The Zodiac Killer: America’s Most Elusive Killer

[@Biographics]

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[@Diego-lw3tw]

This is the only YT channel where I watch the ads part so you get the revenue, you guys deserve it great videos

[@seanriggen]

At 20:20 you say 1978 but the graphics say 1968, does that mean you are the real Zodiac?

[@waledgiswaledgis3729]

He left out the part about his successful run for senate in the state of Texas under the Ted Cruz

[@GloriousDutchPancakes]

Michiel de Ruyter next please

[@herschelgoeth6099]

Not gonna lie but the narrator seems to be a person which you wanna be friends with...

[@michaelm4939]

I’ve seen a lot of videos and read a few books on the zodiac killer, I’m convinced him not being caught comes down to bad police work due to uncooperative detective across multiple departments.

[@morganbanefort181]

Who's your favorite suspect my money's on Arthur leigh Allen

[@amandadean3948]

Yep, turns out he was smarter than the police!

[@L_Uomo_Buio]

I remember reading that at one point the police found him but the dispatcher gave the wrong description so they let him go. They later realized he was the man in the sketch.

[@basedblackbeard4456]

@@morganbanefort181 Ted Cruz

[@6thwilbury2331]

@@morganbanefort181 The biggest problem with the case against Leigh Allen is that the palm print lifted from one of the letters did not match Allen's, and when DNA testing became a thing decades later, the saliva in the envelope did not match Allen.

[@QuickLern818]

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[@john-paulsilke893]

Smash that Dislike Button and go to Business Blazed and rage hit that button. 🤣

[@delboytrotter8806]

Fanboy?

[@DemonZangetsu23]

Sold

[@thalia7104]

The perfect advertisement for the Zodiac Killer case 🤣🤣🤣

[@rickh3714]

Ebeorietemethhpiti

[@tigermunky]

Simon's content now accounts for 27% of all KZbin content. Soon there will be a Biographics about Simon, presented by Simon.

[@helldronez]

lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@thestrays815]

Haven't you heard? Simon cloned himself a long time ago, 1 for every channel

[@patrick_dy3r]

Narrator: Our story today begins with a bald British man in a room constantly talking to himself about famous serial killers... Who went on to dominate the most powerful social media site in the world. *Creepy music plays* Part 1: "Just another history buff?"

[@mousermind]

I would LOVE THAT.

[@bezllama3325]

@@patrick_dy3r 🤣

[@Wvlfmane]

My Mom was a teenager at the time living in the bay area (where my family and I still live) and she said she was absolutely terrified. It was like this guy was the Bogeyman in the shadows and nobody knew when and where the guy might strike next. Given the range of his killings nowhere in the bay area felt safe. I always hold out hope that the Zodiac left the infamous outfit he was described for wearing somewhere in some attic in the bay area to be discovered, finally solving the case. He seemed just crazy enough to do something like that.

[@OldenTreeCult]

God that’s terrible

[@bezllama3325]

He was an incel would be my guess

[@Snormite]

@@bezllama3325 Why would you even assume that?

[@MBark_TV]

Imagine cracking the pictogram and it’s just the lyrics to “Never gonna give you up”

[@thecrusader7117]

History's greatest but deadliest Rick Roll

[@fkovacs1]

" Be sure to drink your Ovaltine".

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

Or even better... ðe Most Mysterious Song on the Intenet.

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

I love the joke, but the murders took place at least 20 years before the song came out.

[@cheez__it___7015]

@@Demonetization_Symbol maybe he can read the future

[@debbiekerr3989]

I remember when that happened, and how frightened everyone was. The fact that he was never caught was what caused the people to stay inside at night.

[@rosafillava4821]

How old were you when did happened if I may ask?

[@debbiekerr3989]

@@rosafillava4821 I was 14 at the time. It happened in 1968.

[@kokolebi]

@@debbiekerr3989 thats a lot of years man

[@Korvaxis]

So you're around 70 now? Wow.

[@michael-4k4000]

Zodiac still roams the streets, that's why I stay in.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:10 - Chapter 1 - The terror begins 3:25 - Chapter 2 - Mageau & ferrin 5:15 - Chapter 3 - This is the zodiac speaking 8:35 - Mid roll ads 9:35 - Chapter 4 - More victims 12:15 - Chapter 5 - The zodiac speaks again 15:20 - Chapter 6 - Were there other victims 18:15 - Chapter 7 - Who was he ?

[@rosafillava4821]

Thanks, I could skip ads. :D

[@MrOctober44]

My hero

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

Chapter unknown.

[@anavaldivia4669]

Simon’s channels are keeping me sane through quarantine

[@chibihotaru]

Saaame

[@brennancrane6822]

Watching videos of serial killers keep me sane too bro.

[@gagemead27]

Yeah, learning something is something that keeps me from going on a berserker rampage

[@avadoran4363]

Ride ass eat fast

[@KitKatWiffleBallBat]

I like your last name, Ana. I think I'll use it for a character in my graphic novel/comic series. "Lady Valdivia" the next candidate for Mayor of Mirrorage, running against Lady Hexe Metzger. Now, Hexe has a doctorate in Chemical Engineering and many other fields, but she's far from charming. She doesn't play fairly, amd has hands in dirty, illicit underground government activities. It goes without saying, or should be obvious that she's quite wicked and evil. However, Lady Valdivia is a people person, plays fairly, loves equality and the working class citizens of Mirrorage. She's also been into social work since her early school days at Lunar Academy High, where the protagonist Katya, currently attends. Mrs. Valdivia (yes, she'll be married to a gloriously handsome man) won't be able to stand a chance against Mrs. Metzger and her crooked ways...that is...until Katya and her bestie, Auri, get help from their school connections to get dirt on Hexe and ruin her plans of taking more power in Mirrorage. Only then, will Lady Valdivia get her chance to help Mirrorage get back to its roots as a thriving city of proper, green industrial business and strong economy. Anyway... at least there's writing and drawing in these dark times. I'm bored. Um. Take care guys! Anyone! Everyone!

[@paulsimmons5726]

Well, whoever the Zodiac was, he'd have to be in his 80's or so, if he's still alive. I'd say it's a fair bet that we'll never really know the Zodiac's true identity.

[@usedx115x]

He just slipped through. If he had raped victims like so many other killers we would nab him on DNA evidence but it seems that was never his motive.

[@rickh3714]

Another big solve. 'Lake Berryessa' is in itself a code. The penman implicates Ted K. 'Pyro Z's Dr at BUC.' 'Drs cursed Ted K in a Z job' 'Z a G.Hodel man' Click on the generic R profile icon to see a short LoFi YT video. Caesar code in a field. Thanks

[@AngelAndros7]

Paul Simmons perhaps he wrote down his identity somewhere and it’s waiting to be found. Lost evidence.

[@paulsimmons5726]

@@AngelAndros7 Perhaps...

[@jackhamilton9604]

Paul Simmons the best we can do when it comes to unidentified Killers that will likely never be caught is look at the who we think is the most likely suspect and stick with that. And after looking through the suspects I’m going with the biggest one of all, Arthur Leigh Allen

[@BollyToHolly]

Update: 340 Is solved now, but they are still not able to find his identity ‼️

[@jorgefarias9226]

I just watched the video reporting on it and then came to this one but the case is really interesting.

[@schizo113]

They don't know his true identity but they think he was Arthur Leigh Allen he was one of the main suspect for years.

[@timhornswaggle1243]

Because it’s not really solved. 🤯

[@schizo113]

@@timhornswaggle1243 Because the main guy died like 15 years before they even put the pieces together.

[@jorgefarias9226]

@@timhornswaggle1243 It crazy he could be dead for all they know 😮

[@endcensorship874]

The most likely explanation why the Zodiac was never caught is that he was killed in a very mundane way (car accident, for example) or he was jailed for something else, and died in prison. I think that his ego, his craving for attention as you mentioned, would have gotten the best of him had he been jailed for the rest of his life, he would have confessed. That is why I more likely think he was in a car accident, or slipped and fell off the roof, or some other boring ass way. Not of old age, that is certain.

[@anukism1225]

That's what they said about the golden state killer. And his ass was finally caught.

[@anukism1225]

@@LovelyLonely90 but with the zodica dna is useless now. All the tests they did no reliable dna now

[@guardiananger1641]

"that is certain" - since there is no proof for anything you just mentioned, then no, it's not certain. Jack the Ripper also fell from the roof? What about The Cleveland Torso Murderer? Slipped on the wet towel in own bathroom? And Freeway Phantom? Choked on food and died? What about Bible Belt Strangler? Mistaken for a young woman at The Highway of Tears? You know what I am saying?

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

He really was, though. That's a good guess. rip jacob the zodiac killer.

[@31webseries]

Ditto. He was all ego, crap execution. Well mostly. Didn't kill half the people he shot. Probably blew his own head off one day by accident while cleaning his gun as he absently thought about who'd play him in the movie version.

[@stevenbalaoingsb]

He forgot to mention when the Zodiac Killer ran for president.

[@TonyDootjes]

So far down really? This man knows comedy

[@trey85031]

he's my senator! Pretty scary

[@trevorharmon1]

Ted Cruz is my hero

[@levilandes1719]

@Timothy McCaskey Are you sure? Doesn't look green, maybe a trick in the atmospheric refraction of light? I do like cheese though, and I always believe things I like. I'm off to build a rocket gentlemen, I'll update you as to the quality of the cheese upon my return. It may take some time.

[@stolendrones]

DAY Deuced - no need to chastise that way. It’s as much current events as anything else. The better thing to say would be “can we have one thing out there without bringing up that assclown?”

[@Sultan-cf5wf]

update: the 340 has been solved

[@gregmunn2945]

Points to the other two cyphers being real and not gibberish.

[@ronyan1]

Yeah the other two ciphers may be real but unsolvable without some clues. The name cipher can work for many names I believe so there is either something in the other two ciphers that can be used on it or he didn't want it ever solved.

[@davidwilli5542]

Hell yeah

[@callmekoba2545]

Although the 340 has been solved I believe The Zodiac has been lost to history just as Jack the Ripper

[@uzaiyaro]

Damn, beat me to it.

[@christianporter3638]

I grew up in Vallejo (and still live here) and I used to drive by Lake Herman road (1st two killings) and played golf at Blue Rock Springs (2nd killings), never realizing that there were murders committed there until I watched this video and subsequently did some research. It’s sad to find out the history of the place you grew up and the atrocities committed there....

[@lixxiin777]

late reply but i kind of understand. in my city there was a serial killer that grew up in my suburb. its a very small suburb. he killed people elsewhere in the city, but its so creepy to know he could have even grew up in a house ive driven past before

[@GHustle4]

I wouldn't kill random people I'd kill my parents for naming me "Edward Edawrds" lol

[@81Mysoul]

You had one job...

[@Rico-oz4ct]

...Edwaaard...

[@sebastianmallon343]

i'm german, a dad of a friend of mine is called oltmanns oltmanns

[@emeraldannabelle3320]

But Edward Edwards is a serious murderer who went behind his family’s back...

[@filipisotter5114]

That has some "Mario Mario" energy lol

[@HollerScholar]

“Not many people have basements in California.” *light switches on* “I do...”

[@codyparker679]

Not many do in places like florida or Louisiana cause of the super wetness

[@calichef1962]

Just because YOU have a basement, doesn't mean it isn't still quite rare for anyone in California to have a basement. I only know of about six houses in my hometown that have basements. I live in the vast Great Central Valley of California. We live on top of a huge underground aquifer, and we have a VERY high water table here. Most people who have in-ground pools here have to have them built into man-made hills to keep the water table from pushing them out of the ground. Seriously. And that is why so few California homes have basements. Nobody likes a basement full of water!

[@TwelveInchWarrior]

@@calichef1962 he's quoting a line from the film Zodiac

[@CrawDad669]

VladTheImpala you don’t focking understand man. People in California don’t often have basements just like in Florida or Louisiana. Just because you have one doesn’t mean most people don’t. I know 8 or 9 people in California and 2 or 3 of them have basements but that’s because the others live in a trailer park.

[@crazyhb4]

Aaron Flick He is quoting Zodiac (2007 dir.David Fincher) dumbass

[@theveryworstluck1894]

Simon's shirt and jacket game is on point in this one.

[@NyanyiC]

@@acctadmin4073 im no stylist but I agree. But i suppose he needs it.. He mentioned he has heating problems in his studio

[@501sabu501]

The undershirt kind of threw it off but I agree

[@MikeCheckBiloxi]

That beard tho...

[@joe_grows_420]

True I'm a firm believer of always button the top button but still pretty fresh

[@rme5596]

Almost like it’s a professional production or something huh🥴

[@justhereforkicks8208]

The zodiac killer is the one case that really creeps me out, not just that he was never caught, but because this dude was so crazy, but smart. My personal opinion is that there was never just one guy. I’m sure there were killings done by people inspired by him and possible two or more people that either helped him or knew who he was and kept it a secret. The bad part is like Jack the Ripper, we may never know for sure...

[@toddkorson6390]

Just here for kicks what about this crime makes you think this idiot was smart?

[@Guizambaldi]

I don't think he was smart at all. Just lucky.

[@siswatching]

Kira

[@spacedude1145]

Not smart, more like average- to above average. Police was dumb af at that time.

[@jamieparkinson2044]

The zodiac killer must have been pretty proud of himself, from his point of view it was more of a game than a crime and it took nearly 50 years and hundreds of different people to even get close to finding him

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

He even got the movie he wanted. Don't think the souls thing panned out though

[@BalletomaneM]

Who else is here after hearing Cipher 340 was solved???

[@juliedunbar6109]

yup me lol

[@adammiller9489]

yup

[@janarkas252]

Zodiac is a legend .. took 50 years and he was living in the future back in 1968

[@juliedunbar6109]

@@janarkas252 I just love listening to people with theories on who he was suspected to be. Been watching a lot of documentaries about him

[@_Boobear_]

@@janarkas252 he's not a legend. He was a sick human who's most likely burning in hell

[@ipodtouch495]

"Only one solid suspect" You leave Ted Cruz out of this.

[@mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098]

Lmfao

[@Historyfreak-f7o]

Alan Mackey why Ted Cruz?

[@ipodtouch495]

@@Historyfreak-f7o There's a meme about Ted Cruz being the zodiac killer. He isn't, obviously, but it's still funny. It's also helped by the fact that Ted Cruz is loathed universally by left wingers and right wingers.

[@501ststormtrooper9]

HAHA!

[@ipodtouch495]

@Axiom Steel26 Personally, I think someone who uses the law to force their religious beliefs on to others is unfit to be president of a nation founded on the values of the enlightenment.

[@chrischiampo7647]

Simons “Zodiac” Voice is Killing Me 😆😆😆

[@tarajh]

In all the Zodiac coverage, I've never heard that he had an English accent! That could be the key to solving this whole thing!! Haha 😂

[@lilflash3686]

Y’all laughing, while The voice legit scared me. 😢

[@YouGotTheMelvin]

@@lilflash3686 lol why? It was hilarious

[@peehole82]

5'9" im short? Damn all my life i thought i was average. My life is a lie

[@Neev110]

Same bro😂

[@plushman3685]

try being 5’8”

[@usedx115x]

5'9" is the average male height in America and above average everywhere besides northern Europe.

[@waltersobchak7275]

6-2 short to me

[@seanjohnkotris4981]

Im 5 10 and always considered myself short

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

Something I speculate about occasionally is whether some of the Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders were carried out by the Zodiac killer. For those unfamiliar, a string of girls were killed while hitchhiking in and around Santa Rosa in 1972 and 1973. The time and vicinity are correct. One of the Zodiac letters claimed that he would no longer announce his victims and instead make them look like routine homicides, meaning a likely shift in MO, and the attempted abduction of Kathleen Johns by a man matching the physical description of the Zodiac killer may indicate he started preying on people along the highways. It might also (at least partially) explain the inflated body count in later letters. One of the victims, Kim Wendy Allen, was last seen alive carrying a large wooden soy barrel with Chinese characters on them, which apparently resembles the weird glyphs seen on the letter at 15:50. That detail, the girl carrying around a wooden barrel, always sticks in my mind. I mean, such a typical girl thing to do, right? Carry around a barrel.

[@jackhamilton9604]

Arthur Leigh Allen was also a suspect in that

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

This is true. And it is possible. But then again, many things are possible. I'm dead btw.

[@colinmackenzie6277]

My Mother actually worked at the San Francisco Chronicle in Advertising before she moved to New Zealand in 1969. She told me that the fear of the Zodiac Killer paralysed many San Franciscans in the same way the Night Stalker terrorized California in the 1990s. Thank you Simon! Well presented!

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

My work is done.

[@shanemartin1705]

I hope you'll do a video on the Black Dahlia

[@RoboNarples-et6ky]

@Emily Komornik There is also a TON of evidence disproving that theory (Check out the book "the black dahlia files" for more.

[@dwade6322]

Jeez,well the two replies here dont help me at all.

[@icemanire5467]

@@RoboNarples-et6ky his own son was a cop who went to clear his name posthumously. After years of investigating he 100% believes he was the murderer.

[@EvanStark1994]

He just did a video on her :)

[@johnplaid648]

@Emily Komornik It was Ed Burns, Short's simp. I visit her grave occasionally. Poor girl.

[@aaronmutch1883]

This one gave me the chills. Grew up in Vallejo and spent many hours driving Lake Herman Rd. So trippy

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

I've often wondered if D.B. Cooper and the Zodiac Killer might've been the same person -- likely not, but their composite sketches do somewhat resemble each other.

[@akivag.horvitch4985]

I was just gonna say that!!

[@KayleeCee]

That thought never occurred to me, but damn, you're right. The sketches do bear a striking resemblance to each other.

[@kegsofvomitspit]

When I first saw the thumbnail, I noticed the picture first and thought the episode was about D.B.

[@john-paulsilke893]

It funny but obviously not true. Generic picture of a white dude.

[@CariettaW]

A lot of the time the witness more remembers the face of one of the last people they saw, as opposed to the perpetrator. Hence, they often describe someone from the police.

[@notbutta]

Here’s my analysis: He had a disdain for women. This is because he always made sure the women were dead but not the men as they typically seemed to survive. He came from the country and did not care for the city. Calling Toschi a “city pig”. Had prior military experience, or a hunter (would fit the country description), or even a cop. He had an idea of how to use a gun. He was sloppy? but certainly gained confidence and wore a mask later as if he knew or somehow found out that he was leaving his male victims alive. The fact that he was into cryptography and writing (from his letters), suggests he possibly served and had wartime experience in some capacity. Additionally the Luger was used in world war 1 and 2 and easily accessible. This suggests he was maybe in his late 30s at the time of the killings. He wanted fame and notoriety. Something he did not get when he served perhaps. He was obsessed with control and power.

[@helo9316]

I don't think he had anything for women, he never specified in his letter about his hatred for women, which he would have had since how the letters were clearly his favorite way of communicating with the public. I think what would have happened was he either intentionally left men alive to tell tales or was in hurry hence had to leave the men alive, since they have usually more endurance than women. Other than that i agree with him being in military, he knew how to make a bomb and even said so in a letter in today's world you could search it up on google but i imagine in those days not everyone was knowledgeable enough to know how to make a bomb

[@batman.darthmaul]

"He came from the country and did not care for the city. Calling Toschi a “city pig”." In the San Francisco Bay area, people don't refer to San Francisco as "San Francisco," even by those who live in San Francisco. Instead, they say, "The City." The city of South San Francisco is referred to as "South City."

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

I feel attacked.

[@Mr.Soul99]

Whos here after they just solved the 340 letter?

[@nolan6183]

After hearing the phone recordings, it seems pretty obvious to me that the killer is Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith.

[@DJRitty]

THIS....is your father speaking...Luke...Luke...

[@AdamSandler69xx]

Those "Teens" were clearly on a diplomatic mission from Alderon

[@DJRitty]

@@AdamSandler69xx Well, they weren't on no mercy mission THAT's for sure!

[@BlackPantherFTW]

The dark side a pathway to many abilities, some to be considered unnatural....

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

I could agree.

[@HuwieFisher]

The real mystery is how Simon can make so many videos so frequently! Definitely not a complaint.

[@tigermunky]

He doesn't sleep. Ever. His meals consist entirely of Monster energy drinks mixed with cocaine.

[@ladyrazorsharp]

The only known Muggle to own a Time Turner? 🤔

[@rml1919]

Interesting fact. Detective David Toschi, after retirement from the SFPD, would go on to become a gamma physicist.

[@knightwind5967]

😂😂😂 nice

[@godfreypigott]

Absolute BS.

[@pianothrone7965]

@@godfreypigott it’s a joke because Dave Toschi was played by the same guy who played the hulk

[@evantambolang3052]

@@pianothrone7965 Mark Ruffalo or Eric Bana?

[@pianothrone7965]

@@evantambolang3052 Mark Ruffalo

[@Onyxiate]

The Zodiac was a pretty crap serial killer. He failed to kill someone TWICE. He’s making all the taunts toward the police when he was almost as incompetent as them.

[@danimrod3417]

Yeah, the guns he used were definitely not the kinds of weapons you would wanna use against anything bigger then a squirrel.

[@rickh3714]

Very difficult to kill someone twice. Generally depends on a resurrection.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@rickh3714 overkilling is unnecessary,unless he was talking about talking more than one person.

[@rickh3714]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 Play on words. I know what he meant.

[@Poochpatrol]

I agree. I think he was lucky and not a genius. The Z304 is mumbo jumbo.

[@Mondo762]

Vern Jensen, Betty Lou's father, worked for my dad. Her death had a devastating effect on him. My heart went out to him but what can you really say?

[@thekingofoktimes]

The way he transitions from the video to the sponsor's ad always makes me chuckle.

[@RREvilMonk]

Zodiac: “I’ll get the schools closed!” COVID: “Hold my virus...”

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

Covid stole my recognition.

[@BiggestGal]

I remember around the time of the 2016 election, there was a prevalent internet joke that candidate Ted Cruz was the Zodiac.

[@taxevasion4870]

@annag cocl Ted Cruz

[@tylerchristopher523]

Yes the 340 cypher has been solved just a few days ago. "I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING LOTS OF FUN IN TRYING TO CATCH ME." "THAT WASNT ME ON THE TV SHOW WHICH BRINGS UP A POINT ABOUT ME I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE GAS CHAMBER BECAUSE IT WILL SEND ME TO PARADICE [sic] ALL THE SOONER BECAUSE I NOW HAVE ENOUGH SLAVES TO WORK FOR ME WHERE EVERYONE ELSE HAS NOTHING WHEN THEY REACH PARADICE SO THEY ARE AFRAID OF DEATH." "I AM NOT AFRAID BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY NEW LIFE IS LIFE WILL BE AN EASY ONE IN PARADICE DEATH."

[@markvergara]

Z340 confirming that the TV zodiac wasn’t him.

[@timhornswaggle1243]

They already knew that. It was a call traced from a mental institution. Just FYI

[@bungo7586]

The killer thought the Exorcist was a comedy. Was Beetlejuice ever questioned?

[@mordreddarkfall456]

He said that to add to his "look what a psycho I am" act. The exorcist probably was one of the few things he saw that freaked him out. Hence calling a movie that was clearly not comedic in nature, a comedy. Serves two purposes: let's him convince himself it didn't rattle him. And Makes anyone reading the statement think "only a psycho would watch THAT movie and call it a comedy" increasing fear of him, which he clearly got all sweaty for. I mean the exorcist? A comedy? Really? Tame by some of today's standards. But didn't just push some boundaries at the time it was released... It obliterated them.

[@tombates9122]

It keeps getting funnier...EVERY SINGLE TIME...

[@jerryherrin6470]

@@tombates9122 **head spins**

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

He spelled it Comity. Like they did in books from the 15th or 17th century.

[@JaelaOrdo]

Oh damn a Ted Cruz bio? Cool

[@nathanlong8295]

Hey no proof. That can be any guy with that description.

[@mechfrza]

Arthur Leigh Allen

[@vengefulspirit99]

Definitely weird to see a Ted Cruz bio

[@certifiednard2543]

Classic

[@martinboi09lawds]

i was just about to comment this.

[@tuomopoika]

"...just like any other double homicide"

[@jeremyt2212]

Well, you know, this is America.

[@p03saucez]

@@jeremyt2212 Double homicides don't happen anywhere else

[@dr.vikyll7466]

Simon has experience I see

[@dwarfbunni]

I'd probably be a serial killer too if my parents named me Edward Edward's..

[@patrickkirwan3353]

Brian Brendan sounds worst!

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

That is a terrible thing to do to a person. Who in their right mind would name someone Edward Edwards. That's just nutty. I'm dead. Literally.

[@carlosm9111]

I remember being scared as a kid about the Zodiac killer. As an adult it terrifies me that he was never caught. Unreal ...

[@SpartanHighKing14]

Hey Simon, could you please do a video showing us what your daily schedule looks like? And how you manage to narrate all these KZbin channels? I don't think I've ever seen a KZbin presenter with such an insane work ethic.

[@adam.2004.4]

Love The Chernobyl Series

[@alexsmith-rs6zq]

Simon’s KZbin’s biggest killer because he’s killing it.

[@polreamonn]

£specially with Joe Rogan moving to spotify.

[@fakechloe207]

@@polreamonn that really sucks honestly. dumbest thing in the world for me :(

[@aidandunnigan4034]

@@fakechloe207 how? Nothing about the podcast is changing

[@oliverchristophergomez4642]

The Zodiac would totally have gotten that premium Dashlane subscription.

[@jasonvick6617]

Why do I just keep randomly encountering this man across KZbin, I'll click on a video from a channel I've never seen before and it's the same guy

[@BollywoodBonanzaB]

That's because he's never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...

[@irenemax3574]

I used to wonder about that also, and ask how he could possibly do all that research, create and upload so many videos, given that there are only 24 hours in a day. My grandmother who knows everything told me that he has created at least 20 clones of himself. What a genius!

[@hazels7447]

Accents and serial killer legends are my two biggest guilty pleasures, so this channel is basically a dream come true. Thank you Simon ❤️

[@monnomestbizarre]

People: slash Simon, an intellectual: forward

[@daviedcoe2022]

What annoys me in cases such as these is that alot of the time the cops believe the murderer is someone who has done crime before But think about it the neighbors always say "he was quiet kept to himself a nice guy"

[@dendrien]

On average murderers to often have a background of doing some crime of sort. It is actually rare murder ever happens by someone with a clean record but it does happen.

[@chrisding1976]

dendrien TheStrange i mean what about serial killers not just ordinary murderers who probably have a reason to kill the person, and won’t do it again.

[@rhysjones1108]

the amount of people with a criminal past or that grew up surrounded by crime committing murder severely outweighs people like the Las Vegas strip shooter from 2017 who had no criminal past whatsoever and no one saw coming. But I get what you are saying

[@daviedcoe2022]

Also with zodiacs newspaper letters How come they only think it's either lies or truth Forgetting if the guy is or was as smart as he thinks he was or is Then it wouldn't be inconceivable that the man could've told "half truthes, half lies, truth and lies" In all newspaper publications To send police on wild goose chases for his own amusement

[@dendrien]

Rhys Jones as mentioned, the police primarily works with the average Joe. But within a society there’s always expectations. Some are by birth just deranged and a smaller percentage of these are under the radar. Like the Las Vegas shooter.

[@TheDarkChaplain]

Just going by his admissions, I wouldn't be surprised if the results of the "killings" really didn't matter much to him. What mattered was the act of killing itself. He probably didn't give a toss if a victim didn't bleed to death and could be saved, because by that point, he'd already lived out his power fantasy of taking a life, feeling like a killer, pulling the trigger or digging that knife in. A clean kill wasn't in his interest. He didn't bother disposing of the bodies, and instead phoned them in himself. If anything, a near-death survivor would stoke his legend in the media much better than a cold body would have. Leaving the surviving victims with an ever-present fear of him, of a potential second strike, probably gave him a rise, too.

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

Spoken like a true DarkChaplain

[@rolyngeorges7315]

The Zodiac Killer case is definitely a very unique one. This is one of the reasons why I like this case so much.

[@1xoACEox1]

"Short, 5'8 or 5'9" So above average height... Also that prime suspect guy looks nothing like the sketches or is that just me?

[@jackhamilton9604]

1xoACEox1 Zodiac said that how he looked in that sketch was just a disguise

[@Daniel-ns71617]

Prime suspect was cleared through DNA analysis and palm prints. He probably wasn't the killer.

[@helo9316]

@@Daniel-ns71617 well his friend said that he had a habit of making other people lick the stamps so theres still a possible

[@Daniel-ns71617]

@@helo9316 True, but whoever wrote the letters wasn't Leigh Allen, because the palm prints on the letter didn't match.

[@helo9316]

@@Daniel-ns71617 hmm but isn't it possible that the prints were made by someone else who was handling the letters like maybe the postman? Also i think the evidence that completely and actually rules out allen is the bloody fingerprint on the taxi, that couldn't have belonged to anyone else other than the killer considering its bloody and witness accounts. Allen is nothing like the sketches or description

[@danvonhall9846]

I think Simon is the killer and the last jibberish part that didn´t get coded was an ad for Dashlane.

[@hannahmarieattard188]

You're a genius

[@rickh3714]

The 408 gibberish I have solved. It's a spiral code algorithm that spells "Meet the hip riot. Eibe". Eibe is German for Yew - which in turn Caesar shifts to... The emphasis on trees and wood lies throughout these Z cases. Pines Card etc. Ted K also emphasized this aspect and may have been a Z associate. My POI went to Berkeley as did TK. Which is also where TKs IEDs sometimes were set. Many made out of wood. Even one victim was chosen for their surname- Wood.

[@may.k_me]

I'm so happy you uploaded this! I watched the Zodiac movie just the other day and couldn't stop thinking about it

[@simonkevnorris]

I've watched that movie about six times. I also watched it a few weeks ago - the Covid-19 outbreak means I have caught up on a number of movies.

[@ciandoran8495]

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Haha glad you guys liked my alphabet

[@freewilliam93]

Fuckin stuff is so overkill hes gotta Blaze up before the business channel vids. Seriously hes so obviously high in those.

[@ezio_Winchester]

@句丹句句と 尺ヨ尸卞丹尺 yup I'm a stoner that works 60hrs a week at a union job

[@basedblackbeard4456]

What are his other channels called?

[@EMurph42]

Taiwanlight why not? Business Blaze is my favorite thing to look forward too & Megaprojects is fascinating! The man has a golden voice & has this YT thing down to a science. I think it’s impressive the way he has so many channels with unique voices to them yet they are all high quality!

[@ezio_Winchester]

@james mack my union is in Ontario I took a red seal course for laborer and that's how I got in

[@GrungyCrayons]

At the beginning, Simon mentions the first victims were on the way to a concert. I wonder who they were going to go see, 1968 San Francisco had a great rock scene lol.

[@tomrath1889]

I watched a documentary on this a while back were they actually interviewed the 911 operator who got that first call, she said his voice was normal, very monotone the whole time and the “goodbye” at the end was a monotone “goooodbye” (sorta drawn out in one breath). Like in the Zodiac movie.

[@Wi-Fi-El]

The zodiac killer was honestly a real life supervillain. He was easily a genius, and he had the insanity and bloodthirst to match the joker

[@toddkorson6390]

Wi-Fi TV why do you think he was a genius?

[@Wi-Fi-El]

@@toddkorson6390 well the cryptogram is a major sign of high intelligence, and he was able to outsmart the cops and get away with at least five murders.

[@jackhamilton9604]

Wi-Fi TV more like a real life Riddler due to his ciphers

[@benmoran431]

Simon is the zodiac, just remove the beard

[@FALslayer]

he's british lmao

[@hobnobhead4043]

@@FALslayer omg the Zodiac Killer was British! No wonder he was never caught

[@JohnSmith-qq7fm]

And shave the head

[@magoid]

Also, if you put hair in his head he will look suspiciously like D. B. Cooper.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

It would not surprise me

[@NoBandwidth-0]

You guys should do an episode on Charles Guiteau. It would be awesome to see, considering he's probably one of the weirdest assassins in history.

[@MichaelCochran21]

Simon's Zodiac voice sounds like "Buffalo Bill's" in "Silence of the Lambs". "Oh, waaaait. Was she a great big fat person?"

[@tarajh]

"Put the lotion in the basket!"

[@rebekahlikesmusic2723]

🤣

[@Fire_Score_Maximum]

Hope, one day someone figure out the other unsolved ciphers like the “my name is [blank]” cipher.

[@thekingoftown07]

How about a biographic on the main man himself? Mr. Simon Whistler!

[@jliller]

Maybe we'll finally learn who Whistler's mother was.

[@thekingoftown07]

@Hernan Cortes yes it is

[@seanknapp1]

Thanks for doing my biography, very well made!

[@keatonmeyer5930]

Zodiac watching this like: Ah he forgot to mention (X) thing, what a idiot.

[@awerawer0708]

"Short, at 5'9" 😭

[@yuumain264]

"Short, around 5' 8" or 5' 9" " *28 year old male sits here at 5' 5" * : |

[@jamespuffer2889]

This is brilliant! Is a true crime channel next? Please cover more true crime topics; any case you cover will increase exposure for it, meaning the chance for a witness or evidence goes up! I’d love to see one done on Aisha Degree, a child that disappeared from NC in the United States. Her case still remains unsolved and any exposure to her case would help.

[@mozan4469]

He's been only attacking couples. It could mean, that he had a crush but go rejected. It hurted him so bad that, he developed hatred for couples. The first single kill could've been related, to his beloved woman who chose first "single" victim over zodiac. His mistakes in the letter meant that he probably didn't finish highschool. And him targeting kids, feels alot like he was in his early 20ties. Why? Because after procesing the traumatic highschool which he didn't finish. He decided to prove to everyone that he was worthy. So far I got his education/age/reason. Was there anything about relation between single kilings? He felt godlike, so he was never behind bars or punished. The couple kilings were because of his ideology, but single ones were personal. He stopped kiling because kiling his crush satisfied his lust for revenge. The letters were to prove something. Perhaps that he was good at it? Despite not having diploma? I'm thinking, that starting investigation with highschools, would've been better. Especially to ask women, that have rejected weirdos, if they remember.

[@skullcandye1003]

wow, impressive. I like this one

[@purplevoid274]

Ross Sullivan worked at the same community college as Cheri Jo Bates, whos murder the zodiac later took credit for, and not to mention that Ross looks almost like an exact replica of the infamous police sketch. He died in 1977, which is also around the time the zodiac stopped sending letters

[@daneflynn4979]

The logo used by Zodiac was a Coptic cross. A simplified version to represent a zodiac astrology chart. It was the centrepiece to the chart indicating the horizon with the horizontal lines and reaching to the MC (meridian Celestine/mid heavens) on the vertical. This is the basis of the logo as the cross hair design is a commonly recognised shorthand to reference such a chart. Hope this helps explain its significance.

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

It helped me. I was thinking it had familiarity and similarity with the Celtic Cross. But I imagine both things can be true. In fact, that would make it a homophone. Hmmmm.

[@looking4things669]

I love how factual your videos are. Youve definitely done your homework!

[@k.stacey7389]

I’m cracking up every time Simon says “Vee-A-ho” 🤣

[@jimbob9714]

Every lovers lane has a ghost story. They make movies and documentaries about Vallejo

[@pyry1948]

Finally a video about Ted Cruz, could do one about his political career later.

[@mechfrza]

Arthur Leigh Allen

[@stephenwright8824]

Case not proven, court dismissed.

[@nic9511]

Im not familiar with American politics but this is giving me a bad impression

[@ninja_tony]

@@nic9511 It's just stupid internet trolls. People for some idiotic reason came up with a conspiracy theory that Ted Cruz either is the zodiac killer or is connected to him. It's so stupid, but it's equally scary that some people are dumb enough to believe it.

[@waynejohnson1786]

It’s a joke ^ But not really, Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer.

[@fffforever]

I love how Simon manages to mispronounce every proper noun in this episode. Bravo!

[@SamuelGarcia-ej9dj]

man imagine being at a retirement home and just hearing the guy next to you way "and they still never caught me"

[@sphinxrising1129]

I speculate that the Zodiac killer started out to avenge a perceived wrong done against him (being rejected) by the fact that the girl in the first or second lover lane killing implied she knew who he was, but never identified him to her date who survived. Now, we can take two separate paths from then on out. A. Once he killed, he acquired a taste for the fear & power over life & death his victims presented him. B. Do many killings to make it seem random& thus cover up a killing done for personal reasons, & thus distance yourself as a suspect. Not unlike the plot from movie ‘Blowout’, in which the killer only wanted one specific girl, but killed many to make it seem like the world of a serial killer, who picked similar targets that was not directly connected to each other or to the killer.

[@iantk17]

Dear Simon I want to say I like your channels and your ability to go from completely serious on things like biographics to bombastic on business blaze. Keep up the good work Have a nice Day

[@Doobiedestroyer]

Bro really tryna be the zodiac killer 😂

[@patrickperry6945]

Don’t be so fascinated by the ability of Simon to segue from one aspect of his program to another seamlessly. It’s called editing. Don’t get me wrong. He puts on a good show. But the magic of prerecorded videos allows for a multitude of possibilities.

[@EMurph42]

I think this is the beginning of a beautiful thing, Simon True Crime. I could listen to you tell spooky true stories for days. I really enjoy true crime (before it was cool) & I love Simon so put them together I’m in heaven!

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

I am in hell. But it's ok, the slaves in the afterlife actually control me. Because it's the opposite here.

[@jacobmacrae6300]

Please make a biography about Freddie Mercury!!

[@ellenrice19]

Not "Viejo", it was "Vallejo"...(I lived in the SF Bay Area then...)

[@mousermind]

"Edward Edwards" Oh, that poor man.

[@theylied1776]

Here's the thing about the murder of the Taxi Driver. Even though the San Francisco Police had a description of the Zodiac (white male, 35 to 45, with a buzz cut, and glasses) two parol officers on foot patrol stopped the Zodiac as he was leaving the scene BUT LET HIM GO because they saw a Black Man on the sidewalk and they arrested him for the killing of the Taxi Driver. In one of the letters to the News Paper from the Zodiac, he called the San Francisco Police incompetent fools for arresting a man just because he was Black.

[@mohdharis3916]

I heard about this as well somewhere, but I didn't know the police already had description of the killer at that time. Quite sad.

[@theylied1776]

@@mohdharis3916 Yes, two of his early victims survived and gave detailed descriptions of the Zodiac Killer.

[@calebwinfield1403]

Some children saw it and called it in. Nobody was arrested "because they were black".

[@theylied1776]

@@calebwinfield1403 That is a lovely fairytale, but that did not happen.

[@tarajh]

🤦🏽‍♀️

[@helzapoppin9810]

Allen was absolutely the Zodiac. Despite a lack of direct physical evidence, the circumstantial details are overwhelming.

[@NickLaRue-82]

i agree, but it’s still all circumstancial isn’t it? there’s no ‘slam dunk’ piece of evidence - they didn’t find a piece of the taxi driver’s shirt when they searched his flat, the handwriting didn’t match in numerous tests, and recent DNA tests have excluded him from the lineup. Having said that, I think he’s definitely the Zodiac.

[@GoombaGunk]

Gang Shii lmao

[@DJRitty]

@@NickLaRue-82 I think he did it with russ sullivan. dna has been being retested since 2018...no ones said anything YET. Whatever they use they only had a '5' of allen. 5 is only enough to disclude someone. Now they are resting with a '20'? So we'll see...could be new results. The palm print I think was from a possible 'fake' letter.

[@jackhamilton9604]

DJ Ritty no disrespect but I am tired of the theories that 2 people were involved in the Zodiac killings. If that was the case what would be the motive for 2 people to kill 3 young couples and a cab driver? Look at other serial killer duos. William Burke and William Hare killed all sorts of people to sell their bodies, both taking part in the killings. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were in love with each other and Brady wanted to commit the “perfect crime” and Hindley blindly followed due to her love for him, so Hindley would get the trust of children and then they would kill them

[@DJRitty]

@@jackhamilton9604 POSSIBLY. Sullivan used killers to film real deaths since his fake killer movie was squashed. Was bates father one of the people behind it - who called the police. I think THIS link is what riverside pd is holding close tot heir chest. So what if bates murder was being filmed in one of the empty houses. what if jensen farrady (which also could have been a hit on david since he threatened to rat out a drug dealer AND the cops made a HUGE weed bust just that day. Could explain why cars were on the road and one white impaal chased that couple earlier) was being filmed. Initially they thought PERSONS. If david was target he was killed easy but jenson ran and 2nd person gunned her down? Why was blur rock so close to last one? same scenraio? was the film messed up? Was a re-do of the last scene required? At Lb cops thought hood could be cuz someone was filming. Z's greasy llongish hair matches kanes). What if sullivan gave kane details or he knew them and he pretended to be z and sullivan knew and was pissed. Maybe kane killed stine for (fake) proof or sullivan did for real proof. Kane could have stollen books from presidio where lass worked at nearby hospital. Maybe aftre stine kiilling he fled there to see her, made up a story but she put two and two together, maybe asked questions and he killed her. Maybe once again he claimed to be z (why postcard victim number doesn't match) and z's response was the REWARD poster with the cipher on it. A message - posted all over town for kane to knock it off... Why did they BOTH end up and have ties to albany new york? Did they KNOW each other - even a little. Did Sullivan go there to kill him then die himself? Was the message sent to ny newspaper a message TO kane that he was coming or a cry to be caught from a dying killer not wanting to confess but be caught? So many questions. Both lived near eahc other and stine killing. Sullivan a theater buff, showing up for mikado dressed as execuioner. Mikado playing the night stine was killed. Kane living In the theater district... together or apart there's coincidences in kane and sullivan that cross reference and no other two - aside from all the same kooks/top suspects being in the same area many times - cross over like theirs.

[@juliedunbar6109]

I'm here for my favorite unsolved crime case after Z340 cipher got solved

[@tenshinpham]

Dying for attention, craving for front page press, always making sure to take all of the credits. The similarities 😂

[@teomalibus]

talking about a serial killer: TODAYS SPONSOR IS DASHLANE

[@kamster518]

Another amazing video, can’t thank you enough on how much you’ve taught me. Would love to see a biographic on Neil Armstrong

[@evasbolci3005]

There is one,it's from eight months ago.

[@kamster518]

@@evasbolci3005 So you're right haha. this legend has covered everyone

[@ABCDEFG-ti6br]

Could you make a biographic about Rudolph Höss the commandant of Auschwitz?

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

👀

[@starsturncold]

Holy god, Simon, never do that creepy voice again 😖😂

[@Gruppetstudios]

I want them to update this just to hear Simon say "The Zodiac had a name, and it was Gary"

[@madgavin7568]

Allegedly, its not confirmed and law enforcement officials have already stated the evidence around 'Gary' is circumstantial. Even if it were Gary though, he still evaded justice for his crimes.

[@Lonewolf2616]

We now know what the 340 code said, it wasn't him on the show

[@dmd1598]

Can you do one on Marcus Garvey?

[@Bu-Aljoory]

I asked about the same character months ago

[@mikesaunders4775]

Who did he kill?

[@EdEdwardsCiphers]

Hasn't he had enough done to him?

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Obligatory Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer comment

[@mechfrza]

Arthur Leigh Allen

[@craterglass]

Ted looks real good for a man in his mid-seventies.

[@JesusNoGA]

@@craterglass No, He doesn't.

[@jojolafrite90]

That guy was clearly an incel. Attacking young couples in love, everything he resented.

[@SentientDMT]

The original Elliot Rodgers 🤔

[@d3vilish_angelx]

felt it was a good time to come back to this