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Was the Zodiac Killer a Fan of the Yellow Submarine Film?
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Norbert K
Oct 1, 2021, 9:55:18 AM10/1/21
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Most devotees of the unsolved Zodiac Killer case believe that the unidentified murderer was a lover of movies and theater. The belief that he was a theater buff is based on the Zodiac's repeated quoting from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado -- and on the notion that Zodiac hailed the taxi cab (whose driver he would murder) in one of San Francisco's supposed theater districts. The idea that the Zodiac was a movie-nut is based on a claim to that effect from reporter Paul Avery, and on seeming references to movies in a couple of the killer's letters.
I think all of this is completely mistaken. Nonetheless, the Zodiac did include a phrase familiar to Beatles fans, in this letter of 1971:
"This is the Zodiac speaking. Like I have always said, I am crack proof. If the Blue Meannies are ever going to catch me, they had best get off their fat asses + do something. Because the longer they fiddle + fart around, the more slaves I will collect for my after life. I do have to give them credit for stumbling across my riverside activity, but they are only finding the easy ones, there are a hell of a lot more down there.
"The reason I'm writing to the [LA] Times is this, they don't bury me on the back pages like some of the others.
SFPD -- 0
[Zodiac symbol of circle with cross-hairs] -- 17 +
I think all of this is completely mistaken. Nonetheless, the Zodiac did include a phrase familiar to Beatles fans, in this letter of 1971:
"This is the Zodiac speaking. Like I have always said, I am crack proof. If the Blue Meannies are ever going to catch me, they had best get off their fat asses + do something. Because the longer they fiddle + fart around, the more slaves I will collect for my after life. I do have to give them credit for stumbling across my riverside activity, but they are only finding the easy ones, there are a hell of a lot more down there.
"The reason I'm writing to the [LA] Times is this, they don't bury me on the back pages like some of the others.
SFPD -- 0
[Zodiac symbol of circle with cross-hairs] -- 17 +
Mack A. Damia
Oct 1, 2021, 1:10:13 PM10/1/21
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at the BX in the military, 1967.
Look at the symbol above the writing on the face.
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Norbert K
Oct 1, 2021, 1:51:44 PM10/1/21
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Mack A. Damia
Oct 1, 2021, 1:58:31 PM10/1/21
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On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 10:51:42 -0700 (PDT), Norbert K
Didn't last too long - but I never had it cleaned/serviced.
It got moisture in the face, and eventually stopped working, but that
was in 1970, so the watch only lasted me three years. Can't recall
what I did with it.
It got moisture in the face, and eventually stopped working, but that
was in 1970, so the watch only lasted me three years. Can't recall
what I did with it.
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