As grisly as the murders were, perhaps the most intriguing element of the Zodiac's modus operandi, according to History.com, were the letters, cards, and ciphers the killer sent to the police and ...

While most killers hide in the shadows, California’s Zodiac Killer taunted police and the terrified community, relishing in his kills and promising more violence in a series of chilling, hand-written ...

So, who was the Zodiac killer really? A depraved figure who took the life of at least five people and eluded authorities for decades, he gained notoriety for the taunting letters and ciphers he ...

Referring to himself only as “the Zodiac,” along with the symbol of a circle with a cross through it, he sent local news outlets a slew of confessional letters, as well as four complex ciphers ...

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, which was the recipient of 17 of the 22 letters the Zodiac is known to have sent, the unidentified perpetrator, whose crimes have served as the subject ...

The Zodiac Killer had already been linked to five murders in 1968 and 1969 in the San Francisco area by the FBI. During his spree, the madman sent a series of letters to local newspapers ...

But decades have passed and law enforcement has yet to catch the killer, who became known as the Zodiac Killer. Part of the evidence supporting Horan's hypothesis are the letters purportedly written ...

“There was no single killer involved in these murders. And the person writing the letters didn't commit any of the murders. The Zodiac Killer, is a fictional character. He’s a literary invention.

"Arthur Leigh Allen does not match the partial DNA fingerprint developed from bona fide Zodiac letters," said Carroll. Allen was named by Vallejo Police Capt. Roy Conway as his department's Zodiac ...

The Zodiac Killer sent newspapers coded messages explaining the motives for the killings. Several news stations in the Albany, New York, area have recently received letters from someone claiming ...

Dec. 18—"This is the Zodiac speaking," begins a letter sent to The Day newsroom, similar to letters sent to newsrooms in the late 1960s as a serial killer known by the moniker "Zodiac Killer ...