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- This week on BuzzFeed Unsolved we're covering
the Zodiac Killer.
Right now we are at the scene of his first crime which,
at the time, seemed like a good idea,
but now that we're here, it's fucking pitch black.
This is a horrible idea so let's just get this over with.
- Sounds good, let's do it.
- [Voiceover] So, in the late 60s and early 70s,
the Zodiac Killer terrorized Northern California.
Killing at least five people and claiming to have killed
37 people in total.
- [Voiceover] 37?
- [Voiceover] He claims to have killed 37 people.
- [Voiceover] Like, he wrote a note?
- Yeah, he was a, he was a douche bag.
On December 20, 1968 around 11 PM near Vallejo, California
17 year old David Faraday and 16 year old Betty Lou Jensen
were shot and killed while sitting in a parked car
in a gravel parking area off of Lake Herman Road.
In the exact spot we are sitting right now.
- The exact spot, like right here?
- Like right here.
- Its' just the wind.
- Yes, right here.
(yells) - It's the wind!
- You're not freaked out a little right now?
- What the fuck, dude?
- It's the wind.
You don't want me, we can close the windows.
- Yeah, let's close the windows, fuck this shit.
- If anything, though, it would make it somewhat easier
to hear footsteps that sneak up on us.
- Fuck, you're right, let's open the windows.
(laughing)
By the time police arrived, Betty was found dead
on the ground 30 feet away from the car,
but David was still alive.
However, David would die on the way to the hospital.
At this time, nobody knew that this was the work
of a serial killer.
- [Voiceover] Oh, 'cause it was the first murder?
- 'Cause it was the first time.
Can we leave now?
- Should I grab the camera?
- What is wrong with you?
Are you really not scared right now?
- Why? Why on earth?
- [Voiceover] 'Cause look where the fuck we are, dude.
Look where the fuck we are.
There's nothing around!
- Have you never been in the middle of nowhere before?
- [Voiceover] No, I am freaking out!
Look at this shit, where the fuck are we right now?
There's two of us out here and who knows what the fuck
is out in that darkness.
Not down to find out.
Call me a wiener, whatever, I don't care.
The Zodiac's next crime would occur on July 4, 1969
at around midnight near Blue Rock Springs Park,
only a few minutes away from the previous crime.
The Zodiac approached a parked car with a flashlight,
shooting 22 year old Darlene Ferrin and 19 year old
Michael Mageau before walking away and coming back
to shoot them both again.
Both were still alive when found,
but only Mageau would survive.
Mageau was able to make out the face of the man who shot him
and described him as a young white man, approximately 26
to 30 years old, stocky, 200 pounds or larger,
about five foot eight with light brown curly hair,
and a large face.
Within an hour, the police received a phone call from
somebody claiming to be the shooter.
He also claimed to be the shooter in the Lake Herman Road
murders.
Happened right around here.
The parking lot was probably empty just like this.
I don't like the way this feels either.
- I mean, it's eerie 'cause it's night time,
but if I was here during the day,
it wouldn't feel weird at all.
Right behind you is a freaking kiosk that says,
"Parking fees are free today."
Like, that's not a scary sight.
- I guess.
On August 1, 1969 the San Francisco Chronicle,
the San Francisco Examiner and the Vallejo Times Harold
all received identical hand written letters from someone
claiming to be the killer.
The letters revealed specific details about the murders
to prove that the writer was in fact the killer.
The letters were signed with a distinct mark,
a circle with a cross through it, the mark that would
eventually become known as the mark of the Zodiac Killer.
Also included in the letters were three different codes
that the Zodiac demanded be printed in newspapers
or else he would kill again.
- [Voiceover] Why did they print them?
- [Voiceover] Because he said if they didn't print them,
he would kill more.
- [Voiceover] That just creates fear and gives the killer
what they want.
- [Voiceover] But at the same time, I wouldn't want death
on my hands either.
- [Voiceover] It's not your hand, you're not killing anybody
that guy is killing someone.
- [Voiceover] True.
- [Voiceover] You not printing something has nothing to do
with whether or not someone is going to kill someone.
- [Voiceover] The Zodiac claimed that the cracked codes
would reveal his identity.
On August 4, another letter was received that started with
the phrase, "This is the Zodiac speaking."
Marking the first time the killer referred to himself
as the Zodiac.
On August 8, 1969 the code was cracked by a couple
in Salinas, CA.
It reads, "I like killing because it is so much fun,
"it is more fun than killing wild game in the forest
"because man is the most dangerous animal of all to kill.
"Something gives me the most thrilling experience,
"it is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl.
"The best part of it is that when I die,
"I will be reborn in paradise and those I have killed will
"become my slaves.
"I will not give you my name because you will try to
"slow down or stop my collecting off slaves for afterlife."
- [Voiceover] Since when do you get to keep slaves
in the afterlife when you kill someone?
- [Voiceover] Well, apparently that's common knowledge
in crazy town.
Also, this dude must've skipped class the day they taught
run on sentences because that shit was ridiculous.
- [Voiceover] Also this guy sounds like, just the biggest
bro douche ever, right?
Killing is better than getting my nuts off with a girl?
Like, shut up.
- [Voiceover] On September 27, 1969 in Napa, California
22 year old Cecelia Shepard and 20 year old Bryan Hartnell
were picnicking on the shore of Lake Berryessa when Cecelia
saw a man hiding behind a nearby tree and staring at her.
After some time, the man came out from behind the tree
wearing an executioner style hood over his head
with the Zodiac Killer symbol on his chest.
He had a gun and a long knife and used pre-cut rope
to tie up Cecelia and Bryan before stabbing them repeatedly.
Cecelia died at the hospital, but Bryan Hartnell would
survive, despite being stabbed six times in the back.
Bryan Hartnell described the man as being five foot eight
to six feet tall, heavy set, weighing about 225 to 250
pounds with dark brown hair that he saw through the
eye holes in the mask.
A message was found on the side of Bryan's car
with the Zodiac sign, the dates of all three killings,
and the words, "by knife" written below the September
27th date.
- [Voiceover] What did he use to write on the car?
- [Voiceover] Just a little black paint, you know?
Maybe he went to Joan's Crafts and supplies.
- [Voiceover] Right, Michaels.
- [Voiceover] Michaels, he went to Michaels.
On October 11, 1969 just before 10 PM in San Francisco,
California at the intersection of Washington and Cherry
a cab driver Paul Stine was shot in the head by his
passenger.
A teenage girl from her home across the street heard
the shot along with two other witnesses in her home
and got a good look at the man as he wiped down the car
and walked away.
They called the police and described the man as a white
male between 25 to 30 years old.
Five foot eight to five foot nine tall,
stocky, with a reddish-brown crew cut and heavy rimmed
glasses.
A police car that was nearby came quickly to the scene,