848 - Animal crackers? - They're in the car. 409 00:30:53,955 --> 00:30:56,150 I'm saving those for later. 410 00:30:56,257 --> 00:30:57,417 Fine. 411 00:31:01,896 --> 00:31:05,593 - Are you a reporter? - No, I'm Inspector Dave Toschi, SFPD. 412 00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:08,225 Sir, I was wondering if I'd be able to talk to your children, 413 00:31:08,336 --> 00:31:10,566 one at a time and preferably alone? 414 00:31:10,672 --> 00:31:12,936 They just saw a man murdered. 415 00:31:13,041 --> 00:31:14,133 I understand. 416 00:31:14,509 --> 00:31:16,170 It looked like they were drunk and fighting. 417 00:31:16,277 --> 00:31:17,574 Yeah, and he had a rag. 418 00:31:17,679 --> 00:31:20,045 He came around the side of the car and he was wiping stuff. 419 00:31:20,148 --> 00:31:23,481 - Did you get a chance to see his face? - I did. 420 00:31:23,585 --> 00:31:25,075 Well, sort of. 421 00:31:26,354 --> 00:31:28,845 Did you remember what he looked like? 422 00:31:30,358 --> 00:31:32,349 - Normal. - Yeah. 423 00:31:32,460 --> 00:31:33,757 "Normal?" 424 00:31:56,484 --> 00:31:58,042 "This is the Zodiac speaking. 425 00:31:58,153 --> 00:32:00,519 "I am the murderer of the taxi driver 426 00:32:00,622 --> 00:32:04,058 "over by Washington Street and Maple Street last night. 427 00:32:04,159 --> 00:32:06,593 "To prove this, here is a blood-stained piece of his shirt. 428 00:32:06,694 --> 00:32:11,631 "I am the same man who did in the people in the North Bay Area. 429 00:32:11,733 --> 00:32:14,293 "The S.F. Police could have caught me last night 430 00:32:14,402 --> 00:32:15,926 "if they had searched the park properly 431 00:32:16,037 --> 00:32:19,302 "instead of holding road races with their motorcicles." 432 00:32:19,407 --> 00:32:20,897 - Gentlemen. - Dave. 433 00:32:21,009 --> 00:32:22,943 Paul. Where's the shirt? 434 00:32:24,379 --> 00:32:26,040 Right there, boss. 435 00:32:27,182 --> 00:32:28,740 There's your rag the kids talked about. 436 00:32:28,850 --> 00:32:30,841 So he got in the front seat to tear off a piece of the shirt. 437 00:32:30,952 --> 00:32:33,352 - Is this on the record? - Well, what do you think? 438 00:32:33,454 --> 00:32:35,479 He confirms the Vallejo and Napa killings. 439 00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:37,148 Gets worse. 440 00:32:37,258 --> 00:32:39,283 Robert, do you have a deadline? 441 00:32:39,394 --> 00:32:41,521 What does he mean, it gets worse? 442 00:32:41,629 --> 00:32:43,028 Read the last part. 443 00:32:43,131 --> 00:32:45,361 "School children make nice targets. 444 00:32:45,466 --> 00:32:47,764 "I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning. 445 00:32:47,869 --> 00:32:49,530 "Just shoot out the front tire 446 00:32:49,637 --> 00:32:52,037 "and then pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out." 447 00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:54,665 Jesus Christ, who's got school buses? Department of Transportation? 448 00:32:54,776 --> 00:32:56,676 - School board. - All right. 449 00:32:56,778 --> 00:32:59,042 I'm gonna need elimination prints from your staff. 450 00:32:59,147 --> 00:33:01,877 Has anyone here didn't touch this letter? 451 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,281 On my way back to my desk. They have phones, if you want. 452 00:33:08,389 --> 00:33:09,981 We need to get matches on blood and fabric. 453 00:33:10,091 --> 00:33:11,251 I'll call Napa and Vallejo, 454 00:33:11,359 --> 00:33:13,156 get the letters up to Sherwood in Sacramento. 455 00:33:13,261 --> 00:33:16,662 Dave, just one thing. Is it true they got a print off the cab? 456 00:33:16,764 --> 00:33:19,096 Yeah, we got a partial in blood. 457 00:33:19,968 --> 00:33:23,096 - But that is not for publication. - Hey, hey, come on. 458 00:33:23,204 --> 00:33:25,434 Hey, it's me. 459 00:33:25,540 --> 00:33:27,633 Did he say they got a print? 460 00:33:28,743 --> 00:33:29,937 Partial. 461 00:33:30,945 --> 00:33:32,003 Whoa. 462 00:33:33,381 --> 00:33:34,746 Dude, he wears his gun like Bullitt. 463 00:33:34,849 --> 00:33:37,340 No, McQueen got that from Toschi. 464 00:33:37,452 --> 00:33:39,215 Does he think that Zodiac's gonna send another code? 465 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,117 'Cause I think Zodiac's gonna send another code. 466 00:33:41,222 --> 00:33:43,247 Jesus Harold Christ on rubber crutches, Bobby. 467 00:33:43,358 --> 00:33:44,382 What are you doing? 468 00:33:44,492 --> 00:33:45,789 You're doing that thing, the thing we discussed, 469 00:33:45,894 --> 00:33:48,385 the thing that I don't like. Starts with an "L." 470 00:33:48,496 --> 00:33:50,396 - Oh, looming. - Yeah. 471 00:33:50,498 --> 00:33:53,399 In cooperation with SFPD, we will run the Zodiac letter 472 00:33:53,501 --> 00:33:56,163 without including the threat on school children. 473 00:33:56,271 --> 00:33:57,932 We don't want to start a city-wide panic 474 00:33:58,039 --> 00:34:01,531 so I'm asking all of you to please keep this confidential. 475 00:34:01,643 --> 00:34:03,838 Just go about your daily business. 476 00:34:03,945 --> 00:34:05,276 Thank you. 477 00:34:20,995 --> 00:34:23,987 I packed you your carrots and your soda and peanut butter, okay? 478 00:34:24,098 --> 00:34:27,090 - Dad, you don't have to wait with me. - I know. 479 00:34:34,442 --> 00:34:38,242 You know what? You know what? I'm gonna drive him today, okay? 480 00:34:38,746 --> 00:34:39,940 Come on. 481 00:34:57,999 --> 00:34:59,660 What's that? 482 00:34:59,767 --> 00:35:02,292 Similarities in the lowercase "r's." 483 00:35:11,479 --> 00:35:12,605 And that? 484 00:35:12,714 --> 00:35:14,682 It is you waiting in the hall if you speak again. 485 00:35:14,782 --> 00:35:16,613 I have to concentrate. 486 00:35:17,018 --> 00:35:18,110 Sorry. 487 00:35:18,219 --> 00:35:20,346 "Sorry" counts as speaking. 488 00:35:31,099 --> 00:35:34,068 There are similarities in the lowercase "r's." 489 00:35:38,139 --> 00:35:40,573 We have to release the bus threat. 490 00:35:41,175 --> 00:35:43,803 - It'll screw us. - We're already screwed. 491 00:35:43,911 --> 00:35:46,141 We just went from "Routine Cabbie Shooting" 492 00:35:46,247 --> 00:35:48,408 to "Mass Murderer Targets Kids." 493 00:35:56,224 --> 00:35:59,284 The Zodiac Killer has come to San Francisco. 494 00:35:59,394 --> 00:36:00,383 Confirmation tonight, 495 00:36:00,495 --> 00:36:02,429 from the San Francisco Police Department 496 00:36:02,530 --> 00:36:04,464 that in his latest haunting letter, 497 00:36:04,565 --> 00:36:07,762 which takes credit for the murder of cab driver Paul Stine, 498 00:36:07,869 --> 00:36:11,236 the Zodiac has threatened to, "Wipe out a school bus 499 00:36:11,339 --> 00:36:14,672 "and pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out." 500 00:36:18,146 --> 00:36:20,808 If you think you might know who the Zodiac is, 501 00:36:20,915 --> 00:36:25,045 you can call the San Francisco Police Department's newest tip line. 502 00:36:48,209 --> 00:36:51,440 Press conference is at 4:00. We got to give them something. 503 00:36:51,546 --> 00:36:52,979 We're coordinating with the school board, 504 00:36:53,081 --> 00:36:54,946 and we expect a break in the case very soon. 505 00:36:55,049 --> 00:36:56,812 - What do we really got? - We're swamped. 506 00:36:56,918 --> 00:36:58,283 When they can't get anyone on the tip line 507 00:36:58,386 --> 00:37:00,081 they call the switchboard and keep getting put through. 508 00:37:00,188 --> 00:37:01,177 You got any hard suspects? 509 00:37:01,289 --> 00:37:03,985 About 90 an hour. I'm up to around 500. 510 00:37:04,092 --> 00:37:05,218 Well, can't you narrow it down? 511 00:37:05,326 --> 00:37:07,487 I would love to, if I could get out of this... 512 00:37:07,595 --> 00:37:11,087 - Homicide, please hold. - Yeah, hold, please. 513 00:37:11,199 --> 00:37:12,894 We're gonna need to tell them we got the entire force on this. 514 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,297 How many men can you give me? 515 00:37:14,402 --> 00:37:16,393 Well, right now, it's you and Bill and Monday's a school day. 516 00:37:16,504 --> 00:37:18,404 Yeah, I know, Chief. I have three daughters of my own. 517 00:37:18,506 --> 00:37:20,440 Yeah, I know. Where's Armstrong? 518 00:37:20,541 --> 00:37:22,008 He's on the phone with Vallejo. 519 00:37:22,110 --> 00:37:24,044 We're playing catch up, Jack. 520 00:37:24,145 --> 00:37:26,636 I'd like to set up a meeting with your survivor, Michael Mageau. 521 00:37:26,747 --> 00:37:28,339 I can't. He skipped town. 522 00:37:28,449 --> 00:37:31,077 The only guy who's seen Zodiac without a mask is missing? 523 00:37:31,185 --> 00:37:34,313 When he was still in the hospital we could show him lineups all day long. 524 00:37:34,422 --> 00:37:35,821 As soon as he got out, he split. 525 00:37:35,923 --> 00:37:36,947 Really? Why? 526 00:37:37,058 --> 00:37:39,253 I don't think he wanted to have anything to do with this. 527 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,521 Can you send us everything that you have? 528 00:37:41,629 --> 00:37:44,359 Well, the road goes both ways. 529 00:37:44,465 --> 00:37:47,593 Now, we need that print you lifted from the cab 530 00:37:47,702 --> 00:37:49,636 and we should have been in on the handwriting. 531 00:37:49,737 --> 00:37:52,001 I apologize. Things have been moving fast. 532 00:37:52,106 --> 00:37:54,836 Who should I talk to in Napa so we can coordinate? 533 00:37:54,942 --> 00:37:56,068 Talk to Ken Narlow. 534 00:37:56,177 --> 00:37:58,042 We really should have been in on the handwriting. 535 00:37:58,146 --> 00:38:00,614 I apologize. Things have been moving fast. 536 00:38:00,715 --> 00:38:02,148 Listen, we're gonna need your scene photos. 537 00:38:02,250 --> 00:38:03,274 Can't help you. 538 00:38:03,384 --> 00:38:05,318 Ken, I don't want to get into a jurisdictional thing here. 539 00:38:05,419 --> 00:38:08,013 No, no, no, no, no. We didn't have a crime scene. 540 00:38:08,122 --> 00:38:11,353 The ranger that found the kids literally swept everything into a picnic blanket. 541 00:38:11,459 --> 00:38:13,154 All we have are the Wing Walker prints. 542 00:38:13,261 --> 00:38:14,353 The what? 543 00:38:14,462 --> 00:38:16,157 Boot prints to and from the crime scene 544 00:38:16,264 --> 00:38:17,856 were made by size 10-and-a-half Wing Walkers, 545 00:38:17,965 --> 00:38:21,423 military-style boots sold only at military PXs 546 00:38:21,936 --> 00:38:23,733 designed to walk on the wings of planes. 547 00:38:23,838 --> 00:38:26,568 And you can't buy at a PX without a military ID, 548 00:38:26,674 --> 00:38:28,608 so our suspect could be military. 549 00:38:28,709 --> 00:38:30,472 Did you guys narrow your list off of this? 550 00:38:30,578 --> 00:38:32,671 - Yeah. - Did Vallejo? 551 00:38:32,780 --> 00:38:34,873 I don't know. I don't work in Vallejo. I work here. 552 00:38:34,982 --> 00:38:37,109 Great. I'm gonna need photos of those boot prints. 553 00:38:37,218 --> 00:38:39,186 Sure, if you send me the handwriting. 554 00:38:39,287 --> 00:38:40,879 I thought Questioned Documents already did. 555 00:38:40,988 --> 00:38:42,478 Nope. Vallejo's got them, not us. 556 00:38:42,590 --> 00:38:44,581 All right. I'll have Questioned Documents... 557 00:38:44,692 --> 00:38:46,592 Forget it. I'll telefax it to you. 558 00:38:46,694 --> 00:38:48,161 We don't have telefax yet. 559 00:38:48,262 --> 00:38:50,856 - Okay, I'll put it in the mail. - We'll mail ours, too. 560 00:38:50,965 --> 00:38:52,626 And call Mulanax in Vallejo. 561 00:38:52,733 --> 00:38:54,826 - Maybe he can get you a mimeo. - Right. 562 00:38:54,936 --> 00:38:57,302 Why don't you just get a photo off the original plaster cast? 563 00:38:57,405 --> 00:38:59,498 We'd have to wait, because they don't have a fax. 564 00:38:59,607 --> 00:39:01,040 We don't have a fax, either. 565 00:39:01,142 --> 00:39:02,871 Look, I'm just trying to get us coordinated. 566 00:39:02,977 --> 00:39:04,444 Have you called Solano Sheriff's Office? 567 00:39:04,545 --> 00:39:06,172 Why would I call Solano? 568 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,875 Because the two kids that got killed last Christmas were Solano's. 569 00:39:09,984 --> 00:39:11,178 I thought they were Vallejo. 570 00:39:11,285 --> 00:39:12,582 No, they were over the county line 571 00:39:12,687 --> 00:39:14,882 so you're gonna need to coordinate with them, too. 572 00:39:14,989 --> 00:39:16,422 Okay. 573 00:39:16,524 --> 00:39:17,616 Bill. 574 00:39:18,326 --> 00:39:20,191 Can I have a word with you? 575 00:39:23,130 --> 00:39:25,223 Where did you see this guy? 576 00:39:26,033 --> 00:39:28,467 We got the call to circle the scene and look for a Negro male adult. 577 00:39:28,569 --> 00:39:30,036 Where was he? 578 00:39:30,137 --> 00:39:32,571 On Jackson. Heading east. About the middle of the block. 579 00:39:32,673 --> 00:39:34,699 And this is three minutes after the shooting? 580 00:39:34,809 --> 00:39:35,969 Give or take. Yeah. 581 00:39:36,077 --> 00:39:38,307 - And you were heading east or west? - We were going west. 582 00:39:38,412 --> 00:39:40,642 All right, so you're on Jackson going west. 583 00:39:40,748 --> 00:39:43,876 So the cab was one block catty-corner southwest? 584 00:39:43,985 --> 00:39:45,646 - Correct. - Did you slow down? 585 00:39:45,753 --> 00:39:47,482 - Of course we slowed down. - All right. 586 00:39:47,588 --> 00:39:49,818 Listen, Dispatch said it was a Negro male. 587 00:39:49,924 --> 00:39:51,186 That was corrected. 588 00:39:51,292 --> 00:39:53,954 No, but at the time they hadn't changed it. 589 00:39:54,061 --> 00:39:56,120 This guy was white. 590 00:39:56,230 --> 00:39:58,061 Right, not in a hurry. Kind of lumbering along like... 591 00:39:58,165 --> 00:40:00,963 Lumbering? What do you mean, "lumbering"? 592 00:40:02,069 --> 00:40:04,765 - Shuffling. - Stocky? Had a crew cut? 593 00:40:05,740 --> 00:40:07,970 Yeah, that's all correct. 594 00:40:08,075 --> 00:40:09,804 Listen, it was dark. 595 00:40:10,745 --> 00:40:12,770 The guy was wearing a dark jacket. There's no way... 596 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,371 He would have been covered in blood. 597 00:40:16,984 --> 00:40:18,576 Did you stop him? 598 00:40:20,655 --> 00:40:22,418 Did you talk to him? 599 00:40:23,024 --> 00:40:24,958 - Yes? No? - No. 600 00:40:25,860 --> 00:40:27,350 You need to get with a sketch artist. 601 00:40:27,461 --> 00:40:30,453 We have to put out a new composite right away. 602 00:40:33,567 --> 00:40:36,502 Five persons have been murdered in the San Francisco area, 603 00:40:36,604 --> 00:40:38,003 and in each case the killer... 604 00:40:38,105 --> 00:40:40,596 "I shall wipe out a school bus some morning..." 605 00:40:40,708 --> 00:40:42,335 San Francisco police... 606 00:40:44,211 --> 00:40:46,736 to see the Stones in concert this Sunday. 607 00:40:47,048 --> 00:40:49,107 The new letters from the Zodiac Killer were sent to 608 00:40:49,216 --> 00:40:51,241 the City room of the San Francisco Chronicle. 609 00:40:51,352 --> 00:40:52,512 One of the letters was... 610 00:40:52,620 --> 00:40:55,145 Looming. No looming. 611 00:40:55,256 --> 00:40:58,350 - Have you considered the water theory? - What? 612 00:40:58,459 --> 00:41:01,292 Geographically, every attack takes place near a body of water 613 00:41:01,395 --> 00:41:02,521 - or a water-based name. - This is your water theory? 614 00:41:02,630 --> 00:41:05,064 Lake Berryessa. Blue Rock Springs. 615 00:41:05,166 --> 00:41:07,794 - Lake Herman. - Wash-ington and Cherry? 616 00:41:09,303 --> 00:41:10,895 You think? 617 00:41:11,005 --> 00:41:12,029 No. 618 00:41:12,139 --> 00:41:13,538 I'm reading this book, 619 00:41:13,641 --> 00:41:15,268 Homicide Investigation by Lemoyne Snyder... 620 00:41:15,376 --> 00:41:16,775 - "Leymone." and he says you look for patterns, 621 00:41:16,877 --> 00:41:18,970 - so I'm looking for patterns. - No. 622 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,412 You can't think of this case in normal police terms. 623 00:41:21,515 --> 00:41:23,676 - Why not? - You got four crime scenes. 624 00:41:23,784 --> 00:41:26,685 Solano, Vallejo, Berryessa, and here. 625 00:41:26,787 --> 00:41:30,484 Not a single usable print at the first three or in any of the letters? 626 00:41:30,958 --> 00:41:34,416 How does our master criminal come to the city and leave a bloody latent? 627 00:41:34,528 --> 00:41:37,088 I mean, assuming the gloves are his, 628 00:41:37,198 --> 00:41:38,893 he shoots the cabbie and then takes them off? 629 00:41:38,999 --> 00:41:40,159 So it's not his print? 630 00:41:40,267 --> 00:41:42,030 Maybe, maybe not. You're missing the point. 631 00:41:42,136 --> 00:41:44,730 - The point is the first attack... - David Faraday and Betty Jensen. 632 00:41:44,839 --> 00:41:46,397 They both die. 633 00:41:46,507 --> 00:41:48,975 From there on out, he only manages to kill the girls. 634 00:41:49,076 --> 00:41:51,010 - Not for lack of trying. - Not for lack of trying. 635 00:41:51,112 --> 00:41:54,639 Mageau lives, Ferrin dies. Hartnell lives, Shepard dies. 636 00:41:54,749 --> 00:41:58,116 He gets so caught up with the women he forgets to finish off the men. 637 00:41:58,219 --> 00:42:00,551 Plus, they're all couples and all on lover's lanes. 638 00:42:00,654 --> 00:42:02,485 - Paul Stine is not. - Exactly. 639 00:42:02,590 --> 00:42:04,785 Single, male cab driver on Washington and Cherry doesn't fit. 640 00:42:04,892 --> 00:42:06,257 Doesn't fit. 641 00:42:07,161 --> 00:42:09,425 So, why does Zodiac kill him? 642 00:42:12,266 --> 00:42:14,257 He's breaking the pattern. 643 00:42:23,477 --> 00:42:24,501 Yeah? 644 00:42:24,612 --> 00:42:28,309 Someone claiming to be Zodiac called Oakland PD a half-hour ago. 645 00:42:28,416 --> 00:42:31,681 He says he's gonna call in on Jim Dunbar's morning show in three hours. 646 00:42:31,786 --> 00:42:32,844 On television? 647 00:42:32,953 --> 00:42:35,012 He wants Melvin Belli on to counsel him. 648 00:42:35,122 --> 00:42:37,215 All right. All right. Let's go wake up Melvin. 649 00:42:39,693 --> 00:42:41,558 Animal crackers? 650 00:42:41,662 --> 00:42:42,959 Glove box. 651 00:42:43,063 --> 00:42:44,758 Are these windows bulletproof? 652 00:42:44,865 --> 00:42:47,390 Yes, Melvin. You don't have to lie down back there. 653 00:42:47,501 --> 00:42:48,695 This man is a marksman, 654 00:42:48,803 --> 00:42:51,636 could snuff me out at a moment's notice. 655 00:42:51,739 --> 00:42:53,104 Are you sure you're up for this? 656 00:42:53,207 --> 00:42:57,644 Don't you worry about me, Inspector. I'll be fine when the lights are on. 657 00:42:57,745 --> 00:42:59,474 This man has asked for my help. 658 00:42:59,580 --> 00:43:01,639 The man you're worrying about snuffing you out? 659 00:43:01,749 --> 00:43:03,683 What are these, cookies? 660 00:43:05,419 --> 00:43:07,512 Dear Lord, do you ever clean this car? 661 00:43:07,822 --> 00:43:11,258 - Shit. - KGO must have tipped other stations. 662 00:43:20,835 --> 00:43:23,770 Get him talking. Convince him to meet you somewhere. 663 00:43:23,871 --> 00:43:25,133 If you see an opportunity, 664 00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,003 we want you to suggest Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown. 665 00:43:28,108 --> 00:43:29,268 You'll be tracing the call? 666 00:43:29,376 --> 00:43:32,470 Pacific Telephone says you need to keep him on the line for 15 minutes. 667 00:43:32,580 --> 00:43:34,810 We can do that, can't we, Jim? 668 00:43:37,184 --> 00:43:39,516 Fifteen seconds. Clear the set. 669 00:43:45,893 --> 00:43:48,088 Here you go, you drunken reprobate. 670 00:43:48,195 --> 00:43:51,995 We interrupt our regular program to bring you this news bulletin. 671 00:43:52,099 --> 00:43:54,067 Welcome to this special edition of our show 672 00:43:54,168 --> 00:43:56,033 in which we are joined by attorney Melvin Belli 673 00:43:56,136 --> 00:43:59,503 who the Zodiac Killer personally requested to appear. 674 00:43:59,607 --> 00:44:01,438 Finish up, buddy, and put it in the sink. 675 00:44:01,542 --> 00:44:04,534 - Good morning, Melvin. - Good morning, Jim. 676 00:44:04,645 --> 00:44:07,876 So, the phone lines are open. Mr. Belli is here. 677 00:44:07,982 --> 00:44:09,006 Here to help, Jim. 678 00:44:09,116 --> 00:44:10,947 Yes. Here to help. 679 00:44:11,051 --> 00:44:15,750 And we ask the public not to call in, so that the Zodiac himself can reach us. 680 00:44:24,832 --> 00:44:28,233 I saw your Star Trek, by the way. It was excellent. 681 00:44:28,335 --> 00:44:30,269 A shame about the show. 682 00:44:30,371 --> 00:44:31,838 Good people. 683 00:44:31,939 --> 00:44:35,670 You know, I've often thought of becoming an actor full-time. 684 00:44:35,776 --> 00:44:37,038 What was your character's name? 685 00:44:37,144 --> 00:44:39,339 - Gorgon. - Gorgon. That's right. 686 00:44:40,881 --> 00:44:42,781 Roll the tape. Get the tape. 687 00:44:42,883 --> 00:44:45,511 Jim, we have a call. We're going live. 688 00:44:46,787 --> 00:44:47,981 Hello? 689 00:44:51,525 --> 00:44:53,686 Hello? This is Melvin Belli. 690 00:44:54,895 --> 00:44:56,920 Who am I speaking with? 691 00:44:57,031 --> 00:44:59,431 This is the Zodiac speaking. 692 00:45:02,570 --> 00:45:06,438 Is there something I can call you that's a little less ominous? 693 00:45:08,442 --> 00:45:09,466 Sam. 694 00:45:10,077 --> 00:45:12,045 Sam. 695 00:45:12,379 --> 00:45:16,008 Is there somewhere we can meet, Sam, and talk about this? 696 00:45:16,450 --> 00:45:19,715 Meet me on top of the Fairmont Hotel. 697 00:45:19,820 --> 00:45:21,583 Without anyone else or I'll jump... 698 00:45:21,689 --> 00:45:23,486 Have a unit go to the Fairmont Hotel. 699 00:45:23,591 --> 00:45:25,821 - Sam. - Yes? 700 00:45:26,493 --> 00:45:29,951 Do you think you need medical care? 701 00:45:30,064 --> 00:45:31,929 Medical, not mental. 702 00:45:32,032 --> 00:45:34,330 Do you have health problems? 703 00:45:34,435 --> 00:45:36,164 I'm sick. I have headaches. 704 00:45:36,270 --> 00:45:37,999 Headaches? 705 00:45:38,105 --> 00:45:39,436 I have headaches, too, 706 00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:42,236 but a chiropractor stopped them a week ago. 707 00:45:42,343 --> 00:45:44,140 I think I can help you, Sam. 708 00:45:46,580 --> 00:45:47,842 Sam? 709 00:45:49,783 --> 00:45:52,251 He knows they're tracing his calls. 710 00:45:55,923 --> 00:45:59,950 Sam, we'd like you to know that we are not tracing these calls. 711 00:46:00,060 --> 00:46:04,292 It's a long, difficult process and ineffective with these short calls. 712 00:46:09,803 --> 00:46:10,861 Sam? 713 00:46:13,140 --> 00:46:16,234 We're not tracing these calls. You have my word. 714 00:46:17,144 --> 00:46:18,304 Okay. 715 00:46:18,812 --> 00:46:22,077 Sam, you need to tell me what your problem is. 716 00:46:22,182 --> 00:46:24,047 I don't want to go to the gas chamber. 717 00:46:24,151 --> 00:46:26,642 I have headaches. I kill, I don't get them. 718 00:46:26,754 --> 00:46:28,085 That is fucked up! 719 00:46:28,188 --> 00:46:31,646 You want to live, don't you? Well, this is your passport. 720 00:46:31,759 --> 00:46:33,158 How long have you been having these headaches? 721 00:46:33,260 --> 00:46:35,251 Since I killed a kid. 722 00:46:36,230 --> 00:46:38,425 - Do you have blackouts? - Yes. 723 00:46:38,532 --> 00:46:42,229 - Do you have fits? - No. I just have headaches. 724 00:46:42,369 --> 00:46:43,961 Did you attempt to call one other time 725 00:46:44,071 --> 00:46:46,665 when F. Lee Bailey was with us two or three weeks ago? 726 00:46:46,774 --> 00:46:47,763 Yes. 727 00:46:47,875 --> 00:46:49,706 And why did you want to talk to Mr. Bailey? 728 00:46:49,810 --> 00:46:52,745 Why do you wanna talk to me, Sam? 729 00:46:52,846 --> 00:46:54,473 - I don't want to be hurt. - Why is he calling? 730 00:46:54,581 --> 00:46:56,549 - Hey, just a second, buddy. - I don't wanna go to the gas chamber. 731 00:46:56,650 --> 00:46:58,311 You won't get hurt if you talk to me. 732 00:46:58,419 --> 00:47:01,411 And you're not going to the gas chamber. 733 00:47:01,522 --> 00:47:03,888 I wouldn't think they would ask for capital punishment. 734 00:47:03,991 --> 00:47:06,152 We should ask the District Attorney. 735 00:47:06,260 --> 00:47:08,319 Do you want me to do that, Sam? 736 00:47:08,429 --> 00:47:11,125 Do you want me to talk to the District Attorney? 737 00:47:15,035 --> 00:47:16,764 What was that, Sam? 738 00:47:17,738 --> 00:47:19,831 I did not say anything. 739 00:47:19,940 --> 00:47:21,840 We heard a scream. 740 00:47:22,643 --> 00:47:24,770 That was my headache. 741 00:47:25,579 --> 00:47:28,548 You sound like you're in a great deal of pain. 742 00:47:29,316 --> 00:47:32,342 My head aches. I'm so sick. 743 00:47:34,221 --> 00:47:35,711 I'm gonna kill them. 744 00:47:35,823 --> 00:47:38,656 - Oh, okay. - I'm gonna kill those kids! 745 00:47:38,759 --> 00:47:40,351 Fantastic. 746 00:47:42,930 --> 00:47:44,329 Sam? 747 00:47:45,866 --> 00:47:50,098 - Let's meet and talk. Just us. - Okay. 748 00:47:50,237 --> 00:47:52,899 How about Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown? 749 00:47:53,006 --> 00:47:54,303 No. 750 00:47:54,408 --> 00:47:58,276 In front of the Daly City St. Vincent de Paul at 10:30. 751 00:47:58,378 --> 00:48:00,107 I'll see you there. 752 00:48:01,882 --> 00:48:03,816 Take care of yourself, Sam. 753 00:48:28,142 --> 00:48:29,336 My, my, my. 754 00:48:29,443 --> 00:48:33,140 You fellows certainly know how to put on a secret meeting. 755 00:48:35,516 --> 00:48:37,006 You know, the problem is, 756 00:48:37,117 --> 00:48:39,950 I don't want to go to the gas chamber. I have headaches. 757 00:48:40,053 --> 00:48:42,078 I kill, I don't get them. 758 00:48:42,189 --> 00:48:43,816 No, it's not him. 759 00:48:44,892 --> 00:48:48,020 It's the voice. The voice is too high. It's too young. 760 00:48:48,128 --> 00:48:50,358 All right. Thanks for coming down, Bryan. 761 00:48:50,464 --> 00:48:51,726 Do you have blackouts? 762 00:48:51,832 --> 00:48:53,663 That's okay. I got it. 763 00:48:59,873 --> 00:49:00,897 They pulled off the trace. 764 00:49:01,008 --> 00:49:04,273 Our Daly City no-show called from a mental institution. 765 00:49:04,378 --> 00:49:06,243 Oakland PD's operator is sure 766 00:49:06,346 --> 00:49:08,814 the man she talked to had a deeper voice. 767 00:49:08,916 --> 00:49:10,076 Calmer. 768 00:49:10,918 --> 00:49:13,079 Might have actually been him. 769 00:49:19,326 --> 00:49:22,489 "So I shall change my way of collecting slaves. 770 00:49:22,596 --> 00:49:26,088 "I shall no longer announce to anyone when I commit my murders. 771 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:29,397 "They shall look like routine robberies, killings of anger 772 00:49:29,503 --> 00:49:32,472 "and a few fake accidents, et cetera. 773 00:49:32,573 --> 00:49:33,631 "The police shall never catch me 774 00:49:33,740 --> 00:49:36,140 "because I have been too clever for them. 775 00:49:36,243 --> 00:49:39,770 "I look like the description passed out only when I do my thing. 776 00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:42,906 "The rest of the time I look entirely different. 777 00:49:43,016 --> 00:49:47,510 "I shall not tell you what my disguise consists of when I kill. 778 00:49:48,121 --> 00:49:50,646 "As of yet I have left no fingerprints behind me, 779 00:49:50,757 --> 00:49:53,248 "contrary to what the police say. 780 00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:55,726 "I wear transparent fingertips. 781 00:49:56,697 --> 00:50:01,430 "All it is is two coats of airplane cement coated on my fingertips. 782 00:50:01,535 --> 00:50:05,995 "I enjoy needling the blue pigs. Hey, blue pig, I was in the park. 783 00:50:06,106 --> 00:50:11,567 "You were using fire trucks to mask the sound of your cruising prowl cars. 784 00:50:11,678 --> 00:50:13,111 "Hey, pig, doesn't it rile you up 785 00:50:13,213 --> 00:50:16,307 "to have your nose rubbed in your booboos? 786 00:50:16,416 --> 00:50:19,476 "If you cops think I am going to take on a bus the way I stated I was, 787 00:50:19,586 --> 00:50:22,783 "you deserve to have holes in your heads." 788 00:50:24,758 --> 00:50:26,919 And you need to look at this. 789 00:50:29,796 --> 00:50:32,162 "Take one bag of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, 790 00:50:32,266 --> 00:50:33,927 "one gallon of stove oil, 791 00:50:34,034 --> 00:50:36,161 "and dump a few bags of gravel on top..." 792 00:50:36,270 --> 00:50:37,999 - Okay. - It's a bomb. 793 00:50:38,105 --> 00:50:39,868 Okay. We gotta call the Army and see if this 794 00:50:39,973 --> 00:50:42,703 science experiment could actually work. 795 00:50:42,809 --> 00:50:44,333 Another cipher. 796 00:50:46,580 --> 00:50:49,242 - When did these arrive? - They arrived this morning. 797 00:50:49,349 --> 00:50:50,748 Are you planning to publish? 798 00:50:50,851 --> 00:50:52,045 Robert. 799 00:50:53,553 --> 00:50:55,487 We should have a drink. 800 00:50:59,660 --> 00:51:01,025 Thank you. 801 00:51:02,863 --> 00:51:05,093 So, tell me about yourself. 802 00:51:05,198 --> 00:51:08,690 - You married? - Divorced. Two kids. 803 00:51:09,736 --> 00:51:11,601 What do you do for fun? 804 00:51:13,140 --> 00:51:14,767 I love to read. 805 00:51:15,709 --> 00:51:18,177 - I enjoy books. - Those are the same things. 806 00:51:18,278 --> 00:51:20,769 Why you been going through my trash? 807 00:51:23,650 --> 00:51:25,515 I'll come back to that. 808 00:51:26,053 --> 00:51:27,714 How did you know he was gonna send another code? 809 00:51:27,821 --> 00:51:29,550 I just guessed. 810 00:51:29,656 --> 00:51:31,817 - Just guessed. - The first one seemed too easy. 811 00:51:31,925 --> 00:51:34,257 All right, this can no longer be ignored. 812 00:51:34,361 --> 00:51:37,956 - What is that you're drinking? - It's an Aqua Velva. 813 00:51:38,065 --> 00:51:40,966 You wouldn't make fun of it if you tried it. 814 00:51:50,477 --> 00:51:52,877 But who actually cracked the code? 815 00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:55,910 A married couple who like puzzles. 816 00:51:56,016 --> 00:51:58,177 So what's that tell us about the Zodiac? 817 00:51:58,285 --> 00:51:59,582 - He's no expert. - Right. 818 00:51:59,686 --> 00:52:01,347 It's just a simple substitution code 819 00:52:01,455 --> 00:52:03,650 like the one that we used to do as boy scouts. 820 00:52:03,757 --> 00:52:05,384 "A" is one, "B" is two. 821 00:52:05,492 --> 00:52:06,823 We weren't all boy scouts, Robert. 822 00:52:06,927 --> 00:52:10,454 Well, it's not that hard. You just got to know where to start. 823 00:52:10,564 --> 00:52:12,327 In the first cipher... 824 00:52:12,432 --> 00:52:13,660 You actually carry that around with you? 825 00:52:13,767 --> 00:52:15,462 - Why? - No reason. 826 00:52:16,603 --> 00:52:20,039 What's the most common double consonant in the English language? 827 00:52:20,140 --> 00:52:21,232 Consonant? 828 00:52:21,341 --> 00:52:22,638 - The double "L." - Double "L." 829 00:52:22,743 --> 00:52:26,577 And what's the one word that we know that he'll use in here, at least once? 830 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:27,738 - "Kill." - Right, "kill." 831 00:52:27,848 --> 00:52:29,315 So the Hardens start looking for double symbols, 832 00:52:29,416 --> 00:52:31,384 which they find here, here, and here. 833 00:52:31,485 --> 00:52:33,919 Each with the same two symbols preceding them. 834 00:52:34,021 --> 00:52:35,955 So now they've got a repeating four-letter word 835 00:52:36,056 --> 00:52:38,081 ending with two symbols that they assume stand for "L." 836 00:52:38,191 --> 00:52:39,624 And since they think the whole word is "kill" then... 837 00:52:39,726 --> 00:52:43,093 Then you got your "K," you got your "I," and you're on your way. 838 00:52:43,196 --> 00:52:45,061 But how do you go from "A" is one and "B" is two 839 00:52:45,165 --> 00:52:46,530 to figuring out this whole code? 840 00:52:46,633 --> 00:52:49,500 Well, same way I did. You go to the library. 841 00:52:52,839 --> 00:52:54,739 In this book, 842 00:52:54,841 --> 00:52:58,937 the author presents a very simple substitution code in the preface. 843 00:52:59,046 --> 00:53:01,981 Eight of the 26 symbols that he suggests are found in this cipher. 844 00:53:02,082 --> 00:53:03,344 Yeah, but there are non-letter symbols 845 00:53:03,450 --> 00:53:04,849 because there's all these medieval ones. 846 00:53:04,951 --> 00:53:07,476 I thought they looked medieval, too. 847 00:53:08,388 --> 00:53:10,185 But then I found a code written in the Middle Ages. 848 00:53:10,290 --> 00:53:11,314 Guess what it's called? 849 00:53:12,125 --> 00:53:13,888 The Zodiac Alphabet. 850 00:53:15,862 --> 00:53:17,056 Jesus. 851 00:53:18,231 --> 00:53:19,664 What do you want out of this? 852 00:53:19,766 --> 00:53:21,256 - What? - What's your angle? 853 00:53:21,368 --> 00:53:24,201 This is good business for everyone but you. 854 00:53:27,374 --> 00:53:29,137 How do you mean "business"? 855 00:53:32,212 --> 00:53:34,544 Hey. Come to bed. 856 00:53:34,648 --> 00:53:37,913 I'll be up in a minute. I need to make a phone call. 857 00:53:49,529 --> 00:53:51,190 - Hello? - Bill? 858 00:53:52,065 --> 00:53:54,431 There's not many basements in California. 859 00:53:54,534 --> 00:53:56,695 "Basement for future use." 860 00:53:56,803 --> 00:53:58,293 That's right. 861 00:53:58,405 --> 00:54:02,034 I'll have Vallejo and Napa check with their city planners. 862 00:54:02,142 --> 00:54:04,337 - Get some sleep. - Yeah, sure. 863 00:54:17,290 --> 00:54:20,123 "Dear Melvin, this is the Zodiac speaking. 864 00:54:20,227 --> 00:54:22,388 "I wish you a happy Christmas. 865 00:54:22,496 --> 00:54:25,932 "The one thing I ask of you is this. Please help me. 866 00:54:26,032 --> 00:54:29,433 "I cannot reach out for help because this thing in me won't let me." 867 00:54:29,536 --> 00:54:30,867 Thank you. 868 00:54:30,971 --> 00:54:34,168 "I am finding it extremely difficult to hold it in check 869 00:54:34,274 --> 00:54:36,902 "and I am afraid I will lose control again 870 00:54:37,010 --> 00:54:39,808 "and take my ninth and possibly tenth victim." 871 00:54:39,913 --> 00:54:42,211 Melvin, he's reaching out to you. 872 00:54:42,315 --> 00:54:43,646 Absolutely. 873 00:54:43,750 --> 00:54:47,277 Inspectors, he sent this letter directly to my residence. 874 00:54:47,387 --> 00:54:50,413 It is a cry for help, intended as a private communiqué. 875 00:54:50,524 --> 00:54:52,651 Which is why you contacted the Chronicle. 876 00:54:52,759 --> 00:54:55,751 The people have a right to know. Toddy? 877 00:54:55,862 --> 00:54:58,922 - When did the letter arrive? - In the middle of last week. 878 00:54:59,032 --> 00:55:01,432 I was away on safari. 879 00:55:01,535 --> 00:55:03,298 What did you gentlemen do for Christmas? 880 00:55:03,403 --> 00:55:05,701 - You're looking at it. - You must see Africa. 881 00:55:05,805 --> 00:55:11,004 Cradle of civilization. Fascinating people. Beautiful. Savage. 882 00:55:11,111 --> 00:55:14,877 - Back to the killer who wrote to you. - Yes. Of course. 883 00:55:14,981 --> 00:55:16,881 It is my belief that he only penned this letter 884 00:55:16,983 --> 00:55:20,009 because he couldn't get through to me on the Dunbar show or here. 885 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,645 - He tried to contact you here? - Several times. 886 00:55:22,756 --> 00:55:24,883 I was out, but he spoke with my housekeeper. 887 00:55:24,991 --> 00:55:26,049 Didn't leave a number. 888 00:55:26,159 --> 00:55:28,684 He's kind of crafty like that. Do you mind if I speak to her? 889 00:55:28,795 --> 00:55:31,889 Not at all. But the real story is the letter. 890 00:55:31,998 --> 00:55:34,057 - I'll be back. - Yeah. 891 00:55:34,167 --> 00:55:35,293 She's right this way. 892 00:55:35,402 --> 00:55:40,738 Inspector Toschi, it is my belief this is a window into this man's soul. 893 00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:42,535 Killing is his compulsion. 894 00:55:42,642 --> 00:55:45,236 Even though he tries to ignore it, it drives him. 895 00:55:45,345 --> 00:55:46,369 It's in his blood. 896 00:55:46,479 --> 00:55:49,539 Could be. Or maybe he just likes the attention. 897 00:56:33,393 --> 00:56:38,660 I didn't mean to scare you, but your right rear wheel is loose. 898 00:56:38,765 --> 00:56:39,789 Really? 899 00:56:39,899 --> 00:56:43,391 If you like, I could tighten the lugs up for you. 900 00:56:46,006 --> 00:56:47,132 If you don't mind. 901 00:56:47,240 --> 00:56:49,708 Well, you can't be too careful. 902 00:57:24,144 --> 00:57:26,544 - All done. - Thank you. 903 00:57:26,646 --> 00:57:28,876 No problem. Have a good night. 904 00:57:33,853 --> 00:57:35,150 It's okay. 905 00:58:29,509 --> 00:58:31,136 Are you okay? 906 00:58:32,645 --> 00:58:35,307 Yeah. Yeah, we're fine. 907 00:58:36,149 --> 00:58:38,583 Must have been worse than I thought. 908 00:58:38,685 --> 00:58:41,552 I can give you a lift to a service station. 909 00:58:43,790 --> 00:58:44,882 Okay. 910 00:58:51,231 --> 00:58:53,256 It's okay. Come on. 911 00:59:00,974 --> 00:59:03,135 I didn't know you had a baby. 912 00:59:04,844 --> 00:59:06,505 Oh, is that okay? 913 00:59:08,081 --> 00:59:09,878 The more the merrier. 914 00:59:19,426 --> 00:59:22,054 You shouldn't smoke. It's a bad habit. 915 00:59:28,535 --> 00:59:32,164 - I think we just passed a filling station. - It was closed. 916 00:59:37,644 --> 00:59:40,704 Do you always go around helping people in the night? 917 00:59:40,814 --> 00:59:44,079 When I'm done with them, they don't need much help. 918 00:59:46,953 --> 00:59:48,716 It's okay. 919 00:59:48,822 --> 00:59:50,813 Before I kill you, 920 00:59:50,924 --> 00:59:53,757 I'm gonna throw your baby out the window. 921 01:00:07,273 --> 01:00:10,436 No! Help! Please! No! 922 01:00:17,383 --> 01:00:20,284 She was on the side of the road. She flagged me down. 923 01:00:20,386 --> 01:00:22,013 - What happened to her? - She said she jumped from a car. 924 01:00:22,121 --> 01:00:23,952 I found her like this. 925 01:00:24,057 --> 01:00:26,958 - What is it? - Please, he said... 926 01:00:27,060 --> 01:00:29,893 - It'll be okay. - Tried to kill me. 927 01:00:29,996 --> 01:00:31,486 My baby! 928 01:00:31,598 --> 01:00:34,999 - Where's her baby? - She didn't have one when I stopped. 929 01:00:35,101 --> 01:00:36,728 Where's your baby? 930 01:00:43,243 --> 01:00:44,437 Jesus. 931 01:00:52,151 --> 01:00:54,585 - You hid it? - In case he came back. 932 01:01:09,502 --> 01:01:10,764 "This is the Zodiac speaking. 933 01:01:11,437 --> 01:01:14,736 "By the way, have you cracked the last cipher I sent you? 934 01:01:14,841 --> 01:01:18,572 "I'm mildly curious as to how much money you have on my head now. 935 01:01:18,678 --> 01:01:22,444 "I hope you do not think I was the one who wiped out that blue meanie 936 01:01:22,549 --> 01:01:24,540 "with a bomb at the cop station, 937 01:01:24,651 --> 01:01:27,119 "even though I talked about killing children with one." 938 01:01:27,220 --> 01:01:28,653 "This is the Zodiac speaking. 939 01:01:28,755 --> 01:01:32,020 "I'd like to see some nice Zodiac buttons wandering around town. 940 01:01:32,825 --> 01:01:34,315 "Everyone else has these buttons 941 01:01:34,427 --> 01:01:37,885 "like peace, black power, and Melvin eats blubber, et cetera. 942 01:01:38,131 --> 01:01:39,462 "It would cheer me up considerably 943 01:01:39,566 --> 01:01:41,932 "if I saw a lot of people wearing my button. 944 01:01:42,035 --> 01:01:44,731 - "Please no nasty ones." - "This is the Zodiac speaking. 945 01:01:44,837 --> 01:01:47,738 "I shot a man sitting in a parked car with a.38. 946 01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:51,105 "Zodiac 12, SFPD zero." 947 01:01:51,210 --> 01:01:54,577 "The map coupled with this code will tell you where the bomb is set. 948 01:01:54,681 --> 01:01:57,377 "You have until next fall to dig it up." 949 01:01:59,886 --> 01:02:01,353 "This is the Zodiac speaking. 950 01:02:01,454 --> 01:02:03,217 "I'm rather unhappy because you people 951 01:02:03,323 --> 01:02:05,120 "will not wear some nice Zodiac buttons. 952 01:02:05,224 --> 01:02:07,658 "So, I now have a little list, starting with the woman and her baby 953 01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:09,159 "that I gave a rather interesting ride 954 01:02:09,262 --> 01:02:11,492 "for a couple of hours one evening, a few months back, 955 01:02:11,598 --> 01:02:13,828 "that ended in my burning her car where I found them." 956 01:02:13,933 --> 01:02:16,128 We're really not gonna run any more of his letters? 957 01:02:16,235 --> 01:02:18,795 The new policy. Our brothers in blue want us to hold back 958 01:02:18,905 --> 01:02:20,463 and see how he reacts. 959 01:02:20,573 --> 01:02:22,666 Four letters in three months, 960 01:02:22,775 --> 01:02:25,767 and this is the first mention of Kathleen Johns. That's very weird. 961 01:02:25,878 --> 01:02:29,177 That's because he's full of shit. 962 01:02:30,483 --> 01:02:32,110 What do you mean? 963 01:02:33,386 --> 01:02:34,546 You don't know? 964 01:02:36,255 --> 01:02:41,022 Welcome. Please put your stuff down. You're going down five rows and left. 965 01:02:41,127 --> 01:02:43,721 Looking for the Modesto Bee from March. 966 01:02:43,830 --> 01:02:46,856 I'm going to stand here and attempt not to vomit. 967 01:02:46,966 --> 01:02:48,934 - Left. - Left. 968 01:02:49,969 --> 01:02:52,460 - What am I looking for? - Kathleen Johns. 969 01:02:52,572 --> 01:02:53,766 Also probably you wanna pull the Chron from... 970 01:02:53,873 --> 01:02:57,001 You know, never mind. I'll see to that. 971 01:02:58,177 --> 01:03:00,543 Okay, look at this letter again. The part about Kathleen Johns. 972 01:03:00,647 --> 01:03:02,512 Tell me what facts he gives. 973 01:03:02,615 --> 01:03:05,778 - A woman and her baby abducted. - Fact. 974 01:03:07,987 --> 01:03:10,148 - The car on fire. - Okay, now, 975 01:03:11,624 --> 01:03:14,024 look at the article from the Bee. 976 01:03:14,727 --> 01:03:16,285 Seen it yet? 977 01:03:16,396 --> 01:03:18,296 Everything in the letter already appeared in the article. 978 01:03:18,398 --> 01:03:20,332 And he's done it before. 979 01:03:21,534 --> 01:03:24,162 Officer Richard Radetich, shot sitting in his car. 980 01:03:24,270 --> 01:03:26,431 Zodiac claimed that he shot someone in their car. 981 01:03:26,539 --> 01:03:30,031 Couple days after this article came out. 982 01:03:30,143 --> 01:03:31,804 The police already had somebody in custody. 983 01:03:31,911 --> 01:03:34,471 Zodiac didn't do it, but took credit for it anyway 984 01:03:34,580 --> 01:03:36,878 because he's in it for the press. 985 01:03:36,983 --> 01:03:38,348 He even stole his symbol. 986 01:03:38,451 --> 01:03:40,715 - What? - Yeah. Shit. 987 01:03:40,820 --> 01:03:42,481 If I show you something, you promise not to tell anyone? 988 01:03:42,588 --> 01:03:45,853 - Who would I tell? - Okay. Totally solid point. Okay. 989 01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:55,395 That's the only place that word and that symbol 990 01:03:55,501 --> 01:03:57,935 ever appeared together before the letters. 991 01:03:58,037 --> 01:03:59,561 The guy stole his logo off a watch. 992 01:03:59,672 --> 01:04:00,969 How can somebody who's killed 13 people do... 993 01:04:01,074 --> 01:04:02,302 He claims he's killed 13 people, 994 01:04:02,408 --> 01:04:03,898 but which ones can we actually confirm? 995 01:04:04,010 --> 01:04:08,037 There's three in Vallejo, one in Berryessa, the cabbie. That's it. 996 01:04:09,682 --> 01:04:12,173 Bobby, you almost look disappointed. 997 01:04:13,086 --> 01:04:15,554 Chief's pulling everybody off buses. 998 01:04:16,189 --> 01:04:17,747 Business as usual. 999 01:04:17,857 --> 01:04:19,518 Something'll shake loose. 1000 01:04:19,625 --> 01:04:21,820 Not a peep in four months. 1001 01:04:21,928 --> 01:04:24,362 First he won't shut up and now... 1002 01:04:24,464 --> 01:04:26,728 Maybe we drove him underground. 1003 01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:28,992 Maybe he's gone. 1004 01:04:30,069 --> 01:04:33,095 311 at 582 Haight, cross at Biltmore. There's a male... 1005 01:04:33,206 --> 01:04:35,401 - Happy birthday, Bill. - Thanks. 1006 01:04:45,651 --> 01:04:47,915 Does it ever bother you that people call you Shorty? 1007 01:04:48,020 --> 01:04:50,511 Does it bother you that people call you a retard? 1008 01:04:50,623 --> 01:04:53,421 - Nobody calls me that. - Right. 1009 01:04:53,526 --> 01:04:57,087 As governor, I pledge to use all my influence 1010 01:04:57,196 --> 01:05:01,826 to make sure that Darlene Ferrin's killer is brought to justice. 1011 01:05:01,934 --> 01:05:06,496 I believe some clues were overlooked in the murder of Darlene Ferrin. 1012 01:05:06,606 --> 01:05:08,437 - I believe her murder was premeditated. - Who is that? 1013 01:05:08,541 --> 01:05:11,533 Florence Douglas, mayor of Vallejo. She's running for governor. 1014 01:05:11,644 --> 01:05:14,477 I believe that the police department either did not have the money, the time 1015 01:05:14,580 --> 01:05:16,605 or, yes, the inclination... 1016 01:05:16,716 --> 01:05:20,083 Sayonara, police endorsement. Good work, Flo. 1017 01:05:20,186 --> 01:05:22,780 Does anyone ever call me names, or... 1018 01:05:23,890 --> 01:05:25,755 You mean like retard? 1019 01:05:25,858 --> 01:05:27,086 Yeah. 1020 01:05:28,060 --> 01:05:29,118 No. 1021 01:05:33,432 --> 01:05:37,459 Shit. Fuck. Oh, my God. Jesus. 1022 01:05:41,707 --> 01:05:43,572 Tell me that's not a piece of bloody shirt! 1023 01:05:43,676 --> 01:05:45,166 Fuck! Holy fucking crap! 1024 01:05:45,278 --> 01:05:47,644 "I feel it in my bones, you ache to know my name 1025 01:05:47,880 --> 01:05:50,212 "and so I'll clue you in. 1026 01:05:50,316 --> 01:05:53,410 "But then, why spoil the game? Happy Halloween." 1027 01:05:54,921 --> 01:05:58,687 Paul, you did call him a latent homosexual 1028 01:05:58,791 --> 01:06:00,088 in at least one of your articles. 1029 01:06:00,193 --> 01:06:02,684 Dave. I want a gun. 1030 01:06:05,398 --> 01:06:06,695 A gun? 1031 01:06:11,304 --> 01:06:12,896 You're in Herb Caen. 1032 01:06:13,005 --> 01:06:15,496 "Paul Avery's investigation has won him the accolade 1033 01:06:15,608 --> 01:06:18,600 "of a message from the Zodiac warning, 'You are doomed.' 1034 01:06:18,711 --> 01:06:22,010 "As a result, several crime newsmen are wearing lapel buttons reading, 1035 01:06:22,114 --> 01:06:24,207 "'I am not Paul Avery."' 1036 01:06:24,317 --> 01:06:26,444 You should sell these. You could do well. 1037 01:06:26,552 --> 01:06:29,180 It's been a windfall, since they published the threat on my life. 1038 01:06:29,288 --> 01:06:30,949 I got the leads coming out of the woodwork. 1039 01:06:31,057 --> 01:06:33,992 There's one guy down in Riverside. 1040 01:06:34,093 --> 01:06:35,219 I'm gonna drive down and see him tonight. 1041 01:06:35,328 --> 01:06:39,025 - You wanna tag along? - No, I have a date. 1042 01:06:39,699 --> 01:06:41,997 - Really? - Who is this guy? 1043 01:06:42,101 --> 01:06:45,662 He wishes to remain anonymous. I wish to remain infamous. 1044 01:06:45,771 --> 01:06:50,071 So we're going to get along great. 1045 01:06:56,849 --> 01:06:59,477 Hi. Good evening. Hi. I'm looking for a Melanie. 1046 01:06:59,585 --> 01:07:01,450 Yes. It's the young lady sitting by herself. 1047 01:07:01,554 --> 01:07:02,885 Thank you. 1048 01:07:09,262 --> 01:07:10,559 You must be Melanie. 1049 01:07:10,663 --> 01:07:12,563 - Which would make you Robert. - It would. 1050 01:07:12,665 --> 01:07:15,862 Glynnis told me lots about you. 1051 01:07:15,968 --> 01:07:17,663 - And you have wine, great. - I do. 1052 01:07:17,770 --> 01:07:19,670 Great. How late am I? 1053 01:07:21,574 --> 01:07:24,099 Just a few minutes, really. I just got here myself. 1054 01:07:24,210 --> 01:07:27,270 Traffic's bumper to bumper. I was at the gun range. 1055 01:07:27,380 --> 01:07:30,440 - Glynnis said you were a cartoonist. - Oh, yeah. 1056 01:07:30,549 --> 01:07:32,380 Well, what're you doing at a gun range? 1057 01:07:32,485 --> 01:07:34,043 Reading. 1058 01:07:34,153 --> 01:07:37,054 Get some more... You need some more napkins. 1059 01:07:38,357 --> 01:07:40,552 So, you work with Glynnis. 1060 01:07:40,660 --> 01:07:42,594 - For her, actually. - For her? 1061 01:07:42,695 --> 01:07:44,322 Oh, well... 1062 01:07:46,198 --> 01:07:48,257 My children are terrified of Glynnis. 1063 01:07:48,367 --> 01:07:49,629 Me, too. 1064 01:07:53,039 --> 01:07:54,165 So, the gun range? 1065 01:07:54,273 --> 01:07:57,242 We're... I'm working on... Do you know the Zodiac? 1066 01:07:57,343 --> 01:07:58,640 - Yeah. - I'm working with... 1067 01:07:58,744 --> 01:08:01,212 - Do you know who Paul Avery is? - Sounds kind of familiar. 1068 01:08:01,314 --> 01:08:03,043 He's the writer that the Zodiac threatened. 1069 01:08:03,149 --> 01:08:04,343 Oh, yeah, I saw that on TV. 1070 01:08:04,450 --> 01:08:07,578 Well, I work near him and he's going down tonight 1071 01:08:07,687 --> 01:08:10,850 to track an anonymous tipster down in Riverside. 1072 01:08:12,024 --> 01:08:14,083 Where is Riverside? 1073 01:08:14,193 --> 01:08:15,660 It's near L.A. 1074 01:08:15,761 --> 01:08:19,356 Oh, wow. I don't think Paul knows that it's that far away. 1075 01:08:21,567 --> 01:08:23,558 Sounds kind of dangerous. 1076 01:08:24,837 --> 01:08:27,738 Yeah. How do you mean? 1077 01:08:27,840 --> 01:08:30,240 Well, you said it was an anonymous tip, right? 1078 01:08:30,343 --> 01:08:31,776 Yeah. 1079 01:08:31,877 --> 01:08:35,404 So it could be an ambush. I mean, it could be the Zodiac. 1080 01:08:36,949 --> 01:08:39,349 Don't you think it's kind of stupid? 1081 01:08:39,452 --> 01:08:42,080 Yeah, yeah. Well, Paul has a gun. 1082 01:08:45,925 --> 01:08:48,393 So, do you know what's good here? 1083 01:08:50,229 --> 01:08:52,356 I've never been here before. 1084 01:08:54,500 --> 01:08:56,468 The pasta, spaghetti? 1085 01:08:58,204 --> 01:09:00,263 Are you ready to order yet? 1086 01:09:01,340 --> 01:09:04,138 Yeah, I'll have the penne vodka. But could you do it in a cream sauce? 1087 01:09:04,243 --> 01:09:05,540 Of course. 1088 01:09:10,516 --> 01:09:12,711 Maybe give us another minute? 1089 01:09:14,587 --> 01:09:16,521 Do you have any change? 1090 01:09:16,622 --> 01:09:18,783 Oh, wait, no wait, hold on. 1091 01:09:18,891 --> 01:09:20,415 Nope. That's a penny. 1092 01:09:20,526 --> 01:09:21,925 Do you have to make a phone call? 1093 01:09:22,028 --> 01:09:25,486 Yeah, you know, when you were saying that the Zodiac... 1094 01:09:26,098 --> 01:09:27,759 You know, when you said it was dangerous, I just thought 1095 01:09:27,867 --> 01:09:29,892 - that it is dangerous, and it's... - Stupid? 1096 01:09:30,002 --> 01:09:31,594 Stupid. And I just thought that 1097 01:09:31,704 --> 01:09:35,435 I should call his wife and just see if she's heard from him. 1098 01:09:37,777 --> 01:09:39,210 I have some change. 1099 01:09:58,431 --> 01:10:01,696 Okay. Well, she said she'd call when she heard from him. 1100 01:10:01,801 --> 01:10:03,234 - Good. - Yeah. 1101 01:10:04,637 --> 01:10:08,073 Melanie, I should really go home and wait for the call. 1102 01:10:11,210 --> 01:10:14,668 Is this some sleazy plan to get me to go home with you? 1103 01:10:15,381 --> 01:10:16,848 What? No. 1104 01:10:19,351 --> 01:10:21,319 I'll get the food to go. 1105 01:10:23,022 --> 01:10:24,148 Hello! 1106 01:10:40,372 --> 01:10:43,205 Hi! I'm supposed to meet somebody here. 1107 01:11:01,460 --> 01:11:02,859 Anything? 1108 01:11:06,499 --> 01:11:07,761 You don't have to stay. 1109 01:11:07,867 --> 01:11:09,300 Are you kidding? 1110 01:11:09,401 --> 01:11:12,495 This is the most interesting date I've ever had. 1111 01:11:16,775 --> 01:11:17,867 - Paul? - Robert? 1112 01:11:17,977 --> 01:11:19,538 - Yes. - You sitting down? 1113 01:11:19,645 --> 01:11:20,737 Yes. 1114 01:11:20,846 --> 01:11:22,643 You're not gonna believe this. 1115 01:11:22,748 --> 01:11:23,737 Dave! 1116 01:11:23,849 --> 01:11:26,443 In a bizarre twist, the hunted has become hunter. 1117 01:11:26,552 --> 01:11:30,318 San Francisco Chronicle reporter and Zodiac target Paul Avery 1118 01:11:30,422 --> 01:11:32,481 claims to have uncovered new information 1119 01:11:32,591 --> 01:11:37,051 regarding the only unsolved homicide in Riverside County's history, 1120 01:11:37,163 --> 01:11:40,326 a 1966 Southern California murder, 1121 01:11:40,432 --> 01:11:43,401 that Avery now believes was the Zodiac's first victim. 1122 01:11:43,502 --> 01:11:44,491 What? 1123 01:11:44,603 --> 01:11:45,763 - He didn't call you about this? - Hang on! 1124 01:11:45,871 --> 01:11:47,361 The Riverside killer wrote to the press letters 1125 01:11:47,473 --> 01:11:51,307 that I then took personally to the Office of Questioned Documents. 1126 01:11:51,410 --> 01:11:53,571 And what did this expert tell you? 1127 01:11:53,679 --> 01:11:55,203 What I knew in my gut, Ron. 1128 01:11:55,314 --> 01:11:57,748 The handwriting matches Zodiac's. 1129 01:11:57,850 --> 01:12:00,182 How'd he get the evidence out of Riverside? 1130 01:12:00,286 --> 01:12:02,481 He took it to Sherwood without telling us, the son of a bitch. 1131 01:12:02,588 --> 01:12:03,782 You know how bad this looks? 1132 01:12:03,889 --> 01:12:06,084 Hey, how do we know that this lead is real? 1133 01:12:06,192 --> 01:12:08,456 It's very real. You know how I know? 1134 01:12:08,561 --> 01:12:10,426 Because I saw it on TV. 1135 01:12:16,468 --> 01:12:17,435 Excuse me. 1136 01:12:17,536 --> 01:12:18,662 Dave. 1137 01:12:19,071 --> 01:12:20,163 Hi. 1138 01:12:20,272 --> 01:12:22,399 Dave, you know Mel Nicolai. He's working the case for Justice. 1139 01:12:22,508 --> 01:12:23,668 Good to see you, Mel. 1140 01:12:23,776 --> 01:12:25,641 All due respect, can someone explain to me 1141 01:12:25,744 --> 01:12:27,371 why I'm reading about breaks in this case 1142 01:12:27,479 --> 01:12:29,310 in the Chronicle instead of getting calls from you? 1143 01:12:29,415 --> 01:12:30,473 We got screwed. 1144 01:12:30,583 --> 01:12:31,743 Dave, come on. 1145 01:12:31,850 --> 01:12:33,818 You do get your name in the paper a lot. People talk. 1146 01:12:33,919 --> 01:12:36,786 I don't ever talk about an open investigation, period. Okay, Ken? 1147 01:12:36,889 --> 01:12:39,653 Dave? Hey. Hi. 1148 01:12:39,758 --> 01:12:42,318 Paul Avery. Can I catch a ride with you gents when we get there? 1149 01:12:42,428 --> 01:12:44,259 Not a good idea, Paul. 1150 01:12:45,130 --> 01:12:48,031 He's gonna make me take a cab when we're going to the same place. 1151 01:12:48,133 --> 01:12:50,693 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for choosing PSA. 1152 01:12:50,803 --> 01:12:52,896 - Fair enough. Fair enough. - Please take your seats at this time. 1153 01:12:53,005 --> 01:12:56,133 Remember, smoking is in the last six aisles only. 1154 01:12:56,242 --> 01:12:57,869 Enjoy your flight. 1155 01:13:01,747 --> 01:13:03,806 - Cross? Hi. - Yeah. 1156 01:13:03,916 --> 01:13:06,180 - Detective David Toschi, SFPD. - How are you doing? 1157 01:13:06,285 --> 01:13:07,775 Great. Thanks for having us down today. 1158 01:13:07,886 --> 01:13:10,377 Not at all. I hear you have some files for us. 1159 01:13:10,489 --> 01:13:11,979 I'll show you mine. You show me yours. 1160 01:13:12,091 --> 01:13:14,457 - Frisco huh? - That's right. San Francisco. 1161 01:13:15,094 --> 01:13:16,561 - Ken Narlow from Napa. - Ken. 1162 01:13:16,662 --> 01:13:18,357 - Mel Nicolai, Justice. - Mel. 1163 01:13:18,464 --> 01:13:19,431 Here's what we know. 1164 01:13:19,531 --> 01:13:22,091 Cheri Jo Bates attended Riverside Community College. 1165 01:13:22,201 --> 01:13:26,467 She studies in the library the night of October 30th, 1966. 1166 01:13:26,572 --> 01:13:30,372 She leaves with an unidentified male at closing, 9:00 p.m. 1167 01:13:30,476 --> 01:13:34,173 Her body's found the next morning in a parking lot, stabbed to death. 1168 01:13:34,280 --> 01:13:35,577 Her car is disabled. 1169 01:13:35,681 --> 01:13:38,650 Someone cut the coil in the distributor, the battery died. 1170 01:13:38,751 --> 01:13:41,151 The someone comes back, offers to help. 1171 01:13:41,253 --> 01:13:43,380 - Like Kathleen Johns. - Who? 1172 01:13:43,489 --> 01:13:46,151 A woman outside of Modesto, might be a Zodiac victim. 1173 01:13:46,258 --> 01:13:49,750 Might. Might be. I have her comp right here in this file. 1174 01:13:49,862 --> 01:13:51,056 Okay. 1175 01:13:51,163 --> 01:13:54,257 A typewritten confession was sent to the Riverside Press Enterprise 1176 01:13:54,366 --> 01:13:57,130 on November 29th, a month after Bates's murder. 1177 01:13:57,236 --> 01:13:58,635 They ran it. 1178 01:14:00,906 --> 01:14:03,602 "I'm not sick. I am insane. But that will not stop the game. 1179 01:14:03,709 --> 01:14:05,870 "This letter should be published for all to read." 1180 01:14:05,978 --> 01:14:07,343 He wants to be published. He calls it a game. 1181 01:14:07,446 --> 01:14:08,811 I mean, this could be our boy. 1182 01:14:08,914 --> 01:14:12,213 Six months later, the police, the girl's father, and the paper, 1183 01:14:12,318 --> 01:14:14,252 they all received these. 1184 01:14:19,091 --> 01:14:20,888 Double postage, just like Zodiac. 1185 01:14:22,494 --> 01:14:25,361 These are what Sherwood Morrill matched to the Zodiac letters? 1186 01:14:25,464 --> 01:14:27,489 These and the desktop. Don. 1187 01:14:27,599 --> 01:14:31,899 This was found a couple of months later by a janitor in RCC storage. 1188 01:14:40,879 --> 01:14:43,473 Sherwood got a handwriting match off wood? 1189 01:14:45,417 --> 01:14:47,681 Who etches in their own handwriting? 1190 01:14:47,786 --> 01:14:48,912 To be honest with you, 1191 01:14:49,021 --> 01:14:51,387 our letters and your letters, I don't see it. 1192 01:14:51,490 --> 01:14:54,050 How did Paul Avery get his hands on the exemplars? 1193 01:14:54,159 --> 01:14:55,490 I gave them to him. 1194 01:14:55,594 --> 01:14:57,459 We talked on the phone the other day for about an hour. 1195 01:14:57,563 --> 01:14:59,030 And I told him you were gonna be here. 1196 01:14:59,131 --> 01:15:00,792 - You told him we were meeting? - Yeah. 1197 01:15:00,899 --> 01:15:03,094 I also told him we don't think this is Zodiac. 1198 01:15:03,202 --> 01:15:05,261 Okay, wait a minute. 1199 01:15:05,371 --> 01:15:08,431 - You don't think this is Zodiac? - We got a guy we like for it. 1200 01:15:08,540 --> 01:15:10,098 We don't have enough to pin it on him yet, 1201 01:15:10,209 --> 01:15:11,437 but we're pretty sure it's him. 1202 01:15:11,543 --> 01:15:14,410 If you don't think this is Zodiac, then why give anything to Avery? 1203 01:15:14,513 --> 01:15:16,140 I'm trying to cooperate. 1204 01:15:16,248 --> 01:15:19,046 Oh, that's how you cooperate? By giving information to reporters? 1205 01:15:19,284 --> 01:15:20,808 Look, I don't know about the handwriting, 1206 01:15:20,919 --> 01:15:22,147 but Sherwood says it's a match, right? 1207 01:15:22,254 --> 01:15:24,654 So, let's just say that your guy did Cheri Jo. 1208 01:15:24,756 --> 01:15:25,882 He types the confession. 1209 01:15:25,991 --> 01:15:29,119 Zodiac reads it in the paper, and he writes a letter taking credit for it. 1210 01:15:29,227 --> 01:15:30,751 Now, that's something he's done before. 1211 01:15:30,862 --> 01:15:33,456 Look, now you have everything we have. 1212 01:15:33,565 --> 01:15:36,864 But, in my opinion, you guys came south for nothing. 1213 01:15:36,968 --> 01:15:39,061 FUBAR, gentlemen, FUBAR. 1214 01:15:39,170 --> 01:15:41,900 I don't care what he says. This still could be Z. 1215 01:15:42,007 --> 01:15:45,204 The problem is the entire state already thinks it is. 1216 01:15:45,310 --> 01:15:48,643 Well, there's your press agent. Talk to him about it. 1217 01:15:51,182 --> 01:15:53,116 I come in peace. I don't want any trouble. 1218 01:15:53,218 --> 01:15:55,186 I really don't want to talk to you right now, Paul. Not now. 1219 01:15:55,287 --> 01:15:59,223 - Just trying to do my job. - Oh, really? Well, now I can't do mine. 1220 01:15:59,324 --> 01:16:01,349 We're already screwed with the amount of tips we got on this thing, 1221 01:16:01,459 --> 01:16:03,154 and you just freaked out the entire state. 1222 01:16:03,261 --> 01:16:06,560 I have got Napa, Vallejo, and DOJ looking at me sideways 1223 01:16:06,665 --> 01:16:09,463 and Riverside's telling me I'm on a snipe hunt! 1224 01:16:09,568 --> 01:16:12,196 Jesus. Hey, Cheri Jo Bates was a gift. I gave that to you. 1225 01:16:12,304 --> 01:16:13,862 You and Armstrong never would have found her. 1226 01:16:13,972 --> 01:16:16,236 This may not be Zodiac. Does that matter to you? 1227 01:16:16,341 --> 01:16:17,672 - What if it is? - Does it matter that Riverside may not 1228 01:16:17,776 --> 01:16:19,835 be able to make a case against their suspect because of you? 1229 01:16:19,945 --> 01:16:21,845 Tell it to Sherwood. I'm out here, beating the bushes, 1230 01:16:21,947 --> 01:16:23,505 trying to draw him out. We're in this together. 1231 01:16:23,615 --> 01:16:24,980 No, we're not in anything together, Paul, 1232 01:16:25,083 --> 01:16:26,948 because I'm not interested in upping my circulation. 1233 01:16:27,052 --> 01:16:29,919 Oh, boy. He wrote me. He threatened my life. 1234 01:16:30,021 --> 01:16:31,613 Hey, Bullitt! 1235 01:16:31,723 --> 01:16:35,682 Been a year-and-a-half, you gonna catch this fucking guy or not? 1236 01:16:37,829 --> 01:16:40,195 - Go fuck yourself. - Happily. 1237 01:16:40,298 --> 01:16:42,289 You should have called me, Paul. 1238 01:16:47,872 --> 01:16:49,066 Thank you. 1239 01:17:02,354 --> 01:17:04,083 - Did you see this? - Unfortunately, yes. 1240 01:17:04,189 --> 01:17:06,851 Here comes every lunatic in California. 1241 01:17:07,726 --> 01:17:09,023 I'm the Zodiac. 1242 01:17:09,127 --> 01:17:10,685 And how did you kill your victims? 1243 01:17:10,795 --> 01:17:13,423 With a gun. No, with a hammer. 1244 01:17:13,531 --> 01:17:14,828 All I'm authorized to tell you 1245 01:17:14,933 --> 01:17:16,491 is that he's still under government employment. 1246 01:17:16,601 --> 01:17:19,661 - And who authorized you to tell me this? - That's all I'm authorized to say. 1247 01:17:19,771 --> 01:17:21,898 Only a little rat bastard like Andre 1248 01:17:22,007 --> 01:17:24,567 could have done something like cut off all the victims' hands. 1249 01:17:24,676 --> 01:17:27,042 Zodiac didn't cut off any of the victims' hands. 1250 01:17:27,145 --> 01:17:28,874 - Are you sure? - Yes, sir. 1251 01:17:28,980 --> 01:17:31,505 Travis and I worked here side by side for 10 years. 1252 01:17:31,616 --> 01:17:35,677 His foot gets crushed in an accident and the killings begin. 1253 01:17:35,787 --> 01:17:37,277 - Coincidence? - I don't know. 1254 01:17:37,389 --> 01:17:39,254 You're a cop, man. Do the math. 1255 01:17:43,662 --> 01:17:46,893 Have you considered the killer might be Paul Avery? 1256 01:17:46,998 --> 01:17:48,158 Frequently. 1257 01:17:48,767 --> 01:17:50,132 He was drinking Coors, getting a load on. 1258 01:17:50,702 --> 01:17:54,331 Starts talking about hunting people. Like that book. 1259 01:17:54,439 --> 01:17:56,600 Says how you can put a light at the end of a gun 1260 01:17:56,708 --> 01:17:58,232 to use as a sight in the dark. 1261 01:17:58,343 --> 01:18:00,106 - He said that? - Yeah. 1262 01:18:00,211 --> 01:18:03,078 So I asked him, "How would you get away with it?" 1263 01:18:03,348 --> 01:18:05,077 And he said, "It would be easy 1264 01:18:05,183 --> 01:18:07,617 "'cause there'd be no real motive to the thing." 1265 01:18:07,719 --> 01:18:09,584 Then he said he'd write letters to the police 1266 01:18:09,688 --> 01:18:11,485 and call himself Zodiac to mess with them. 1267 01:18:11,589 --> 01:18:13,181 Leigh liked messing with people. 1268 01:18:13,291 --> 01:18:16,283 - You're positive he said "Zodiac"? - Yeah. 1269 01:18:16,394 --> 01:18:19,488 I thought it was a stupid name. So I told him. 1270 01:18:19,597 --> 01:18:23,033 He got up all upset and said, "I don't care what you think. 1271 01:18:23,134 --> 01:18:25,762 "I've thought about it a long time and that's the name I'm gonna use." 1272 01:18:25,870 --> 01:18:29,203 Did you feel like he'd been thinking about it a long time? 1273 01:18:29,307 --> 01:18:32,538 He was raw about losing his job at the school. 1274 01:18:32,644 --> 01:18:35,636 He talked about shooting out the tires of a school bus 1275 01:18:35,747 --> 01:18:38,147 and picking off the little darlings. 1276 01:18:38,249 --> 01:18:42,310 - He actually used those words? - That's what made me remember. 1277 01:18:42,420 --> 01:18:44,854 Afterwards, I told my wife I didn't wanna see him again. 1278 01:18:44,956 --> 01:18:46,685 And I haven't since. 1279 01:18:46,791 --> 01:18:49,282 Other thing is, Leigh's into skin diving. 1280 01:18:49,394 --> 01:18:51,453 I know he's been up to that lake a bunch of times. 1281 01:18:51,563 --> 01:18:53,929 Lake Berryessa? Did you ever go with him? 1282 01:18:54,032 --> 01:18:57,991 Couple times. We went fishing by Putah Creek near there. 1283 01:18:58,103 --> 01:18:59,570 Tell him when you put it together. 1284 01:18:59,671 --> 01:19:04,370 About a year ago, in the paper, there was a story about the Zodiac. 1285 01:19:04,476 --> 01:19:07,570 And it all comes back. I tried to call the local cops. 1286 01:19:07,679 --> 01:19:09,271 They blew him off. Thought he was a nut. 1287 01:19:09,380 --> 01:19:13,180 And you're sure the conversation you had about Zodiac 1288 01:19:13,284 --> 01:19:17,050 took place on January 1st, 1968? 1289 01:19:17,155 --> 01:19:18,884 It couldn't have been any later. 1290 01:19:18,990 --> 01:19:21,891 I started a new job in L.A. On January 20th. 1291 01:19:22,427 --> 01:19:23,894 I had to move. 1292 01:19:23,995 --> 01:19:26,463 - This is my problem. This guy... - Arthur Leigh Allen? 1293 01:19:26,564 --> 01:19:29,158 This guy, Leigh, just lays out his entire evil plan 1294 01:19:29,267 --> 01:19:30,757 to a fishing buddy on New Year's Day? 1295 01:19:30,869 --> 01:19:33,667 I don't know. He's angry, he's been drinking, 1296 01:19:33,772 --> 01:19:35,899 been thinking about it for a while. I can buy that. 1297 01:19:36,007 --> 01:19:38,339 So why didn't Cheney contact us sooner? 1298 01:19:38,443 --> 01:19:39,876 I checked. He did. 1299 01:19:39,978 --> 01:19:42,970 First recorded contact with the police department about Allen 1300 01:19:43,081 --> 01:19:45,879 was in Pomona. January 10th, 1970. 1301 01:19:45,984 --> 01:19:47,076 He just got lost in the shuffle. 1302 01:19:47,185 --> 01:19:48,846 Did Cheney have anything against Allen? 1303 01:19:48,953 --> 01:19:50,250 Did Allen screw his wife or anything? 1304 01:19:50,355 --> 01:19:52,050 We're gonna do a full background check. 1305 01:19:52,157 --> 01:19:54,819 But I got to tell you, I like this guy. 1306 01:19:55,860 --> 01:19:57,760 So, let's pull some handwriting samples. 1307 01:19:59,497 --> 01:20:02,398 Hi. I talked to Sherwood. He got the samples. 1308 01:20:02,500 --> 01:20:04,434 - What are you having? - BLT. 1309 01:20:07,071 --> 01:20:09,596 So, the check stubs are a wash. There's not enough handwriting. 1310 01:20:09,707 --> 01:20:12,232 The application's got more, but it doesn't look like Z's, 1311 01:20:12,343 --> 01:20:14,641 so he can't rule him in. But he can't rule him out, either. 1312 01:20:14,746 --> 01:20:17,613 - Well, that's vague. - He needs more samples. 1313 01:20:18,683 --> 01:20:20,776 Also, our guy is a pervert. 1314 01:20:21,853 --> 01:20:23,718 When Mel got the application from Valley Springs, 1315 01:20:23,822 --> 01:20:26,086 they told him that Allen had been fired for touching kids. 1316 01:20:26,191 --> 01:20:28,318 - Touching? - Polite euphemism. 1317 01:20:29,994 --> 01:20:33,122 - So what do you want to do? - Make some phone calls. 1318 01:20:33,231 --> 01:20:35,859 - Are you done with the fries? - Go ahead. 1319 01:20:35,967 --> 01:20:37,400 Did you and Mr. Cheney have a chance 1320 01:20:37,502 --> 01:20:39,697 to look at the copies of the Zodiac letters we sent you? 1321 01:20:39,804 --> 01:20:42,500 Yeah. Some of this stuff is pretty creepy. 1322 01:20:42,607 --> 01:20:45,701 - Yeah, we know that. - I mean, creepy like Leigh. 1323 01:20:46,077 --> 01:20:48,568 He misspells words like that. He thinks it's funny. 1324 01:20:48,680 --> 01:20:50,477 What about the handwriting? 1325 01:20:50,582 --> 01:20:53,517 I don't know. Don't you have experts for that stuff? 1326 01:20:53,618 --> 01:20:56,712 Our man at Questioned Documents says it's inconclusive. 1327 01:20:56,821 --> 01:20:58,652 Maybe he did it with his other hand. 1328 01:20:58,756 --> 01:21:00,018 The letters are a little too neat 1329 01:21:00,124 --> 01:21:02,524 for someone to have written with the wrong hand. 1330 01:21:02,627 --> 01:21:04,356 But not for Leigh, right. 1331 01:21:04,462 --> 01:21:06,362 - What do you mean? - He's ambidextrous. 1332 01:21:06,464 --> 01:21:09,865 He can write with either hand. Didn't you guys know that? 1333 01:21:09,968 --> 01:21:12,766 In everyday life, Allen uses his left hand. 1334 01:21:12,871 --> 01:21:15,305 Job applications, letters to friends, et cetera. 1335 01:21:15,406 --> 01:21:18,034 But he writes the Zodiac letters with his right hand 1336 01:21:18,142 --> 01:21:21,908 producing a different handwriting that he can't be linked to. 1337 01:21:22,380 --> 01:21:23,711 We got to see this guy, Chief. 1338 01:21:23,815 --> 01:21:25,009 - Where is he? - Vallejo. 1339 01:21:25,116 --> 01:21:28,176 He works at Union Oil in Pinole. His brother's up there, too. 1340 01:21:28,286 --> 01:21:29,719 See them both. 1341 01:21:29,821 --> 01:21:32,289 Make sure you call Mulanax. It is his backyard. 1342 01:21:32,390 --> 01:21:35,553 Oh, right, because that worked so well for us in Riverside. 1343 01:21:35,660 --> 01:21:38,220 Cooperation, that's us, at all costs. 1344 01:21:47,839 --> 01:21:51,866 You can talk to him in here. Coke machine's busted, by the way. 1345 01:21:53,044 --> 01:21:54,978 I'll go get him for you. 1346 01:21:56,481 --> 01:21:58,608 So how do you guys wanna do this? 1347 01:21:58,716 --> 01:22:02,345 Well, Bill talked to the informants. He leads, we follow? 1348 01:22:02,453 --> 01:22:04,045 It's okay by me. 1349 01:22:17,969 --> 01:22:20,529 Mr. Allen, I'm Inspector Bill Armstrong. 1350 01:22:20,638 --> 01:22:23,539 This is Inspector Dave Toschi and Sergeant Jack Mulanax. 1351 01:22:23,641 --> 01:22:28,010 We're investigating the Zodiac murders in San Francisco and Vallejo. 1352 01:22:28,112 --> 01:22:29,704 Please, sit down. 1353 01:22:38,589 --> 01:22:41,057 The informant notified us that you made certain statements 1354 01:22:41,159 --> 01:22:43,719 11 months prior to the first Zodiac murder. 1355 01:22:43,828 --> 01:22:46,854 If they're true, they're quite incriminating. 1356 01:22:46,965 --> 01:22:49,195 Do you recall having any such conversation? 1357 01:22:49,300 --> 01:22:50,392 - No. - Have you ever read 1358 01:22:50,501 --> 01:22:52,469 or heard anything about the Zodiac? 1359 01:22:52,570 --> 01:22:53,798 When it was first in the paper. 1360 01:22:53,905 --> 01:22:55,964 But I didn't follow it after those first reports. 1361 01:22:56,074 --> 01:22:58,565 - Why not? - Too morbid. I... 1362 01:22:59,577 --> 01:23:02,375 I told all this to the other officer. 1363 01:23:02,480 --> 01:23:04,948 - Which other officer? - From Vallejo. 1364 01:23:06,384 --> 01:23:07,817 Do you remember his name? 1365 01:23:07,919 --> 01:23:11,616 No, but it was right after the murder at the lake. 1366 01:23:11,723 --> 01:23:14,191 And what did you tell this officer? 1367 01:23:15,793 --> 01:23:19,991 I told him that I'd gone to Salt Point that weekend to skin dive. 1368 01:23:20,098 --> 01:23:22,896 That I was alone but I met a couple there. 1369 01:23:24,102 --> 01:23:26,229 I have their names at home if you want them. 1370 01:23:26,337 --> 01:23:27,964 That would be great, Arthur. 1371 01:23:28,072 --> 01:23:29,937 - Leigh. - What? 1372 01:23:30,842 --> 01:23:33,333 Leigh. Nobody calls me Arthur. 1373 01:23:35,113 --> 01:23:38,514 Also, that day when I came home, my neighbor saw me. 1374 01:23:38,616 --> 01:23:42,382 It was around 4:00. But I forgot to tell the other officer that. 1375 01:23:42,487 --> 01:23:44,648 - Neighbor's name? - Bill White. 1376 01:23:46,491 --> 01:23:48,254 He died a week or so afterwards. 1377 01:23:48,359 --> 01:23:51,760 Heart attack. So I didn't think to call to follow up. 1378 01:23:53,931 --> 01:23:56,024 The knives I had in my car with the blood on them, 1379 01:23:56,134 --> 01:23:59,661 that blood came from a chicken that I killed for dinner. 1380 01:24:02,473 --> 01:24:05,271 - What? - I had knives in my car that weekend. 1381 01:24:05,376 --> 01:24:09,642 Maybe Bill saw them and called the other officer on me. 1382 01:24:10,281 --> 01:24:13,341 Well, we'll be checking in on that. 1383 01:24:13,451 --> 01:24:14,884 Well, let me ask you something else. 1384 01:24:14,986 --> 01:24:18,922 Were you ever in Southern California at any time in 1966? 1385 01:24:19,957 --> 01:24:22,448 - Is this about the Riverside killing? - Yes. 1386 01:24:23,594 --> 01:24:25,824 Well, I guess I was there around that time. 1387 01:24:25,930 --> 01:24:29,263 I used to go down there a lot. I like the auto races. 1388 01:24:33,604 --> 01:24:36,038 Informant says that you're ambidextrous? 1389 01:24:36,140 --> 01:24:38,074 No, that's untrue. 1390 01:24:38,176 --> 01:24:40,474 You can't write with both hands? 1391 01:24:41,646 --> 01:24:44,706 My teachers tried to make me when I was a kid, but I couldn't. 1392 01:24:44,816 --> 01:24:46,909 I'm left-handed. 1393 01:24:47,018 --> 01:24:51,182 He also said that you made statements about killing school children. 1394 01:24:51,889 --> 01:24:53,379 That is... 1395 01:24:53,491 --> 01:24:56,756 That is horrible. That is... That's a horrible thing to say. 1396 01:24:56,861 --> 01:25:00,058 So, you weren't angry about being fired from Valley Springs 1397 01:25:00,164 --> 01:25:02,359 for touching your students? 1398 01:25:11,642 --> 01:25:13,337 I'm not the Zodiac. 1399 01:25:14,312 --> 01:25:17,281 And if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you. 1400 01:25:19,550 --> 01:25:21,347 That's a nice watch. 1401 01:25:23,187 --> 01:25:24,211 Thank you. 1402 01:25:24,322 --> 01:25:25,755 May I see it? 1403 01:25:27,692 --> 01:25:29,125 May I see it? 1404 01:25:40,972 --> 01:25:42,030 Where'd you get it? 1405 01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:44,970 It was a Christmas gift from my mother two years ago. 1406 01:25:45,076 --> 01:25:47,203 That's very sweet. 1407 01:25:47,311 --> 01:25:49,905 So, tell me something, Arthur. 1408 01:25:50,014 --> 01:25:51,038 You don't remember anyone 1409 01:25:51,149 --> 01:25:54,983 you might have had a conversation with regarding the Zodiac? 1410 01:25:56,154 --> 01:26:01,558 Maybe Ted Kidder or Phil Tucker at Vallejo Recreation. 1411 01:26:02,860 --> 01:26:04,691 But I couldn't be positive. 1412 01:26:04,795 --> 01:26:06,922 I used to work there when... 1413 01:26:10,601 --> 01:26:12,660 The Most Dangerous Game. 1414 01:26:13,971 --> 01:26:15,063 What? 1415 01:26:15,173 --> 01:26:18,336 The Most Dangerous Game. That's why you're here, isn't it? 1416 01:26:18,442 --> 01:26:20,171 It was my favorite book in high school. 1417 01:26:20,278 --> 01:26:23,736 It's about this man who waits for people to get shipwrecked on this island. 1418 01:26:23,848 --> 01:26:25,247 Because he was tired of hunting animals, 1419 01:26:25,349 --> 01:26:26,941 he hunted the people for the challenge. 1420 01:26:27,051 --> 01:26:31,181 And man is the most dangerous animal of all? 1421 01:26:31,289 --> 01:26:33,780 That's the whole point of the story. 1422 01:26:34,492 --> 01:26:35,823 Great book. 1423 01:26:37,061 --> 01:26:39,689 Or, at least, that's what I told Phil. 1424 01:26:45,303 --> 01:26:46,531 May I go? 1425 01:26:50,174 --> 01:26:51,232 Sure. 1426 01:26:56,113 --> 01:27:00,379 - Thanks for your time. - I'm willing to help in any way possible. 1427 01:27:00,484 --> 01:27:02,543 I look forward to the day 1428 01:27:02,653 --> 01:27:06,111 when police officers are no longer referred to as pigs. 1429 01:27:07,124 --> 01:27:08,284 Thanks. 1430 01:27:09,427 --> 01:27:11,054 We'll be in touch. 1431 01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:26,936 So does anyone think this suspect warrants further investigation? 1432 01:27:27,044 --> 01:27:29,979 These are copies of some of the Zodiac letters that were sent. 1433 01:27:30,548 --> 01:27:33,847 We'd like you to take a look at them. 1434 01:27:33,951 --> 01:27:35,816 You think my brother's the Zodiac. 1435 01:27:35,920 --> 01:27:37,888 Well, we're looking at him. 1436 01:27:37,989 --> 01:27:39,354 Are you going to arrest him? 1437 01:27:39,457 --> 01:27:43,393 Mrs. Allen, we don't arrest people just because we're interested in them. 1438 01:27:43,494 --> 01:27:44,927 Well, Leigh's always been troubled. 1439 01:27:45,029 --> 01:27:47,224 Is it true about the children? 1440 01:27:47,798 --> 01:27:49,231 Unfortunately. 1441 01:27:49,333 --> 01:27:51,927 We don't see him much anymore since we found out. 1442 01:27:52,036 --> 01:27:54,061 What are your feelings about Don Cheney? 1443 01:27:54,171 --> 01:27:56,469 Don Cheney? My old roommate? 1444 01:27:56,574 --> 01:27:59,543 - Was he the one who contacted you? - That's confidential. 1445 01:27:59,644 --> 01:28:01,168 Well, Don's a very reliable guy. 1446 01:28:01,279 --> 01:28:04,339 If he were to tell you something, I'd believe it to be true. 1447 01:28:04,448 --> 01:28:05,608 - This one. - What about it? 1448 01:28:05,716 --> 01:28:07,843 Here, where he spells "Christmas" with two "S's." 1449 01:28:07,952 --> 01:28:09,886 We got a Christmas card from Leigh a couple years ago. 1450 01:28:09,987 --> 01:28:13,013 He spelled it the exact same way. Christ-mass. 1451 01:28:13,124 --> 01:28:15,854 - Would you still have that? - I can look for it. 1452 01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:18,053 Thank you. That'd be great. 1453 01:28:19,196 --> 01:28:21,221 Is there anything else we can do to help? 1454 01:28:21,332 --> 01:28:22,959 The brother said he would search Leigh's apartment 1455 01:28:23,067 --> 01:28:24,295 next time he went out of town. 1456 01:28:24,402 --> 01:28:26,632 - That gets you around a warrant. - For the time being. 1457 01:28:26,737 --> 01:28:29,968 If we do find something, Mulanax will go to the DA in Vallejo, 1458 01:28:30,074 --> 01:28:31,803 and we could search the place properly. 1459 01:28:31,909 --> 01:28:33,376 Now I got a chance to talk to the cop 1460 01:28:33,477 --> 01:28:36,344 who interviewed Leigh Allen two days after the Berryessa murders. 1461 01:28:36,447 --> 01:28:38,142 Doesn't remember how he got onto him, 1462 01:28:38,249 --> 01:28:41,241 but didn't think he looked like a killer so he didn't like him for Z. 1463 01:28:41,352 --> 01:28:44,185 - But you do? - I wish I could've taken the guy in there. 1464 01:28:44,288 --> 01:28:47,223 Take it slow, Dave. Try and find more stuff for Sherwood. 1465 01:28:47,325 --> 01:28:49,350 A match'll get us farther on the warrants. 1466 01:28:49,460 --> 01:28:52,554 - Avery's on two. - Tell him to screw. 1467 01:28:52,663 --> 01:28:56,963 You want me to communicate that verbatim or can I spice it up a little? 1468 01:29:06,777 --> 01:29:08,210 Christ, kid. 1469 01:29:09,880 --> 01:29:10,812 Yeah. 1470 01:29:10,915 --> 01:29:13,213 - Paul, I've been thinking... - Oh, God save us all. 1471 01:29:13,317 --> 01:29:14,682 The letter to Melvin Belli 1472 01:29:14,785 --> 01:29:17,720 was sent exactly one year after the Lake Herman Road murder. 1473 01:29:17,822 --> 01:29:19,551 And the one to Cheri Jo Bates' father 1474 01:29:19,657 --> 01:29:22,023 was sent exactly six months after her death. 1475 01:29:22,126 --> 01:29:24,424 - She was killed a day before Halloween. - Yeah. 1476 01:29:24,528 --> 01:29:26,018 And you received a Halloween card... 1477 01:29:26,130 --> 01:29:28,724 You know, these are all fascinating pieces of news, Robert, 1478 01:29:28,833 --> 01:29:30,767 it's a bit early in the day. 1479 01:29:30,868 --> 01:29:33,701 Paul, it's 11:00 and we missed Editorial. 1480 01:29:38,309 --> 01:29:40,334 - I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up. - No, no, no. 1481 01:29:40,444 --> 01:29:41,638 - I just thought that... - No, no, no. 1482 01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:49,612 This suspect is not your Zodiac. 1483 01:29:51,718 --> 01:29:54,243 This sample matches the canceled checks and the application? 1484 01:29:54,354 --> 01:29:55,343 Perfectly. 1485 01:29:55,455 --> 01:29:58,652 So we've just retested the left hand. I mean, we know he's ambidextrous. 1486 01:29:58,758 --> 01:30:01,989 In 38 years, I've never seen anyone that ambidextrous. 1487 01:30:02,095 --> 01:30:04,586 Both hands would have commonalities. 1488 01:30:04,964 --> 01:30:06,226 I'm sorry. 1489 01:30:06,733 --> 01:30:08,462 Just not gonna work. 1490 01:30:10,403 --> 01:30:12,803 - Homicide, Toschi. - Dave, it's Jack Mulanax. 1491 01:30:12,906 --> 01:30:15,033 Hey. Mulanax. Yeah. 1492 01:30:15,141 --> 01:30:16,540 We struck out with the judge. 1493 01:30:16,643 --> 01:30:18,270 He won't sign off on a warrant for Allen's house. 1494 01:30:18,378 --> 01:30:20,403 - Why not? - Said it wasn't enough. 1495 01:30:20,513 --> 01:30:22,845 Now, unless we bring him a handwriting match or some evidence that... 1496 01:30:22,949 --> 01:30:25,315 How are we gonna get evidence if we can't toss the house? 1497 01:30:25,418 --> 01:30:26,851 I don't know. 1498 01:30:27,420 --> 01:30:30,321 - I truly am sorry. - No, no. Thank you, Jack. 1499 01:30:32,225 --> 01:30:33,283 What do you wanna do? 1500 01:30:33,393 --> 01:30:34,724 Don't know what I can do without Vallejo. 1501 01:30:34,827 --> 01:30:37,660 We need Allen's right hand. We can't get it without a warrant. 1502 01:30:37,764 --> 01:30:39,857 Are there other guys you should be looking at? 1503 01:30:39,966 --> 01:30:41,900 Only, what? 1504 01:30:42,001 --> 01:30:43,901 Twenty-three hundred? 1505 01:30:44,003 --> 01:30:45,334 Okay, then. 1506 01:30:48,508 --> 01:30:49,839 Okay, then. 1507 01:31:17,770 --> 01:31:20,432 Paul, you wrote the Justice Department 1508 01:31:20,540 --> 01:31:23,873 asking to be put in charge of the Zodiac investigation? 1509 01:31:25,912 --> 01:31:27,812 I merely suggested... 1510 01:31:27,914 --> 01:31:29,108 On our letterhead? 1511 01:31:29,215 --> 01:31:31,240 that those with intimate knowledge of the case 1512 01:31:31,351 --> 01:31:33,285 create an information clearinghouse 1513 01:31:33,386 --> 01:31:35,513 to promote an exchange and free flow of ideas. 1514 01:31:35,621 --> 01:31:38,681 - And that you run it. - Well, who better than me? 1515 01:31:39,759 --> 01:31:41,283 The marked man. 1516 01:31:42,028 --> 01:31:43,962 Paul, if you want to work here, I need three things. 1517 01:31:44,063 --> 01:31:45,530 One, stop boozing. 1518 01:31:45,631 --> 01:31:48,794 Two, stop doing whatever else it is you're doing. 1519 01:31:48,901 --> 01:31:52,393 And three, cut this nonsense out. 1520 01:31:52,505 --> 01:31:55,565 Sweetest of Templetons, if at any time 1521 01:31:55,675 --> 01:32:00,874 you feel my excellent work is no longer in step with this trashy provincial rag, 1522 01:32:00,980 --> 01:32:02,641 I'll more than happily... 1523 01:32:02,749 --> 01:32:06,207 More than happily decamp for greener pastures. 1524 01:32:06,319 --> 01:32:07,911 Paul, I mean it! 1525 01:32:18,131 --> 01:32:19,996 - Paul? - Yep. 1526 01:32:20,099 --> 01:32:23,296 - What was that? - An editorial tête-à-tête. 1527 01:32:24,470 --> 01:32:26,563 - Wanna grab a drink? - It's 10:00 in the morning. 1528 01:32:26,672 --> 01:32:28,469 Late breakfast? 1529 01:32:29,509 --> 01:32:31,602 - Early lunch, or... - Paul. 1530 01:32:34,113 --> 01:32:35,546 Are you okay? 1531 01:32:36,416 --> 01:32:37,440 No. 1532 01:32:40,887 --> 01:32:42,684 Thank you for asking. 1533 01:32:44,924 --> 01:32:47,051 Shorty! Let's go out for one. 1534 01:32:47,160 --> 01:32:49,151 Paul, where are you going? 1535 01:32:51,230 --> 01:32:52,788 So, you moved off my brother-in-law? 1536 01:32:53,800 --> 01:32:55,734 We couldn't get a warrant. 1537 01:32:57,403 --> 01:33:00,804 Last year we arranged for Leigh to get help from a social worker. 1538 01:33:00,907 --> 01:33:02,534 He only went twice. 1539 01:33:02,642 --> 01:33:05,611 We saw him recently for the first time in nine months. 1540 01:33:05,711 --> 01:33:08,839 My mother-in-law brought him by to see the new baby. 1541 01:33:08,948 --> 01:33:12,247 After he left, I went to see that social worker. 1542 01:33:12,351 --> 01:33:15,684 He couldn't talk about a former patient, so I just asked him straight out 1543 01:33:15,788 --> 01:33:17,949 if he thought Leigh was capable of killing people. 1544 01:33:18,057 --> 01:33:21,288 - Because of patient confidentiality... - The man said yes. 1545 01:33:23,129 --> 01:33:25,290 Why hadn't you seen him in nine months? 1546 01:33:25,398 --> 01:33:27,298 He's going to school in Santa Rosa. 1547 01:33:27,400 --> 01:33:30,733 - Santa Rosa? Where is he living? - In his trailer. 1548 01:33:30,837 --> 01:33:32,862 - In Santa Rosa? - Sonoma County. 1549 01:33:32,972 --> 01:33:35,167 We wouldn't have to go through the Vallejo DA. 1550 01:33:35,274 --> 01:33:36,764 It's been 11 months since you talked to this guy, 1551 01:33:36,876 --> 01:33:38,400 and now you wanna search his trailer? 1552 01:33:38,511 --> 01:33:40,274 If we find something, great. 1553 01:33:40,379 --> 01:33:43,542 If not, we get his prints and handwriting samples from both hands. 1554 01:33:43,649 --> 01:33:46,015 I thought Sherwood shut you down. 1555 01:33:46,752 --> 01:33:49,220 What if I can get a second opinion? 1556 01:33:50,389 --> 01:33:52,380 I don't wanna step on Sherwood's toes. He trained me at this. 1557 01:33:52,492 --> 01:33:55,256 Terry, all I need to know is if the suspect is ambidextrous. 1558 01:33:55,361 --> 01:33:59,320 Could he possibly have written those letters with his other hand? 1559 01:34:01,033 --> 01:34:02,398 Between you and me? 1560 01:34:02,502 --> 01:34:05,938 Because there are differing schools of thought on this. 1561 01:34:07,140 --> 01:34:11,577 Get the samples of his other hand. If he's the Zodiac, you'll get a match. 1562 01:34:11,677 --> 01:34:14,237 That's the current thinking, according to Terry Pascoe. 1563 01:34:14,347 --> 01:34:17,612 Meanwhile, I spoke to a psychologist who'd be willing to testify 1564 01:34:17,717 --> 01:34:20,686 that someone who undergoes a personality change like Zodiac 1565 01:34:20,786 --> 01:34:23,721 would manifest it physically, altering his handwriting. 1566 01:34:23,823 --> 01:34:27,418 Which is why Sherwood couldn't get a match from Allen's samples. 1567 01:34:27,527 --> 01:34:29,757 We got Terry Pascoe, this psychology guy, 1568 01:34:29,862 --> 01:34:31,193 coupled with Cheney... 1569 01:34:31,297 --> 01:34:32,764 It could be enough for a warrant. 1570 01:34:32,865 --> 01:34:33,991 Get Cheney on the record. 1571 01:34:34,267 --> 01:34:37,327 "And that he would call himself Zodiac." 1572 01:34:38,437 --> 01:34:39,461 Yes. 1573 01:34:39,572 --> 01:34:43,133 And you're willing to swear to this, under oath, in Superior Court? 1574 01:34:43,242 --> 01:34:44,641 Without any hesitation. 1575 01:34:44,744 --> 01:34:46,905 Thank you very much, Mr. Cheney. Thank you very much for your time. 1576 01:34:47,013 --> 01:34:48,002 Thank you. 1577 01:34:48,114 --> 01:34:49,911 Suspect is Arthur Leigh Allen. 1578 01:34:50,016 --> 01:34:53,747 Lives in Sunset Trailer Court in Santa Rosa, California. 1579 01:34:53,853 --> 01:34:55,445 Physical description. 1580 01:34:55,555 --> 01:34:57,750 Allen is similar in height, weight and build 1581 01:34:57,857 --> 01:35:00,951 to a man seen at Lake Berryessa on the day of the stabbings. 1582 01:35:01,060 --> 01:35:03,858 I understand he doesn't look much like the San Francisco composite. 1583 01:35:03,963 --> 01:35:05,487 True. Height and weight are sketchy, 1584 01:35:05,598 --> 01:35:07,793 but lumbering Caucasian with a crew cut is right on. 1585 01:35:07,900 --> 01:35:10,198 We never had much confidence in the composite from the kids. 1586 01:35:10,303 --> 01:35:12,294 The patrolman who saw Zodiac that night 1587 01:35:12,405 --> 01:35:13,872 said he didn't look much like the sketch. 1588 01:35:13,973 --> 01:35:15,440 Military boot prints. 1589 01:35:15,541 --> 01:35:18,271 Allen was in the Navy. Wears a size 10-and-a-half. 1590 01:35:18,377 --> 01:35:20,811 Same size as the prints found at Berryessa. 1591 01:35:20,913 --> 01:35:22,608 What about gun? 1592 01:35:22,715 --> 01:35:27,277 Cheney says Allen owns several firearms. We'll list them in the warrant. 1593 01:35:27,386 --> 01:35:30,150 - And the ciphers. - Could be code training in the Navy, 1594 01:35:30,256 --> 01:35:32,952 and people have seen Allen with ciphers in the past. 1595 01:35:33,059 --> 01:35:34,083 Really? Who? 1596 01:35:34,193 --> 01:35:36,991 That would be his sister-in-law and a man named Phil Tucker 1597 01:35:37,096 --> 01:35:39,394 that he worked with at a public pool in Vallejo. 1598 01:35:39,498 --> 01:35:42,956 And Phil Tucker told us about a conversation that he had with Allen 1599 01:35:43,069 --> 01:35:45,765 about how to attach a flashlight to the barrel of a gun. 1600 01:35:45,871 --> 01:35:49,102 That gives us two sources on the ciphers and two on the flashlight. 1601 01:35:49,208 --> 01:35:51,199 What about his threats on children? 1602 01:35:51,310 --> 01:35:53,073 Suspect worked for elementary schools 1603 01:35:53,179 --> 01:35:56,376 and was fired for molestation in March, April '68. 1604 01:35:56,482 --> 01:35:59,110 - Could give him motive. - At the very least, it's home turf. 1605 01:35:59,218 --> 01:36:01,277 He'd have knowledge of bus routes, 1606 01:36:01,387 --> 01:36:03,821 which the two major threats centered around. 1607 01:36:03,923 --> 01:36:05,618 What about the bomb? 1608 01:36:07,059 --> 01:36:09,027 Allen works as a chemist. 1609 01:36:09,128 --> 01:36:10,561 Take him through the geography. 1610 01:36:10,663 --> 01:36:12,130 Vallejo murders. 1611 01:36:12,231 --> 01:36:15,723 Allen lives in Vallejo with his mother in her basement. 1612 01:36:15,835 --> 01:36:18,998 Berryessa murder. On the day that the two kids were stabbed 1613 01:36:19,105 --> 01:36:21,767 his neighbor saw bloody knives in his truck 1614 01:36:21,874 --> 01:36:24,775 which he claimed were used to kill a chicken. 1615 01:36:24,877 --> 01:36:26,708 Does he have any alibis? 1616 01:36:26,812 --> 01:36:29,474 He claimed he did, but he's been unable to produce the names 1617 01:36:29,582 --> 01:36:32,847 of the couple he supposedly met on the day of Berryessa. 1618 01:36:32,952 --> 01:36:35,318 The bottom line is that Allen can't alibi up on anything. 1619 01:36:35,421 --> 01:36:37,218 Riverside, Vallejo, the lake or us. 1620 01:36:37,323 --> 01:36:39,518 - You want to tell me about the name? - What name? 1621 01:36:39,625 --> 01:36:40,717 Zodiac. 1622 01:36:40,826 --> 01:36:44,694 Allen wears a watch that bears both the word and crosshair symbol. 1623 01:36:44,797 --> 01:36:46,162 And he mentioned Zodiac to Cheney 1624 01:36:46,265 --> 01:36:48,790 a year and a half before it appeared in any letter. 1625 01:36:52,004 --> 01:36:54,438 - John... - That's pretty good, guys. 1626 01:36:54,540 --> 01:36:57,509 - We think so, too. - Let's take it to a judge. 1627 01:37:17,730 --> 01:37:18,992 Mr. Allen? 1628 01:37:19,098 --> 01:37:21,089 This is the Santa Rosa Police Department. 1629 01:37:21,200 --> 01:37:23,998 We have a warrant to search your residence. 1630 01:37:35,047 --> 01:37:36,173 Hello? 1631 01:37:44,924 --> 01:37:47,154 I'll check with the neighbors. 1632 01:37:48,461 --> 01:37:49,485 Close the door. 1633 01:37:49,595 --> 01:37:52,621 Close the door, there's rodents running around. 1634 01:38:05,010 --> 01:38:07,501 Neighbor said he tore out of here about a half-hour ago. 1635 01:38:07,613 --> 01:38:11,913 - You think somebody tipped him? - We're not leaving till he comes back. 1636 01:38:17,790 --> 01:38:19,519 I'll check the back. 1637 01:38:32,271 --> 01:38:33,260 Jesus. 1638 01:38:33,372 --> 01:38:34,964 - What? - Squirrels. 1639 01:38:37,143 --> 01:38:39,077 Piece of work, this guy. 1640 01:38:46,018 --> 01:38:48,680 Not one, but two blue windbreakers. 1641 01:38:48,788 --> 01:38:52,451 - Like the Stine scene? - We'll have those checked for blood. 1642 01:38:52,958 --> 01:38:55,859 And a pair of black gloves. 1643 01:38:57,229 --> 01:39:00,494 Men's seven, just like the ones we found in the cab. 1644 01:39:00,599 --> 01:39:03,124 Well, he's got the same size shoes and gloves as Z. 1645 01:39:03,235 --> 01:39:05,669 Probably just a coincidence. 1646 01:39:05,771 --> 01:39:09,605 Dave, I got a gun. Check that. Two guns. 1647 01:39:10,810 --> 01:39:14,041 They're both.22s. One automatic, one revolver. 1648 01:39:14,146 --> 01:39:15,636 Well, that's interesting. 1649 01:39:15,748 --> 01:39:18,876 Because he happens to have an M-1 rifle here in the closet. 1650 01:39:18,984 --> 01:39:21,578 For little darlings bouncing off buses. 1651 01:39:23,088 --> 01:39:24,578 Someone's here. 1652 01:39:31,564 --> 01:39:33,964 Hello, Arthur. Remember us? 1653 01:39:56,555 --> 01:39:57,613 No. 1654 01:39:57,723 --> 01:39:58,781 On the handwriting? 1655 01:39:58,891 --> 01:40:02,383 Ballistics, no match. Prints, no match. Writing, no match. 1656 01:40:02,495 --> 01:40:04,224 On both hands, right? 1657 01:40:04,330 --> 01:40:06,127 Because we got handwriting from both his hands. 1658 01:40:06,232 --> 01:40:07,563 And neither hand matches. 1659 01:40:07,666 --> 01:40:09,293 Forget Sherwood. Let's get another opinion. 1660 01:40:09,401 --> 01:40:11,392 Fellas, he's not your guy. 1661 01:40:18,110 --> 01:40:19,304 Damn it. 1662 01:40:26,485 --> 01:40:27,509 Hey. 1663 01:40:28,387 --> 01:40:30,947 What do you want? Time off? 1664 01:40:33,158 --> 01:40:34,284 A hug? 1665 01:40:35,194 --> 01:40:37,128 Do you know what the worst part of this is? 1666 01:40:37,229 --> 01:40:39,129 I can't tell if I wanted it to be Allen so bad 1667 01:40:39,231 --> 01:40:42,496 because I actually thought it was him, or I just want all this to be over. 1668 01:40:42,601 --> 01:40:44,501 It's because you thought it was him. 1669 01:40:44,603 --> 01:40:46,093 And I did, too. 1670 01:40:48,941 --> 01:40:50,340 You know what? Take some time off. 1671 01:40:50,442 --> 01:40:53,707 Spend some time with your wife and the kids. 1672 01:40:53,812 --> 01:40:56,337 Go to Candlestick. See a movie. 1673 01:40:57,683 --> 01:41:02,985 "To the city of San Francisco, I will enjoy killing one person every day 1674 01:41:03,088 --> 01:41:05,488 "until you pay me $100,000. 1675 01:41:06,492 --> 01:41:09,188 "If you agree, say so tomorrow morning 1676 01:41:10,029 --> 01:41:12,964 "in the personal column San Francisco Chronicle, 1677 01:41:13,065 --> 01:41:15,033 "and I will set up meeting. 1678 01:41:15,134 --> 01:41:16,726 "If I do not hear from you, 1679 01:41:16,835 --> 01:41:19,804 "it will be my next pleasure to kill a Catholic priest or a... 1680 01:41:23,242 --> 01:41:24,675 "... Scorpio." 1681 01:41:27,079 --> 01:41:28,546 Who's out of their minds? 1682 01:41:28,647 --> 01:41:30,706 I've got to get out of here. 1683 01:41:30,816 --> 01:41:34,081 Where the hell does he expect me to find $100,000? 1684 01:41:34,186 --> 01:41:36,552 You're not thinking of paying him, are you, Mr. Mayor? 1685 01:41:36,655 --> 01:41:40,955 The city of San Francisco does not pay criminals not to commit a crime. 1686 01:42:03,916 --> 01:42:06,384 The killer gets shot in the chest. 1687 01:42:06,485 --> 01:42:08,749 That's how it ends. 1688 01:42:09,221 --> 01:42:10,813 Do I know you? 1689 01:42:10,923 --> 01:42:13,687 I'm Robert Graysmith. I work at the Chronicle with Paul Avery. 1690 01:42:13,792 --> 01:42:15,350 Dave Toschi. Nice to meet you. 1691 01:42:15,461 --> 01:42:17,952 Dave! That Harry Callahan did a hell of a job with your case. 1692 01:42:18,063 --> 01:42:20,657 Yeah. No need for due process, right? 1693 01:42:25,004 --> 01:42:26,995 - What do you do at the Chronicle? - I'm a cartoonist. 1694 01:42:27,106 --> 01:42:28,403 That's nice. 1695 01:42:28,507 --> 01:42:30,407 You're gonna catch him. 1696 01:42:32,077 --> 01:42:34,875 Pal, they're already making movies about it. 1697 01:42:42,655 --> 01:42:45,590 We today have concluded an agreement 1698 01:42:45,691 --> 01:42:49,286 to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam. 1699 01:42:49,395 --> 01:42:52,455 Charles Manson for the Tate-La Bianca mass murders... 1700 01:42:52,564 --> 01:42:54,828 Guilty in the Chowchilla kidnapping case. 1701 01:42:54,933 --> 01:42:57,197 In the murder trial of one... 1702 01:42:57,302 --> 01:42:59,099 Chairman Mao died today... 1703 01:42:59,204 --> 01:43:01,570 an absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon... 1704 01:43:01,674 --> 01:43:04,643 - No, I'm not a crook... - ... Generation of hostility... 1705 01:43:06,845 --> 01:43:09,814 has now led to the death of 50,000 Americans 1706 01:43:09,915 --> 01:43:12,850 and several hundred thousand Vietnamese... 1707 01:43:12,951 --> 01:43:15,647 Patricia Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army... 1708 01:43:15,754 --> 01:43:19,087 All of us should stand up together and say, "No more." 1709 01:43:20,693 --> 01:43:23,321 Your Declaration of Independence spreads that... 1710 01:43:23,429 --> 01:43:26,023 Americans admire the United Kingdom... 1711 01:43:26,131 --> 01:43:28,156 Mr. Hoffa has disappeared. 1712 01:43:28,267 --> 01:43:31,759 If we despise our own government... 1713 01:43:31,870 --> 01:43:35,033 that the police have captured a man 1714 01:43:35,140 --> 01:43:36,767 whom they believe to be the "Son of Sam..." 1715 01:43:52,257 --> 01:43:54,384 Hi. We haven't met. 1716 01:43:54,493 --> 01:43:56,461 I'm Robert Graysmith. 1717 01:43:56,562 --> 01:43:58,427 I'm Duffy Jennings. 1718 01:43:58,530 --> 01:44:01,624 - Nice to meet you. - Good to meet you, man. 1719 01:44:01,734 --> 01:44:02,826 You got a great desk. 1720 01:44:02,935 --> 01:44:04,960 Guy who used to work here was a great reporter. 1721 01:44:05,070 --> 01:44:06,332 Oh, yeah. Oh, I'm sure he was. 1722 01:44:06,438 --> 01:44:08,906 I mean, it's a honor to leave the Chronicle 1723 01:44:09,007 --> 01:44:11,805 and go work for the Sacramento Bee. 1724 01:44:11,910 --> 01:44:14,071 Dare to dream, right, Robert? 1725 01:44:17,750 --> 01:44:20,617 - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too. 1726 01:44:20,719 --> 01:44:22,812 I'm just right down there at the Art department 1727 01:44:22,921 --> 01:44:25,389 - if you need anything, Duffy. - Yeah. 1728 01:44:28,927 --> 01:44:31,596 - You sure you don't want the car, Bill? - It's your turn. 1729 01:44:31,697 --> 01:44:34,860 You could just drop me off at my place and take the car. 1730 01:44:34,967 --> 01:44:36,901 You should keep the car. 1731 01:44:37,669 --> 01:44:38,727 Yeah? 1732 01:44:39,304 --> 01:44:41,363 I'm not coming in tomorrow. 1733 01:44:43,342 --> 01:44:44,832 Why? What's up? 1734 01:44:46,078 --> 01:44:47,306 I'm done. 1735 01:44:48,847 --> 01:44:50,781 I put in for a transfer. 1736 01:44:56,822 --> 01:44:58,050 Where? 1737 01:44:58,490 --> 01:45:00,082 Looking at Fraud. 1738 01:45:02,327 --> 01:45:04,386 I can't be on call anymore. 1739 01:45:07,199 --> 01:45:09,463 I wanna see these kids grow up. 1740 01:45:10,636 --> 01:45:12,866 Hey, good for you, Bill. 1741 01:45:14,773 --> 01:45:17,264 - You'll be okay. - Yeah. I'll be fine. 1742 01:45:19,344 --> 01:45:20,368 Hey, 1743 01:45:21,480 --> 01:45:24,881 I'm not leaving you holding the bag on anything, am I? 1744 01:45:26,585 --> 01:45:27,609 No. 1745 01:45:29,988 --> 01:45:31,046 Okay. 1746 01:45:31,723 --> 01:45:33,418 Hey, you know what? 1747 01:45:34,059 --> 01:45:38,257 Maybe you'll have a chance to try your Japanese food, the raw stuff. 1748 01:45:39,264 --> 01:45:40,322 Yeah. 1749 01:46:12,331 --> 01:46:14,026 I'm not Paul Avery. 1750 01:46:16,935 --> 01:46:19,870 The boys need to be tucked in, please, and the baby needs changing. 1751 01:46:19,972 --> 01:46:22,270 - I'll flip you for it. - You wish. 1752 01:46:25,744 --> 01:46:28,406 Nobody has more Zodiac crap than you do. 1753 01:47:13,125 --> 01:47:15,320 - Are you kidding me? - Hi, Paul. 1754 01:47:17,095 --> 01:47:19,757 Permission to come aboard. It's right there. 1755 01:47:19,865 --> 01:47:22,333 Anyway, you got shoes on. This is perfect right here. 1756 01:47:22,434 --> 01:47:24,334 - That's the one. - Okay. 1757 01:47:26,071 --> 01:47:28,869 - See that? Mesmerizing. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 1758 01:47:28,974 --> 01:47:31,602 My own kids would kill me for one of those. 1759 01:47:33,478 --> 01:47:35,708 - How are you? - Fantastic. 1760 01:47:35,814 --> 01:47:37,941 I mean, admittedly, 1761 01:47:38,050 --> 01:47:40,382 the Bee ain't exactly the Chron, but fuck it, right? 1762 01:47:40,485 --> 01:47:43,386 Do you want a drink? I don't have anything blue, but I got... 1763 01:47:43,488 --> 01:47:45,456 Don't worry about that. Don't worry about it. 1764 01:47:45,557 --> 01:47:49,118 It's no bother at all. Nobody comes by from the old days. 1765 01:47:49,528 --> 01:47:50,552 Cheers. 1766 01:47:51,330 --> 01:47:53,457 To your health and mine. 1767 01:47:55,400 --> 01:47:56,765 Mostly mine. 1768 01:48:01,974 --> 01:48:03,464 So, 1769 01:48:05,677 --> 01:48:07,008 what's new? 1770 01:48:09,047 --> 01:48:10,947 - I've been thinking. - Yeah. 1771 01:48:11,049 --> 01:48:12,175 Somebody should write a book. 1772 01:48:12,284 --> 01:48:15,219 Somebody should write a fucking book, that's for sure. 1773 01:48:15,320 --> 01:48:17,447 - About what? - About Zodiac. 1774 01:48:19,091 --> 01:48:20,490 It's not new. 1775 01:48:20,592 --> 01:48:25,222 I've been thinking that if you put all the information together, 1776 01:48:25,330 --> 01:48:26,888 maybe you could jog something loose. 1777 01:48:26,999 --> 01:48:29,490 And then I was thinking that nobody knows the case better than you. 1778 01:48:29,601 --> 01:48:30,625 Yeah. That's true. 1779 01:48:30,736 --> 01:48:33,728 You know all the players, and you have all the files. 1780 01:48:33,839 --> 01:48:35,136 Lost them. 1781 01:48:35,474 --> 01:48:36,532 You lost them? 1782 01:48:36,641 --> 01:48:39,906 Or I tossed them. I don't know. I moved onto a boat. 1783 01:48:40,345 --> 01:48:42,404 You know that we work in the daily business, right? 1784 01:48:42,514 --> 01:48:43,776 As in, today. 1785 01:48:43,882 --> 01:48:46,646 What do you think we were doing back then? 1786 01:48:47,652 --> 01:48:49,779 Do you know that more people die in the East Bay commute 1787 01:48:49,888 --> 01:48:52,186 every three months than that idiot ever killed? 1788 01:48:52,290 --> 01:48:53,450 He offed a few citizens, 1789 01:48:53,558 --> 01:48:56,891 he wrote a few letters, and he faded into a footnote. 1790 01:49:02,401 --> 01:49:05,393 Not that I haven't been sitting here idly 1791 01:49:05,504 --> 01:49:09,463 waiting for you to drop by and reinvigorate my sense of purpose. 1792 01:49:11,810 --> 01:49:14,938 It was four years ago. Let it fucking go. 1793 01:49:15,047 --> 01:49:17,743 You're wrong. It was important. 1794 01:49:19,017 --> 01:49:21,508 Then, what did you ever do about it? 1795 01:49:22,387 --> 01:49:24,514 If it was so fucking important, what did you ever do? 1796 01:49:24,623 --> 01:49:27,456 You hovered over my desk, you stole from wastebaskets. 1797 01:49:27,559 --> 01:49:29,186 Am I being unkind? 1798 01:49:30,362 --> 01:49:33,627 Oh, that's right, I forgot. You went to the library. 1799 01:49:36,435 --> 01:49:38,403 I'm sorry I bothered you. 1800 01:50:00,525 --> 01:50:02,550 - Hey, hi. - Hi. 1801 01:50:02,661 --> 01:50:05,095 - Where you been? - The library. 1802 01:50:36,761 --> 01:50:38,058 Thank you! 1803 01:50:53,812 --> 01:50:57,179 - Inspector Toschi? - Yeah? One moment, please. 1804 01:51:01,553 --> 01:51:02,747 - Hi. - Hi. 1805 01:51:04,055 --> 01:51:06,046 We met at the movies once. 1806 01:51:06,558 --> 01:51:07,923 It must have been magical. 1807 01:51:08,026 --> 01:51:09,755 I'm Robert Graysmith. I work at the Chronicle. 1808 01:51:09,861 --> 01:51:12,626 I was wondering if I could buy you lunch. 1809 01:51:14,366 --> 01:51:16,027 Sure, why not? 1810 01:51:16,134 --> 01:51:18,500 So, you're a friend of Paul Avery's? 1811 01:51:18,603 --> 01:51:21,003 He's actually the reason I'm here. 1812 01:51:22,741 --> 01:51:25,107 I wanted to ask you about Zodiac. 1813 01:51:25,577 --> 01:51:28,808 Well, I appreciate the interest, but we don't discuss open cases. 1814 01:51:28,914 --> 01:51:31,439 Oh, well, what's going on with it, day to day? 1815 01:51:31,550 --> 01:51:33,211 We're actively pursuing all leads. 1816 01:51:33,318 --> 01:51:35,878 And you're the only one on it, right? 1817 01:51:37,055 --> 01:51:38,522 Mr. Graysmith, 1818 01:51:39,658 --> 01:51:41,626 Zodiac hasn't written in three years. 1819 01:51:41,726 --> 01:51:44,456 You know how many murders we've had in San Francisco since then? 1820 01:51:44,563 --> 01:51:46,053 - No. - Over 200. 1821 01:51:46,164 --> 01:51:49,463 That's a lot of dead people and grieving families that need our help. 1822 01:51:49,568 --> 01:51:51,160 So, nobody cares. 1823 01:51:51,303 --> 01:51:53,737 Excuse me? I care. 1824 01:51:56,441 --> 01:51:58,705 Okay. Can I show you something? 1825 01:52:01,613 --> 01:52:04,776 I've been doing research on the first cipher. 1826 01:52:04,883 --> 01:52:06,646 Everything an amateur would need to create it 1827 01:52:06,751 --> 01:52:09,720 can be found in these books. 1828 01:52:09,821 --> 01:52:13,154 Now, I started thinking that if you can track these books, 1829 01:52:13,258 --> 01:52:15,658 then maybe you can track the man. 1830 01:52:16,194 --> 01:52:19,027 So, I remember you thought that Zodiac was military, 1831 01:52:19,130 --> 01:52:22,793 so I went to every base library and I got a list of every person 1832 01:52:22,901 --> 01:52:26,837 who's ever checked out these books and that's when I found this. 1833 01:52:31,576 --> 01:52:34,067 - Missing. - It means they were stolen. 1834 01:52:34,879 --> 01:52:38,440 So, almost every book on ciphers was stolen from the Presidio Library? 1835 01:52:38,550 --> 01:52:41,144 And the Oakland Army Terminal Library. 1836 01:52:43,955 --> 01:52:48,392 Somebody didn't want a record of ever having checked out these books. 1837 01:52:48,493 --> 01:52:50,120 Who are you again? 1838 01:52:52,230 --> 01:52:53,857 I just wanna help. 1839 01:52:57,068 --> 01:52:59,332 I can't allow you to help. 1840 01:52:59,437 --> 01:53:01,200 I can't discuss the case with you. 1841 01:53:01,306 --> 01:53:03,740 I can't give you information, and I certainly couldn't tell you 1842 01:53:03,842 --> 01:53:06,037 to go see Ken Narlow in Napa. 1843 01:53:06,611 --> 01:53:07,976 N-A-R-L-O-W. 1844 01:53:17,989 --> 01:53:22,653 I'm sorry, Mr. Graysmith, but we don't cooperate with writers. 1845 01:53:22,761 --> 01:53:25,525 Well, I'm not a writer, I'm a cartoonist. 1846 01:53:26,464 --> 01:53:28,659 - And Dave Toschi sent you? - Yes. 1847 01:53:28,767 --> 01:53:30,735 - Why? - Maybe he... 1848 01:53:30,835 --> 01:53:33,633 Maybe he thought that I could do some good. 1849 01:53:34,372 --> 01:53:38,536 - What are you, some kind of boy scout? - Eagle Scout, actually, first class. 1850 01:53:39,511 --> 01:53:42,674 Well, if you wanna do this, don't let me stop you. 1851 01:53:43,982 --> 01:53:46,041 Better start with Vallejo, Jack Mulanax. 1852 01:53:47,018 --> 01:53:49,418 I understand what you're trying to do. 1853 01:53:49,521 --> 01:53:51,716 But this is an open police investigation. 1854 01:53:51,823 --> 01:53:53,916 I'm a friend of Dave Toschi's. 1855 01:53:54,025 --> 01:53:57,290 And he said that you might be able to help. 1856 01:53:57,395 --> 01:54:00,296 I mean, the case is dead. Zodiac's long gone. 1857 01:54:01,232 --> 01:54:03,393 He's yesterday's news, right? 1858 01:54:04,469 --> 01:54:06,232 That's what they say. 1859 01:54:07,172 --> 01:54:09,003 So, what's the harm? 1860 01:54:09,107 --> 01:54:10,540 No pens, no paper. 1861 01:54:11,109 --> 01:54:13,771 Anything that you see that's relevant, you got to remember in your head. 1862 01:54:13,878 --> 01:54:14,936 Okay. 1863 01:54:17,182 --> 01:54:18,479 Okay, here we go. 1864 01:54:18,583 --> 01:54:20,642 - Which one? - All of them. 1865 01:54:20,752 --> 01:54:23,448 And there's more in the next room. They're all marked with these numbers. 1866 01:54:23,555 --> 01:54:24,749 243-146. 1867 01:54:24,856 --> 01:54:26,687 You don't smoke, do you? 1868 01:54:26,791 --> 01:54:28,884 Once. In high school. 1869 01:54:32,297 --> 01:54:33,662 What's this? 1870 01:54:34,599 --> 01:54:35,896 Thank you. 1871 01:55:04,129 --> 01:55:06,120 Man, you really creeped us out. 1872 01:55:12,003 --> 01:55:13,994 "Nine millimeter. 1873 01:55:15,573 --> 01:55:18,098 "Said nothing and began firing." 1874 01:55:26,918 --> 01:55:28,215 "Most Dangerous Game. 1875 01:55:28,319 --> 01:55:31,083 "Do not eliminate this suspect because of handwriting. 1876 01:55:31,189 --> 01:55:33,282 "Not because of handwriting. 1877 01:55:33,858 --> 01:55:35,826 "Darlene's sister, Linda. 1878 01:55:35,927 --> 01:55:38,589 "It was all just deep breathing. George. 1879 01:55:39,230 --> 01:55:41,994 "It was a strange man. George. Strange man." 1880 01:55:42,967 --> 01:55:44,594 Thank you so much. 1881 01:55:46,504 --> 01:55:48,495 Oh, briefcase. Oh, thanks. 1882 01:55:51,209 --> 01:55:53,734 - Hey, Jack. - Hey, Bawart. 1883 01:55:53,845 --> 01:55:55,676 - Who's that? - That's Graysmith. 1884 01:55:55,780 --> 01:55:59,045 Some cartoonist. Thinks he's gonna solve the Zodiac. 1885 01:56:00,752 --> 01:56:02,049 Well, good for him. 1886 01:56:32,517 --> 01:56:34,781 - Thank you for meeting me, Inspector. - No. We're not meeting, Robert. 1887 01:56:34,886 --> 01:56:36,410 We're just two guys who happen to be sitting 1888 01:56:36,521 --> 01:56:37,681 on the same bench at the same time. 1889 01:56:37,789 --> 01:56:40,189 I've got five minutes. I've got to get back to the Hall. 1890 01:56:40,291 --> 01:56:43,021 Okay. As far as you know, did anyone ever get in touch 1891 01:56:43,127 --> 01:56:44,822 with Mike Mageau during your investigation 1892 01:56:44,929 --> 01:56:47,397 - and show him suspect photos? - Why? 1893 01:56:47,499 --> 01:56:49,933 Well, he's the only surviving victim who ever saw Zodiac without a mask. 1894 01:56:50,034 --> 01:56:51,365 No, I mean, why are you asking me? 1895 01:56:51,469 --> 01:56:53,334 Mageau and Darlene, that's Vallejo's case. 1896 01:56:53,438 --> 01:56:56,202 Paul Stine is mine. You've got four minutes now. 1897 01:56:56,307 --> 01:56:58,605 Darlene Ferrin was being followed. 1898 01:56:58,710 --> 01:57:00,473 Now, I know Mulanax says that they already found this guy, 1899 01:57:00,578 --> 01:57:01,567 a George Waters? 1900 01:57:01,679 --> 01:57:03,476 But he also said that she had a lot of admirers 1901 01:57:03,581 --> 01:57:05,208 who would come to the restaurant where she worked. 1902 01:57:05,316 --> 01:57:06,908 - She was popular. - Very. 1903 01:57:07,018 --> 01:57:08,645 Yeah. So... 1904 01:57:08,753 --> 01:57:10,687 She and her husband, they move into their new house, 1905 01:57:10,788 --> 01:57:12,415 and one night they throw this painting party. 1906 01:57:12,524 --> 01:57:13,616 And what's a painting party? 1907 01:57:13,725 --> 01:57:15,693 It's a party where people come and help you paint. 1908 01:57:15,793 --> 01:57:16,885 Sounds like a terrible party. 1909 01:57:16,995 --> 01:57:20,761 Well, supposedly, somebody who's not Waters shows up. 1910 01:57:20,865 --> 01:57:22,730 And Darlene is terrified of him. 1911 01:57:22,834 --> 01:57:24,563 So you think that Darlene knew Zodiac? 1912 01:57:24,669 --> 01:57:29,129 And if Zodiac knew Darlene, then maybe Mageau knows Zodiac. 1913 01:57:29,240 --> 01:57:31,071 Maybe. But Mageau's gone. 1914 01:57:31,175 --> 01:57:32,767 So if you wanna connect Darlene to Zodiac, 1915 01:57:32,877 --> 01:57:34,276 you're gonna have to find another way. 1916 01:57:34,379 --> 01:57:35,710 I have another way. 1917 01:57:35,813 --> 01:57:37,405 Phone calls the night of Darlene's murder. 1918 01:57:37,515 --> 01:57:40,609 - Yeah, Zodiac called the police. - No, Dave, there were four other calls. 1919 01:57:40,718 --> 01:57:43,016 There were two to Darlene's house, one to Darlene's brother-in-law, 1920 01:57:43,121 --> 01:57:45,419 and one to Darlene's father-in-law. Just heavy breathing. 1921 01:57:45,523 --> 01:57:47,354 They started around 1:30 a.m., 1922 01:57:47,458 --> 01:57:51,121 and this was before anyone in the family knew that Darlene had been shot. 1923 01:57:51,229 --> 01:57:53,322 - This was in the Vallejo files? - Yeah. 1924 01:57:53,431 --> 01:57:54,455 God damn it. 1925 01:57:54,566 --> 01:57:56,295 It's got to be more than just a coincidence, right? 1926 01:57:56,401 --> 01:57:59,268 I mean, somebody doesn't just randomly prank phone call a victim's entire family 1927 01:57:59,370 --> 01:58:01,395 90 minutes after they were shot. 1928 01:58:01,506 --> 01:58:03,565 So, either Zodiac shoots a random couple, 1929 01:58:03,675 --> 01:58:05,165 then he recognizes Darlene... 1930 01:58:05,276 --> 01:58:07,267 Or Darlene was shot on purpose. 1931 01:58:07,378 --> 01:58:10,575 Either way, Zodiac had to have known Darlene. 1932 01:58:12,483 --> 01:58:14,212 That's good, Robert. 1933 01:58:14,719 --> 01:58:17,916 So, I can't find Mageau, so maybe I can find Darlene's sister. 1934 01:58:18,022 --> 01:58:19,922 And maybe she can tell me who this mystery man is. 1935 01:58:20,024 --> 01:58:22,822 Try that. I've got to go. She's very cute. 1936 01:58:26,731 --> 01:58:28,255 You know, 1937 01:58:28,366 --> 01:58:31,699 it's interesting that you should mention Zodiac calling people at home. 1938 01:58:31,803 --> 01:58:33,236 He did that in San Francisco once. 1939 01:58:33,338 --> 01:58:34,828 What? Who did he call? 1940 01:58:34,939 --> 01:58:37,999 I can't tell you. That's privileged information. 1941 01:58:38,643 --> 01:58:40,804 But maybe Melvin Belli could. 1942 01:58:43,481 --> 01:58:45,005 Melvin Belli. 1943 01:58:45,950 --> 01:58:48,214 How do I get to Melvin Belli? 1944 01:58:48,319 --> 01:58:51,311 - He should be along soon. - Oh, that's all right. 1945 01:58:51,422 --> 01:58:53,788 I've really... I've only been waiting two hours, so... 1946 01:58:53,891 --> 01:58:55,722 He's usually not this late. 1947 01:58:55,827 --> 01:58:58,591 Oh, cookies. Thank you. These look great. 1948 01:58:59,430 --> 01:59:03,332 - You are here on business? - I'm writing a book about the Zodiac. 1949 01:59:03,434 --> 01:59:06,369 I remember that. I spoke to him. 1950 01:59:06,471 --> 01:59:11,067 - You mean to Mr. Belli about the case? - No, to the Zodiac when he called. 1951 01:59:11,175 --> 01:59:14,474 He said he had to kill because it was his birthday. 1952 01:59:14,579 --> 01:59:17,810 He said it... Wait. He said it was his birthday? 1953 01:59:17,915 --> 01:59:20,440 Yes. You want something to drink? 1954 01:59:21,486 --> 01:59:25,479 - When was this? - Oh, so many years ago. 1955 01:59:27,191 --> 01:59:29,751 Mr. Belli was away for Christmas. 1956 01:59:29,861 --> 01:59:31,089 Gone for a week. 1957 01:59:31,195 --> 01:59:33,527 The Zodiac called, wanting to talk to him. 1958 01:59:33,631 --> 01:59:35,326 I said, "He is not here." 1959 01:59:35,433 --> 01:59:38,334 He said, "I have to kill. Today is my birthday." 1960 01:59:38,436 --> 01:59:40,370 And then he hangs up. 1961 01:59:40,471 --> 01:59:41,961 Then the letter arrived. 1962 01:59:42,073 --> 01:59:46,100 So, the call came before the letter of December 20th. 1963 01:59:46,210 --> 01:59:48,144 Mr. Belli was gone for a week? 1964 01:59:48,246 --> 01:59:51,977 He came back on Christmas. Not a good day to work. 1965 01:59:52,083 --> 01:59:54,017 So, he left on the 18th. 1966 01:59:55,219 --> 01:59:56,686 Is that helpful? 1967 01:59:56,788 --> 01:59:58,221 She said it was his birthday. 1968 01:59:58,322 --> 02:00:02,122 Well, you'd have to confirm that, now wouldn't you? 1969 02:00:02,226 --> 02:00:03,625 How? 1970 02:00:03,728 --> 02:00:06,822 Well, I never spoke to her, but maybe my partner did. 1971 02:00:06,931 --> 02:00:09,764 - How do I get a hold of him? - You don't. Bill wanted out of this. 1972 02:00:09,867 --> 02:00:12,131 As far as I'm concerned, he should stay out. 1973 02:00:12,236 --> 02:00:13,498 How do I confirm it? 1974 02:00:13,604 --> 02:00:16,129 Well, if my partner did talk to someone from Justice, 1975 02:00:16,240 --> 02:00:17,798 then they would've had to put that in a report. 1976 02:00:17,909 --> 02:00:20,207 That's standard procedure. 1977 02:00:20,311 --> 02:00:22,370 - Okay. - Mel Nicolai. 1978 02:00:22,480 --> 02:00:24,414 - Thank you. - Goodbye. 1979 02:00:24,515 --> 02:00:26,676 I just need to confirm a date. 1980 02:00:26,784 --> 02:00:28,115 - Mr. Graysmith... - I've narrowed it down 1981 02:00:28,219 --> 02:00:30,483 between the 18th and the 20th of December, and I just need... 1982 02:00:30,588 --> 02:00:33,887 Okay, I'll play. Let's say this phone call did take place. 1983 02:00:33,991 --> 02:00:35,424 Let's say it really was Zodiac. 1984 02:00:35,526 --> 02:00:38,290 Why would he volunteer the day he was born? 1985 02:00:38,396 --> 02:00:40,523 Plus, nobody died on December 18th, 1986 02:00:40,631 --> 02:00:43,429 just like nobody died over the weekend when he was gonna kill a dozen people, 1987 02:00:43,534 --> 02:00:45,866 or when he was gonna shoot school kids or blow up buses. 1988 02:00:45,970 --> 02:00:47,335 He's a liar, Mr. Graysmith. 1989 02:00:47,438 --> 02:00:49,099 What if he made a mistake? 1990 02:00:49,207 --> 02:00:51,232 What if he wasn't lying? What if it was him on the phone? 1991 02:00:51,342 --> 02:00:53,708 He didn't expect to pick it up, a nice person to pick up. 1992 02:00:53,811 --> 02:00:55,142 What if? What if? What if? 1993 02:00:55,246 --> 02:00:58,579 Look, off the record, Bill Armstrong checked this out. 1994 02:00:58,683 --> 02:01:01,277 We took this very seriously. 1995 02:01:01,385 --> 02:01:04,616 None of the suspects had the same birthday as this phantom caller. 1996 02:01:04,722 --> 02:01:06,883 Bill Armstrong. 1997 02:01:12,463 --> 02:01:14,431 Can I give you a piece of advice? 1998 02:01:14,532 --> 02:01:16,090 You're looking in the wrong place. 1999 02:01:16,200 --> 02:01:19,226 Handwriting, fingerprints, that's what this whole thing's about. 2000 02:01:19,337 --> 02:01:20,702 Stick to the evidence. 2001 02:01:21,739 --> 02:01:22,763 Hi. 2002 02:01:31,082 --> 02:01:34,210 - Hey. How was your day? - Long. 2003 02:01:39,657 --> 02:01:41,056 Who's Sherwood Morrill? 2004 02:01:41,159 --> 02:01:43,923 He's a handwriting expert in Sacramento. 2005 02:01:44,028 --> 02:01:45,120 He called. 2006 02:01:45,229 --> 02:01:47,322 He said he can meet you tomorrow morning at 7:00. 2007 02:01:47,431 --> 02:01:48,693 Oh, great. 2008 02:01:48,800 --> 02:01:51,633 - So you're taking off work? - Just an hour. 2009 02:01:53,437 --> 02:01:55,530 Sacramento's two hours away. 2010 02:01:56,674 --> 02:01:58,266 - Really? - Yes. 2011 02:01:59,043 --> 02:02:00,567 What's this? 2012 02:02:00,678 --> 02:02:03,306 Oh, that's that article. 2013 02:02:03,414 --> 02:02:06,975 "Robert Graysmith has quietly been shopping his book about the Zodiac." 2014 02:02:07,084 --> 02:02:08,176 Yeah. 2015 02:02:08,286 --> 02:02:10,914 It talks all about you researching Zodiac. 2016 02:02:11,022 --> 02:02:12,421 Well, that's what the article's about. 2017 02:02:12,523 --> 02:02:14,957 I'm not so sure that's something we want people to know about. 2018 02:02:15,059 --> 02:02:16,117 Why? Are you embarrassed? 2019 02:02:16,227 --> 02:02:19,390 Robert, what's the one thing we know about Zodiac? 2020 02:02:20,064 --> 02:02:21,258 He reads the Chronicle. 2021 02:02:21,365 --> 02:02:23,856 Yeah, but he's never gonna read Herb Caen. 2022 02:02:28,539 --> 02:02:30,837 - Hello. - Mr. Graysmith? 2023 02:02:30,942 --> 02:02:33,502 The Robert Graysmith mentioned in the paper today? 2024 02:02:33,611 --> 02:02:36,705 - Yeah? - I can tell you who the Zodiac is. 2025 02:02:40,518 --> 02:02:41,542 Who is this? 2026 02:02:41,652 --> 02:02:43,779 The Zodiac Killer is obsessed with movies. 2027 02:02:43,888 --> 02:02:46,584 He recorded his murders on film. 2028 02:02:46,691 --> 02:02:50,058 I tried to tell the police, but they wouldn't follow through on it. 2029 02:02:50,161 --> 02:02:53,096 There's a man you need to find. His name is Bob Vaughn. 2030 02:02:53,197 --> 02:02:55,722 - Pen, pen. - V-A-U-G-H-N. 2031 02:02:55,833 --> 02:02:57,960 He's a friend of the Zodiac's. 2032 02:02:58,069 --> 02:03:00,196 Mr. Vaughn does not know his friend is a killer, 2033 02:03:00,304 --> 02:03:02,898 and he is storing some film canisters for him. 2034 02:03:03,007 --> 02:03:04,702 In these canisters is the evidence. 2035 02:03:04,809 --> 02:03:08,176 Okay, yeah, friend? Who is this friend? 2036 02:03:08,279 --> 02:03:09,906 You have quite enough to get started. 2037 02:03:10,014 --> 02:03:11,743 Oh, please. 2038 02:03:11,849 --> 02:03:15,148 The Zodiac's name is Rick Marshall. 2039 02:03:19,023 --> 02:03:20,854 Your toast is burning. 2040 02:03:21,893 --> 02:03:26,885 We choose at some point in our lives how to physically construct each letter. 2041 02:03:27,698 --> 02:03:29,893 Once we lock that into our brains, 2042 02:03:30,001 --> 02:03:32,299 our handwriting may change over the years, 2043 02:03:32,403 --> 02:03:35,065 but the moves themselves remain unaltered. 2044 02:03:35,172 --> 02:03:36,662 - Understand? - Yes. 2045 02:03:38,276 --> 02:03:40,210 Except Zodiac's doesn't. 2046 02:03:41,812 --> 02:03:43,746 Specifically with his "K." 2047 02:03:44,982 --> 02:03:47,883 In his first letters, he executed the "K" with two strokes. 2048 02:03:47,985 --> 02:03:49,452 Later letters, he did them with three. 2049 02:03:49,553 --> 02:03:51,817 - Why? - We don't know. 2050 02:03:51,923 --> 02:03:53,857 Excuse me, I've got to spray this. 2051 02:03:53,958 --> 02:03:57,086 How many suspects were cleared through handwriting? 2052 02:03:57,194 --> 02:03:58,627 All of them. 2053 02:03:58,729 --> 02:04:02,187 Also the print in the cab. No match was ever found. 2054 02:04:02,300 --> 02:04:06,327 Is there any way that someone could beat a handwriting test? 2055 02:04:06,437 --> 02:04:07,426 No. 2056 02:04:07,538 --> 02:04:10,701 Whoever the Zodiac is, he's not someone I cleared. 2057 02:04:11,642 --> 02:04:15,100 About a month ago, a man showed up on my doorstep very distraught. 2058 02:04:15,212 --> 02:04:17,271 His name was Wallace Penny. 2059 02:04:18,215 --> 02:04:20,479 He said he knew who the Zodiac was. 2060 02:04:20,584 --> 02:04:22,609 Gave me a name. 2061 02:04:22,720 --> 02:04:24,915 Rick. Rick somebody. 2062 02:04:25,022 --> 02:04:27,422 - Rick Marshall? - Yeah. 2063 02:04:27,525 --> 02:04:30,050 I think that the man who you talked to called me, too. 2064 02:04:30,161 --> 02:04:32,755 After he left, then I checked my files. 2065 02:04:32,863 --> 02:04:34,558 I never cleared a Rick Marshall. 2066 02:04:41,839 --> 02:04:42,965 Hello? 2067 02:04:48,145 --> 02:04:49,840 Hello? Who is this? 2068 02:05:00,024 --> 02:05:01,924 It's a wrong number. 2069 02:05:07,898 --> 02:05:11,026 Does the name Rick Marshall mean anything to you? 2070 02:05:12,069 --> 02:05:14,094 What are you after? 2071 02:05:14,205 --> 02:05:15,263 What do you got? 2072 02:05:15,373 --> 02:05:19,605 Hypothetically, you just named my favorite suspect in the whole case. 2073 02:05:20,778 --> 02:05:22,245 This is off the record. 2074 02:05:22,346 --> 02:05:24,678 Couple years back, I was trying to get Marshall's prints. 2075 02:05:24,782 --> 02:05:26,511 I handed him a photo. 2076 02:05:26,617 --> 02:05:28,983 He looks at it. He's about to give it back and he stops and he says, 2077 02:05:29,086 --> 02:05:31,520 "My goodness, I got fingerprints all over this." 2078 02:05:31,622 --> 02:05:33,453 And he wipes them off. 2079 02:05:34,191 --> 02:05:35,886 Why didn't you test him for handwriting? 2080 02:05:35,993 --> 02:05:38,621 Because when they finally did run his prints, 2081 02:05:38,729 --> 02:05:40,993 they cleared him against the one in Stine's cab. 2082 02:05:41,098 --> 02:05:43,191 - So, then, it's not him. - Maybe yes, maybe no. 2083 02:05:43,300 --> 02:05:45,325 No. What do you mean? 2084 02:05:45,436 --> 02:05:47,802 Zodiac left gloves behind at the scene. 2085 02:05:47,905 --> 02:05:49,930 If he had the foresight to bring gloves with him, 2086 02:05:50,041 --> 02:05:52,032 how the hell's he gonna accidentally leave a print behind? 2087 02:05:52,143 --> 02:05:54,134 But it was in the victim's blood. 2088 02:05:54,245 --> 02:05:55,576 Could have been one of the bystanders, 2089 02:05:55,679 --> 02:05:58,045 or a cop just reaches out, boom, false print. 2090 02:05:58,149 --> 02:06:00,515 Yeah, but that print disqualified 2,500 suspects. 2091 02:06:00,618 --> 02:06:01,915 Which is why we also used handwriting. 2092 02:06:02,019 --> 02:06:03,316 But not for Rick Marshall. 2093 02:06:03,421 --> 02:06:06,481 SFPD saw a handwritten sign in the window of his house. 2094 02:06:06,590 --> 02:06:10,424 Decided it looked nothing like the Z letters, so they just moved on. 2095 02:06:10,528 --> 02:06:12,758 How do they know that Rick Marshall wrote the sign? 2096 02:06:12,863 --> 02:06:14,125 My thoughts exactly. 2097 02:06:15,132 --> 02:06:18,795 Rick Marshall was a Navy man. He received code training. 2098 02:06:18,903 --> 02:06:21,337 He was also a projectionist at a silent film theater. 2099 02:06:21,439 --> 02:06:23,532 Well, then, how do I get copies of Rick Marshall's handwriting? 2100 02:06:23,641 --> 02:06:27,509 Three ways. One, get a warrant, which you can't. 2101 02:06:27,611 --> 02:06:29,738 Two, get him to volunteer, which he won't. 2102 02:06:29,847 --> 02:06:31,747 Yeah, and three? 2103 02:06:31,849 --> 02:06:33,476 Get creative. 2104 02:06:33,584 --> 02:06:36,314 I don't know what to tell you. You get it, I'll analyze it. 2105 02:06:36,420 --> 02:06:37,785 Beyond that, you're on your own. 2106 02:06:37,888 --> 02:06:40,322 Okay, what about the guy who came to see you, 2107 02:06:40,424 --> 02:06:41,823 the one who called me? 2108 02:06:41,926 --> 02:06:44,394 You mean Wallace Penny? 2109 02:06:44,495 --> 02:06:46,588 Yeah. Did he leave a number? 2110 02:06:55,940 --> 02:06:59,205 - Hello? - Hi, this is Robert Graysmith. 2111 02:06:59,310 --> 02:07:00,299 How did you find me? 2112 02:07:00,411 --> 02:07:02,436 I need a sample of Rick Marshall's handwriting. 2113 02:07:02,546 --> 02:07:03,843 I told you. Vaughn is who... 2114 02:07:03,948 --> 02:07:06,917 Mr. Penny, if Rick Marshall is the Zodiac, 2115 02:07:07,017 --> 02:07:09,485 I need a sample of his handwriting to confirm it. 2116 02:07:09,587 --> 02:07:11,179 Can you help me or not? 2117 02:07:12,890 --> 02:07:17,554 Rick used to draw movie posters for the theater Vaughn worked at. 2118 02:07:17,661 --> 02:07:19,561 - I'll send one down. - Thank you. 2119 02:07:29,573 --> 02:07:31,973 - I'll need to see more samples. - Yeah, but is it... 2120 02:07:32,076 --> 02:07:34,567 It's as close as I've ever seen. We have to tread lightly here. 2121 02:07:34,678 --> 02:07:37,112 We're talking about implicating this man as the Zodiac. 2122 02:07:37,214 --> 02:07:40,206 I can get more. I'll just find Vaughn and I'll track down Linda. 2123 02:07:40,317 --> 02:07:42,285 I mean, Linda is Darlene's sister. 2124 02:07:42,386 --> 02:07:45,082 I've been to the DMV, and I talked to her parents, 2125 02:07:45,189 --> 02:07:48,283 but still, nobody knows where to find her. 2126 02:07:48,392 --> 02:07:52,852 Mr. Graysmith, most of the writing matches the exemplar. 2127 02:07:52,963 --> 02:07:55,989 In a way, though, it's the part that doesn't match that scares me the most. 2128 02:07:56,100 --> 02:07:58,500 - What do you mean? - Well, on the poster, 2129 02:07:58,602 --> 02:08:01,696 the one letter that absolutely, positively does not match 2130 02:08:01,805 --> 02:08:03,363 is the letter "K." 2131 02:08:05,376 --> 02:08:09,244 You wouldn't happen to have any animal crackers in there, would you? 2132 02:08:09,346 --> 02:08:12,907 Unit Five. Toschi needs to call in on a landline. 2133 02:08:24,929 --> 02:08:27,295 - Dispatch. - Hey. Dave Toschi. 2134 02:08:27,398 --> 02:08:28,990 I'll connect you. 2135 02:08:29,934 --> 02:08:31,333 - Dave? - Yeah. What's up? 2136 02:08:31,435 --> 02:08:33,869 Jennings here from the Chronicle. 2137 02:08:33,971 --> 02:08:35,768 It came in this morning and you need to see it right now. 2138 02:08:35,873 --> 02:08:36,931 See what? 2139 02:08:37,041 --> 02:08:39,771 The new Zodiac letter. And it mentions you. 2140 02:08:39,877 --> 02:08:40,935 Okay, okay. 2141 02:08:43,247 --> 02:08:45,511 Shit. All right, come on. 2142 02:08:45,616 --> 02:08:47,550 Hall of Justice! 2143 02:08:47,651 --> 02:08:50,711 Now! Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on! 2144 02:08:57,061 --> 02:08:58,119 Dave! 2145 02:08:59,263 --> 02:09:01,197 Do you have it with you? 2146 02:09:04,468 --> 02:09:06,663 "This is the Zodiac speaking. I'm back with you. 2147 02:09:06,770 --> 02:09:09,830 "Tell Herb Caen I am here, I have always been here. 2148 02:09:09,940 --> 02:09:12,966 "That city pig Toschi is good, but I am smarter and better. 2149 02:09:13,077 --> 02:09:15,944 "He will get tired, then leave me alone. 2150 02:09:16,046 --> 02:09:19,345 "I'm waiting for a good movie about me. Who will play me? 2151 02:09:19,450 --> 02:09:21,543 "I'm now in control of all things." 2152 02:09:21,652 --> 02:09:24,314 These guys are from Internal Affairs. 2153 02:09:26,156 --> 02:09:27,748 We need to talk. 2154 02:09:27,858 --> 02:09:29,616 Good evening. Our top story tonight, 2155 02:09:29,727 --> 02:09:32,218 the San Francisco Police Department has confirmed 2156 02:09:32,329 --> 02:09:34,820 that the man who calls himself the Zodiac 2157 02:09:34,932 --> 02:09:39,301 and terrorized the Bay Area has broken his silence of 51 months. 2158 02:09:39,403 --> 02:09:42,031 In a letter claiming, "I am back with you," 2159 02:09:42,139 --> 02:09:45,768 the Zodiac makes no overt threats against the citizenry, 2160 02:09:45,876 --> 02:09:48,709 and muses that his life and times would make the best movie script yet. 2161 02:09:48,812 --> 02:09:50,302 These carrots are perfect. 2162 02:09:50,414 --> 02:09:51,779 The terse 66 word message also manages... 2163 02:09:51,882 --> 02:09:52,906 Just go. 2164 02:09:53,017 --> 02:09:55,986 to mention San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen 2165 02:09:56,086 --> 02:09:59,021 and the Department's own David Toschi by name. 2166 02:09:59,123 --> 02:10:00,715 - May I be excused? - Are they targets? 2167 02:10:00,824 --> 02:10:01,813 Fine, but you have to come back 2168 02:10:01,925 --> 02:10:03,552 and finish at least half of what's on that plate. 2169 02:10:03,661 --> 02:10:04,753 More team coverage on the cipher slayer's return... 2170 02:10:04,862 --> 02:10:05,851 - Okay? - Okay. 2171 02:10:05,963 --> 02:10:08,431 begins as Alan Freeman has more. 2172 02:10:08,532 --> 02:10:09,658 Thank you, Eric. 2173 02:10:09,767 --> 02:10:12,235 San Francisco Chronicle columnist Armistead Maupin says 2174 02:10:12,336 --> 02:10:14,930 that he thinks not only is this new letter a forgery, 2175 02:10:15,039 --> 02:10:16,973 but it was written by the very man 2176 02:10:17,074 --> 02:10:20,805 trusted to hunt down this killer, David Toschi. 2177 02:10:20,911 --> 02:10:24,574 Maupin, a very well-respected author, has gone on record saying 2178 02:10:24,682 --> 02:10:29,278 that he believes Toschi wrote the letter to drum up publicity for himself. 2179 02:10:29,386 --> 02:10:32,446 Maupin used David as a character in his column. 2180 02:10:32,556 --> 02:10:34,456 David got a kick out of it 2181 02:10:34,558 --> 02:10:36,549 and so he wrote a couple of anonymous letters 2182 02:10:36,660 --> 02:10:38,560 asking for the character to be brought back. 2183 02:10:38,662 --> 02:10:41,654 It was like writing fan mail to himself. That's all. 2184 02:10:41,765 --> 02:10:43,960 But David did not write that letter. 2185 02:10:44,068 --> 02:10:47,196 No, I'm sure that he didn't. And I'm sure that this will all blow over. 2186 02:10:47,304 --> 02:10:48,635 Blow over? 2187 02:10:48,739 --> 02:10:50,934 They kicked him out of Homicide. 2188 02:10:51,041 --> 02:10:54,306 They made him give his handwriting like some common criminal. 2189 02:10:54,411 --> 02:10:56,743 - May I talk to him? - No. 2190 02:10:57,815 --> 02:10:58,975 Okay, can you just ask him 2191 02:10:59,083 --> 02:11:01,449 if he ever investigated a man named Rick Marshall? 2192 02:11:01,552 --> 02:11:03,315 Is that all you can think about? 2193 02:11:03,420 --> 02:11:06,821 Mr. Graysmith, Maupin works at your paper. We trust... 2194 02:11:12,629 --> 02:11:13,994 This girl, she wants music lessons? 2195 02:11:14,098 --> 02:11:15,565 Dave! Dave! 2196 02:11:18,068 --> 02:11:20,263 I'll catch up to you. 2197 02:11:20,371 --> 02:11:22,566 You stop calling my house. Do you understand me? 2198 02:11:22,673 --> 02:11:24,368 I just need your help to find Linda. 2199 02:11:24,475 --> 02:11:26,534 - Jesus. - Look, two seconds. 2200 02:11:28,512 --> 02:11:30,912 Look, we've been running handwriting samples. 2201 02:11:31,014 --> 02:11:33,244 - Who's we? - Sherwood and I. 2202 02:11:33,350 --> 02:11:34,442 Sherwood? 2203 02:11:34,551 --> 02:11:36,644 Sherwood who was fired from Questioned Documents? 2204 02:11:36,754 --> 02:11:38,312 Sherwood who drinks like Paul Avery now? 2205 02:11:38,422 --> 02:11:40,913 - He retired. - Is that what he told you? 2206 02:11:41,024 --> 02:11:45,188 - What, are you saying he's wrong? - I'm saying stop calling my house. 2207 02:11:45,796 --> 02:11:47,320 - We ran them on Rick Marshall. - No, Robert. 2208 02:11:47,431 --> 02:11:48,728 No, I know you don't think it's him. 2209 02:11:48,832 --> 02:11:50,265 I mean, no, I am not having this conversation. 2210 02:11:50,367 --> 02:11:53,200 But I think that Marshall knew Darlene, and I can't talk to Mageau or Linda, 2211 02:11:53,303 --> 02:11:54,292 so I'm gonna talk to Bob Vaughn. 2212 02:11:54,405 --> 02:11:55,633 - Robert. Robert, stop it! - What? 2213 02:11:55,739 --> 02:11:57,969 Okay, the Rick Marshalls of this world will suck you dry. 2214 02:11:58,075 --> 02:11:59,042 They're blind alleys. 2215 02:11:59,143 --> 02:12:01,611 But he said he wasn't gonna announce his murders anymore, Dave. 2216 02:12:01,712 --> 02:12:02,770 He was just gonna do them. 2217 02:12:02,880 --> 02:12:05,815 Do you know what the chances of us arresting someone are now? 2218 02:12:05,916 --> 02:12:10,012 Too much time has gone by, okay? Too much of the evidence is lost. 2219 02:12:10,120 --> 02:12:13,283 People get old, Robert. They forget. 2220 02:12:13,390 --> 02:12:17,520 Now, I have been a cop for 25 years. Murder police for 12. 2221 02:12:17,628 --> 02:12:19,926 - What do you do for a living? - You know what I do for a living. 2222 02:12:20,030 --> 02:12:22,260 - You're a cartoonist. - So what are you saying? 2223 02:12:22,366 --> 02:12:25,494 I am saying Zodiac was my job. It is not yours. 2224 02:12:28,739 --> 02:12:31,071 - He's still out there, Dave. - No, Robert. I am through with this. 2225 02:12:31,175 --> 02:12:33,040 I am through with you. 2226 02:12:39,416 --> 02:12:41,907 What about September 26, 1970? 2227 02:12:42,019 --> 02:12:45,546 - Okay, which one was that? - The Lake Tahoe nurse goes missing. 2228 02:12:48,559 --> 02:12:49,890 One day before the vernal equinox. 2229 02:12:49,993 --> 02:12:51,893 - Dad? - Yeah. Mark that. 2230 02:12:51,995 --> 02:12:55,624 Got another one. June 19th, 1971. 2231 02:12:55,732 --> 02:12:58,496 That's got to be near the summer solstice. 2232 02:13:00,871 --> 02:13:02,133 Oh, guys. 2233 02:13:02,239 --> 02:13:05,265 Don't tell Mom about our special project, okay? 2234 02:13:05,809 --> 02:13:09,404 How come you and Mom don't sleep in the same bed anymore? 2235 02:13:12,983 --> 02:13:13,950 Hello. 2236 02:13:14,051 --> 02:13:16,110 Mr. Graysmith, it's Ken Narlow from Napa. 2237 02:13:16,220 --> 02:13:20,486 Oh, Captain Narlow. Thank you for calling me back. 2238 02:13:20,591 --> 02:13:22,456 Yeah. How can I help? 2239 02:13:22,559 --> 02:13:25,221 I called you because we've been cross-referencing lunar cycles 2240 02:13:25,329 --> 02:13:26,990 with the Zodiac's timeline. 2241 02:13:27,097 --> 02:13:31,329 More often than not, each cycle since '69 corresponds with an attack 2242 02:13:31,435 --> 02:13:34,302 or with one of the letters, or an unsolved homicide. 2243 02:13:34,404 --> 02:13:37,237 - Who's working with you on this? - Some colleagues. 2244 02:13:37,341 --> 02:13:38,365 Dad? 2245 02:13:39,710 --> 02:13:42,144 - Ken, can you hold on one second? - Dad? 2246 02:13:42,246 --> 02:13:44,237 - What is it? - What's this? 2247 02:13:48,118 --> 02:13:51,178 In the decade since the Zodiac's last cipher was received, 2248 02:13:51,288 --> 02:13:54,746 every federal agency has taken a crack at decoding it. 2249 02:13:54,858 --> 02:13:57,622 But today, where those agencies had failed, 2250 02:13:57,728 --> 02:14:00,356 a cartoonist has succeeded. 2251 02:14:00,464 --> 02:14:01,988 How did you do it? 2252 02:14:02,099 --> 02:14:07,503 Oh, just a lot of books from the library, and I love puzzles, so I just... 2253 02:14:09,606 --> 02:14:11,801 Yeah. The fucking library. 2254 02:14:11,909 --> 02:14:15,037 I believe that you can accomplish anything that you put your mind... 2255 02:14:17,948 --> 02:14:20,712 That's a "J"? Okay. Honor Camp? 2256 02:14:22,352 --> 02:14:23,979 Thank you so much. 2257 02:14:25,989 --> 02:14:28,219 Hey, we found Linda. She's in jail. Isn't that great? 2258 02:14:28,325 --> 02:14:29,451 Why'd you do it? 2259 02:14:29,560 --> 02:14:30,993 Because she'll be able to identify Rick... 2260 02:14:31,094 --> 02:14:33,790 - What are you talking about? - You went on TV. 2261 02:14:34,398 --> 02:14:36,059 You put yourself out there for him to see. 2262 02:14:36,166 --> 02:14:37,656 Oh, hon, you're being paranoid. 2263 02:14:37,768 --> 02:14:39,759 Then who's been calling our house in the middle of the night 2264 02:14:39,870 --> 02:14:40,859 at least once a week? 2265 02:14:40,971 --> 02:14:42,131 Nobody. 2266 02:14:44,141 --> 02:14:45,802 What's it gonna take for you to be done with this? 2267 02:14:45,909 --> 02:14:48,810 I can't talk about this now. I have to go see Bob Vaughn. 2268 02:14:48,912 --> 02:14:52,245 Well, that's too bad, because we're gonna talk about this. 2269 02:14:52,349 --> 02:14:54,681 And when is it gonna be finished? 2270 02:14:54,785 --> 02:14:56,616 When you catch him? When you arrest him? 2271 02:14:56,720 --> 02:14:58,915 - Be serious. - I am serious. 2272 02:15:00,757 --> 02:15:04,249 I need to know who he is. 2273 02:15:04,361 --> 02:15:07,489 I need to stand there, 2274 02:15:07,598 --> 02:15:11,500 I need to look him in the eye and I need to know that it's him. 2275 02:15:13,403 --> 02:15:15,667 Is that more important than your family's safety? 2276 02:15:15,772 --> 02:15:17,239 Of course not. 2277 02:15:19,242 --> 02:15:21,608 Why? Why do you need to do this? 2278 02:15:23,513 --> 02:15:24,571 Why? 2279 02:15:26,583 --> 02:15:28,551 Because nobody else will. 2280 02:15:28,652 --> 02:15:30,586 That's not good enough. 2281 02:15:30,687 --> 02:15:32,552 Are you done? Can I go? 2282 02:15:47,871 --> 02:15:49,896 - Mr. Vaughn? - Mr. Graysmith? 2283 02:15:50,007 --> 02:15:51,031 - Yes. - Hi. 2284 02:15:51,141 --> 02:15:52,472 You needed to speak to me? 2285 02:15:52,576 --> 02:15:54,976 Yes. There's a coffee shop right on the corner. 2286 02:15:55,078 --> 02:15:58,138 - Why don't we just go to my home? - Oh, I don't wanna put you out. 2287 02:15:58,248 --> 02:16:00,148 It's no trouble at all. 2288 02:16:00,250 --> 02:16:02,718 - Where are you parked? - Just right there. 2289 02:16:02,819 --> 02:16:06,152 - You can follow me. - Oh. Okay. 2290 02:16:24,875 --> 02:16:26,433 Watch your step. 2291 02:16:27,944 --> 02:16:29,605 Come in. 2292 02:16:31,048 --> 02:16:34,176 - Very nice house. - Oh, thank you. 2293 02:16:34,284 --> 02:16:36,115 It's very rustic. 2294 02:16:36,219 --> 02:16:39,382 - Can I take your jacket? - No, thank you, I'm fine. 2295 02:16:39,489 --> 02:16:41,457 Okay. This way, please. 2296 02:16:44,261 --> 02:16:45,990 - Have a seat. - Thank you. 2297 02:16:46,096 --> 02:16:48,621 - How about some tea? - Oh, no, I'm all right. 2298 02:16:48,732 --> 02:16:50,165 - You sure? - Yes. 2299 02:16:51,068 --> 02:16:54,799 I wanted to ask you about a film that the Avenue may have played 2300 02:16:54,905 --> 02:16:56,805 while you were the organist there. 2301 02:16:56,907 --> 02:16:59,171 The Most Dangerous Game? 2302 02:16:59,276 --> 02:17:02,609 Oh, it's a classic. RKO. 1932. 2303 02:17:02,713 --> 02:17:07,412 Fay Wray, Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks. We've run that picture many times. 2304 02:17:07,517 --> 02:17:09,007 In '68, '69? 2305 02:17:10,654 --> 02:17:12,849 I'd have to check my records. Why? 2306 02:17:12,956 --> 02:17:15,015 Do you remember the Zodiac? 2307 02:17:17,260 --> 02:17:19,524 This is about Rick Marshall, isn't it? 2308 02:17:19,629 --> 02:17:23,030 - He was a projectionist there, right? - For a time, yes. 2309 02:17:23,133 --> 02:17:27,160 But I have no occasion to correspond with him these days. 2310 02:17:27,270 --> 02:17:29,738 Okay. Well, there is a connection 2311 02:17:29,840 --> 02:17:32,604 between one of the Zodiac attacks and that film. 2312 02:17:32,709 --> 02:17:34,438 You mean the symbol? 2313 02:17:35,712 --> 02:17:36,906 Hold on. 2314 02:17:37,481 --> 02:17:41,577 The Zodiac symbol on film. It's on the countdown. 2315 02:17:45,489 --> 02:17:48,083 It's trimmed off each reel before it's shown, 2316 02:17:48,191 --> 02:17:50,716 but it always arrives with it. 2317 02:17:50,827 --> 02:17:52,192 Right there. 2318 02:17:52,829 --> 02:17:56,492 The first time I saw it in the papers, I thought about that. 2319 02:17:57,367 --> 02:17:58,891 We got a tip 2320 02:17:59,002 --> 02:18:02,961 that Rick left a film canister here that he told you never to open. 2321 02:18:03,073 --> 02:18:06,201 A tip about a mysterious film canister? 2322 02:18:07,077 --> 02:18:08,408 Is it true? 2323 02:18:10,347 --> 02:18:11,507 Yes. 2324 02:18:12,215 --> 02:18:14,513 - Did you open it? - No. 2325 02:18:14,618 --> 02:18:18,884 - May I see it? - Rick took it back in 1972. 2326 02:18:20,624 --> 02:18:25,391 This tip is how you got it in your head that Rick is the Zodiac? 2327 02:18:25,495 --> 02:18:27,156 That and the poster. 2328 02:18:27,264 --> 02:18:28,595 The poster? 2329 02:18:30,567 --> 02:18:32,330 The poster that Rick drew. 2330 02:18:32,435 --> 02:18:35,632 The handwriting is the closest that we have ever come to a match. 2331 02:18:35,739 --> 02:18:39,004 - Rick didn't draw any posters. - No, he drew this one. 2332 02:18:39,109 --> 02:18:42,545 Mr. Graysmith, I do the posters myself. 2333 02:18:43,947 --> 02:18:45,778 That's my handwriting. 2334 02:18:54,057 --> 02:18:56,924 I won't take any more of your time. 2335 02:18:57,027 --> 02:19:02,397 Why don't I just go and find out when we played that film? 2336 02:19:02,499 --> 02:19:03,966 Oh, that's all right. 2337 02:19:04,067 --> 02:19:07,468 It's not a problem. They're just down in the basement. 2338 02:19:09,306 --> 02:19:12,207 Not many people have basements in California. 2339 02:19:14,911 --> 02:19:15,969 I do. 2340 02:19:18,181 --> 02:19:20,149 You coming, Mr. Graysmith? 2341 02:19:31,461 --> 02:19:35,124 The original studio one-sheets, I always kept for myself. 2342 02:19:37,033 --> 02:19:39,558 The cheapo knock-offs like you brought today 2343 02:19:39,669 --> 02:19:42,797 I end up tossing into the back alley. 2344 02:19:57,320 --> 02:19:58,810 '69. 2345 02:20:04,527 --> 02:20:05,755 You live alone? 2346 02:20:05,862 --> 02:20:11,630 Most Dangerous Game ran in May '69. 2347 02:20:11,735 --> 02:20:14,169 So, that would be about 2348 02:20:15,105 --> 02:20:18,370 nine weeks before the first Zodiac letter, correct? 2349 02:20:21,311 --> 02:20:22,369 Yeah. 2350 02:20:26,883 --> 02:20:31,149 Do you think he saw the film in our theater and was inspired? 2351 02:20:37,260 --> 02:20:40,127 Are you sure there's nobody else in the house? 2352 02:20:41,765 --> 02:20:44,427 Would you like to go upstairs and check? 2353 02:20:45,168 --> 02:20:46,157 No. 2354 02:20:49,306 --> 02:20:51,831 Thank you. Thanks for everything. 2355 02:20:52,709 --> 02:20:54,176 You're welcome. 2356 02:21:15,498 --> 02:21:16,863 It's locked. 2357 02:21:27,744 --> 02:21:29,041 Thank you. 2358 02:21:32,182 --> 02:21:34,173 Good night, Mr. Graysmith! 2359 02:21:54,137 --> 02:21:57,800 Two killers. Got to be two killers. One has the... 2360 02:22:05,682 --> 02:22:06,842 Guys? 2361 02:22:40,417 --> 02:22:42,351 You've got five minutes. 2362 02:22:50,527 --> 02:22:51,653 Linda? 2363 02:22:52,829 --> 02:22:54,296 Hi, I'm Robert. 2364 02:22:58,268 --> 02:22:59,997 Did you get my note? 2365 02:23:00,970 --> 02:23:02,938 - What's this about? - Zodiac. 2366 02:23:04,507 --> 02:23:05,701 Figures. 2367 02:23:07,077 --> 02:23:09,807 - You got the look. - What look? 2368 02:23:09,913 --> 02:23:11,904 I didn't mean anything. 2369 02:23:13,149 --> 02:23:15,515 Tell me about this painting party. 2370 02:23:16,719 --> 02:23:19,313 I told the cops about that so long ago. 2371 02:23:22,792 --> 02:23:24,555 Darlene always had a lot of boys around, 2372 02:23:24,661 --> 02:23:26,595 even though she was married. 2373 02:23:26,696 --> 02:23:28,687 And this one guy was weird, though. 2374 02:23:28,798 --> 02:23:32,131 He used to bring her presents from Tijuana and... 2375 02:23:33,369 --> 02:23:35,963 I don't know why she was friends with him. 2376 02:23:36,072 --> 02:23:38,540 She once told me he'd killed somebody. 2377 02:23:38,641 --> 02:23:40,199 Really? 2378 02:23:40,310 --> 02:23:42,505 Yeah, I think maybe when he was in the service. 2379 02:23:42,612 --> 02:23:44,580 - Navy? - I think so. 2380 02:23:44,681 --> 02:23:46,842 Was he into movies? Was he a movie buff? 2381 02:23:46,950 --> 02:23:49,851 I can tell you that he was not into people. 2382 02:23:49,953 --> 02:23:51,284 The party Darlene threw, 2383 02:23:51,387 --> 02:23:54,288 people were supposed to just show up and drink beer, help paint. 2384 02:23:54,390 --> 02:23:56,620 But this guy showed up in a suit, 2385 02:23:56,726 --> 02:23:59,661 and just sat in a chair all by himself all night long. 2386 02:23:59,762 --> 02:24:01,195 Didn't talk to anyone. 2387 02:24:01,297 --> 02:24:03,128 And Darlene told me to stay away from him. 2388 02:24:03,233 --> 02:24:05,064 She was scared of him. 2389 02:24:07,337 --> 02:24:09,805 And a couple of weeks later, she was dead. 2390 02:24:09,906 --> 02:24:12,374 I'm sorry. Do you remember his name? 2391 02:24:13,376 --> 02:24:17,244 I mean, it was short, like a nickname, like Stan. 2392 02:24:17,347 --> 02:24:19,645 - Rick? - No, I don't think so. 2393 02:24:20,550 --> 02:24:22,745 - Are you sure? - Yeah. 2394 02:24:22,852 --> 02:24:25,377 How can you be sure? It was a long time ago. Think hard. 2395 02:24:25,488 --> 02:24:27,513 I am thinking hard. 2396 02:24:27,624 --> 02:24:28,989 It was Rick. 2397 02:24:30,026 --> 02:24:31,118 No, it wasn't. 2398 02:24:31,227 --> 02:24:33,593 - It was Rick. It was Rick Marshall. - No. 2399 02:24:33,696 --> 02:24:35,391 Just say it! 2400 02:24:35,498 --> 02:24:37,329 It wasn't Rick. 2401 02:24:50,113 --> 02:24:51,444 It was Leigh. 2402 02:24:54,617 --> 02:24:57,145 - Leigh? - Yeah, Leigh. 2403 02:24:58,488 --> 02:24:59,785 Sounds right. 2404 02:25:04,627 --> 02:25:07,460 Officer! I need you to let me in. 2405 02:25:07,564 --> 02:25:09,691 - Is this an emergency? - No, I just need to see one file. 2406 02:25:09,799 --> 02:25:11,426 No, you need to come back tomorrow morning. 2407 02:25:11,534 --> 02:25:13,729 - One file, just for one second. - 8:00 a.m., when we're open. 2408 02:25:13,836 --> 02:25:15,463 Sergeant! Sergeant Mulanax! 2409 02:25:15,572 --> 02:25:18,006 Sergeant, I just need to see one file! 2410 02:25:18,107 --> 02:25:21,508 Just give me five minutes. I know exactly where it is. 2411 02:25:22,512 --> 02:25:23,672 Please! 2412 02:25:37,060 --> 02:25:38,721 I shouldn't be talking to you. 2413 02:25:38,828 --> 02:25:40,819 - You got five minutes. - Okay. 2414 02:25:43,099 --> 02:25:44,327 Here. Here. 2415 02:25:44,434 --> 02:25:48,200 Linda states that some of Darlene's closest friends are Leigh, 2416 02:25:48,304 --> 02:25:51,273 who used to bring Darlene presents from Tijuana. 2417 02:25:51,374 --> 02:25:53,274 - So what? - He knew her. 2418 02:25:53,376 --> 02:25:55,071 Linda said Leigh. This is Leigh. 2419 02:25:55,178 --> 02:25:57,612 No. That's just one name in a file that contains hundreds. 2420 02:25:57,714 --> 02:25:59,147 It's nothing. 2421 02:25:59,916 --> 02:26:02,077 - Dave Toschi... - Agrees with me. 2422 02:26:02,619 --> 02:26:05,486 Our investigation into this subject is over. 2423 02:26:08,491 --> 02:26:09,753 I'm sorry. 2424 02:26:18,935 --> 02:26:20,061 Hello. 2425 02:26:35,251 --> 02:26:36,650 Who's there? 2426 02:26:40,123 --> 02:26:43,615 - You didn't return my calls. - Oh, I've been kind of busy. 2427 02:26:43,726 --> 02:26:45,557 Yeah. I can see that. 2428 02:26:47,797 --> 02:26:49,628 How's the book coming? 2429 02:26:52,702 --> 02:26:54,693 I tried to send you these. 2430 02:26:55,805 --> 02:26:57,568 I called the Chron. 2431 02:26:57,674 --> 02:27:00,438 Well, I'm not a cartoonist anymore, so... 2432 02:27:02,011 --> 02:27:03,205 I heard. 2433 02:27:08,384 --> 02:27:10,978 When's the last time you ate something? 2434 02:27:13,523 --> 02:27:15,616 Nothing makes sense anymore. 2435 02:27:18,328 --> 02:27:20,592 - Did it ever? - Yeah, it did. 2436 02:27:22,098 --> 02:27:24,999 Robert, it was just the date that didn't end. 2437 02:27:25,501 --> 02:27:27,264 You don't mean that. 2438 02:27:28,705 --> 02:27:29,899 A little. 2439 02:27:32,775 --> 02:27:34,572 The kids miss you. 2440 02:27:34,677 --> 02:27:37,771 - I can't have them see me like this. - Neither can I. 2441 02:27:38,548 --> 02:27:40,641 So, do whatever you have to, 2442 02:27:41,617 --> 02:27:43,141 but finish this. 2443 02:28:10,713 --> 02:28:11,771 Dave! 2444 02:28:12,648 --> 02:28:14,275 Dave! It's Robert! 2445 02:28:16,452 --> 02:28:18,079 - Dave! - Is he actually here? 2446 02:28:18,187 --> 02:28:19,882 I'm gonna kill him. 2447 02:28:20,256 --> 02:28:22,850 I'm calling SFPD. Where's my gun? 2448 02:28:25,428 --> 02:28:26,554 Dave! 2449 02:28:26,662 --> 02:28:28,391 Robert! Go away! 2450 02:28:28,498 --> 02:28:30,466 Dave! He made a mistake! 2451 02:28:30,566 --> 02:28:32,534 - Get away from the window. - I'll meet you around front. 2452 02:28:32,635 --> 02:28:34,102 No, you won't. 2453 02:28:35,271 --> 02:28:37,466 - You have to hear this! - No, I don't, Robert! 2454 02:28:37,573 --> 02:28:40,041 The birthday was the one time that he was weak! 2455 02:28:40,143 --> 02:28:41,940 The one time that he gave something away! 2456 02:28:42,044 --> 02:28:45,343 - Robert, I am calling the police. - It's Arthur Leigh Allen! 2457 02:28:50,386 --> 02:28:52,650 Where did you get that name? 2458 02:28:52,755 --> 02:28:54,279 He called the Bellis' house. 2459 02:28:54,390 --> 02:28:56,620 December '69. "I need to kill. Today's my birthday." 2460 02:28:56,726 --> 02:28:58,694 It was his birthday. 2461 02:28:58,795 --> 02:29:01,696 Arthur Leigh Allen was born on December 18th. 2462 02:29:04,767 --> 02:29:06,132 Get in here. 2463 02:29:08,271 --> 02:29:10,432 - Here you go. - Thanks. 2464 02:29:13,409 --> 02:29:15,240 He wrote me, you know? 2465 02:29:15,945 --> 02:29:17,071 2,500 suspects, 2466 02:29:17,180 --> 02:29:20,741 the only one who ever wrote me a letter was Leigh Allen. 2467 02:29:21,684 --> 02:29:23,379 They like to help, you know, sometimes. 2468 02:29:23,486 --> 02:29:25,249 Yes, Robert, I know. 2469 02:29:26,389 --> 02:29:29,085 He was arrested January 1975 for molestation. 2470 02:29:29,192 --> 02:29:31,092 He sent me that when he got out. 2471 02:29:31,194 --> 02:29:33,924 "Dear Dave, if I can ever be of any help to you, just let me know. 2472 02:29:34,030 --> 02:29:35,861 "I'm sorry I wasn't your man." 2473 02:29:35,965 --> 02:29:37,523 And it's typewritten. 2474 02:29:37,633 --> 02:29:39,999 Using a typewriter is not a crime. 2475 02:29:41,471 --> 02:29:43,234 And he knew Darlene. 2476 02:29:44,640 --> 02:29:46,631 It's in the Vallejo files. 2477 02:29:51,848 --> 02:29:55,181 Mulanax said that he was your favorite suspect. 2478 02:29:55,284 --> 02:29:59,243 That you spent two years on him, and that nobody ever came close. 2479 02:30:02,325 --> 02:30:04,293 All the evidence said no. 2480 02:30:05,595 --> 02:30:07,825 Sherwood disqualified his handwriting. 2481 02:30:07,930 --> 02:30:11,058 The same Sherwood that drinks like Paul Avery now? 2482 02:30:11,968 --> 02:30:13,902 Yes, you have Sherwood Morrill in writing saying, 2483 02:30:14,003 --> 02:30:15,027 "I'm sorry, this just won't work." 2484 02:30:15,137 --> 02:30:16,900 - But you also have Terry Pascoe... - His protégé. 2485 02:30:17,006 --> 02:30:18,030 Yeah, fine, it's his protégé, 2486 02:30:18,140 --> 02:30:19,971 but he's a handwriting expert nonetheless, and he's saying, 2487 02:30:20,076 --> 02:30:22,777 "Do not disqualify this suspect on the basis of handwriting." 2488 02:30:22,879 --> 02:30:24,813 - So the two cancel each other out. - No, they don't. 2489 02:30:24,914 --> 02:30:26,211 It was Sherwood's case. 2490 02:30:26,315 --> 02:30:27,782 He was the head of Questioned Documents. 2491 02:30:27,884 --> 02:30:29,215 If it went to trial, 2492 02:30:29,318 --> 02:30:32,287 all the defense would have to do is call Sherwood to the stand. 2493 02:30:32,388 --> 02:30:35,016 And there was no way of getting Allen into court in the first place, 2494 02:30:35,124 --> 02:30:36,352 because there was no evidence, Robert. 2495 02:30:36,459 --> 02:30:37,619 What do you mean, there's no evidence? 2496 02:30:37,727 --> 02:30:38,819 You have him seen with the ciphers. 2497 02:30:38,928 --> 02:30:41,158 The military boot prints. The same size shoes and gloves. 2498 02:30:41,264 --> 02:30:43,459 The Most Dangerous Game. The Zodiac watch. 2499 02:30:43,566 --> 02:30:44,760 The background with school children. 2500 02:30:44,867 --> 02:30:46,698 The misspellings of Christ-mass. The bloody knives. 2501 02:30:46,802 --> 02:30:48,667 All circumstantial. 2502 02:30:48,771 --> 02:30:51,501 Paul Stine's shirt, his wallet, his keys. 2503 02:30:51,607 --> 02:30:53,370 We should have found one of those things in that trailer. 2504 02:30:53,476 --> 02:30:55,171 - We didn't. - That's... 2505 02:30:57,613 --> 02:30:59,604 Okay. Catherine Allen states that 2506 02:30:59,715 --> 02:31:01,842 "Leigh cleaned out his trailer on Friday after work 2507 02:31:01,951 --> 02:31:05,614 "and moved it to Santa Rosa on Saturday, August 7th, 1971." 2508 02:31:05,721 --> 02:31:07,712 You interviewed him at the refinery on August 4th. 2509 02:31:07,823 --> 02:31:09,347 - Yeah. - So, he's cleaning out his trailer, 2510 02:31:09,458 --> 02:31:13,292 he's moving into a different county 48 hours after you interviewed him? 2511 02:31:14,897 --> 02:31:17,889 Okay. Okay. Look at the stuff side by side, Dave. 2512 02:31:18,000 --> 02:31:19,092 All right. 2513 02:31:19,201 --> 02:31:21,965 Okay, Arthur Leigh Allen and the Zodiac, their timelines. 2514 02:31:22,071 --> 02:31:24,733 - When was the first murder in Vallejo? - Christmas, 1968. 2515 02:31:24,840 --> 02:31:27,434 Eight months before that, Allen is fired for molesting his students 2516 02:31:27,543 --> 02:31:29,636 and his family discovers that he's a pedophile. 2517 02:31:29,745 --> 02:31:32,043 - Now, when do the letters begin? - July, '69. 2518 02:31:32,148 --> 02:31:33,809 After the murder of Darlene Ferrin. 2519 02:31:33,916 --> 02:31:36,976 And they continue until you go to see him at work. 2520 02:31:37,086 --> 02:31:40,317 Now, after that, do any of the letters contain swatches of Paul Stine's shirt? 2521 02:31:40,423 --> 02:31:42,220 No. Because he dumped them, because he got scared. 2522 02:31:42,325 --> 02:31:44,054 Because he knew that you were on to him. 2523 02:31:44,160 --> 02:31:47,891 - So, when's the next letter from Zodiac? - Not until January of 1974. 2524 02:31:47,997 --> 02:31:49,396 He is silent for three years. 2525 02:31:49,498 --> 02:31:51,295 Then, in '74, he feels comfortable again 2526 02:31:51,400 --> 02:31:53,265 because everybody's moved off Allen as a suspect. 2527 02:31:53,369 --> 02:31:54,358 And what do we get? 2528 02:31:54,470 --> 02:31:58,463 Three new letters from Zodiac in January, May, and July in '74. 2529 02:31:58,574 --> 02:32:01,668 - But then the letters stop. - What happens to Allen? 2530 02:32:05,214 --> 02:32:06,681 He's arrested. 2531 02:32:07,617 --> 02:32:10,950 January, 1975, they send him to Atascadero. 2532 02:32:11,053 --> 02:32:13,954 We don't get another letter from Zodiac the entire time he's there. 2533 02:32:14,056 --> 02:32:16,684 - When is he released? - August, '77. 2534 02:32:16,792 --> 02:32:20,523 Allen gets out. He types you an apology, and then what? 2535 02:32:20,630 --> 02:32:23,793 We get our first new Zodiac letter in four years. 2536 02:32:29,438 --> 02:32:32,805 Okay. Zodiac had to have known Darlene Ferrin, right? 2537 02:32:32,908 --> 02:32:35,138 Yes, because of the phone calls on the night of her murder. 2538 02:32:35,244 --> 02:32:38,042 Because of the Vallejo file, 2539 02:32:38,147 --> 02:32:40,138 we know that Darlene knew a man named Leigh? 2540 02:32:40,249 --> 02:32:41,238 Yes. 2541 02:32:41,350 --> 02:32:43,113 So, all coincidence aside, Robert, 2542 02:32:43,219 --> 02:32:46,017 how can you be sure that Leigh Allen is the Leigh from this file? 2543 02:32:46,122 --> 02:32:48,590 Now, Vallejo is a small town, but it's not that small. 2544 02:32:48,691 --> 02:32:49,988 How do you put the two of them together? 2545 02:32:50,092 --> 02:32:53,255 This is a case that's covered both Northern and Southern California, 2546 02:32:53,362 --> 02:32:55,728 with victims and suspects spread over hundreds of miles. 2547 02:32:55,831 --> 02:32:57,560 - Would you agree? - Yes. 2548 02:32:58,834 --> 02:33:01,632 Darlene Ferrin worked at the Vallejo House of Pancakes 2549 02:33:01,737 --> 02:33:04,228 on the corner of Tennessee and Caroll. 2550 02:33:07,076 --> 02:33:11,809 Arthur Leigh Allen lived in his mother's basement on Fresno Street. 2551 02:33:13,549 --> 02:33:16,916 Door to door, that is less than 50 yards. 2552 02:33:20,356 --> 02:33:21,823 Is that true? 2553 02:33:22,858 --> 02:33:24,348 I've walked it. 2554 02:33:28,197 --> 02:33:29,630 Jesus Christ. 2555 02:33:36,338 --> 02:33:37,327 So? 2556 02:33:41,277 --> 02:33:42,835 The prints, the handwriting... 2557 02:33:42,945 --> 02:33:45,914 - I'm not asking you as a cop. - But I am a cop. 2558 02:33:48,784 --> 02:33:50,809 I can't prove this. 2559 02:33:50,920 --> 02:33:53,855 Just because you can't prove it, doesn't mean it's not true. 2560 02:33:53,956 --> 02:33:55,583 Easy, Dirty Harry. 2561 02:33:59,195 --> 02:34:00,719 Finish the book. 2562 02:34:09,672 --> 02:34:12,140 Thank you. Thank you for breakfast. 2563 02:35:20,409 --> 02:35:21,899 Can I help you? 2564 02:35:23,579 --> 02:35:24,568 No. 2565 02:36:45,961 --> 02:36:47,292 Mr. Mageau. 2566 02:36:47,997 --> 02:36:50,295 Thanks for coming to see me. 2567 02:36:50,399 --> 02:36:51,730 You're the one I talked to on the phone? 2568 02:36:51,834 --> 02:36:55,361 I'm George Bawart. Vallejo PD. I took over for Jack Mulanax. 2569 02:36:56,405 --> 02:36:59,374 It's been 22 years. I don't know how I can help you. 2570 02:36:59,475 --> 02:37:00,635 Well, this is just a formality. 2571 02:37:00,743 --> 02:37:02,142 I'm gonna show you a group of photographs. 2572 02:37:02,244 --> 02:37:04,109 Now, the person that shot you may or may not be 2573 02:37:04,213 --> 02:37:06,238 among these photographs. 2574 02:37:06,348 --> 02:37:07,542 You don't have to pick anybody out 2575 02:37:07,650 --> 02:37:09,811 just because I'm showing you these pictures, you understand? 2576 02:37:09,919 --> 02:37:11,443 Yes, sir, I do. 2577 02:37:12,354 --> 02:37:13,685 All right. 2578 02:37:14,723 --> 02:37:16,213 Take your time. 2579 02:37:16,725 --> 02:37:19,523 If you don't recognize anyone, that's okay. 2580 02:37:31,006 --> 02:37:32,337 That's him. 2581 02:37:33,842 --> 02:37:35,776 How sure are you? 2582 02:37:35,878 --> 02:37:37,709 Yeah, I'm pretty sure. 2583 02:37:40,416 --> 02:37:41,542 He had a round face like this guy. 2584 02:37:41,650 --> 02:37:42,844 Wait. Am I to understand 2585 02:37:42,952 --> 02:37:44,715 that you're now identifying the second photograph? 2586 02:37:44,820 --> 02:37:47,880 No, no. Just that he had a round face like that. 2587 02:37:49,959 --> 02:37:51,426 It's this man. 2588 02:37:52,361 --> 02:37:53,658 All right. 2589 02:37:55,497 --> 02:37:58,557 Now, on a scale of one to 10, 10 being positive, 2590 02:38:02,671 --> 02:38:04,263 how sure are you? 2591 02:38:08,043 --> 02:38:09,670 At least an eight. 2592 02:38:12,481 --> 02:38:16,315 The last time I saw this face was July 4th, 1969. 2593 02:38:19,588 --> 02:38:22,284 I am very sure that's the man who shot me.