Let’s Crack Zodiac – Episode 4 – National Cryptologic Museum
The National Cryptologic Museum has been closed due to the pandemic, so they’ve been doing a series of online educational events. They invited me to give a lecture about the Zodiac ciphers. Check it out in my latest episode of…
Let’s Crack Zodiac – Episode 3 – The 408
Join me for a deep dive into the Zodiac Killer’s first mysterious cipher, as told through a combination of newspaper articles, police reports, FBI documents and books. Learn about Zodiac’s crimes, his taunting letters, the mysterious cryptogram he sent to…
Let’s Crack Zodiac – Episode 2 – Bigrams
Is Zodiac’s unsolved cipher a hoax, or does it have a real message? Let’s investigate some possible clues, in Episode 2 of “Let’s Crack Zodiac”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyH9-AHz-HY
Let’s Crack Zodiac – Episode 1 – Graysmith
Quarantine inspired me to create a new video series on Youtube. It’s called “Let’s Crack Zodiac”. True crime meets classical cryptography. Episode 1: Graysmith Almost 35 years ago, Robert Graysmith published his blockbuster book, “Zodiac”, and claimed to solve a…
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Here’s a great conversation I had with Michael Butterfield for the first episode of his podcast, “Zodiac: A to Z”:
HistoCrypt 2019 – Really good papers
HistoCrypt 2019, an annual conference on historical cryptology, convenes this week. The proceedings have been published and include many fascinating papers: http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/158/ecp19158.pdf Those here who like to tinker with solvers and the Zodiac ciphers need to read these: Nils Kopal,…
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…
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…
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