1. Where have you been?
I've been waiting since 7:00.
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2. Get in. I had to find fireworks.
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3. Let me drive.
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4. Get in. I haven't eaten in 24 hours.
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5. Are you coming or not?
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6. It's too crowded.
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7. I thought you were starving.
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8. Let's go someplace quiet.
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9. Okay.
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10. What are we doing?
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11. Sitting. Listening to music. Talking.
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12. - You seem weird. Ls everything okay?
- Yeah, everything's fine.
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13. It's July.
How many shirts are you wearing?
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14. - I'm cold.
- You're cold on the Fourth of July?
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15. Fuck off and die!
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16. - What?
- "Fuck off and die"?
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17. Shut up.
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18. Was that car at the drive-in?
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19. I saw that car at Mr. Ed's.
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20. - Do you want me to tell him to leave?
- Stay in the car.
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21. - Was that your husband?
- No.
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22. Who was that, Darlene?
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23. Don't worry about it.
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24. - Don't tell me not to worry. Who was it?
- It's nothing.
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25. Oh, shit.
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26. Let's go.
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27. Now, D.
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28. Get your wallet.
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29. Man, you really creeped us out.
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30. - Vallejo Police Department.
- I want to report a double murder.
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31. May I have your name
and where you are calling...
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32. If you go one mile east
on Columbus Parkway,
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33. a public park,
you'll find kids in a brown car.
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34. They were shot with a 9mm Luger.
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35. I also killed those kids last year.
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36. Goodbye.
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37. Spit.
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38. Come on, buddy.
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39. - I swallowed it.
- Why?
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40. It was minty.
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41. You can't do that. It's not good for you.
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42. Lunch box.
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43. - Why am I not going on the bus?
- Because we're late.
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44. Okay, you're staying
with your mom and Aaron tonight.
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45. So, you don't like
having a new little brother?
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46. - No, not really.
- Oh, that's honest.
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47. Learn a lot.
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48. There will be a test tonight!
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49. Morning.
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50. - Hi.
- Good morning.
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51. - Morning.
- Morning.
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52. How's the coffee today, Shorty?
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53. Editorial in two.
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54. Good morning, gentlemen.
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55. - Good morning.
- Good morning.
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56. Well, Stanton, tell Mr. Howe
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57. the draft board piece
was damn near perfect.
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58. Mr. Graysmith.
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59. Horrid.
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60. Horrid.
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61. Not so horrid.
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62. Horrid.
I'm thinking we go with not so horrid.
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63. Paul, what's on the crime beat?
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64. Janice in Datebook left the fondue party
before everyone got naked.
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65. That's a crime.
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66. Have you seen her? Wouldn't kid you.
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67. It may be the beginning of a crime wave.
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68. You need to see this.
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69. Go get the publisher.
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70. "Dear Editor,
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71. "This is the murderer
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72. "of the two teenagers
last Christmas at Lake Herman
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73. "and the girl on the Fourth of July
near the golf course in Vallejo.
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74. "To prove I killed them,
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75. "I shall state some facts
which only I and the police know.
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76. "Christmas,
brand name of ammo, Super-X.
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77. "Ten shots were fired.
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78. "The boy was on his back
with his feet to the car.
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79. "The girl..."
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80. Would you read that, please?
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81. "The girl was on her right side,
feet to the west.
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82. "Fourth of July.
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83. "One, girl was
wearing patterned slacks.
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84. "The boy was also shot in the knee.
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85. "Brand name of ammo was Western.
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86. "Here is part of a cipher.
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87. "The other two parts of this cipher
are being mailed to the editors of
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88. "the Vallejo Times and S.F. Examiner.
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89. "I want you to print this cipher
on the front page of your paper.
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90. "In this cipher is my identity.
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91. "If you do not print this cipher
by the afternoon of Fry,"
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92. F-R-Y, "First of Aug '69
I will go on a kill rampage Fry night.
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93. "I will cruise around all weekend
killing lone people in the night
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94. "then move on to kill again
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95. "until I end up with
a dozen people over the weekend."
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96. It's unsigned except for a symbol.
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97. Is it me,
or does that look like a gunsight?
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98. Today's August first.
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99. He wants his code
in the afternoon edition.
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100. If the Examiner doesn't have
the balls to run it, we scoop the Bay.
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101. Al, this man is talking about
shooting 12 people.
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102. And not running this
might make him do that.
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103. If we run it, we might be setting
a very dangerous precedent.
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104. Oh, come on, now, it's newsworthy.
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105. Well, giving some sick bastard
a soapbox,
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106. what does that say to people?
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107. Back up. Is this Vallejo story true?
Do we know that?
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108. - Paul?
- What? I cover crime in Vallejo?
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109. Yeah, I cover crime in Vallejo.
Ten minutes.
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110. Let's shoot the code and call SFPD.
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111. If it turns out to be real,
at least we'll have the material.
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112. All right.
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113. Graysmith,
don't you have that cartoon to finish?
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114. Oh, yeah.
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115. Hi, this is Paul Avery
from the San Francisco Chronicle.
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116. I'm looking for someone to
shed some light on a letter we received.
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117. Thank you.
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118. Sergeant Mulanax.
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119. Sergeant, Paul Avery from
the San Francisco Chronicle.
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120. I just wanted to check
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121. if you had an unsolved
firearm-related homicide
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122. on Christmas and
maybe one on July fourth.
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123. Shit.
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124. You guys got one, too?
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125. Confirmed.
VPD, they confirmed the shootings.
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126. Al's on the phone with the Examiner.
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127. They got the same letter
with a different code.
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128. So did Times-Herald.
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129. Christmas, two teenagers
on lover's lane. Both DOA.
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130. David Faraday and Betty Jensen.
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131. July fourth,
Darlene Ferrin and Michael...
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132. I think it's "Mayhew."
Anyway, he lived, she didn't.
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133. The murder weapons?
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134. Ballistics, everything he said
in the letters matched.
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135. I mean, I think the Times-Herald's
gonna go with it.
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136. The Examiner's going,
but won't go front page.
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137. I say let's go front page.
If he kills 12 people, it's not our fault.
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138. Robert! We need the cartoon.
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139. - You're not finished?
- No, I'm finished, Carol. I'm finished.
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140. Thieriot's still here.
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141. Really?
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142. The first edition
is off the floor in 10, Charles.
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143. Give us a sec.
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144. Okay, re-plate.
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145. We'll go on page... Page four.
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146. What do you say, 20 bucks
whoever cracks the psycho's name?
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147. He won't give his name.
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148. Motifs'? Anyone'?
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149. - That's where I'm heading.
- All right.
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150. Put those on my desk. Turn on the light.
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151. Grab your book.
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152. Now go get your jammies on.
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153. All right, people, listen up.
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154. The cipher's broken into three sections,
each with eight lines and 17 symbols.
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155. No breaks between the symbols
denoting different words.
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156. No numbers or clues
to substitution keys.
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157. And you got symbols
from at least seven different sources.
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158. Greek, Morse code, Navy semaphore,
weather symbols, astrological signs.
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159. - Hey, take a gander at this code thing.
- Okay.
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160. You wanna give it a go?
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161. Guy who used to sit there
was a great cartoonist. Bob Bastian.
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162. Now he's doing public television.
For some reason.
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163. Paul Avery.
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164. Robert Graysmith.
I've been here nine months.
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165. You were right, by the way.
He didn't give his name.
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166. Who cracked it?
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167. A history teacher
and his wife in Salinas.
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168. "I like killing people
because it is so much fun.
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169. "It is more fun
than killing wild game in the forest
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170. "because man is the most
dangerous animal of all to kill.
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171. "Something gives me
the most thrilling experience.
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172. "It is even better
than getting your rocks off with a girl.
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173. "The best part of it is that when I die,
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174. "I will be reborn in paradise.
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175. "And all that I have killed
will become my slaves.
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176. "I will not give you my name
because you will try to slow down
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177. "or stop my collecting of slaves
for my afterlife."
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178. Methinks our friend's
a tad bit fuckered in the head.
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179. I heard he even sent Vallejo
a code key, just to help.
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180. - What is that at the bottom?
- Leftovers.
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181. Maybe an anagram.
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182. How does one do that?
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183. I like puzzles. I do them a lot.
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184. How did you know
he wasn't gonna give his name?
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185. Dangerous animal.
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186. Dangerous animal.
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187. What dangerous animal?
How do I know that?
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188. - PauL
- Yes, Templeton.
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189. - Editorial, now.
- Very well.
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190. Another letter.
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191. More of the same.
Details about the murders.
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192. He taped a flashlight to the gun.
That's how he hit them in the dark.
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193. And he gave himself a name.
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194. You know this used to be
the town of Montecello?
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195. But at some point,
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196. the county decided that the land
would work better as a lake.
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197. So they flooded it.
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198. - But there's an entire...
- Hidden city under the water.
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199. We were here last spring, remember?
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200. Oh, yeah.
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201. Somebody else is here.
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202. It is a public park.
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203. I think he's watching us.
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204. Well, we're very good-looking.
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205. Where'd he go?
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206. He went behind that tree.
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207. All right. So he's taking a leak.
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208. He's coming towards us.
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209. Oh, my God, he has a gun.
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210. Don't move.
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211. - I want your money and your car keys.
- Okay.
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212. We're not gonna do anything, okay?
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213. We're gonna cooperate.
Just tell me what you want us to do.
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214. Here.
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215. You're welcome to everything I have.
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216. If there's anything else
I could do for you...
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217. Maybe I could write you a check?
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218. Okay, I could give you
my phone number.
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219. You know, I might be able to help you.
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220. Even more than you might think.
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221. He's a sociology major.
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222. Pre-law, actually.
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223. Oh, keys.
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224. You know, I'm sorry, I don't know exactly
where I put my keys.
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225. They might be on the blanket.
Is it okay if...
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226. Here's the keys.
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227. Don't get up.
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228. I want her to tie you up.
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229. Okay.
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230. You know, if he comes any closer,
I might be able to get that gun.
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231. - Don't get any ideas.
- I'm not.
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232. I killed a guard
escaping from prison in Montana.
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233. I'm not doing anything, okay?
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234. I'm not afraid to kill again.
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235. Look away.
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236. What was the name of that prison?
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237. Hey, you said it was in Montana, right?
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238. I'm taking your car.
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239. I'm going to Mexico.
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240. We didn't complain
when you tied our hands.
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241. Okay, you have everything that I have.
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242. We have done everything
that you've asked.
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243. It's okay. It's okay.
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244. She tied you loose, didn't she?
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245. Get on your stomach
so I can tie your feet.
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246. Okay.
It gets really cold out here at night.
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247. We could freeze.
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248. Okay, you all done?
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249. You know,
just because people are gonna ask,
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250. was that thing even loaded?
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251. It's okay.
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252. This is all gonna be okay.
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253. Dispatch, this is 43L2,
heading south on Knoxville Road.
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254. I've got an abandoned white
VW Karmann-Ghia...
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255. Napa Police Department.
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256. I want to report a murder.
No, a double murder.
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257. They are two miles north
of park headquarters.
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258. They were in a white
Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia.
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259. I'm the one that did it.
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260. 43L2 has a male victim with him.
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261. Piner's ambulance
has been dispatched.
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262. Boy lived, the girl didn't. Again.
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263. God, can you imagine
surviving something like that?
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264. Writing the dates on the side of the car.
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265. We got two Vallejo killings,
now there's one in Napa. Why Napa?
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266. What the hell is he doing out of Vallejo?
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267. Sweet mother of Christ,
what are you drawing?
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268. Kid at the lake.
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269. This is what he said
the Zodiac was wearing.
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270. God, that's a hell of a get-up.
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271. - Paul, what are you doing?
- Hyman, I wrote it. It's done.
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272. Now I just got to type it up.
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273. Type it up?
It's not finished until you type it up.
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274. We've got to read it.
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275. - What's that?
- That's the Zodiac at the lake.
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276. What's the story with the kid?
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277. He seems a little touched
or medicated or...
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278. - Graysmith?
- Yeah, what is it?
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279. He's a fucking boy scout.
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280. He doesn't smoke,
he doesn't drink, he doesn't curse.
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281. - And he's back.
- I knew it.
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282. "Man is the most
dangerous animal of all."
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283. I knew that
I heard that from somewhere.
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284. The Most Dangerous Game.
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285. It's a movie about a Count
who hunts people for sport.
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286. People.
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287. The Most Dangerous Game.
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288. - Who's that?
- That's Count Zaroff.
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289. Zaroff? With a "Z"?
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290. And that will be
all for the news on the 20.
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291. We've got curfews in effect tonight
for the following counties,
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292. Napa, Solano, Contra Costa,
Alameda, Marin, and San Mateo.
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293. So please, everyone, stay safe.
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294. Vic in San Francisco, you're on the line.
You're not scared of the Zodiac?
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295. Heck no,
he's only shooting those farm kids.
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296. What scares me
is those hippies out in the Haight
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297. with their free love and weird clothes.
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298. We've got Alfred from Vacaville.
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299. You know, I think
that was really offensive.
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300. It's not just farm kids.
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301. These are nice, clean-cut young people.
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302. Hey, nobody's downplaying
the loss of human life here, Alfred.
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303. Well, that last guy was.
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304. We have good solid communities
out here in the North Bay.
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305. Unlike in the city where you have
Satanists running around.
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306. Well, you bring up a good question.
Is the Zodiac a Satanist?
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307. Amber from Oakland,
what do you think?
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308. I don't really know,
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309. but I thought that code
they printed didn't look very Christian.
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310. But I think the bigger problem
is that the papers shouldn't have printed
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311. anything that the Zodiac
has been doing.
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312. That they're just printing
all that stuff to sell more newspapers.
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313. Well, the Zodiac did demand
they print his letters
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314. or he'd kill more people.
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315. Yeah, but he would have
done it anyway,
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316. whether they printed it or not, I think.
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317. An interesting point.
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318. So, what do you think he'll do next?
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319. - San Francisco Police Department.
- Yes. There's a fight in a cab!
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320. What is your location?
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321. 3398 Washington,
at the corner of Cherry.
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322. One's drunk and
we think he's robbing him.
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323. - Is the crime still in progress?
- Yes, please hurry.
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324. Oh, my God, look!
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325. Nuts!
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326. Whoever this is,
you owe me a new lamp.
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327. Cabbie's been shot
three blocks from the Presidio.
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328. Well, it wasn't me.
I've been with my bride all night.
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329. - She can vouch.
- Go put on the Folgers.
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330. You'll pick me up?
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331. Let me just describe
the lamp you're gonna buy me.
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332. - I just got to sleep.
- Suspect's Negro, male adult.
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333. Walt's on scene, locked up the cab
and secured the crowd.
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334. Seriously, dead asleep.
I lost feeling in my arm and everything.
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335. Crackers.
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336. You ever try Japanese food?
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337. - What do you mean, like teriyaki?
- No, like the urchin.
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338. - Raw fish.
- I'm eating here, Bill.
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339. - I always wanted to try it.
- So, why don't you?
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340. Haven't got around to it.
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341. Evening, gents. What a lovely night
for a botched robbery.
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342. Yeah, third this week.
Must be end of summer rush.
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343. I got foot patrols going through the park,
dogs are on the way.
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344. The victim's name is Paul Stine.
Dousette pronounced him at 10:10.
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345. Suspect fired one shot
to the back of the head.
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346. Driver's wallet
and car keys are missing.
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347. How'd you know his name?
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348. Leroy, there, came down
from Yellow Cab to ID him.
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349. Neighborhood's pretty high-end
for this kind of thing,
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350. so I already set up transpo for the cab.
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351. - Coroner's here.
- Any witnesses?
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352. Kids who called it in
saw the suspect from that window.
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353. - Did they hear a shot?
- No.
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354. They first saw him in the front seat,
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355. thought he was a drunk
fighting with the driver.
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356. Oldest kid ran downstairs to get
a better look from the dining room,
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357. described him as a white male, glasses,
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358. crew-cut, stocky,
and wearing a dark jacket.
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359. Wait, I thought someone said
he was black.
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360. That's the description
that went out to radio cars.
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361. - We already corrected it.
- Oh, well, that's good.
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362. - You guys need anything else?
- No. Get out of here.
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363. Thanks. Happy Birthday.
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364. - Wait, it's your birthday?
- Yep.
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365. - That's great. Happy birthday.
- Thanks.
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366. - Body or scene?
- It's your birthday, I'll take the body.
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367. Dave, looks like he
wiped the cab down pretty good.
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368. - We got some blood over here.
- Prints?
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369. Could very well be.
We'll dust it at the Hall.
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370. The odd thing is, we also got gloves.
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371. - Suspect's?
- There's blood on them.
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372. - Hey, Pete?
- Yeah, Dave.
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373. You through over there,
can I get in there?
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374. Yeah, I'm all set.
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375. - Who rolled him?
- Stewarts.
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376. I got a single 9mm casing.
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377. Yeah, Luger.
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378. Nothing from the crowd.
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379. Okay.
I'm your shooter, Negro male adult,
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380. who also happens to be
a stocky, crew-cut Caucasian.
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381. I flag a cab. I give him this address.
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382. Did I give him this address?
Who's got the fare book?
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383. Right here.
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384. Washington and Maple.
That's one block east.
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385. Lighting's the same over here,
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386. so maybe I see
someone walking their dog.
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387. You don't want any witnesses
so you tell him to go down a block.
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388. He pulls over.
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389. I wait for him to put it in park
because I'm smart
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390. and I don't want him
hitting the accelerator
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391. when I shoot him. May I?
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392. He stops, puts it in park, boom.
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393. I shoot him on the right side,
he slumps right?
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394. Maybe you've got your hand
on his collar when you shoot.
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395. All right. So, either way,
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396. I just dumped a quart of blood
in the front seat.
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397. - So, why do you get in the front seat?
- For the money.
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398. But he's dead.
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399. You could just reach over the seat,
pull out his wallet.
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400. You don't have to go
anywhere near the blood.
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401. So, Why'd he get in the front seat?
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402. - I'm an idiot.
- But you're not an idiot.
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403. You waited for him to put it in park.
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404. - Right. Thank you.
- Yeah, sure.
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405. - Can I see that?
- Yeah.
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406. I am an idiot.
I just killed a man for $8.25.
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407. It's his third fare of the night.
Does anyone have any animal crackers?
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408. - Animal crackers?
- They're in the car.
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409. I'm saving those for later.
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410. Fine.
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411. - Are you a reporter?
- No, I'm Inspector Dave Toschi, SFPD.
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412. Sir, I was wondering
if I'd be able to talk to your children,
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413. one at a time and preferably alone?
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414. They just saw a man murdered.
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415. I understand.
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416. It looked like
they were drunk and fighting.
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417. Yeah, and he had a rag.
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418. He came around the side of the car
and he was wiping stuff.
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419. - Did you get a chance to see his face?
- I did.
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420. Well, sort of.
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421. Did you remember what he looked like?
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422. - Normal.
- Yeah.
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423. "Normal?"
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424. "This is the Zodiac speaking.
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425. "I am the murderer of the taxi driver
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426. "over by Washington Street
and Maple Street last night.
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427. "To prove this, here is
a blood-stained piece of his shirt.
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428. "I am the same man who did in
the people in the North Bay Area.
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429. "The S.F. Police could have
caught me last night
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430. "if they had searched the park properly
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431. "instead of holding road races
with their motorcicles."
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432. - Gentlemen.
- Dave.
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433. Paul. Where's the shirt?
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434. Right there, boss.
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435. There's your rag the kids talked about.
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436. So he got in the front seat
to tear off a piece of the shirt.
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437. - Is this on the record?
- Well, what do you think?
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438. He confirms
the Vallejo and Napa killings.
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439. Gets worse.
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440. Robert, do you have a deadline?
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441. What does he mean, it gets worse?
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442. Read the last part.
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443. "School children make nice targets.
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444. "I think I shall wipe out
a school bus some morning.
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445. "Just shoot out the front tire
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446. "and then pick off the kiddies
as they come bouncing out."
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447. Jesus Christ, who's got school buses?
Department of Transportation?
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448. - School board.
- All right.
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449. I'm gonna need elimination prints
from your staff.
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450. Is there anyone here that
didn't touch this letter?
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451. On my way back to my desk.
They have phones, if you want.
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452. We need to get matches
on blood and fabric.
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453. I'll call Napa and Vallejo,
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454. get the letters up to Sherwood
in Sacramento.
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455. Dave, just one thing.
Is it true they got a print off the cab?
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456. Yeah, we got a partial in blood.
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457. - But that is not for publication.
- Hey, hey, come on.
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458. Hey, it's me.
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459. Did he say they got a print?
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460. Partial.
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461. Whoa.
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462. Dude, he wears his gun like Bullitt.
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463. No, McQueen got that from Toschi.
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464. Does he think that Zodiac's
gonna send another code?
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465. 'Cause I think Zodiac's
gonna send another code.
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466. Jesus Harold Christ
on rubber crutches, Bobby.
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467. What are you doing?
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468. You're doing that thing,
the thing we discussed,
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469. the thing that I don't like.
Starts with an
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470. - Oh, looming.
- Yeah.
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471. In cooperation with SFPD,
we will run the Zodiac letter
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472. without including the threat
on school children.
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473. We don't want to start a city-wide panic
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474. so I'm asking all of you
to please keep this confidential.
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475. Just go about your daily business.
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476. Thank you.
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477. I packed you your carrots and
your celery and peanut butter, okay?
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478. - Dad, you don't have to wait with me.
- I know.
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479. You know what? You know what?
I'm gonna drive him today, okay?
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480. Come on.
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481. What's that?
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482. Similarities in the lowercase "r's."
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483. And that?
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484. It is you waiting in the hall
if you speak again.
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485. I have to concentrate.
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486. Sorry.
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487. "Sorry" counts as speaking.
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488. There are similarities
in the lowercase "r's."
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489. We have to release the bus threat.
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490. - It'll screw us.
- We're already screwed.
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491. We just went from
"Routine Cabbie Shooting"
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492. to "Mass Murderer Targets Kids."
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493. The Zodiac Killer
has come to San Francisco.
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494. Confirmation tonight,
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495. from the San Francisco
Police Department
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496. that in his latest haunting letter,
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497. which takes credit for the murder
of cab driver Paul Stine,
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498. the Zodiac has threatened to,
"Wipe out a school bus
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499. "and pick off the kiddies
as they come bouncing out."
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500. If you think you might know
who the Zodiac is,
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501. you can call the San Francisco
Police Department's newest tip line.
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502. Press conference is at 4:00.
We got to give them something.
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503. We're coordinating
with the school board,
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504. and we expect
a break in the case very soon.
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505. - What do we really got?
- We're swamped.
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506. When they can't get anyone
on the tip line
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507. they call the switchboard
and keep getting put through.
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508. You got any hard suspects?
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509. About 90 an hour. I'm up to around 500.
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510. Well, can't you narrow it down?
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511. I would love to,
if I could get out of this...
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512. - Homicide, please hold.
- Yeah, hold, please.
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513. We're gonna need to tell them
we got the entire force on this.
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514. How many men can you give me?
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515. Well, right now, it's you and Bill
and Monday's a school day.
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516. Yeah, I know, Chief.
I have three daughters of my own.
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517. Yeah, I know. Where's Armstrong?
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518. He's on the phone with Vallejo.
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519. We're playing catch up, Jack.
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520. I'd like to set up a meeting
with your survivor, Michael Mageau.
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521. I can't. He skipped town.
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522. The only guy who's seen Zodiac
without a mask is missing?
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523. When he was still in the hospital
we could show him lineups all clay long.
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524. As soon as he got out, he split.
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525. Really? Why?
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526. I don't think he wanted
to have anything to do with this.
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527. Can you send us everything
that you have?
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528. Well, the road goes both ways.
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529. Now, we need that print
you lifted from the cab
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530. and we should have been in
on the handwriting.
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531. I apologize.
Things have been moving fast.
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532. Who should I talk to in Napa
so we can coordinate?
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533. Talk to Ken Narlow.
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534. We really should have been in
on the handwriting.
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535. I apologize.
Things have been moving fast.
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536. Listen, we're gonna need
your scene photos.
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537. Can't help you.
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538. Ken, I don't want to get into
a jurisdictional thing here.
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539. No, no, no, no, no.
We didn't have a crime scene.
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540. The ranger that found the kids literally
swept everything into a picnic blanket.
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541. All we have are the Wing Walker prints.
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542. The what?
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543. Boot prints to and from the crime scene
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544. were made by size
10-and-a-half Wing Walkers,
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545. military-style boots
sold only at military PXs
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546. designed to walk
on the wings of planes.
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547. And you can't buy at a PX
without a military ID,
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548. so our suspect could be military.
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549. Did you guys narrow your list off of this?
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550. - Yeah.
- Did Vallejo?
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551. I don't know. I don't work in Vallejo.
I work here.
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552. Great. I'm gonna need photos
of those boot prints.
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553. Sure, if you send me the handwriting.
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554. I thought Questioned Documents
already did.
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555. Nope. Vallejo's got them, not us.
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556. All right.
I'll have Questioned Documents...
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557. Forget it. I'll telefax it to you.
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558. We don't have telefax yet.
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559. - Okay, I'll put it in the mail.
- We'll mail ours, too.
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560. And call Mulanax in Vallejo.
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561. - Maybe he can get you a mimeo.
- Right.
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562. Why don't you just get a photo
off the original plaster cast?
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563. We'd have to wait,
because they don't have a fax.
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564. We don't have a fax, either.
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565. Look, I'm just trying
to get us coordinated.
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566. Have you called Solano Sheriff's Office?
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567. Why would I call Solano?
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568. Because the two kids that got killed
last Christmas were Solano's.
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569. I thought they were Vallejo.
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570. No, they were over the county line
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571. so you're gonna need
to coordinate with them, too.
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572. Okay.
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573. Bill.
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574. Can I have a word with you?
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575. Where did you see this guy?
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576. We got the call to circle the scene
and look for a Negro male adult.
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577. Where was he?
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578. On Jackson. Heading east.
About the middle of the block.
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579. And this is three minutes
after the shooting?
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580. Give or take. Yeah.
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581. - And you were heading east or west?
- We were going west.
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582. All right, so you're
on Jackson going west.
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583. So the cab was one block
catty-corner southwest?
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584. - Correct.
- Did you slow down?
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585. - Of course we slowed down.
- All right.
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586. Listen, Dispatch said
it was a Negro male.
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587. That was corrected.
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588. No, but at the time
they hadn't changed it.
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589. This guy was white.
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590. Right, not in a hurry.
Kind of lumbering along like...
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591. Lumbering?
What do you mean, "lumbering"?
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592. - Shuffling.
- Stocky? Had a crew cut?
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593. Yeah, that's all correct.
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594. Listen, it was dark.
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595. The guy was wearing a dark jacket.
There's no way...
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596. He would have been covered in blood.
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597. Did you stop him?
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598. Did you talk to him?
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599. - Yes? No?
- No.
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600. You need to get with a sketch artist.
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601. We have to put out
a new composite right away.
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602. Five persons have been murdered
in the San Francisco area,
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603. and in each case the killer...
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604. "I shall wipe out a school bus
some morning..."
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605. San Francisco police...
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606. to see the Stones in concert
this Sunday.
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607. The new letters
from the Zodiac Killer were sent to
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608. the City room of the
San Francisco Chronicle.
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609. One of the letters was...
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610. Looming. No looming.
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611. - Have you considered the water theory?
- What?
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612. Geographically, every attack
takes place near a body of water
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613. - or a water-based name.
- This is your water theory?
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614. Lake Berryessa. Blue Rock Springs.
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615. - Lake Herman.
- Wash-ington and Cherry?
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616. You think?
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617. No.
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618. I'm reading this book,
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619. Homicide investigation
by Lemoyne Snyder...
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620. - "Leymone."
- ... and he says you look for patterns,
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621. - so I'm looking for patterns.
- No.
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622. You can't think of this case
in normal police terms.
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623. - Why not?
- You got four crime scenes.
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624. Solano, Vallejo, Berryessa, and here.
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625. Not a single usable print
at the first three or in any of the letters?
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626. How does our master criminal come
to the city and leave a bloody latent?
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627. I mean, assuming the gloves are his,
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628. he shoots the cabbie
and then takes them off?
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629. So it's not his print?
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630. Maybe, maybe not.
You're missing the point.
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631. - The point is the first attack...
- David Faraday and Betty Jensen.
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632. They both die.
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633. From there on out,
he only manages to kill the girls.
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634. - Not for lack of trying.
- Not for lack of trying.
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635. Mageau lives, Ferrin dies.
Hartnell lives, Shepard dies.
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636. He gets so caught up with the women
he forgets to finish off the men.
Copy !req
637. Plus, they're all couples
and all on lover's lanes.
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638. - Paul Stine is not.
- Exactly.
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639. Single, male cab driver
on Washington and Cherry doesn't fit.
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640. Doesn't fit.
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641. So, why does Zodiac kill him?
Copy !req
642. He's breaking the pattern.
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643. Yeah?
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644. Someone claiming to be Zodiac
called Oakland PD a half-hour ago.
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645. He says he's gonna call in on Jim
Dunbar's morning show in three hours.
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646. On television?
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647. He wants Melvin Belli on
to counsel him.
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648. All right. All right.
Let's go wake up Melvin.
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649. Animal crackers?
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650. Glove box.
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651. Are these windows bulletproof?
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652. Yes, Melvin.
You don't have to lie down back there.
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653. This man is a marksman,
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654. could snuff me out
at a moment's notice.
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655. Are you sure you're up for this?
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656. Don't you worry about me, Inspector.
I'll be fine when the lights are on.
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657. This man has asked for my help.
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658. The man you're worrying about
snuffing you out?
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659. What are these, cookies?
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660. Dear Lord, do you ever clean this car?
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661. - Shit.
- KGO must have tipped other stations.
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662. Get him talking.
Convince him to meet you somewhere.
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663. If you see an opportunity,
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664. we want you to suggest
Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown.
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665. You'll be tracing the call?
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666. Pacific Telephone says you need to
keep him on the line for 15 minutes.
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667. We can do that, can't we, Jim?
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668. Fifteen seconds. Clear the set.
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669. Here you go, you drunken reprobate.
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670. We interrupt our regular program
to bring you this news bulletin.
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671. Welcome to this special edition
of our show
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672. in which we are joined
by attorney Melvin Belli
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673. who the Zodiac Killer
personally requested to appear.
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674. Finish up, buddy, and put it in the sink.
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675. - Good morning, Melvin.
- Good morning, Jim.
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676. So, the phone lines are open.
Mr. Belli is here.
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677. Here to help, Jim.
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678. Yes. Here to help.
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679. And we ask the public not to call in,
so that the Zodiac himself can reach us.
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680. I saw your Star Trek, by the way.
It was excellent.
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681. A shame about the show.
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682. Good people.
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683. You know, I've often thought of
becoming an actor full-time.
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684. What was your character's name?
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685. - Gorgon.
- Gorgon. That's right.
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686. Roll the tape. Get the tape.
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687. Jim, we have a call. We're going live.
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688. Hello?
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689. Hello? This is Melvin Belli.
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690. Who am I speaking with?
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691. This is the Zodiac speaking.
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692. ls there something I can call you
that's a little less ominous?
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693. Sam.
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694. Sam.
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695. Is there somewhere we can meet, Sam,
and talk about this?
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696. Meet me on top of the Fairmont Hotel.
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697. Without anyone else or I'll jump...
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698. Have a unit go to the Fairmont Hotel.
Copy !req
699. - Sam.
- Yes?
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700. Do you think you need medical care?
Copy !req
701. Medical, not mental.
Copy !req
702. Do you have health problems?
Copy !req
703. I'm sick. I have headaches.
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704. Headaches?
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705. I have headaches, too,
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706. but a chiropractor stopped them
a week ago.
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707. I think I can help you, Sam.
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708. Sam?
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709. He knows they're tracing his calls.
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710. Sam, we'd like you to know
that we are not tracing these calls.
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711. It's a long, difficult process
and ineffective with these short calls.
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712. Sam?
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713. We're not tracing these calls.
You have my word.
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714. Okay-
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715. Sam, you need to tell me
what your problem is.
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716. I don't want to go to the gas chamber.
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717. I have headaches.
I kill, I don't get them.
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718. That is fucked up!
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719. You want to live, don't you?
Well, this is your passport.
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720. How long have you been
having these headaches?
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721. Since I killed a kid.
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722. - Do you have blackouts?
- Yes.
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723. - Do you have ms'?
- No. I just have headaches.
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724. Did you attempt to call one other time
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725. when F. Lee Bailey was with us
two or three weeks ago?
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726. Yes.
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727. And why did you want
to talk to Mr. Bailey?
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728. Why do you wanna talk to me, Sam?
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729. - I don't want to be hurt.
- Why is he calling?
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730. - Hey, just a second, buddy.
- I don't wanna go to the gas chamber.
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731. You won't get hurt if you talk to me.
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732. And you're not going
to the gas chamber.
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733. I wouldn't think they would ask
for capital punishment.
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734. We should ask the District Attorney.
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735. Do you want me to do that, Sam?
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736. Do you want me to talk
to the District Attorney?
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737. What was that, Sam?
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738. I did not say anything.
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739. We heard a scream.
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740. That was my headache.
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741. You sound like you're in
a great deal of pain.
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742. My head aches. I'm so sick.
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743. I'm gonna kill them.
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744. - Oh, okay.
- I'm gonna kill those kids!
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745. Fantastic.
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746. Sam?
Copy !req
747. - Let's meet and talk. Just us.
- Okay.
Copy !req
748. How about Old St. Mary's Church
in Chinatown?
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749. No.
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750. In front of the Daly City
St. Vincent de Paul at 10:30.
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751. I'll see you there.
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752. Take care of yourself, Sam.
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753. My: my'
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754. You fellows certainly know
how to put on a secret meeting.
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755. You know, the problem is,
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756. I don't want to go to the gas chamber.
I have headaches.
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757. I kill, I don't get them.
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758. No, it's not him.
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759. It's the voice.
The voice is too high. It's too young.
Copy !req
760. All right.
Thanks for coming down, Bryan.
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761. Do you have blackouts?
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762. That's okay. I got it.
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763. They pulled off the trace.
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764. Our Daly City no-show
called from a mental institution.
Copy !req
765. Oakland PD's operator is sure
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766. the man she talked to
had a deeper voice.
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767. Calmer.
Copy !req
768. Might have actually been him.
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769. "So I shall change
my way of collecting slaves.
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770. "I shall no longer announce to anyone
when I commit my murders.
Copy !req
771. "They shall look like routine robberies,
killings of anger
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772. "and a few fake accidents, et cetera.
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773. "The police shall never catch me
Copy !req
774. "because I have been
too clever for them.
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775. "I look like the description passed out
only when I do my thing.
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776. "The rest of the time
I look entirely different.
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777. "I shall not tell you what
my disguise consists of when I kill.
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778. "As of yet I have left no
fingerprints behind me,
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779. "contrary to what the police say.
Copy !req
780. "I wear transparent fingertips.
Copy !req
781. "All it is is two coats of airplane cement
coated on my fingertips.
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782. "I enjoy needling the blue pigs.
Hey, blue pig, I was in the park.
Copy !req
783. "You were using fire trucks to mask
the sound of your cruising prowl cars.
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784. "Hey, pig, doesn't it rile you up
Copy !req
785. "to have your nose
rubbed in your booboos?
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786. "If you cops think I am going to take
on a bus the way I stated I was,
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787. "you deserve to have holes
in your heads."
Copy !req
788. And you need to look at this.
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789. "Take one bag of
ammonium nitrate fertilizer,
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790. "one gallon of stove oil,
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791. "and dump a few bags
of gravel on top..."
Copy !req
792. - Okay.
- It's a bomb.
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793. Okay. We gotta call the Army
and see if this
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794. science experiment could actually work.
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795. Another cipher.
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796. - When did these arrive?
- They arrived this morning.
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797. Are you planning to publish?
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798. Robert.
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799. We should have a drink.
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800. Thank you.
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801. So, tell me about yourself.
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802. - You married?
- Divorced. Two kids.
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803. What do you do for fun?
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804. I love to read.
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805. - I enjoy books.
- Those are the same things.
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806. Why you been going through my trash?
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807. I'll come back to that.
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808. How did you know
he was gonna send another code?
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809. I just guessed.
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810. - Just guessed.
- The first one seemed too easy.
Copy !req
811. All right, this can no longer be ignored.
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812. - What is that you're drinking?
- It's an Aqua Velva.
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813. You wouldn't make fun of it
if you tried it.
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814. But who actually cracked the code?
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815. A married couple who like puzzles.
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816. So what's that tell us about the Zodiac?
Copy !req
817. - He's no expert.
- Right.
Copy !req
818. It's just a simple substitution code
Copy !req
819. like the one that
we used to do as boy scouts.
Copy !req
820. "A" is one, "B" is two.
Copy !req
821. We weren't all boy scouts, Robert.
Copy !req
822. Well, it's not that hard.
You just got to know where to start.
Copy !req
823. In the first cipher...
Copy !req
824. You actually carry that around with you?
Copy !req
825. - Why?
- No reason.
Copy !req
826. What's the most common double
consonant in the English language?
Copy !req
827. Consonant?
Copy !req
828. - The double
- Double
Copy !req
829. And what's the one word that we know
that he'll use in here, at least once?
Copy !req
830. - "Kill."
- Right, "kill."
Copy !req
831. So the Hardens start looking
for double symbols,
Copy !req
832. which they find here, here, and here.
Copy !req
833. Each with the same
two symbols preceding them.
Copy !req
834. So now they've got
a repeating four-letter word
Copy !req
835. ending with two symbols
that they assume stand for
Copy !req
836. And since they think the whole word
is "kill" then...
Copy !req
837. Then you got your you got your
and you're on your way.
Copy !req
838. But how do you go
from "A" is one and "B" is two
Copy !req
839. to figuring out this whole code?
Copy !req
840. Well, same way I did.
You go to the library.
Copy !req
841. In this book,
Copy !req
842. the author presents a very simple
substitution code in the preface.
Copy !req
843. Eight of the 26 symbols that
he suggests are found in this cipher.
Copy !req
844. Yeah, but there are non-letter symbols
Copy !req
845. because there's all
these medieval ones.
Copy !req
846. I thought they looked medieval, too.
Copy !req
847. But then I found a code
written in the Middle Ages.
Copy !req
848. Guess what it's called?
Copy !req
849. The Zodiac Alphabet.
Copy !req
850. Jesus.
Copy !req
851. What do you want out of this?
Copy !req
852. - What?
- What's your angle?
Copy !req
853. This is good business
for everyone but you.
Copy !req
854. How do you mean "business"?
Copy !req
855. Hey. Come to bed.
Copy !req
856. I'll be up in a minute.
I need to make a phone call.
Copy !req
857. - Hello?
- Bill?
Copy !req
858. There's not many basements
in California.
Copy !req
859. "Basement for future use."
Copy !req
860. That's right.
Copy !req
861. I'll have Vallejo and Napa
check with their city planners.
Copy !req
862. - Get some sleep.
- Yeah, sure.
Copy !req
863. "Dear Melvin,
this is the Zodiac speaking.
Copy !req
864. "I wish you a happy Christmas.
Copy !req
865. "The one thing I ask of you is this.
Please help me.
Copy !req
866. "I cannot reach out for help
because this thing in me won't let me."
Copy !req
867. Thank you.
Copy !req
868. "I am finding it extremely difficult
to hold it in check
Copy !req
869. "and I am afraid I will lose control again
Copy !req
870. "and take my ninth
and possibly tenth victim."
Copy !req
871. Melvin, he's reaching out to you.
Copy !req
872. Absolutely.
Copy !req
873. Inspectors, he sent this letter
directly to my residence.
Copy !req
874. It is a cry for help,
intended as a private communique.
Copy !req
875. Which is why
you contacted the Chronicle.
Copy !req
876. The people have a right to know.
Toddy?
Copy !req
877. - When did the letter arrive?
- In the middle of last week.
Copy !req
878. I was away on safari.
Copy !req
879. What did you gentlemen
do for Christmas?
Copy !req
880. - You're looking at it.
- You must see Africa.
Copy !req
881. Cradle of civilization.
Fascinating people. Beautiful. Savage.
Copy !req
882. - Back to the killer who wrote to you.
- Yes. Of course.
Copy !req
883. It is my belief
that he only penned this letter
Copy !req
884. because he couldn't get through to me
on the Dunbar show or here.
Copy !req
885. - He tried to contact you here?
- Several times.
Copy !req
886. I was out,
but he spoke with my housekeeper.
Copy !req
887. Didn't leave a number.
Copy !req
888. He's kind of crafty like that.
Do you mind if I speak to her?
Copy !req
889. Not at all. But the real story is the letter.
Copy !req
890. - I'll be back.
- Yeah.
Copy !req
891. She's right this way.
Copy !req
892. Inspector Toschi, it is my belief
this is a window into this man's soul.
Copy !req
893. Killing is his compulsion.
Copy !req
894. Even though he tries to ignore it,
it drives him.
Copy !req
895. It's in his blood.
Copy !req
896. Could be.
Or maybe he just likes the attention.
Copy !req
897. I didn't mean to scare you,
but your right rear wheel is loose.
Copy !req
898. Really?
Copy !req
899. If you like,
I could tighten the lugs up for you.
Copy !req
900. If you don't mind.
Copy !req
901. Well, you can't be too careful.
Copy !req
902. - All done.
- Thank you.
Copy !req
903. No problem. Have a good night.
Copy !req
904. It's okay.
Copy !req
905. Are you okay?
Copy !req
906. Yeah. Yeah, we're fine.
Copy !req
907. Must have been worse than I thought.
Copy !req
908. I can give you a lift to a service station.
Copy !req
909. Okay.
Copy !req
910. It's okay. Come on.
Copy !req
911. I didn't know you had a baby.
Copy !req
912. Oh, is that okay?
Copy !req
913. The more the merrier.
Copy !req
914. You shouldn't smoke. It's a bad habit.
Copy !req
915. - I think we just passed a filling station.
- It was closed.
Copy !req
916. Do you always go around
helping people in the night?
Copy !req
917. When I'm done with them,
they don't need much help.
Copy !req
918. It's okay.
Copy !req
919. Before I kill you,
Copy !req
920. I'm gonna throw your baby
out the window.
Copy !req
921. No! Help! Please! No!
Copy !req
922. She was on the side of the road.
She flagged me down.
Copy !req
923. - What happened to her?
- She said she jumped from a car.
Copy !req
924. I found her like this.
Copy !req
925. - What is it?
- Please, he said...
Copy !req
926. - It'll be okay.
- Tried to kill me.
Copy !req
927. My baby!
Copy !req
928. - Where's her baby?
- She didn't have one when I stopped.
Copy !req
929. Where's your baby?
Copy !req
930. Jesus.
Copy !req
931. - You hid it?
- In case he came back.
Copy !req
932. "This is the Zodiac speaking.
Copy !req
933. "By the way, have you cracked
the last cipher I sent you?
Copy !req
934. "I'm mildly curious as to how much
money you have on my head now.
Copy !req
935. "I hope you do not think I was the one
who wiped out that blue meanie
Copy !req
936. "with a bomb at the cop station,
Copy !req
937. "even though I talked about
killing children with one."
Copy !req
938. "This is the Zodiac speaking.
Copy !req
939. "I'd like to see some nice Zodiac
buttons wandering around town.
Copy !req
940. "Everyone else has these buttons
Copy !req
941. "like peace, black power,
and Melvin eats blubber, et cetera.
Copy !req
942. "It would cheer me up considerably
Copy !req
943. "if I saw a lot of people
wearing my button.
Copy !req
944. - "Please no nasty ones."
- "This is the Zodiac speaking.
Copy !req
945. "I shot a man
sitting in a parked car with a.38.
Copy !req
946. " 12, SFPD zero."
Copy !req
947. "The map coupled with this code
will tell you where the bomb is set.
Copy !req
948. "You have until next fall to dig it up."
Copy !req
949. "This is the Zodiac speaking.
Copy !req
950. "I'm rather unhappy because you people
Copy !req
951. "will not wear
some nice Zodiac buttons.
Copy !req
952. "So, I now have a little list,
starting with the woman and her baby
Copy !req
953. "that I gave a rather interesting ride
Copy !req
954. "for a couple of hours one evening,
a few months back,
Copy !req
955. "that ended in my burning her car
where I found them."
Copy !req
956. We're really not gonna run
any more of his letters?
Copy !req
957. The new policy. Our brothers in blue
want us to hold back
Copy !req
958. and see how he reacts.
Copy !req
959. Four letters in three months,
Copy !req
960. and this is the first mention
of Kathleen Johns. That's very weird.
Copy !req
961. That's because he's full of shit.
Copy !req
962. What do you mean?
Copy !req
963. You don't know?
Copy !req
964. Welcome. Please put your stuff down.
You're going down five rows and left.
Copy !req
965. Looking for the Modesto Bee
from March.
Copy !req
966. I'm going to stand here
and attempt not to vomit.
Copy !req
967. - Left.
- Left.
Copy !req
968. - What am I looking for?
- Kathleen Johns.
Copy !req
969. Also probably you wanna
pull the Chron from...
Copy !req
970. You know, never mind. I'll see to that.
Copy !req
971. Okay, look at this letter again.
The part about Kathleen Johns.
Copy !req
972. Tell me what facts he gives.
Copy !req
973. - A woman and her baby abducted.
- Fact.
Copy !req
974. - The car on fire.
- Okay, now,
Copy !req
975. look at the article from the Bee.
Copy !req
976. Seen it yet?
Copy !req
977. Everything in the letter
already appeared in the article.
Copy !req
978. And he's done it before.
Copy !req
979. Officer Richard Radetich,
shot sitting in his car.
Copy !req
980. Zodiac claimed that he shot someone
in their car.
Copy !req
981. Couple days after this article came out.
Copy !req
982. The police already had somebody
in custody.
Copy !req
983. Zodiac didn't do it,
but took credit for it anyway
Copy !req
984. because he's in it for the press.
Copy !req
985. He even stole his symbol.
Copy !req
986. - What?
- Yeah. Shit.
Copy !req
987. If I show you something,
you promise not to tell anyone?
Copy !req
988. - Who would I tell?
- Okay. Totally solid point. Okay.
Copy !req
989. That's the only place
that word and that symbol
Copy !req
990. ever appeared together
before the letters.
Copy !req
991. The guy stole his logo off a watch.
Copy !req
992. How can somebody
who's killed 13 people do...
Copy !req
993. He claims he's killed 13 people,
Copy !req
994. but which ones
can we actually confirm?
Copy !req
995. There's three in Vallejo,
one in Berryessa, the cabbie. That's it.
Copy !req
996. Bobby, you almost look disappointed.
Copy !req
997. Chief's pulling everybody off buses.
Copy !req
998. Business as usual.
Copy !req
999. Something'll shake loose.
Copy !req
1000. Not a peep in four months.
Copy !req
1001. First he won't shut up and now...
Copy !req
1002. Maybe we drove him underground.
Copy !req
1003. Maybe he's gone.
Copy !req
1004. 311 at 582 Haight, cross at Biltmore.
There's a male...
Copy !req
1005. - Happy birthday, Bill.
- Thanks.
Copy !req
1006. Does it ever bother you
that people call you Shorty?
Copy !req
1007. Does it bother you
that people call you a retard?
Copy !req
1008. - Nobody calls me that.
- Right.
Copy !req
1009. As governor,
I pledge to use all my influence
Copy !req
1010. to make sure that Darlene Ferrin's killer
is brought to justice.
Copy !req
1011. I believe some clues were overlooked
in the murder of Darlene Ferrin.
Copy !req
1012. - I believe her murder was premeditated.
- Who is that?
Copy !req
1013. Florence Douglas, mayor of Vallejo.
She's running for governor.
Copy !req
1014. I believe that the police department
either did not have the money, the time
Copy !req
1015. or, yes, the inclination...
Copy !req
1016. Sayonara, police endorsement.
Good work, Flo.
Copy !req
1017. Does anyone ever call me names, or...
Copy !req
1018. You mean like retard?
Copy !req
1019. Yeah.
Copy !req
1020. No.
Copy !req
1021. Shit. Fuck. Oh, my God. Jesus.
Copy !req
1022. Tell me that's not a piece
of bloody shirt!
Copy !req
1023. Fuck! Holy fucking crap!
Copy !req
1024. "I feel it in my bones,
you ache to know my name
Copy !req
1025. "and so I'll clue you in.
Copy !req
1026. "But then, why spoil the game?
Happy Halloween."
Copy !req
1027. Paul, you did call him
a latent homosexual
Copy !req
1028. in at least one of your articles.
Copy !req
1029. Dave. I want a gun.
Copy !req
1030. A gun?
Copy !req
1031. You're in Herb Caen.
Copy !req
1032. "Paul Avery's investigation
has won him the accolade
Copy !req
1033. "of a message from the Zodiac warning,
'You are doomed.'
Copy !req
1034. "As a result, several crime newsmen
are wearing lapel buttons reading,
Copy !req
1035. "'I am not Paul Avery."'
Copy !req
1036. You should sell these.
You could do well.
Copy !req
1037. It's been a windfall, since
they published the threat on my life.
Copy !req
1038. I got the leads
coming out of the woodwork.
Copy !req
1039. There's one guy down in Riverside.
Copy !req
1040. I'm gonna drive down
and see him tonight.
Copy !req
1041. - You wanna tag along?
- No, I have a date.
Copy !req
1042. - Really?
- Who is this guy?
Copy !req
1043. He wishes to remain anonymous.
I wish to remain infamous.
Copy !req
1044. So we're going to get along great.
Copy !req
1045. Hi. Good evening. Hi.
I'm looking for a Melanie.
Copy !req
1046. Yes.
It's the young lady sitting by herself.
Copy !req
1047. Thank you.
Copy !req
1048. You must be Melanie.
Copy !req
1049. - Which would make you Robert.
- It would.
Copy !req
1050. Glynnis told me lots about you.
Copy !req
1051. - And you have wine, great.
- I do.
Copy !req
1052. Great. How late am I?
Copy !req
1053. Just a few minutes, really.
I just got here myself.
Copy !req
1054. Traffic's bumper to bumper.
I was at the gun range.
Copy !req
1055. - Glynnis said you were a cartoonist.
- Oh, yeah.
Copy !req
1056. Well, what're you doing at a gun range?
Copy !req
1057. Reading.
Copy !req
1058. Get some more...
You need some more napkins.
Copy !req
1059. So, you work with Glynnis.
Copy !req
1060. - For her, actually.
- For her?
Copy !req
1061. Oh, well...
Copy !req
1062. My children are terrified of Glynnis.
Copy !req
1063. Me, too.
Copy !req
1064. So, the gun range?
Copy !req
1065. We're... I'm working on...
Do you know the Zodiac?
Copy !req
1066. - Yeah.
- I'm working with...
Copy !req
1067. - Do you know who Paul Avery is?
- Sounds kind of familiar.
Copy !req
1068. He's the writer
that the Zodiac threatened.
Copy !req
1069. Oh, yeah, I saw that on TV.
Copy !req
1070. Well, I work near him
and he's going down tonight
Copy !req
1071. to track an anonymous tipster
down in Riverside.
Copy !req
1072. Where is Riverside?
Copy !req
1073. It's near L.A.
Copy !req
1074. Oh, wow. I don't think Paul knows
that it's that far away.
Copy !req
1075. Sounds kind of dangerous.
Copy !req
1076. Yeah. How do you mean?
Copy !req
1077. Well, you said it was
an anonymous tip, right?
Copy !req
1078. Yeah.
Copy !req
1079. So it could be an ambush.
I mean, it could be the Zodiac.
Copy !req
1080. Don't you think it's kind of stupid?
Copy !req
1081. Yeah, yeah. Well, Paul has a gun.
Copy !req
1082. So, do you know what's good here?
Copy !req
1083. I've never been here before.
Copy !req
1084. The pasta, spaghetti?
Copy !req
1085. Are you ready to order yet?
Copy !req
1086. Yeah, I'll have the penne vodka.
But could you do it in a cream sauce?
Copy !req
1087. Of course.
Copy !req
1088. Maybe give us another minute?
Copy !req
1089. Do you have any change?
Copy !req
1090. Oh, wait, no wait, hold on.
Copy !req
1091. Nope. That's a penny.
Copy !req
1092. Do you have to make a phone call?
Copy !req
1093. Yeah, you know,
when you were saying that the Zodiac...
Copy !req
1094. You know, when you said it
was dangerous, I just thought
Copy !req
1095. - that it is dangerous, and it's...
- Stupid?
Copy !req
1096. Stupid. And I just thought that
Copy !req
1097. I should call his wife
and just see if she's heard from him.
Copy !req
1098. I have some change.
Copy !req
1099. Okay. Well, she said
she'd call when she heard from him.
Copy !req
1100. - Good.
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1101. Melanie, I should really go home
and wait for the call.
Copy !req
1102. Is this some sleazy plan
to get me to go home with you?
Copy !req
1103. What? No.
Copy !req
1104. I'll get the food to go.
Copy !req
1105. Hello!
Copy !req
1106. Hi! I'm supposed
to meet somebody here.
Copy !req
1107. Anything?
Copy !req
1108. You don't have to stay.
Copy !req
1109. Are you kidding?
Copy !req
1110. This is the most interesting date
I've ever had.
Copy !req
1111. - Paul?
- Robert?
Copy !req
1112. - Yes.
- You sitting down?
Copy !req
1113. Yes.
Copy !req
1114. You're not gonna believe this.
Copy !req
1115. Dave!
Copy !req
1116. In a bizarre twist,
the hunted has become hunter.
Copy !req
1117. San Francisco Chronicle reporter
and Zodiac target Paul Avery
Copy !req
1118. claims to have uncovered
new information
Copy !req
1119. regarding the only unsolved homicide
in Riverside County's history,
Copy !req
1120. a 1966 Southern California murder,
Copy !req
1121. that Avery now believes
was the Zodiac's first victim.
Copy !req
1122. What?
Copy !req
1123. - He didn't call you about this?
- Hang on!
Copy !req
1124. The Riverside killer
wrote to the press letters
Copy !req
1125. that I then took personally to
the Office of Questioned Documents.
Copy !req
1126. And what did this expert tell you?
Copy !req
1127. What I knew in my gut, Ron.
Copy !req
1128. The handwriting matches Zodiac's.
Copy !req
1129. How'd he get the evidence
out of Riverside?
Copy !req
1130. He took it to Sherwood
without telling us, the son of a bitch.
Copy !req
1131. You know how bad this looks?
Copy !req
1132. Hey, how do we know
that this lead is real?
Copy !req
1133. It's very real. You know how I know?
Copy !req
1134. Because I saw it on TV.
Copy !req
1135. Excuse me.
Copy !req
1136. Dave.
Copy !req
1137. Hi.
Copy !req
1138. Dave, you know Mel Nicolai.
He's working the case for Justice.
Copy !req
1139. Good to see you, Mel.
Copy !req
1140. All due respect,
can someone explain to me
Copy !req
1141. why I'm reading
about breaks in this case
Copy !req
1142. in the Chronicle instead
of getting calls from you?
Copy !req
1143. We got screwed.
Copy !req
1144. Dave, come on.
Copy !req
1145. You do get your name in the paper a lot.
People talk.
Copy !req
1146. I don't ever talk about an open
investigation, period. Okay, Ken?
Copy !req
1147. Dave? Hey. Hi.
Copy !req
1148. Paul Avery. Can I catch a ride
with you gents when we get there?
Copy !req
1149. Not a good idea, Paul.
Copy !req
1150. He's gonna make me take a cab
when we're going to the same place.
Copy !req
1151. Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you for choosing PSA.
Copy !req
1152. - Fair enough. Fair enough.
- Please take your seats at this time.
Copy !req
1153. Remember, smoking is
in the last six aisles only.
Copy !req
1154. Enjoy your flight.
Copy !req
1155. - Cross? Hi.
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1156. - Inspector David Toschi, SFPD.
- How are you doing?
Copy !req
1157. Great. Thanks for having us
down today.
Copy !req
1158. Not at all.
I hear you have some files for us.
Copy !req
1159. I'll show you mine. You show me yours.
Copy !req
1160. - Frisco huh?
- That's right. San Francisco.
Copy !req
1161. - Ken Narlow from Napa.
- Ken.
Copy !req
1162. - Mel Nicolai, Justice.
- Mel.
Copy !req
1163. Here's what we know.
Copy !req
1164. Cheri Jo Bates attended
Riverside Community College.
Copy !req
1165. She studies in the library
the night of October 30th, 1966.
Copy !req
1166. She leaves with an unidentified male
at closing, 9:00 p.m.
Copy !req
1167. Her body's found the next morning
in a parking lot, stabbed to death.
Copy !req
1168. Her car is disabled.
Copy !req
1169. Someone cut the coil in the distributor,
the battery died.
Copy !req
1170. The someone comes back,
offers to help.
Copy !req
1171. - Like Kathleen Johns.
- Who?
Copy !req
1172. A woman outside of Modesto,
might be a Zodiac victim.
Copy !req
1173. Might. Might be.
I have her comp right here in this file.
Copy !req
1174. Okay.
Copy !req
1175. A typewritten confession was sent
to the Riverside Press Enterprise
Copy !req
1176. on November 29th,
a month after Bates's murder.
Copy !req
1177. They ran it.
Copy !req
1178. "I'm not sick. I am insane.
But that will not stop the game.
Copy !req
1179. "This letter should be published
for all to read."
Copy !req
1180. He wants to be published.
He calls it a game.
Copy !req
1181. I mean, this could be our boy.
Copy !req
1182. Six months later, the police,
the girl's father, and the paper,
Copy !req
1183. they all received these.
Copy !req
1184. Double postage, just like Zodiac.
Copy !req
1185. These are what Sherwood Morrill
matched to the Zodiac letters?
Copy !req
1186. These and the desktop. Don.
Copy !req
1187. This was found a couple of months later
by a janitor in RCC storage.
Copy !req
1188. Sherwood got
a handwriting match off wood?
Copy !req
1189. Who etches in their own handwriting?
Copy !req
1190. To be honest with you,
Copy !req
1191. our letters and your letters,
I don't see it.
Copy !req
1192. How did Paul Avery
get his hands on the exemplars?
Copy !req
1193. I gave them to him.
Copy !req
1194. We talked on the phone the other day
for about an hour.
Copy !req
1195. And I told him you were gonna be here.
Copy !req
1196. - You told him we were meeting?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1197. I also told him
we don't think this is Zodiac.
Copy !req
1198. Okay, wait a minute.
Copy !req
1199. - You don't think this is Zodiac?
- We got a guy we like for it.
Copy !req
1200. We don't have enough
to pin it on him yet,
Copy !req
1201. but we're pretty sure it's him.
Copy !req
1202. If you don't think this is Zodiac,
then why give anything to Avery?
Copy !req
1203. I'm trying to cooperate.
Copy !req
1204. Oh, that's how you cooperate?
By giving information to reporters?
Copy !req
1205. Look, I don't know
about the handwriting,
Copy !req
1206. but Sherwood says it's a match, right?
Copy !req
1207. So, let's just say
that your guy did Cheri Jo.
Copy !req
1208. He types the confession.
Copy !req
1209. Zodiac reads it in the paper,
and he writes a letter taking credit for it.
Copy !req
1210. Now, that's something he's done before.
Copy !req
1211. Look, now you have everything we have.
Copy !req
1212. But, in my opinion,
you guys came south for nothing.
Copy !req
1213. FU BAR, gentlemen, FU BAR.
Copy !req
1214. I don't care what he says.
This still could be Z.
Copy !req
1215. The problem is
the entire state already thinks it is.
Copy !req
1216. Well, there's your press agent.
Talk to him about it.
Copy !req
1217. I come in peace.
I don't want any trouble.
Copy !req
1218. I really don't want to talk to you
right now, Paul. Not now.
Copy !req
1219. - Just trying to do my job.
- Oh, really? Well, now I can't do mine.
Copy !req
1220. We're already screwed with
the amount of tips we got on this thing,
Copy !req
1221. and you just freaked out the entire state.
Copy !req
1222. I have got Napa, Vallejo, and DOJ
looking at me sideways
Copy !req
1223. and Riverside's telling me
I'm on a snipe hunt!
Copy !req
1224. Jesus. Hey, Cheri Jo Bates was a gift.
I gave that to you.
Copy !req
1225. You and Armstrong
never would have found her.
Copy !req
1226. This may not be Zodiac.
Does that matter to you?
Copy !req
1227. - What if it is?
- Does it matter that Riverside may not
Copy !req
1228. be able to make a case
against their suspect because of you?
Copy !req
1229. Tell it to Sherwood.
I'm out here, beating the bushes,
Copy !req
1230. trying to draw him out.
We're in this together.
Copy !req
1231. No, we're not in anything together, Paul,
Copy !req
1232. because I'm not interested
in upping my circulation.
Copy !req
1233. Oh, boy. He wrote me.
He threatened my life.
Copy !req
1234. Hey, Bullitt!
Copy !req
1235. Been a year-and-a-half,
you gonna catch this fucking guy or not?
Copy !req
1236. - Go fuck yourself.
- Happily.
Copy !req
1237. You should have called me, Paul.
Copy !req
1238. Thank you.
Copy !req
1239. - Did you see this?
- Unfortunately, yes.
Copy !req
1240. Here comes every lunatic in California.
Copy !req
1241. I'm the Zodiac.
Copy !req
1242. And how did you kill your victims?
Copy !req
1243. With a gun. No, with a hammer.
Copy !req
1244. All I'm authorized to tell you
Copy !req
1245. is that he's still under
government employment.
Copy !req
1246. - And who authorized you to tell me this?
- That's all I'm authorized to say.
Copy !req
1247. Only a little rat bastard like Andre
Copy !req
1248. could have done something
like cut off all the victims' hands.
Copy !req
1249. Zodiac didn't cut off
any of the victims' hands.
Copy !req
1250. - Are you sure?
- Yes, sir.
Copy !req
1251. Travis and I worked here
side by side for 10 years.
Copy !req
1252. His foot gets crushed in an accident
and the killings begin.
Copy !req
1253. - Coincidence?
- I don't know.
Copy !req
1254. You're a cop, man. Do the math.
Copy !req
1255. Have you considered
the killer might be Paul Avery?
Copy !req
1256. Frequently.
Copy !req
1257. He was drinking Coors,
getting a load on.
Copy !req
1258. Starts talking about hunting people.
Like that book.
Copy !req
1259. Says how you can put a light
at the end of a gun
Copy !req
1260. to use as a sight in the dark.
Copy !req
1261. - He said that?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1262. So I asked him,
"How would you get away with it?"
Copy !req
1263. And he said, "it would be easy
Copy !req
1264. "'cause there'd be no real motive
to the thing."
Copy !req
1265. Then he said he'd write letters
to the police
Copy !req
1266. and call himself Zodiac
to mess with them.
Copy !req
1267. Leigh liked messing with people.
Copy !req
1268. - You're positive he said "Zodiac"?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1269. I thought it was a stupid name.
So I told him.
Copy !req
1270. He got up all upset and said,
"I don't care what you think.
Copy !req
1271. "I've thought about it a long time
and that's the name I'm gonna use."
Copy !req
1272. Did you feel like he'd been
thinking about it a long time?
Copy !req
1273. He was raw about losing his job
at the school.
Copy !req
1274. He talked about shooting out
the tires of a school bus
Copy !req
1275. and picking off the little darlings.
Copy !req
1276. - He actually used those words?
- That's what made me remember.
Copy !req
1277. Afterwards, I told my wife
I didn't wanna see him again.
Copy !req
1278. And I haven't since.
Copy !req
1279. Other thing is, Leigh's into skin diving.
Copy !req
1280. I know he's been up to that lake
a bunch of times.
Copy !req
1281. Lake Berryessa?
Did you ever go with him?
Copy !req
1282. Couple times. We went fishing
by Putah Creek near there.
Copy !req
1283. Tell him when you put it together.
Copy !req
1284. About a year ago, in the paper,
there was a story about the Zodiac.
Copy !req
1285. And it all comes back.
I tried to call the local cops.
Copy !req
1286. They blew him off.
Thought he was a nut.
Copy !req
1287. And you're sure
the conversation you had about Zodiac
Copy !req
1288. took place on January 1st, 1968?
Copy !req
1289. It couldn't have been any later.
Copy !req
1290. I started a new job in L.A.
on January 20th.
Copy !req
1291. I had to move.
Copy !req
1292. - This is my problem. This guy...
- Arthur Leigh Allen?
Copy !req
1293. This guy, Leigh,
just lays out his entire evil plan
Copy !req
1294. to a fishing buddy on New Year's Day?
Copy !req
1295. I don't know.
He's angry, he's been drinking,
Copy !req
1296. been thinking about it for a while.
I can buy that.
Copy !req
1297. So why didn't Cheney
contact us sooner?
Copy !req
1298. I checked. He did.
Copy !req
1299. First recorded contact
with the police department about Allen
Copy !req
1300. was in Pomona. January 10th, 1970.
Copy !req
1301. He just got lost in the shuffle.
Copy !req
1302. Did Cheney have anything
against Allen?
Copy !req
1303. Did Allen screw his wife or anything?
Copy !req
1304. We're gonna do
a full background check.
Copy !req
1305. But I got to tell you, I like this guy.
Copy !req
1306. So, let's pull
some handwriting samples.
Copy !req
1307. Hi. I talked to Sherwood.
He got the samples.
Copy !req
1308. - What are you having?
- BLT.
Copy !req
1309. So, the check stubs are a wash.
There's not enough handwriting.
Copy !req
1310. The application's got more,
but it doesn't look like Z's,
Copy !req
1311. so he can't rule him in.
But he can't rule him out, either.
Copy !req
1312. - Well, that's vague.
- He needs more samples.
Copy !req
1313. Also, our guy is a pervert.
Copy !req
1314. When Mel got the application
from Valley Springs,
Copy !req
1315. they told him that
Allen had been fired for touching kids.
Copy !req
1316. - Touching?
- Polite euphemism.
Copy !req
1317. - So what do you want to do?
- Make some phone calls.
Copy !req
1318. - Are you done with the fries?
- Go ahead.
Copy !req
1319. Did you and Mr. Cheney have a chance
Copy !req
1320. to look at the copies
of the Zodiac letters we sent you?
Copy !req
1321. Yeah.
Some of this stuff is pretty creepy.
Copy !req
1322. - Yeah, we know that.
- I mean, creepy like Leigh.
Copy !req
1323. He misspells words like that.
He thinks it's funny.
Copy !req
1324. What about the handwriting?
Copy !req
1325. I don't know.
Don't you have experts for that stuff?
Copy !req
1326. Our man at Questioned Documents
says it's inconclusive.
Copy !req
1327. Maybe he did it with his other hand.
Copy !req
1328. The letters are a little too neat
Copy !req
1329. for someone to have written
with the wrong hand.
Copy !req
1330. But not for Leigh, right.
Copy !req
1331. - What do you mean?
- He's ambidextrous.
Copy !req
1332. He can write with either hand.
Didn't you guys know that?
Copy !req
1333. In everyday life, Allen uses his left hand.
Copy !req
1334. Job applications,
letters to friends, et cetera.
Copy !req
1335. But he writes the Zodiac letters
with his right hand
Copy !req
1336. producing a different handwriting
that he can't be linked to.
Copy !req
1337. We got to see this guy, Chief.
Copy !req
1338. - Where is he?
- Vallejo.
Copy !req
1339. He works at Union Oil in Pinole.
His brother's up there, too.
Copy !req
1340. See them both.
Copy !req
1341. Make sure you call Mulanax.
It is his backyard.
Copy !req
1342. Oh, right, because that
worked so well for us in Riverside.
Copy !req
1343. Cooperation, that's us, at all costs.
Copy !req
1344. You can talk to him in here.
Coke machine's busted, by the way.
Copy !req
1345. I'll go get him for you.
Copy !req
1346. So how do you guys wanna do this?
Copy !req
1347. Well, Bill talked to the informants.
He leads, we follow?
Copy !req
1348. It's okay by me.
Copy !req
1349. Mr. Allen, I'm Inspector Bill Armstrong.
Copy !req
1350. This is Inspector Dave Toschi
and Sergeant Jack Mulanax.
Copy !req
1351. We're investigating the Zodiac murders
in San Francisco and Vallejo.
Copy !req
1352. Please, sit down.
Copy !req
1353. The informant notified us
that you made certain statements
Copy !req
1354. 11 months prior
to the first Zodiac murder.
Copy !req
1355. If they're true,
they're quite incriminating.
Copy !req
1356. Do you recall
having any such conversation?
Copy !req
1357. - No.
- Have you ever read
Copy !req
1358. or heard anything about the Zodiac?
Copy !req
1359. When it was first in the paper.
Copy !req
1360. But I didn't follow it
after those first reports.
Copy !req
1361. - Why not?
- Too morbid. I...
Copy !req
1362. I told all this to the other officer.
Copy !req
1363. - Which other officer?
- From Vallejo.
Copy !req
1364. Do you remember his name?
Copy !req
1365. No, but it was right after
the murder at the lake.
Copy !req
1366. And what did you tell this officer?
Copy !req
1367. I told him that I'd gone to Salt Point
that weekend to skin dive.
Copy !req
1368. That I was alone
but I met a couple there.
Copy !req
1369. I have their names at home
if you want them.
Copy !req
1370. That would be great, Arthur.
Copy !req
1371. - Leigh.
- What?
Copy !req
1372. Leigh. Nobody calls me Arthur.
Copy !req
1373. Also, that day when I came home,
my neighbor saw me.
Copy !req
1374. It was around 4:00.
But I forgot to tell the other officer that.
Copy !req
1375. - Neighbor's name?
- Bill White.
Copy !req
1376. He died a week or so afterwards.
Copy !req
1377. Heart attack.
So I didn't think to call to follow up.
Copy !req
1378. The knives I had in my car
with the blood on them,
Copy !req
1379. that blood came from a chicken
that I killed for dinner.
Copy !req
1380. - What?
- I had knives in my car that weekend.
Copy !req
1381. Maybe Bill saw them
and called the other officer on me.
Copy !req
1382. Well, we'll be checking in on that.
Copy !req
1383. Well, let me ask you something else.
Copy !req
1384. Were you ever in Southern California
at any time in 1966?
Copy !req
1385. - Is this about the Riverside killing?
- Yes.
Copy !req
1386. Well, I guess I was there
around that time.
Copy !req
1387. I used to go down there a lot.
I like the auto races.
Copy !req
1388. Informant says that
you're ambidextrous?
Copy !req
1389. No, that's untrue.
Copy !req
1390. You can't write with both hands?
Copy !req
1391. My teachers tried to make me
when I was a kid, but I couldn't.
Copy !req
1392. I'm left-handed.
Copy !req
1393. He also said that you made statements
about killing school children.
Copy !req
1394. That is...
Copy !req
1395. That is horrible. That is...
That's a horrible thing to say.
Copy !req
1396. So, you weren't angry
about being fired from Valley Springs
Copy !req
1397. for touching your students?
Copy !req
1398. I'm not the Zodiac.
Copy !req
1399. And if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you.
Copy !req
1400. That's a nice watch.
Copy !req
1401. Thank you.
Copy !req
1402. May I see it?
Copy !req
1403. May I see it?
Copy !req
1404. Where'd you get it?
Copy !req
1405. It was a Christmas gift
from my mother two years ago.
Copy !req
1406. That's very sweet.
Copy !req
1407. So, tell me something, Arthur.
Copy !req
1408. You don't remember anyone
Copy !req
1409. you might have had a conversation with
regarding the Zodiac?
Copy !req
1410. Maybe Ted Kidder or Phil Tucker
at Vallejo Recreation.
Copy !req
1411. But I couldn't be positive.
Copy !req
1412. I used to work there when...
Copy !req
1413. The Most Dangerous Game.
Copy !req
1414. What?
Copy !req
1415. The Most Dangerous Game.
That's why you're here, isn't it?
Copy !req
1416. It was my favorite book in high school.
Copy !req
1417. It's about this man who waits for people
to get shipwrecked on this island.
Copy !req
1418. Because he was
tired of hunting animals,
Copy !req
1419. he hunted the people for the challenge.
Copy !req
1420. And man is the most
dangerous animal of all?
Copy !req
1421. That's the whole point of the story.
Copy !req
1422. Great book.
Copy !req
1423. Or, at least, that's what I told Phil.
Copy !req
1424. May I go?
Copy !req
1425. Sure.
Copy !req
1426. - Thanks for your time.
- I'm willing to help in any way possible.
Copy !req
1427. I look forward to the day
Copy !req
1428. when police officers
are no longer referred to as pigs.
Copy !req
1429. Thanks.
Copy !req
1430. We'll be in touch.
Copy !req
1431. So does anyone think this suspect
warrants further investigation?
Copy !req
1432. These are copies of some
of the Zodiac letters that were sent.
Copy !req
1433. We'd like you to take a look at them.
Copy !req
1434. You think my brother's the Zodiac.
Copy !req
1435. Well, we're looking at him.
Copy !req
1436. Are you going to arrest him?
Copy !req
1437. Mrs. Allen, we don't arrest people
just because we're interested in them.
Copy !req
1438. Well, Leigh's always been troubled.
Copy !req
1439. Is it true about the children?
Copy !req
1440. Unfortunately.
Copy !req
1441. We don't see him much anymore
since we found out.
Copy !req
1442. What are your feelings
about Don Cheney?
Copy !req
1443. Don Cheney? My old roommate?
Copy !req
1444. - Was he the one who contacted you?
- That's confidential.
Copy !req
1445. Well, Don's a very reliable guy.
Copy !req
1446. If he were to tell you something,
I'd believe it to be true.
Copy !req
1447. - This one.
- What about it?
Copy !req
1448. Here, where he spells
"Christmas" with two "S's."
Copy !req
1449. We got a Christmas card from Leigh
a couple years ago.
Copy !req
1450. He spelled it the exact same way.
Christ-mass.
Copy !req
1451. - Would you still have that?
- I can look for it.
Copy !req
1452. Thank you. That'd be great.
Copy !req
1453. Is there anything else
we can do to help?
Copy !req
1454. The brother said
he would search Leigh's apartment
Copy !req
1455. next time he went out of town.
Copy !req
1456. - That gets you around a warrant.
- For the time being.
Copy !req
1457. If we do find something,
Mulanax will go to the DA in Vallejo,
Copy !req
1458. and we could search the place properly.
Copy !req
1459. Now I got a chance to talk to the cop
Copy !req
1460. who interviewed Leigh Allen
two days after the Berryessa murders.
Copy !req
1461. Doesn't remember how he got onto him,
Copy !req
1462. but didn't think he looked like a killer
so he didn't like him for Z.
Copy !req
1463. - But you do?
- I wish I could've taken the guy in there.
Copy !req
1464. Take it slow, Dave.
Try and find more stuff for Sherwood.
Copy !req
1465. A match'll get us farther
on the warrants.
Copy !req
1466. - Avery's on two.
- Tell him to screw.
Copy !req
1467. You want me to communicate that
verbatim or can I spice it up a little?
Copy !req
1468. Christ, kid.
Copy !req
1469. Yeah.
Copy !req
1470. - Paul, I've been thinking...
- Oh, God save us all.
Copy !req
1471. The letter to Melvin Belli
Copy !req
1472. was sent exactly one year
after the Lake Herman Road murder.
Copy !req
1473. And the one to Cheri Jo Bates' father
Copy !req
1474. was sent exactly six months
after her death.
Copy !req
1475. - She was killed a day before Halloween.
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1476. And you received a Halloween card...
Copy !req
1477. You know, these are all fascinating
pieces of news, Robert,
Copy !req
1478. it's a bit early in the day.
Copy !req
1479. Paul, it's 11:00 and we missed Editorial.
Copy !req
1480. - I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up.
- No, no, no.
Copy !req
1481. - I just thought that...
- No, no, no.
Copy !req
1482. This suspect is not your Zodiac.
Copy !req
1483. This sample matches the canceled
checks and the application?
Copy !req
1484. Perfectly.
Copy !req
1485. So we've just retested the left hand.
I mean, we know he's ambidextrous.
Copy !req
1486. In 38 years, I've never seen anyone
that ambidextrous.
Copy !req
1487. Both hands would have commonalities.
Copy !req
1488. I'm sorry.
Copy !req
1489. Just not gonna work.
Copy !req
1490. - Homicide, Toschi.
- Dave, it's Jack Mulanax.
Copy !req
1491. Hey. Mulanax. Yeah.
Copy !req
1492. We struck outwith the judge.
Copy !req
1493. He won't sign off on a warrant
for Allen's house.
Copy !req
1494. - Why not?
- Said it wasn't enough.
Copy !req
1495. Now, unless we bring him a handwriting
match or some evidence that...
Copy !req
1496. How are we gonna get evidence
if we can't toss the house?
Copy !req
1497. I don't know.
Copy !req
1498. - I truly am sorry.
- No, no. Thank you, Jack.
Copy !req
1499. What do you wanna do?
Copy !req
1500. Don't know what I can do
without Vallejo.
Copy !req
1501. We need Allen's right hand.
We can't get it without a warrant.
Copy !req
1502. Are there other guys
you should be looking at?
Copy !req
1503. Only, what?
Copy !req
1504. Twenty-three hundred?
Copy !req
1505. Okay, then.
Copy !req
1506. Okay, then.
Copy !req
1507. Paul, you wrote the Justice Department
Copy !req
1508. asking to be put in charge
of the Zodiac investigation?
Copy !req
1509. I merely suggested...
Copy !req
1510. On our letterhead?
Copy !req
1511. that those with intimate knowledge
of the case
Copy !req
1512. create an information clearinghouse
Copy !req
1513. to promote an exchange
and free flow of ideas.
Copy !req
1514. - And that you run it.
- Well, who better than me?
Copy !req
1515. The marked man.
Copy !req
1516. Paul, if you want to work here,
I need three things.
Copy !req
1517. One, stop boozing.
Copy !req
1518. Two, stop doing
whatever else it is you're doing.
Copy !req
1519. And three, cut this nonsense out.
Copy !req
1520. Sweetest of Templetons, if at any time
Copy !req
1521. you feel my excellent work is no longer
in step with this trashy provincial rag,
Copy !req
1522. I'll more than happily...
Copy !req
1523. More than happily
decamp for greener pastures.
Copy !req
1524. Paul, I mean it!
Copy !req
1525. - Paul?
- Yep.
Copy !req
1526. - What was that?
- An editorial téte-é-téte.
Copy !req
1527. - Wanna grab a drink?
- It's 10:00 in the morning.
Copy !req
1528. Late breakfast?
Copy !req
1529. - Early lunch, on"
- PauL
Copy !req
1530. Are you okay?
Copy !req
1531. No.
Copy !req
1532. Thank you for asking.
Copy !req
1533. Shorty! Let's go out for one.
Copy !req
1534. Paul, where are you going?
Copy !req
1535. So, you moved off my brother-in-law?
Copy !req
1536. We couldn't get a warrant.
Copy !req
1537. Last year we arranged for Leigh
to get help from a social worker.
Copy !req
1538. He only went twice.
Copy !req
1539. We saw him recently for
the first time in nine months.
Copy !req
1540. My mother-in-law brought him by
to see the new baby.
Copy !req
1541. After he left,
I went to see that social worker.
Copy !req
1542. He couldn't talk about a former patient,
so I just asked him straight out
Copy !req
1543. if he thought Leigh
was capable of killing people.
Copy !req
1544. - Because of patient confidentiality...
- The man said yes.
Copy !req
1545. Why hadn't you seen him
in nine months?
Copy !req
1546. He's going to school in Santa Rosa.
Copy !req
1547. - Santa Rosa? Where is he living?
- In his trailer.
Copy !req
1548. - In Santa Rosa?
- Sonoma County.
Copy !req
1549. We wouldn't have to go
through the Vallejo DA.
Copy !req
1550. It's been 11 months
since you talked to this guy,
Copy !req
1551. and now you wanna search his trailer?
Copy !req
1552. If we find something, great.
Copy !req
1553. If not, we get his prints and
handwriting samples from both hands.
Copy !req
1554. I thought Sherwood shut you down.
Copy !req
1555. What if I can get a second opinion?
Copy !req
1556. I don't wanna step on Sherwood's toes.
He trained me at this.
Copy !req
1557. Terry, all I need to know
is if the suspect is ambidextrous.
Copy !req
1558. Could he possibly have written
those letters with his other hand?
Copy !req
1559. Between you and me?
Copy !req
1560. Because there are differing
schools of thought on this.
Copy !req
1561. Get the samples of his other hand.
If he's the Zodiac, you'll get a match.
Copy !req
1562. That's the current thinking,
according to Terry Pascoe.
Copy !req
1563. Meanwhile, I spoke to a psychologist
who'd be willing to testify
Copy !req
1564. that someone who undergoes
a personality change like Zodiac
Copy !req
1565. would manifest it physically,
altering his handwriting.
Copy !req
1566. Which is why Sherwood couldn't
get a match from Allen's samples.
Copy !req
1567. We got Terry Pascoe,
this psychology guy,
Copy !req
1568. coupled with Cheney...
Copy !req
1569. it could be enough for a warrant.
Copy !req
1570. Get Cheney on the record.
Copy !req
1571. "And that he would call himself Zodiac."
Copy !req
1572. Yes.
Copy !req
1573. And you're willing to swear
to this, under oath, in Superior Court?
Copy !req
1574. Without any hesitation.
Copy !req
1575. Thank you very much, Mr. Cheney.
Thank you very much for your time.
Copy !req
1576. Thank you.
Copy !req
1577. Suspect is Arthur Leigh Allen.
Copy !req
1578. Lives in Sunset Trailer Court
in Santa Rosa, California.
Copy !req
1579. Physical description.
Copy !req
1580. Allen is similar in height,
weight and build
Copy !req
1581. to a man seen at Lake Berryessa
on the day of the stabbings.
Copy !req
1582. I understand he doesn't look
much like the San Francisco composite.
Copy !req
1583. True. Height and weight are sketchy,
Copy !req
1584. but lumbering Caucasian
with a crew cut is right on.
Copy !req
1585. We never had much confidence
in the composite from the kids.
Copy !req
1586. The patrolman
who saw Zodiac that night
Copy !req
1587. said he didn't look much like the sketch.
Copy !req
1588. Military boot prints.
Copy !req
1589. Allen was in the Navy.
Wears a size 10-and-a-half.
Copy !req
1590. Same size as the prints
found at Berryessa.
Copy !req
1591. What about gun?
Copy !req
1592. Cheney says Allen owns several
firearms. We'll list them in the warrant.
Copy !req
1593. - And the ciphers.
- Could be code training in the Navy,
Copy !req
1594. and people have seen Allen
with ciphers in the past.
Copy !req
1595. Really? who?
Copy !req
1596. That would be his sister-in-law
and a man named Phil Tucker
Copy !req
1597. that he worked with
at a public pool in Vallejo.
Copy !req
1598. And Phil Tucker told us about
a conversation that he had with Allen
Copy !req
1599. about how to attach a flashlight
to the barrel of a gun.
Copy !req
1600. That gives us two sources
on the ciphers and two on the flashlight.
Copy !req
1601. What about his threats on children?
Copy !req
1602. Suspect worked for elementary schools
Copy !req
1603. and was fired for molestation
in March, April '68.
Copy !req
1604. - Could give him motive.
- At the very least, it's home turf.
Copy !req
1605. He'd have knowledge of bus routes,
Copy !req
1606. which the two major threats
centered around.
Copy !req
1607. What about the bomb?
Copy !req
1608. Allen works as a chemist.
Copy !req
1609. Take him through the geography.
Copy !req
1610. Vallejo murders.
Copy !req
1611. Allen lives in Vallejo
with his mother in her basement.
Copy !req
1612. Berryessa murder. On the day
that the two kids were stabbed
Copy !req
1613. his neighbor saw bloody knives
in his truck
Copy !req
1614. which he claimed were used
to kill a chicken.
Copy !req
1615. Does he have any alibis?
Copy !req
1616. He claimed he did, but he's been unable
to produce the names
Copy !req
1617. of the couple he supposedly met
on the day of Berryessa.
Copy !req
1618. The bottom line is that Allen
can't alibi up on anything.
Copy !req
1619. Riverside, Vallejo, the lake or us.
Copy !req
1620. - You want to tell me about the name?
- What name?
Copy !req
1621. Zodiac.
Copy !req
1622. Allen wears a watch that bears
both the word and crosshair symbol.
Copy !req
1623. And he mentioned Zodiac to Cheney
Copy !req
1624. a year and a half
before it appeared in any letter.
Copy !req
1625. - John. ...
- That's pretty good, guys.
Copy !req
1626. - We think so, too.
- Let's take it to a judge.
Copy !req
1627. Mr. Allen?
Copy !req
1628. This is the
Santa Rosa Police Department.
Copy !req
1629. We have a warrant
to search your residence.
Copy !req
1630. Hello?
Copy !req
1631. I'll check with the neighbors.
Copy !req
1632. Close the door.
Copy !req
1633. Close the door,
there's rodents running around.
Copy !req
1634. Neighbor said he tore out of here
about a half-hour ago.
Copy !req
1635. - You think somebody tipped him?
- We're not leaving till he comes back.
Copy !req
1636. I'll check the back.
Copy !req
1637. Jesus.
Copy !req
1638. - What?
- Squirrels.
Copy !req
1639. Piece of work, this guy.
Copy !req
1640. Not one, but two blue Windbreakers.
Copy !req
1641. - Like the Stine scene?
- We'll have those checked for blood.
Copy !req
1642. And a pair of black gloves.
Copy !req
1643. Men's seven,
just like the ones we found in the cab.
Copy !req
1644. Well, he's got the same size shoes
and gloves as Z.
Copy !req
1645. Probably just a coincidence.
Copy !req
1646. Dave, I got a gun.
Check that. Two guns.
Copy !req
1647. They're both.22s.
One automatic, one revolver.
Copy !req
1648. Well, that's interesting.
Copy !req
1649. Because he happens to have
an M-1 rifle here in the closet.
Copy !req
1650. For little darlings bouncing off buses.
Copy !req
1651. Someone's here.
Copy !req
1652. Hello, Arthur. Remember us?
Copy !req
1653. No.
Copy !req
1654. On the handwriting?
Copy !req
1655. Ballistics, no match.
Prints, no match. Writing, no match.
Copy !req
1656. On both hands, right?
Copy !req
1657. Because we got handwriting
from both his hands.
Copy !req
1658. And neither hand matches.
Copy !req
1659. Forget Sherwood.
Let's get another opinion.
Copy !req
1660. Fellas, he's not your guy.
Copy !req
1661. Damn it.
Copy !req
1662. What do you want? Time off?
Copy !req
1663. A hug?
Copy !req
1664. Do you know what
the worst part of this is?
Copy !req
1665. I can't tell if I wanted it
to be Allen so bad
Copy !req
1666. because I actually thought it was him,
or I just want all this to be over.
Copy !req
1667. It's because you thought it was him.
Copy !req
1668. And I did, too.
Copy !req
1669. You know what? Take some time off.
Copy !req
1670. Spend some time with your wife
and the kids.
Copy !req
1671. Go to Candlestick. See a movie.
Copy !req
1672. "To the city of San Francisco,
I will enjoy killing one person every day
Copy !req
1673. "until you pay me $100,000.
Copy !req
1674. "If you agree, say so tomorrow morning
Copy !req
1675. "in the personal column
San Francisco Chronicle,
Copy !req
1676. "and I will set up meeting.
Copy !req
1677. "If I do not hear from you,
Copy !req
1678. "it will be my next pleasure
to kill a Catholic priest or a...
Copy !req
1679. "... Scorpio."
Copy !req
1680. Who's out of their minds?
Copy !req
1681. I've got to get out of here.
Copy !req
1682. Where the hell does he expect me
to find $100,000?
Copy !req
1683. You're not thinking of paying him,
are you, Mr. Mayor?
Copy !req
1684. The city of San Francisco does not
pay criminals not to commit a crime.
Copy !req
1685. The killer gets shot in the chest.
Copy !req
1686. That's how it ends.
Copy !req
1687. Do I know you?
Copy !req
1688. I'm Robert Graysmith.
I work at the Chronicle with Paul Avery.
Copy !req
1689. Dave Toschi. Nice to meet you.
Copy !req
1690. Dave! That Harry Callahan
did a hell of a job with your case.
Copy !req
1691. Yeah. No need for due process, right?
Copy !req
1692. - What do you do at the Chronicle?
- I'm a cartoonist.
Copy !req
1693. That's nice.
Copy !req
1694. You're gonna catch him.
Copy !req
1695. Pal, they're already
making movies about it.
Copy !req
1696. We today have concluded
an agreement
Copy !req
1697. to end the war and bring peace
with honor in Vietnam.
Copy !req
1698. Charles Manson for
the Tate-La Bianca mass murders...
Copy !req
1699. Guilty in the Chowchilla
kidnapping case.
Copy !req
1700. In the murder trial of one...
Copy !req
1701. Chairman Mao died today...
Copy !req
1702. an absolute pardon
unto Richard Nixon...
Copy !req
1703. - No, I'm not a crook...
- ... Generation of hostility...
Copy !req
1704. has now led to the death
of 50,000 Americans
Copy !req
1705. and several
hundred thousand Vietnamese...
Copy !req
1706. Patricia Hearst is kidnapped
by the Symbionese Liberation Army...
Copy !req
1707. All of us should stand up together
and say, "No more."
Copy !req
1708. Your Declaration of Independence
spreads that...
Copy !req
1709. Americans admire
the United Kingdom...
Copy !req
1710. Mr. Hoffa has disappeared.
Copy !req
1711. If we despise our own government...
Copy !req
1712. that the police have captured a man
Copy !req
1713. whom they believe
to be the "Son of Sam..."
Copy !req
1714. Hi. We haven't met.
Copy !req
1715. I'm Robert Graysmith.
Copy !req
1716. I'm Duffy Jennings.
Copy !req
1717. - Nice to meet you.
- Good to meet you, man.
Copy !req
1718. You got a great desk.
Copy !req
1719. Guy who used to work here
was a great reporter.
Copy !req
1720. Oh, yeah. Oh, I'm sure he was.
Copy !req
1721. I mean, it's a honor
to leave the Chronicle
Copy !req
1722. and go work for the Sacramento Bee.
Copy !req
1723. Dare to dream, right, Robert?
Copy !req
1724. - Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you, too.
Copy !req
1725. I'm just right down there
at the Art department
Copy !req
1726. - if you need anything, Duffy.
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1727. - You sure you don't want the car, Bill?
- It's your turn.
Copy !req
1728. You could just drop me off at my place
and take the car.
Copy !req
1729. You should keep the car.
Copy !req
1730. Yeah?
Copy !req
1731. I'm not coming in tomorrow.
Copy !req
1732. Why? What's up?
Copy !req
1733. I'm done.
Copy !req
1734. I put in for a transfer.
Copy !req
1735. Where?
Copy !req
1736. Looking at Fraud.
Copy !req
1737. I can't be on call anymore.
Copy !req
1738. I wanna see these kids grow up.
Copy !req
1739. Hey, good for you, Bill.
Copy !req
1740. - You'll be okay.
- Yeah. I'll be fine.
Copy !req
1741. I'm not leaving you
holding the bag on anything, am I?
Copy !req
1742. No.
Copy !req
1743. Okay.
Copy !req
1744. Hey, you know what?
Copy !req
1745. Maybe you'll have a chance
to try your Japanese food, the raw stuff.
Copy !req
1746. Yeah.
Copy !req
1747. I'm not Paul Avery.
Copy !req
1748. The boys need to be tucked in, please,
and the baby needs changing.
Copy !req
1749. - I'll flip you for it.
- You wish.
Copy !req
1750. Nobody has more Zodiac crap
than you do.
Copy !req
1751. - Are you kidding me?
- Hi, Paul.
Copy !req
1752. Permission to come aboard.
It's right there.
Copy !req
1753. Anyway, you got shoes on.
This is perfect right here.
Copy !req
1754. - That's the one.
- Okay.
Copy !req
1755. - See that? Mesmerizing.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Copy !req
1756. My own kids
would kill me for one of those.
Copy !req
1757. - How are you?
- Fantastic.
Copy !req
1758. I mean, admittedly,
Copy !req
1759. the Bee ain't exactly
the Chron, but fuck it, right?
Copy !req
1760. Do you want a drink?
I don't have anything blue, but I got...
Copy !req
1761. Don't worry about that.
Don't worry about it.
Copy !req
1762. It's no bother at all.
Nobody comes by from the old days.
Copy !req
1763. Cheers.
Copy !req
1764. To your health and mine.
Copy !req
1765. Mostly mine.
Copy !req
1766. So,
Copy !req
1767. what's new?
Copy !req
1768. - I've been thinking.
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1769. Somebody should write a book.
Copy !req
1770. Somebody should write a fucking book,
that's for sure.
Copy !req
1771. - About what?
- About Zodiac.
Copy !req
1772. It's not new.
Copy !req
1773. I've been thinking that
if you put all the information together,
Copy !req
1774. maybe you could jog something loose.
Copy !req
1775. And then I was thinking that
nobody knows the case better than you.
Copy !req
1776. Yeah. That's true.
Copy !req
1777. You know all the players,
and you have all the files.
Copy !req
1778. Lost them.
Copy !req
1779. You lost them?
Copy !req
1780. Or I tossed them. I don't know.
I moved onto a boat.
Copy !req
1781. You know that we work
in the daily business, right?
Copy !req
1782. As in, today.
Copy !req
1783. What do you think
we were doing back then?
Copy !req
1784. Do you know that more people die
in the East Bay commute
Copy !req
1785. every three months
than that idiot ever killed?
Copy !req
1786. He offed a few citizens,
Copy !req
1787. he wrote a few letters,
and he faded into a footnote.
Copy !req
1788. Not that I haven't been sitting here idly
Copy !req
1789. waiting for you to drop by
and reinvigorate my sense of purpose.
Copy !req
1790. It was four years ago. Let it fucking go.
Copy !req
1791. You're wrong. It was important.
Copy !req
1792. Then, what did you ever do about it?
Copy !req
1793. If it was so fucking important,
what did you ever do?
Copy !req
1794. You hovered over my desk,
you stole from wastebaskets.
Copy !req
1795. Am I being unkind?
Copy !req
1796. Oh, that's right, I forgot.
You went to the library.
Copy !req
1797. I'm sorry I bothered you.
Copy !req
1798. - Hey, hi.
- Hi.
Copy !req
1799. - Where you been?
- The library.
Copy !req
1800. Thank you!
Copy !req
1801. - Inspector Toschi?
- Yeah? One moment, please.
Copy !req
1802. - Hi.
- Hi.
Copy !req
1803. We met at the movies once.
Copy !req
1804. It must have been magical.
Copy !req
1805. I'm Robert Graysmith.
I work at the Chronicle.
Copy !req
1806. I was wondering if I could buy you lunch.
Copy !req
1807. Sure, why not?
Copy !req
1808. So, you're a friend of Paul Avery's?
Copy !req
1809. He's actually the reason I'm here.
Copy !req
1810. I wanted to ask you about Zodiac.
Copy !req
1811. Well, I appreciate the interest,
but we don't discuss open cases.
Copy !req
1812. Oh, well, what's going on with it,
day to day?
Copy !req
1813. We're actively pursuing all leads.
Copy !req
1814. And you're the only one on it, right?
Copy !req
1815. Mr. Graysmith,
Copy !req
1816. Zodiac hasn't written in three years.
Copy !req
1817. You know how many murders
we've had in San Francisco since then?
Copy !req
1818. - No.
- Over 200.
Copy !req
1819. That's a lot of dead people
and grieving families that need our help.
Copy !req
1820. So, nobody cares.
Copy !req
1821. Excuse me? I care.
Copy !req
1822. Okay. Can I show you something?
Copy !req
1823. I've been doing research
on the first cipher.
Copy !req
1824. Everything an amateur
would need to create it
Copy !req
1825. can be found in these books.
Copy !req
1826. Now, I started thinking
that if you can track these books,
Copy !req
1827. then maybe you can track the man.
Copy !req
1828. So, I remember you thought
that Zodiac was military,
Copy !req
1829. so I went to every base library
and I got a list of every person
Copy !req
1830. who's ever checked out these books
and that's when I found this.
Copy !req
1831. - Missing.
- It means they were stolen.
Copy !req
1832. So, almost every book on ciphers
was stolen from the Presidio Library?
Copy !req
1833. And the Oakland Army Terminal Library.
Copy !req
1834. Somebody didn't want a record
of ever having checked out these books.
Copy !req
1835. Who are you again?
Copy !req
1836. I just wanna help.
Copy !req
1837. I can't allow you to help.
Copy !req
1838. I can't discuss the case with you.
Copy !req
1839. I can't give you information,
and I certainly couldn't tell you
Copy !req
1840. to go see Ken Narlow in Napa.
Copy !req
1841. N-A-R-L-O-W.
Copy !req
1842. I'm sorry, Mr. Graysmith,
but we don't cooperate with writers.
Copy !req
1843. Well, I'm not a writer, I'm a cartoonist.
Copy !req
1844. - And Dave Toschi sent you?
- Yes.
Copy !req
1845. - Why?
- Maybe he...
Copy !req
1846. Maybe he thought
that I could do some good.
Copy !req
1847. - What are you, some kind of boy scout?
- Eagle Scout, actually, first class.
Copy !req
1848. Well, if you wanna do this,
don't let me stop you.
Copy !req
1849. Better start with Vallejo, Jack Mulanax.
Copy !req
1850. I understand what you're trying to do.
Copy !req
1851. But this is an open police investigation.
Copy !req
1852. I'm a friend of Dave Toschi's.
Copy !req
1853. And he said
that you might be able to help.
Copy !req
1854. I mean, the case is dead.
Zodiac's long gone.
Copy !req
1855. He's yesterday's news, right?
Copy !req
1856. That's what they say.
Copy !req
1857. So, what's the harm?
Copy !req
1858. No pens, no paper.
Copy !req
1859. Anything that you see that's relevant,
you got to remember in your head.
Copy !req
1860. Okay.
Copy !req
1861. Okay, here we go.
Copy !req
1862. - Which one?
- All of them.
Copy !req
1863. And there's more in the next room.
They're all marked with these numbers.
Copy !req
1864. 243-146.
Copy !req
1865. You don't smoke, do you?
Copy !req
1866. Once. In high school.
Copy !req
1867. What's this?
Copy !req
1868. Thank you.
Copy !req
1869. Man, you really creeped us out.
Copy !req
1870. "Nine millimeter.
Copy !req
1871. "Said nothing and began firing."
Copy !req
1872. "Most Dangerous Game.
Copy !req
1873. "Do not eliminate this suspect
because of handwriting.
Copy !req
1874. "Not because of handwriting.
Copy !req
1875. "Darlene's sister, Linda.
Copy !req
1876. "It was all just deep breathing. George.
Copy !req
1877. "It was a strange man. George.
Strange man."
Copy !req
1878. Thank you so much.
Copy !req
1879. Oh, briefcase. Oh, thanks.
Copy !req
1880. - Hey, Jack.
- Hey, Bawart.
Copy !req
1881. - Who's that?
- That's Graysmith.
Copy !req
1882. Some cartoonist.
Thinks he's gonna solve the Zodiac.
Copy !req
1883. Well, good for him.
Copy !req
1884. - Thank you for meeting me, Inspector.
- No. We're not meeting, Robert.
Copy !req
1885. We're just two guys
who happen to be sitting
Copy !req
1886. on the same bench at the same time.
Copy !req
1887. I've got five minutes.
I've got to get back to the Hall.
Copy !req
1888. Okay. As far as you know,
did anyone ever get in touch
Copy !req
1889. with Mike Mageau
during your investigation
Copy !req
1890. - and show him suspect photos?
- Why?
Copy !req
1891. Well, he's the only surviving victim
who ever saw Zodiac without a mask.
Copy !req
1892. No, I mean, why are you asking me?
Copy !req
1893. Mageau and Darlene,
that's Vallejo's case.
Copy !req
1894. Paul Stine is mine.
You've got four minutes now.
Copy !req
1895. Darlene Ferrin was being followed.
Copy !req
1896. Now, I know Mulanax says
that they already found this guy,
Copy !req
1897. a George Waters?
Copy !req
1898. But he also said
that she had a lot of admirers
Copy !req
1899. who would come to
the restaurant where she worked.
Copy !req
1900. - She was popular.
- Very.
Copy !req
1901. Yeah. So...
Copy !req
1902. She and her husband,
they move into their new house,
Copy !req
1903. and one night they throw
this painting party.
Copy !req
1904. And what's a painting party?
Copy !req
1905. It's a party where people come
and help you paint.
Copy !req
1906. Sounds like a terrible party.
Copy !req
1907. Well, supposedly,
somebody who's not Waters shows up.
Copy !req
1908. And Darlene is terrified of him.
Copy !req
1909. So you think that Darlene knew Zodiac?
Copy !req
1910. And if Zodiac knew Darlene,
then maybe Mageau knows Zodiac.
Copy !req
1911. Maybe. But Mageau's gone.
Copy !req
1912. So if you wanna connect
Darlene to Zodiac,
Copy !req
1913. you're gonna have to find another way.
Copy !req
1914. I have another way.
Copy !req
1915. Phone calls the night
of Darlene's murder.
Copy !req
1916. - Yeah, Zodiac called the police.
- No, Dave, there were four other calls.
Copy !req
1917. There were two to Darlene's house,
one to Darlene's brother-in-law,
Copy !req
1918. and one to Darlene's father-in-law.
Just heavy breathing.
Copy !req
1919. They started around 1:30 a.m.,
Copy !req
1920. and this was before anyone in the family
knew that Darlene had been shot.
Copy !req
1921. - This was in the Vallejo files?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1922. God damn it.
Copy !req
1923. It's got to be more
than just a coincidence, right?
Copy !req
1924. I mean, somebody doesn't just randomly
prank phone call a victim's entire family
Copy !req
1925. 90 minutes after they were shot.
Copy !req
1926. So, either Zodiac shoots
a random couple,
Copy !req
1927. then he recognizes Darlene...
Copy !req
1928. Or Darlene was shot on purpose.
Copy !req
1929. Either way,
Zodiac had to have known Darlene.
Copy !req
1930. That's good, Robert.
Copy !req
1931. So, I can't find Mageau,
so maybe I can find Darlene's sister.
Copy !req
1932. And maybe she can tell me
who this mystery man is.
Copy !req
1933. Try that. I've got to go. She's very cute.
Copy !req
1934. You know,
Copy !req
1935. it's interesting that you should mention
Zodiac calling people at home.
Copy !req
1936. He did that in San Francisco once.
Copy !req
1937. What? Who did he call?
Copy !req
1938. I can't tell you.
That's privileged information.
Copy !req
1939. But maybe Melvin Belli could.
Copy !req
1940. Melvin Belli.
Copy !req
1941. How do I get to Melvin Belli?
Copy !req
1942. - He should be along soon.
- Oh, that's all right.
Copy !req
1943. I've really...
I've only been waiting two hours, so...
Copy !req
1944. He's usually not this late.
Copy !req
1945. Oh, cookies. Thank you.
These look great.
Copy !req
1946. - You are here on business?
- I'm writing a book about the Zodiac.
Copy !req
1947. I remember that. I spoke to him.
Copy !req
1948. - You mean to Mr. Belli about the case?
- No, to the Zodiac when he called.
Copy !req
1949. He said he had to kill
because it was his birthday.
Copy !req
1950. He said it... Wait.
He said it was his birthday?
Copy !req
1951. Yes. You want something to drink?
Copy !req
1952. - When was this?
- Oh, so many years ago.
Copy !req
1953. Mr. Belli was away for Christmas.
Copy !req
1954. Gone for a week.
Copy !req
1955. The Zodiac called,
wanting to talk to him.
Copy !req
1956. I said, "He is not here."
Copy !req
1957. He said, "I have to kill.
Today is my birthday."
Copy !req
1958. And then he hangs up.
Copy !req
1959. Then the letter arrived.
Copy !req
1960. So, the call came
before the letter of December 20th.
Copy !req
1961. Mr. Belli was gone for a week?
Copy !req
1962. He came back on Christmas.
Not a good day to work.
Copy !req
1963. So, he left on the 18th.
Copy !req
1964. Is that helpful?
Copy !req
1965. She said it was his birthday.
Copy !req
1966. Well, you'd have to confirm that,
now wouldn't you?
Copy !req
1967. How?
Copy !req
1968. Well, I never spoke to her,
but maybe my partner did.
Copy !req
1969. - How do I get a hold of him?
- You don't. Bill wanted out of this.
Copy !req
1970. As far as I'm concerned,
he should stay out.
Copy !req
1971. How do I confirm it?
Copy !req
1972. Well, if my partner
did talk to someone from Justice,
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1973. then they would've had
to put that in a report.
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1974. That's standard procedure.
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1975. - Okay.
- Mel Nicolai.
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1976. - Thank you.
- Goodbye.
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1977. I just need to confirm a date.
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1978. - Mr. Graysmith...
- I've narrowed it down
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1979. between the 18th and the 20th
of December, and I just need...
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1980. Okay, I'll play.
Let's say this phone call did take place.
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1981. Let's say it really was Zodiac.
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1982. Why would he volunteer
the day he was born?
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1983. Plus, nobody died on December 18th,
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1984. just like nobody died over the weekend
when he was gonna kill a dozen people,
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1985. or when he was gonna
shoot school kids or blow up buses.
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1986. He's a liar, Mr. Graysmith.
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1987. What if he made a mistake?
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1988. What if he wasn't lying?
What if it was him on the phone?
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1989. He didn't expect to pick it up,
a nice person to pick up.
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1990. What if? What if? What if?
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1991. Look, off the record,
Bill Armstrong checked this out.
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1992. We took this very seriously.
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1993. None of the suspects had the
same birthday as this phantom caller.
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1994. Bill Armstrong.
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1995. Can I give you a piece of advice?
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1996. You're looking in the wrong place.
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1997. Handwriting, fingerprints,
that's what this whole thing's about.
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1998. Stick to the evidence.
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1999. Hi.
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2000. - Hey. How was your day?
- Long.
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2001. Who's Sherwood Morrill?
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2002. He's a handwriting expert
in Sacramento.
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2003. He called.
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2004. He said he can meet you
tomorrow morning at 7:00.
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2005. Oh, great.
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2006. - So you're taking off work?
- Just an hour.
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2007. Sacramento's two hours away.
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2008. - Really?
- Yes.
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2009. What's this?
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2010. Oh, that's that article.
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2011. "Robert Graysmith has quietly been
shopping his book about the Zodiac."
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2012. Yeah.
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2013. It talks all about you
researching Zodiac.
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2014. Well, that's what the article's about.
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2015. I'm not so sure that's something
we want people to know about.
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2016. Why? Are you embarrassed?
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2017. Robert, what's the one thing
we know about Zodiac?
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2018. He reads the Chronicle.
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2019. Yeah, but he's never
gonna read Herb Caen.
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2020. - Hello.
- Mr. Graysmith?
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2021. The Robert Graysmith
mentioned in the paper today?
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2022. - Yeah'?
- I can tell you who the Zodiac is.
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2023. Who is this?
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2024. The Zodiac Killer
is obsessed with movies.
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2025. He recorded his murders on film.
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2026. I tried to tell the police,
but they wouldn't follow through on it.
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2027. There's a man you need to find.
His name is Bob Vaughn.
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2028. - Pen, pen.
- V-A-U-G-H-N.
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2029. He's a friend of the Zodiac's.
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2030. Mr. Vaughn does not know
his friend is a killer,
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2031. and he is storing
some film canisters for him.
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2032. In these canisters is the evidence.
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2033. Okay, yeah, friend? Who is this friend?
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2034. You have quite enough to get started.
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2035. Oh, please.
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2036. The Zodiac's name is Rick Marshall.
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2037. Your toast is burning.
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2038. We choose at some point in our lives
how to physically construct each letter.
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2039. Once we lock that into our brains,
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2040. our handwriting may change
over the years,
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2041. but the moves themselves
remain unaltered.
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2042. - Understand?
- Yes.
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2043. Except Zodiac's doesn't.
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2044. Specifically With his "K."
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2045. In his first letters,
he executed the "K" with two strokes.
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2046. Later letters, he did them with three.
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2047. - Why?
- We don't know.
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2048. Excuse me, I've got to spray this.
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2049. How many suspects
were cleared through handwriting?
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2050. All of them.
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2051. Also the print in the cab.
No match was ever found.
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2052. Is there any way that someone
could beat a handwriting test?
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2053. No.
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2054. Whoever the Zodiac is,
he's not someone I cleared.
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2055. About a month ago, a man showed up
on my doorstep very distraught.
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2056. His name was Wallace Penny.
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2057. He said he knew who the Zodiac was.
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2058. Gave me a name.
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2059. Rick. Rick somebody.
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2060. - Rick Marshall?
- Yeah.
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2061. I think that the man
who you talked to called me, too.
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2062. After he left, then I checked my files.
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2063. I never cleared a Rick Marshall.
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2064. Hello?
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2065. Hello? Who is this?
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2066. It's the wrong number.
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2067. Does the name Rick Marshall
mean anything to you?
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2068. What are you after?
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2069. What do you got?
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2070. Hypothetically, you just named
my favorite suspect in the whole case.
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2071. This is off the record.
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2072. Couple years back,
I was trying to get Marshall's prints.
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2073. I handed him a photo.
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2074. He looks at it. He's about to give it back
and he stops and he says,
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2075. "My goodness,
I got fingerprints all over this."
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2076. And he wipes them off.
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2077. Why didn't you test him for handwriting?
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2078. Because when they finally
did run his prints,
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2079. they cleared him
against the one in Stine's cab.
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2080. - So, then, it's not him.
- Maybe yes, maybe no.
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2081. No. What do you mean?
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2082. Zodiac left gloves behind at the scene.
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2083. If he had the foresight
to bring gloves with him,
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2084. how the hell's he gonna
accidentally leave a print behind?
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2085. But it was in the victim's blood.
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2086. Could have been one of the bystanders,
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2087. or a cop just reaches out,
boom, false print.
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2088. Yeah, but that print
disqualified 2,500 suspects.
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2089. Which is why we also used handwriting.
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2090. But not for Rick Marshall.
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2091. SFPD saw a handwritten sign
in the window of his house.
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2092. Decided it looked nothing
like the Z letters, so they just moved on.
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2093. How do they know
that Rick Marshall wrote the sign?
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2094. My thoughts exactly.
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2095. Rick Marshall was a Navy man.
He received code training.
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2096. He was also a projectionist
at a silent film theater.
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2097. Well, then, how do I get copies
of Rick Marshall's handwriting?
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2098. Three ways.
One, get a warrant, which you can't.
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2099. Two, get him to volunteer,
which he won't.
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2100. Yeah, and three?
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2101. Get creative.
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2102. I don't know what to tell you.
You get it, I'll analyze it.
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2103. Beyond that, you're on your own.
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2104. Okay, what about
the guy who came to see you,
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2105. the one who called me?
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2106. You mean Wallace Penny?
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2107. Yeah. Did he leave a number?
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2108. - Hello?
- Hi, this is Robert Graysmith.
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2109. How did you find me?
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2110. I need a sample
of Rick Marshall's handwriting.
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2111. I told you. Vaughn is who...
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2112. Mr. Penny,
if Rick Marshall is the Zodiac,
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2113. I need a sample of his handwriting
to confirm it.
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2114. Can you help me or not?
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2115. Rick used to draw movie posters
for the theater Vaughn worked at.
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2116. - I'll send one down.
- Thank you.
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2117. - I'll need to see more samples.
- Yeah, but is it...
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2118. It's as close as I've ever seen.
We have to tread lightly here.
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2119. We're talking about
implicating this man as the Zodiac.
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2120. I can get more. I'll just find Vaughn
and I'll track down Linda.
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2121. I mean, Linda is Darlene's sister.
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2122. I've been to the DMV,
and I talked to her parents,
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2123. but still, nobody knows
where to find her.
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2124. Mr. Graysmith, most of the writing
matches the exemplar.
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2125. In a way, though, it's the part that
doesn't match that scares me the most.
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2126. - What do you mean?
- Well, on the poster,
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2127. the one letter that absolutely,
positively does not match
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2128. is the letter "K."
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2129. You wouldn't happen to have any
animal crackers in there, would you?
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2130. Unit Five.
Toschi needs to call in on a Iandline.
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2131. - Dispatch.
- Hey. Dave Toschi.
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2132. I'll connect you.
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2133. - Dave?
- Yeah. What's up?
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2134. Jennings here from the Chronicle.
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2135. It came in this morning
and you need to see it right now.
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2136. See what?
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2137. The new Zodiac letter.
And it mentions you.
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2138. Okay, okay.
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2139. Shit. All right, come on.
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2140. Hall of Justice!
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2141. Now! Come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on!
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2142. Dave!
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2143. Do you have it with you?
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2144. "This is the Zodiac speaking.
I'm back with you.
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2145. "Tell Herb Caen I am here,
I have always been here.
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2146. "That city pig Toschi is good,
but I am smarter and better.
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2147. "He will get tired, then leave me alone.
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2148. "I'm waiting for a good movie about me.
Who will play me?
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2149. "I'm now in control of all things."
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2150. These guys are from Internal Affairs.
Copy !req
2151. We need to talk.
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2152. Good evening. Our top story tonight,
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2153. the San Francisco Police Department
has confirmed
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2154. that the man
who calls himself the Zodiac
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2155. and terrorized the Bay Area
has broken his silence of 51 months.
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2156. In a letter claiming,
"I am back with you,"
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2157. the Zodiac makes no overt threats
against the citizenry,
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2158. and muses that his life and times
would make the best movie script yet.
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2159. These carrots are perfect.
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2160. The terse 66 word message
also manages...
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2161. Just go.
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2162. to mention San Francisco Chronicle
columnist Herb Caen
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2163. and the Department's own
David Toschi by name.
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2164. - May I be excused?
- Are they targets?
Copy !req
2165. Fine, but you have to come back
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2166. and finish at least half
of what's on that plate.
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2167. More team coverage
on the cipher slayer's return...
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2168. - Okay?
- Okay.
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2169. begins as Alan Freeman has more.
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2170. Thank you, Eric.
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2171. San Francisco Chronicle columnist
Armistead Maupin says
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2172. that he thinks not only
is this new letter a forgery,
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2173. but it was written by the very man
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2174. trusted to hunt down this killer,
David Toschi.
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2175. Maupin, a very well-respected author,
has gone on record saying
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2176. that he believes Toschi wrote the letter
to drum up publicity for himself.
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2177. Maupin used David
as a character in his column.
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2178. David got a kick out of it
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2179. and so he wrote
a couple of anonymous letters
Copy !req
2180. asking for the character
to be brought back.
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2181. It was like
writing fan mail to himself. That's all.
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2182. But David did not write that letter.
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2183. No, I'm sure that he didn't.
And I'm sure that this will all blow over.
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2184. Blow over?
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2185. They kicked him out of Homicide.
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2186. They made him give his handwriting
like some common criminal.
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2187. - May I talk to him?
- No.
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2188. Okay, can you just ask him
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2189. if he ever investigated
a man named Rick Marshall?
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2190. Is that all you can think about?
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2191. Mr. Graysmith,
Maupin works at your paper. We trust...
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2192. This girl, she wants music lessons?
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2193. Dave! Dave!
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2194. I'll catch up to you.
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2195. You stop calling my house.
Do you understand me?
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2196. I just need your help to find Linda.
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2197. - Jesus.
- Look, two seconds.
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2198. Look, we've been
running handwriting samples.
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2199. - Who's we?
- Sherwood and I.
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2200. Sherwood?
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2201. Sherwood who was fired
from Questioned Documents?
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2202. Sherwood who drinks
like Paul Avery now?
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2203. - He retired.
- Is that what he told you?
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2204. - What, are you saying he's wrong?
- I'm saying stop calling my house.
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2205. - We ran them on Rick Marshall.
- No, Robert.
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2206. No, I know you don't think it's him.
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2207. I mean, no, I am not having
this conversation.
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2208. But I think that Marshall knew Darlene,
and I can't talk to Mageau or Linda,
Copy !req
2209. so I'm gonna talk to Bob Vaughn.
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2210. - Robert. Robert, stop it!
- What?
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2211. Okay, the Rick Marshalls
of this world will suck you dry.
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2212. They're blind alleys.
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2213. But he said he wasn't gonna announce
his murders anymore, Dave.
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2214. He was just gonna do them.
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2215. Do you know what the chances
of us arresting someone are now?
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2216. Too much time has gone by, okay?
Too much of the evidence is lost.
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2217. People get old, Robert. They forget.
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2218. Now, I have been a cop for 25 years.
Murder police for 12.
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2219. - What do you do for a living?
- You know what I do for a living.
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2220. - You're a cartoonist.
- So what are you saying?
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2221. I am saying Zodiac was my job.
It is not yours.
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2222. - He's still out there, Dave.
- No, Robert. Lam through with this.
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2223. I am through with you.
Copy !req
2224. What about September 26, 1970?
Copy !req
2225. - Okay, which one was that?
- The Lake Tahoe nurse goes missing.
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2226. One day before the vernal equinox.
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2227. - Dad?
- Yeah. Mark that.
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2228. Got another one. June 19th, 1971.
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2229. That's got to be
near the summer solstice.
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2230. Oh, GUYS-.
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2231. Don't tell Mom about
our special project, okay?
Copy !req
2232. How come you and Mom
don't sleep in the same bed anymore?
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2233. Hello.
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2234. Mr. Graysmith,
it's Ken Narlow from Napa.
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2235. Oh, Captain Narlow.
Thank you for calling me back.
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2236. Yeah. How can I help?
Copy !req
2237. I called you because we've been
cross-referencing lunar cycles
Copy !req
2238. with the Zodiac's timeline.
Copy !req
2239. More often than not, each cycle
since '69 corresponds with an attack
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2240. or with one of the letters,
or an unsolved homicide.
Copy !req
2241. - Who's working with you on this?
- Some colleagues.
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2242. Dad?
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2243. - Ken, can you hold on one second?
- Dad?
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2244. - What is it?
- What's this?
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2245. In the decade since the Zodiac's
last cipher was received,
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2246. every federal agency
has taken a crack at decoding it.
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2247. But today,
where those agencies had failed,
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2248. a cartoonist has succeeded.
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2249. How did you do it?
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2250. Oh, just a lot of books from the library,
and I love puzzles, so I just...
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2251. Yeah. The fucking library.
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2252. I believe that you can accomplish
anything that you put your mind...
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2253. That's a "J"? Okay. Honor Camp?
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2254. Thank you so much.
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2255. Hey, we found Linda.
She's in jail. Isn't that great?
Copy !req
2256. Why'd you do it?
Copy !req
2257. Because she'll be able to identify Rick...
Copy !req
2258. - What are you talking about?
- You went on TV.
Copy !req
2259. You put yourself out there
for him to see.
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2260. Oh, hon, you're being paranoid.
Copy !req
2261. Then who's been calling our house
in the middle of the night
Copy !req
2262. at least once a week?
Copy !req
2263. Nobody.
Copy !req
2264. What's it gonna take
for you to be done with this?
Copy !req
2265. I can't talk about this now.
I have to go see Bob Vaughn.
Copy !req
2266. Well, that's too bad,
because we're gonna talk about this.
Copy !req
2267. And when is it gonna be finished?
Copy !req
2268. When you catch him?
When you arrest him?
Copy !req
2269. - Be serious.
- I am serious.
Copy !req
2270. I need to know who he is.
Copy !req
2271. I need to stand there,
Copy !req
2272. I need to look him in the eye
and I need to know that it's him.
Copy !req
2273. Is that more important
than your family's safety?
Copy !req
2274. Of course not.
Copy !req
2275. Why? Why do you need to do this?
Copy !req
2276. Why?
Copy !req
2277. Because nobody else will.
Copy !req
2278. That's not good enough.
Copy !req
2279. Are you done? Can I go?
Copy !req
2280. - Mr. Vaughn?
- Mr. Graysmith?
Copy !req
2281. - Yes.
- Hi.
Copy !req
2282. You needed to speak to me?
Copy !req
2283. Yes. There's a coffee shop
right on the corner.
Copy !req
2284. - Why don't we just go to my home?
- Oh, I don't wanna put you out.
Copy !req
2285. It's no trouble at all.
Copy !req
2286. - Where are you parked?
- Just right there.
Copy !req
2287. - You can follow me.
- Oh. Okay.
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2288. Watch your step.
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2289. Come in.
Copy !req
2290. - Very nice house.
- Oh, thank you.
Copy !req
2291. It's very rustic.
Copy !req
2292. - Can I take your jacket?
- No, thank you, I'm fine.
Copy !req
2293. Okay. This way, please.
Copy !req
2294. - Have a seat.
- Thank you.
Copy !req
2295. - How about some tea?
- Oh, no, I'm all right.
Copy !req
2296. - You sure?
- Yes.
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2297. I wanted to ask you about a film
that the Avenue may have played
Copy !req
2298. while you were the organist there.
Copy !req
2299. The Most Dangerous Game?
Copy !req
2300. Oh, it's a classic. RKO. 1932.
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2301. Fay Wray, Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks.
We've run that picture many times.
Copy !req
2302. In '68, '69?
Copy !req
2303. I'd have to check my records. Why?
Copy !req
2304. Do you remember the Zodiac?
Copy !req
2305. This is about Rick Marshall, isn't it?
Copy !req
2306. - He was a projectionist there, right?
- For a time, yes.
Copy !req
2307. But I have no occasion
to correspond with him these days.
Copy !req
2308. Okay. Well, there is a connection
Copy !req
2309. between one of the Zodiac attacks
and that film.
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2310. You mean the symbol?
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2311. Hold on.
Copy !req
2312. The Zodiac symbol on film.
It's on the countdown.
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2313. It's trimmed off each reel
before it's shown,
Copy !req
2314. but it always arrives with it.
Copy !req
2315. Right there.
Copy !req
2316. The first time I saw it in the papers,
I thought about that.
Copy !req
2317. We got a tip
Copy !req
2318. that Rick left a film canister here
that he told you never to open.
Copy !req
2319. A tip about a mysterious film canister?
Copy !req
2320. Is it true?
Copy !req
2321. Yes.
Copy !req
2322. - Did you open it?
- No.
Copy !req
2323. - May I see it?
- Rick took it back in 1972.
Copy !req
2324. This tip is how you got it in your head
that Rick is the Zodiac?
Copy !req
2325. That and the poster.
Copy !req
2326. The poster?
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2327. The poster that Rick drew.
Copy !req
2328. The handwriting is the closest
that we have ever come to a match.
Copy !req
2329. - Rick didn't draw any posters.
- No, he drew this one.
Copy !req
2330. Mr. Graysmith, I do the posters myself.
Copy !req
2331. That's my handwriting.
Copy !req
2332. I won't take any more of your time.
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2333. Why don't I just go and find out
when we played that film?
Copy !req
2334. Oh, that's all right.
Copy !req
2335. It's not a problem.
They're just down in the basement.
Copy !req
2336. Not many people
have basements in California.
Copy !req
2337. I do.
Copy !req
2338. You coming, Mr. Graysmith?
Copy !req
2339. The original studio one-sheets,
I always kept for myself.
Copy !req
2340. The cheapo knock-offs
like you brought today
Copy !req
2341. I end up tossing into the back alley.
Copy !req
2342. '69.
Copy !req
2343. You live alone?
Copy !req
2344. Most Dangerous Game ran in May '69.
Copy !req
2345. So, that would be about
Copy !req
2346. nine weeks before
the first Zodiac letter, correct?
Copy !req
2347. Yeah.
Copy !req
2348. Do you think he saw the film
in our theater and was inspired?
Copy !req
2349. Are you sure
there's nobody else in the house?
Copy !req
2350. Would you like
to go upstairs and check?
Copy !req
2351. No.
Copy !req
2352. Thank you. Thanks for everything.
Copy !req
2353. You're welcome.
Copy !req
2354. It's locked.
Copy !req
2355. Thank you.
Copy !req
2356. Good night, Mr. Graysmith!
Copy !req
2357. Two killers. Got to be two killers.
One has the...
Copy !req
2358. Guys?
Copy !req
2359. You've got five minutes.
Copy !req
2360. Linda?
Copy !req
2361. Hi, I'm Robert.
Copy !req
2362. Did you get my note?
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2363. - What's this about?
- Zodiac.
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2364. Figures.
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2365. - You got the look.
- What look?
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2366. I didn't mean anything.
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2367. Tell me about this painting party.
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2368. I told the cops about that so long ago.
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2369. Darlene always had
a lot of boys around,
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2370. even though she was married.
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2371. And this one guy was weird, though.
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2372. He used to bring her presents
from Tijuana and...
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2373. I don't know why
she was friends with him.
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2374. She once told me he'd killed somebody.
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2375. Really?
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2376. Yeah, I think maybe
when he was in the service.
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2377. - Navy?
- I think so.
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2378. Was he into movies?
Was he a movie buff?
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2379. I can tell you that
he was not into people.
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2380. The party Darlene threw,
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2381. people were supposed to
just show up and drink beer, help paint.
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2382. But this guy showed up in a suit,
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2383. and just sat in a chair
all by himself all night long.
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2384. Didn't talk to anyone.
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2385. And Darlene told me
to stay away from him.
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2386. She was scared of him.
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2387. And a couple of weeks later,
she was dead.
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2388. I'm sorry. Do you remember his name?
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2389. I mean, it was short,
like a nickname, like Stan.
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2390. - Rick?
- No, I don't think so.
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2391. - Are you sure?
- Yeah.
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2392. How can you be sure?
It was a long time ago. Think hard.
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2393. I am thinking hard.
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2394. It was Rick.
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2395. No, it wasn't.
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2396. - It was Rick. It was Rick Marshall.
- No.
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2397. Just say it!
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2398. It wasn't Rick.
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2399. It was Leigh.
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2400. - Leigh?
- Yeah, Leigh.
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2401. Sounds right.
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2402. Officer! I need you to let me in.
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2403. - Is this an emergency?
- No, I just need to see one file.
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2404. No, you need to come back
tomorrow morning.
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2405. - One file, just for one second.
- 00 a.m., when we're open.
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2406. Sergeant! Sergeant Mulanax!
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2407. Sergeant, I just need to see one file!
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2408. Just give me five minutes.
I know exactly where it is.
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2409. Please!
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2410. I shouldn't be talking to you.
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2411. - You got five minutes.
- Okay.
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2412. Here. Here.
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2413. Linda states that some of
Darlene's closest friends are Leigh,
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2414. who used to bring Darlene
presents from Tijuana.
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2415. - So what?
- He knew her.
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2416. Linda said Leigh. This is Leigh.
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2417. No. That's just one name in a file
that contains hundreds.
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2418. It's nothing.
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2419. - Dave Toschi...
- Agrees with me.
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2420. Our investigation
into this subject is over.
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2421. I'm sorry.
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2422. Hello.
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2423. Who's there?
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2424. - You didn't return my calls.
- Oh, I've been kind of busy.
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2425. Yeah. I can see that.
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2426. How's the book coming?
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2427. I tried to send you these.
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2428. I called the Chron.
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2429. Well, I'm not a cartoonist anymore, so...
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2430. I heard.
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2431. When's the last time
you ate something?
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2432. Nothing makes sense anymore.
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2433. - Did it ever?
- Yeah, it did.
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2434. Robert, it was just the date
that didn't end.
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2435. You don't mean that.
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2436. A little.
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2437. The kids miss you.
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2438. - I can't have them see me like this.
- Neither can I.
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2439. So, do whatever you have to,
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2440. but finish this.
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2441. Dave!
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2442. Dave! It's Robert!
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2443. - Dave!
- Is he actually here?
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2444. I'm gonna kill him.
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2445. I'm calling SFPD. Where's my gun?
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2446. Dave!
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2447. Robert! Go away!
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2448. Dave! He made a mistake!
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2449. - Get away from the window.
- I'll meet you around front.
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2450. No, you won't.
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2451. - You have to hear this!
- No, I don't, Robert!
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2452. The birthday was the one time
that he was weak!
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2453. The one time
that he gave something away!
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2454. - Robert, I am calling the police.
- It's Arthur Leigh Allen!
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2455. Where did you get that name?
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2456. He called the Bellis' house.
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2457. December '69.
"I need to kill. Today's my birthday."
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2458. It was his birthday.
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2459. Arthur Leigh Allen
was born on December 18th.
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2460. Get in here.
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2461. - Here you go.
- Thanks.
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2462. He wrote me, you know?
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2463. 2,500 suspects,
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2464. the only one who ever wrote me
a letter was Leigh Allen.
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2465. They like to help, you know, sometimes.
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2466. Yes, Robert, I know.
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2467. He was arrested January 1975
for molestation.
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2468. He sent me that when he got out.
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2469. "Dear Dave, if I can ever be
of any help to you, just let me know.
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2470. "I'm sorry I wasn't your man."
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2471. And it's typewritten.
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2472. Using a typewriter is not a crime.
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2473. And he knew Darlene.
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2474. It's in the Vallejo files.
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2475. Mulanax said that
he was your favorite suspect.
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2476. That you spent two years on him,
and that nobody ever came close.
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2477. All the evidence said no.
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2478. Sherwood disqualified his handwriting.
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2479. The same Sherwood
that drinks like Paul Avery now?
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2480. Yes, you have Sherwood Morrill
in writing saying,
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2481. "I'm sorry, this just won't work."
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2482. - But you also have Terry Pascoe...
- His protégé.
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2483. Yeah, fine, it's his protégé,
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2484. but he's a handwriting expert
nonetheless, and he's saying,
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2485. "Do not disqualify this suspect
on the basis of handwriting."
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2486. - So the two cancel each other out.
- No, they don't.
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2487. It was Sherwood's case.
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2488. He was the head
of Questioned Documents.
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2489. If it went to trial,
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2490. all the defense would have to do
is call Sherwood to the stand.
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2491. And there was no way of getting Allen
into court in the first place,
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2492. because there was no evidence, Robert.
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2493. What do you mean,
there's no evidence?
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2494. You have him seen with the ciphers.
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2495. The military boot prints.
The same size shoes and gloves.
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2496. The Most Dangerous Game.
The Zodiac watch.
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2497. The background with school children.
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2498. The misspellings of Christ-mass.
The bloody knives.
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2499. All circumstantial.
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2500. Paul Stine's shirt, his wallet, his keys.
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2501. We should have found
one of those things in that trailer.
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2502. - We didn't.
- That's...
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2503. Okay. Catherine Allen states that
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2504. "Leigh cleaned out his trailer
on Friday after work
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2505. "and moved it to Santa Rosa
on Saturday, August 7th, 1971
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2506. You interviewed him
at the refinery on August 4th.
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2507. - Yeah.
- So, he's cleaning out his trailer,
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2508. he's moving into a different county
48 hours after you interviewed him?
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2509. Okay. Okay.
Look at the stuff side by side, Dave.
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2510. All right.
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2511. Okay, Arthur Leigh Allen
and the Zodiac, their timelines.
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2512. - When was the first murder in Vallejo?
- Christmas, 1968.
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2513. Eight months before that,
Allen is fired for molesting his students
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2514. and his family discovers
that he's a pedophile.
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2515. - Now, when do the letters begin?
- July, '69.
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2516. After the murder of Darlene Ferrin.
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2517. And they continue
until you go to see him at work.
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2518. Now, after that, do any of the letters
contain swatches of Paul Stine's shirt?
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2519. No. Because he dumped them,
because he got scared.
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2520. Because he knew
that you were on to him.
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2521. - So, when's the next letter from Zodiac?
- Not until January of 1974.
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2522. He is silent for three years.
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2523. Then, in '74, he feels comfortable again
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2524. because everybody's moved off
Allen as a suspect.
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2525. And what do we get?
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2526. Three new letters from Zodiac
in January, May, and July in '74.
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2527. - But then the letters stop.
- What happens to Allen?
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2528. He's arrested.
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2529. January, 1975,
they send him to Atascadero.
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2530. We don't get another letter from Zodiac
the entire time he's there.
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2531. - When is he released?
- August, '77.
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2532. Allen gets out. He types you an apology,
and then what?
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2533. We get our first new Zodiac letter
in four years.
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2534. Okay. Zodiac had to have known
Darlene Ferrin, right?
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2535. Yes, because of the phone calls
on the night of her murder.
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2536. Because of the Vallejo file,
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2537. we know that Darlene knew
a man named Leigh?
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2538. Yes.
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2539. So, all coincidence aside, Robert,
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2540. how can you be sure that Leigh Allen
is the Leigh from this file?
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2541. Now, Vallejo is a small town,
but it's not that small.
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2542. How do you put
the two of them together?
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2543. This is a case that's covered
both Northern and Southern California,
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2544. with victims and suspects
spread over hundreds of miles.
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2545. - Would you agree?
- Yes.
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2546. Darlene Ferrin worked
at the Vallejo House of Pancakes
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2547. on the corner of Tennessee and Caroll.
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2548. Arthur Leigh Allen lived in his
mother's basement on Fresno Street.
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2549. Door to door, that is less than 50 yards.
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2550. Is that true?
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2551. I've walked it.
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2552. Jesus Christ.
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2553. So?
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2554. The prints, the handwriting...
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2555. - I'm not asking you as a cop.
- But I am a cop.
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2556. I can't prove this.
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2557. Just because you can't prove it,
doesn't mean it's not true.
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2558. Easy, Dirty Harry-
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2559. Finish the book.
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2560. Thank you. Thank you for breakfast.
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2561. Can I help you?
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2562. No.
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2563. Mr. Mageau.
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2564. Thanks for coming to see me.
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2565. You're the one I talked to on the phone?
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2566. I'm George Bawart. Vallejo PD.
I took over for Jack Mulanax.
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2567. It's been 22 years.
I don't know how I can help you.
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2568. Well, this is just a formality.
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2569. I'm gonna show you
a group of photographs.
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2570. Now, the person that shot you
may or may not be
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2571. among these photographs.
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2572. You don't have to pick anybody out
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2573. just because I'm showing you
these pictures, you understand?
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2574. Yes, sir, I do.
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2575. All right.
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2576. Take your time.
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2577. If you don't recognize anyone,
that's okay.
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2578. That's him.
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2579. How sure are you?
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2580. Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
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2581. He had a round face like this guy.
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2582. Wait. Am I to understand
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2583. that you're now identifying
the second photograph?
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2584. No, no. Just that
he had a round face like that.
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2585. It's this man.
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2586. All right.
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2587. Now, on a scale of one to 10,
10 being positive,
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2588. how sure are you?
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2589. At least an eight.
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2590. The last time I saw this face
was July 4th, 1969.
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2591. I am very sure
that's the man who shot me.
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