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Zodiac Speaking

20 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★ - 19 ratings

Dedicated to the memories of David Faraday, Betty Lou Jensen, Darlene Ferrin, Cecelia Shepard, and Paul Stine, and to Michael Mageau, and Bryan Hartnell, we are a podcast that digs into the Zodiac murders of 1968 and 1969, about the effect on the modern world, and about the victims and their lives and times.

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Episodes

Episode 20 - Cheri Jo Bates

May 20, 2019 16:13 - 11 minutes - 9.31 MB

Was this murder in Riverside related? Is Bates the model for so many murder victims in popular culture? Did Zodiac do it? The first part of three.

Episode 19 - The Canonical Murders

April 10, 2019 16:46 - 11 minutes - 9.4 MB

A review of the four attacks in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco, and what they as a whole might tell us.

Episode 18 - Letters - October to December 1969

February 25, 2019 16:30 - 15 minutes - 12.5 MB

We look at the letters following the murder of Paul Stine, the reasons these feel like Zodiac knew that he wasn't going to do it again, how Melvin Belli fit in, and why would he be so poor at spelling.

Episode 17 - The Second of Paul Stine

January 21, 2019 17:29 - 13 minutes - 11.2 MB

A look at the Stine murder theory as to why the car went an extra block, about what might have happened, and a lot of talk about whether or not Zodiac simply stopped.

Paul Stine

January 14, 2019 17:30 - 7 minutes - 6.43 MB

A look at the murder of Paul Stine, and the beginning of a discussion of why Zodiac stopped here. We're looking to interview anyone who knew Paul and could give us some more insight on him.

Intro - Paul Stine

October 31, 2018 16:41 - 4 minutes - 3.65 MB

The path I'll be taking towards the discussion of the murder of Paul Stine is laid out.

The Last Shepard-Hartnell

October 11, 2018 21:57 - 9 minutes - 7.79 MB

A final wrap-up of the Lake Berryessa attack, as well as a look at the rest of the path of the podcast

Shepard-Hartnell - The Clues

October 05, 2018 21:47 - 10 minutes - 8.32 MB

A look at the clues from the Lake Berryessa attack, and if Zodiac left some behind on purpose.

The Second Shepard-Hartnell

September 14, 2018 04:51 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MB

Today, we look at the words of Bryan Hartnell, what they meant to the idea of Zodiac and how they have moved the case along. we also touch on details defining how a timeline is build, how unreliable details can often be as important as verifiable, and we give a shout-out to the amazing Ashley and Bay Area Mystery Club!

Episode 11 - The First of Shepard Hartnell

September 04, 2018 15:57 - 17 minutes - 14.1 MB

We start our look into the attack at Lake Berryessa with a few snippets from the police reports.

Intro - Shepard-Hartnell

August 31, 2018 17:22 - 9 minutes - 7.5 MB

A first look at the first attack following the Zodiac giving himself a name. Here, I lay out what I'll be talking about for the rest of the set of episodes, and exactly what it might all mean. You can read my issue of Claims Department on Zodiac at http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/ClaimsDepartment22.pdf You can read my issue of Exhibition Hall on Jack the Ripper at http://efanzines.com/ExhibHall/ExhibHall-21.pdf

The First Two Letters

July 18, 2018 16:26 - 18 minutes - 15.2 MB

We look at the first two letters written to newspapers, the strange spelling, and why they may, or may not, be authentic.

Michael Mageau

June 25, 2018 17:03 - 21 minutes - 17.4 MB

Through the police report and my random thoughts, I look at Michael Mageau, how it fits into the case at large, how his survival may have changed the path of the murders, and more.

Darlene Ferrin

June 04, 2018 21:58 - 13 minutes - 10.7 MB

A look at Darlene Ferrin and the stories that have grown around her. Was she the key to everything? Was Zodiac after her and her alone? Was she stalked? What were the calls to her family about?

The Attack on Michael MAgeau and Darlene Ferrin

April 16, 2018 20:35 - 12 minutes - 10.3 MB

You can say that the attack on Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin on 4th of July, 1969 is what took a pair of murders and turned them into one of the most famous set of killings ever. We look at the two victims, and what we'll be looking at in the coming episodes, starting in late May

Introduction - Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau

April 03, 2018 15:26 - 4 minutes - 3.75 MB

A look at encountering Michael Mageau, and an introduction to why this might be the most significant attack of all.

Faraday & Jensen - Thoughts and Theories

March 21, 2018 15:54 - 13 minutes - 10.9 MB

We take a last look at Faraday and Jensen with a consideration of a further-out theory, a look at what happened after in the community, and more.

Coverage - Faraday and Jensen

March 15, 2018 14:39 - 8 minutes - 6.82 MB

A look at two of the major pieces of coverage of the Faraday-Jensen murders and what the pieces were saying about the murdered, as well as about the reason for the tone of the coverage.

Betty Lou Jensen & David Faraday

February 21, 2018 20:38 - 18 minutes - 15 MB

We look at Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday, the first two victims of Zodiac, that last night, and what may have happened on December 20th, 1968.

Introduction

February 16, 2018 03:29 - 4 minutes - 3.84 MB

What we are going to do. How we are going to do it. why it matters.