Very Scary People – “I Am Zodiac”

Here is the latest trailer for the upcoming Zodiac-focused episode of “Very Scary People”, hosted by Donnie Wahlberg: HLN interviewed many folks for this show, including me for the cipher-related material. Apparently the episode is split between two episodes, so…

The problem with many cipher “solutions”

Zodiac invades French McDonald’s?

I’m getting a real Zodiac vibe from these French ads for the “Megamac” burger from McDonalds. https://twitter.com/Megamacisback/

Mysteries at the Museum – Zodiac Killer special

Here are three promos from the Zodiac Killer special episode of Mysteries at the Museum, a popular show on the Travel Channel: Description: In the late 60s and early 70s, the San Francisco Bay area was terrorized by a killer…

What is Zodiac’s 340-character cipher?

Earlier this month I gave a talk about Zodiac’s unsolved 340-character cipher at the annual convention of the American Cryptogram Association in Hendersonville, NC. It is full of things I’ve learned over the years about the cipher. My goal was…

S.F. Examiner article about Z340

Newspapers.com recently added more old issues of the S.F. Examiner newspaper to its archives. I found this old article about Z340. I’ve never seen it before!

Are the ciphers gibberish?

Someone on Quora asked, “How do people know that the Zodiac Killer’s cyphers aren’t just gibberish that have no real meaning?” I responded with the following article which I also posted on Quora: There are four total ciphers: Z408, Z340,…

Real Story of Zodiac

Reelz is airing a new episode of Real Story of…, a docu-series that “unpicks fact from fiction with interviews from the real people behind these extraordinary events”. I was interviewed briefly about the Zodiac’s ciphers. Let’s see if they included…

“Behind True Crime” Podcast

Catch me and fellow Code Team member Ryan Garlick on the “Behind True Crime” podcast, where we chat about the Zodiac case and the ciphers:

Craig Bauer’s solution to Z340

The finale of “The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer” features code team member Craig Bauer’s solution to Z340 which made quite a splash in Zodiac and crypto communities. Much has been written about it on other sites already so I’ll…