Zodiac Killer Collection
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KRON-TV News footage from October 31st 1970 featuring an interview with journalist Paul Avery (1934-2000), who has just received a Halloween card from the Zodiac killer, mailed to the offices of the San Francisco Chronicle on October 27th. Even though this card included the phrase: "Peek a boo you are doomed" Avery states that: "I think that the Zodiac is just making an idle threat ... I think he wanted to get himself a little publicity." When the Ch.4 reporter asks: "What kind of a person do you think the Zodiac is?" Avery goes on to provide a basic character assessment of this already notorious murderer: "Well obviously [he's] a very sick person ... He's very cunning too. He's not a brilliant man but he's certainly, he certainly isn't dumb. I think he's got a kind of a shrewd, animal cunning to him. And of course there's a great sickness in there that prompts him to go out and kill." Note that according to the original Ch.5 KPIX-TV shot logs, they also interviewed Avery about this Zodiac correspondence on the same day but that 16mm newsfilm reel is currently missing. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KRON News report from July 11th 1978 at the San Francisco Hall of Justice, where writer Armistead Maupin is shown at a press conference. SFPD's Inspector Dave Toschi (lead investigator for 9 years on the Zodiac killer case) admitted to sending fake fan letters about himself to Maupin in the Fall of 1976 but denies Maupin's recent observation that this correspondence resembed in tone the latest letter from the Zodiac killer, from April 1977. Toschi denies any involvement with the Zodiac letter and has been taken off the Zodiac case and re-assigned to the Pawn and Burglary Department. Includes views of Toschi speaking about a different case. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KRON News footage from October 17th 1969 by Jack Bates featuring an interview with a school bus driver who claims that someone fired a shot at the bus she was driving. The Zodiac killer had mailed a letter to the San Francisco Chronicle on October 14th in which he stated: "School children make nice targets I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning" and Bates frames this alleged incident in that context. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KRON News footage from October 20th 1969 featuring scenes from a press conference by Captain Martin Lee of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), who is discussing the sharing of information and cooperating with other jurisdictions in an effort to catch the serial killer known as Zodiac. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KPIX News report from November 12th 1969 with Pat O'Brien featuring a press conference by SFPD's Captain Martin Lee at the San Francisco Hall of Justice, where Lee comments on the letters written by the Zodiac killer and also speculates on his character. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KRON News footage from December 21st 1968 featuring the double murder of high school students Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday the night before on Lake Herman Road, just inside Benicia city limits. The couple were on their first date and were shot to death in a gravel turnout, which was a well-known lovers' lane. Includes an interview with Detective Sergeant Leslie Lundblad of the Solano County Sheriff's Department and views of the crime scene and teenagers car. These were the first murders widely attributed to the Zodiac Killer. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KPIX news report from August 31st 1962, featuring brief/silent views of Earl Van Best standing before a judge in San Francisco, for sentencing. Van Best was being tried for the offence of eloping to Reno with 13 year old Judy Chandler. As the couple had originally met in San Francisco, in front of Herbert’s Sherbet Shoppe on 9th and Judah in October of 1961, the media referred to this as 'The Ice Cream Romance'. Note: in his book 'The Most Dangerous Animal of All', Van Best's biological son Gary L. Stewart claims that Van Best was in fact the notorious Zodiac Killer.
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KPIX News report from May 1st 1970 featuring a press conference by SFPD's Inspector Bill Armstrong, who discusses the implications of the latest correspondence from the serial killer known as Zodiac, which contain an implied bomb threat. Ends with silent views of Armstrong holding up the Zodiac's correspondence. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KPIX News footage from December 28th 1969 featuring an interview with SFPD's Inspector Dave Toschi, who describes the public response to their release of the latest Zodiac killer correspondence. Ends with views of Inspector Bill Armstrong speaking to callers on the phones about information they may have on the case. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KPIX News footage from December 27th 1969 featuring brief scenes of Ben Williams interviewing SFPD's Inspector Dave Toschi about a letter received on December 23rd by the law offices of Melvin Belli, which the police are confirming was written by a serial killer known as Zodiac. Toschi is reluctant to share any specific details with Williams, on account of the ongoing murder investigation. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KPIX News report from April 22nd 1970 featuring an interview with SFPD's Lieutenant Charles Ellis, who discusses the Zodiac killer case, the latest correspondence from Zodiac and the ciphers sent to them. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 20th 1969 by Dave Monsees in Los Gatos (Santa Clara County) featuring views of a crime scene where a young girl was murdered in a vineyard. Includes an interview with a detective who expresses doubt that this killing is connected to the Zodiac murders.
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KPIX News report from July 11th 1978 by Ed Arnow at the San Francisco Hall of Justice, where writer Armistead Maupin is shown at a press conference. SFPD's Inspector Dave Toschi (lead investigator for 9 years on the Zodiac killer case) admitted to sending fake fan letters about himself to Maupin in the Fall of 1976 but denies Maupin's recent observation that this correspondence resembed in tone the latest letter from the Zodiac killer, from April 1977. Toschi denies any involvement with the Zodiac letter and has been taken off the Zodiac case and re-assigned to the Pawn and Burglary Department. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 22nd 1969 by Don Knapp and Rollin Post in San Francisco, featuring interviews with people involved in the Zodiac Killer case. Includes scenes of lawyer Melvin Belli and broadcaster Jim Dunbar speculating on whether a man who contacted Dunbar's 'A.M. San Francisco' show was indeed the murder suspect, who was never officially identified.
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KPIX News footage from October 1969 featuring a compilation of Ch.5 material relating to the Zodiac killer case, including brief views of: Zodiac ciphers; Lake Berryessa; Bryan Hartnell (who says of his attacker "I really think he can be helped. He's not beyond hope"); the taxi cab of murder victim Paul Lee Stine; a school bus being shadowed by law enforcement and an artist's impression of the killer. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
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KRON-TV News compilation of footage relating to correspondance written by the Zodiac Serial killer, featuring press conferences and interviews with police covering the dates: 10/15/1969; 10/16/1969; 12/27/1969; 4/22/1969 and 4/30/1969.
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KPIX Eyewitness News report on September 30th 1969 by Dave Monsees in Napa County, featuring the Zodiac Killer's attack on Bryan Hartnell and Cecilia Shephard at Lake Berryessa. Includes interviews with Hartnell from Queen of the Valley Hospital (who explains how he tried to survive), with park ranger William White (who describes his arrival at the scene of the crime) and with a Napa police official (who states that: "This guy is a pathological, psycho killer. There's no doubt about it"). Monsees also gives a brief editorial to camera from a knoll overlooking the lake near Twin Oak Ridge, where the attack took place.