THE HEARST FAMILY CONNECTION

1/18/2019

When tying a single author or group to the mailing of the SLA letter, Citizen card and Red Phantom letter together under one banner, it is important to understand the focus of the communications as a whole. This all began on February 3rd 1974 with the SLA letter, postmarked "U.S. Postal Service, CA 913 PM 3 FEB 1974". This was the eve of the kidnapping of Patricia Campbell Hearst, which occurred on February 4th 1974. The letter signed off with "a friend". On February 10th 1974, a Symbionese Liberation Army member mailed a typed letter to the Hearst family at 233 W. Santa Inez Ave, Hillsborough, California, postmarked "U.S. Postal Service, CA 940 PM 10 FEB 1974". It too was signed off with "A friend". The impending and eventual kidnapping of Patricia Hearst may have been the inspiration behind the latter three communications in 1974, with the Hearst family and corporation the main focus. In other words, the SLA letter, Citizen card and Red Phantom letter were aimed at William Randolph Hearst Sr. (deceased), William Randolph Hearst Jr and the Hearst Corporation as a whole. The Symbionese Liberation Army ran on an anti-capitalist agenda and against everything the Hearst Corporation stood for, hence their targeting of the young woman and the forced distribution of food, sourced from the Hearst's and given to the working class in the form of a ransom. Despite sending an incoherent message to the American public, the Symbionese Liberation Army had extremely well-educated members, which may have played a part in the design of the Citizen card and subsequent Red Phantom letter, with references to the Hearst family. In particular, the "signing off" portion of each correspondence.

William Randolph Hearst Sr

Writing to the San Francisco Chronicle on May 8th 1974, the author reprimanded the editors for "lack of sympathy for the public, as evidenced by your running of the ads for the movie "Badlands". This was the primary focus of the card, before signing off the communication with "A citizen". Notice the correlation between this and the February 10th 1974 typed Hearst family letter, ending with "A friend". There may have been a tinge of sarcasm portrayed in the Citizen card in relation to the "running of ads" for the Badlands movie.

In the FBI files pertaining to the Symionese Liberation Army, a memorandum dated April 30th 1974 indicated that the Hearst Corporation was prepared to offer a 4 million dollar food plan on May 3rd 1974 for the safe return of their daughter. The Sunday San Francisco Examiner, asking for "citizen assistance" had already run a feature article on April 28th 1974 (based on the file information), which resulted in the paper receiving 75 telephone calls offering information regarding SLA members. Only 10 days later, on May 8th 1974, the 'Citizen' card arrived at the San Francisco Chronicle, scolding the paper for its movie advertisements, before signing off the letter with "A citizen".

However, this may not have been the only explanation for the "citizen" reference. Here is an extract from Wikipedia:

"The quasi-biographical film (Citizen Kane) examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a character based in part upon the American newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, and aspects of the screenwriters' own lives. Upon its release, Hearst prohibited mention of the film in any of his newspapers. Kane's career in the publishing world is born of idealistic social service, but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power". The film incensed William Randolph Hearst Sr and started a long running feud with Orson Welles, resulting in the newspaper magnate forbidding his newspapers to run any advertisements for the Citizen Kane movie. Does this ring any bells? "Sirs, I would like to expression my consternation concerning your poor taste + lack of sympathy for the public, as evidenced by your running of the ads for the movie "Badlands". why don't you show some concern for public sensibilities + cut the ad? A citizen."

This was detailed in History.com with the title 'William Randolph Hearst Stops Citizen Kane Ads': "One of Hollywood’s most famous clashes of the titans–an upstart “boy genius” filmmaker versus a furious 76-year-old newspaper tycoon–heats up on this day in 1941, when William Randolph Hearst forbids any of his newspapers to run advertisements for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Only a few days after the screening, Hearst sent the word out to all his publications not to run advertisements for the film. Far from stopping there, he also threatened to make war against the Hollywood studio system in general, publicly condemning the number of “immigrants” and “refugees” working in the film industry instead of Americans, a none-too-subtle reference to the many Jewish members of the Hollywood establishment. Hearst’s newspapers also went after Welles, accusing him of Communist sympathies and questioning his patriotism".

In the Telegraph under the title 'Citizen Kane 'feud' between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst thaws after 70 years' it states "When Welles' masterpiece was released in 1941 Hearst, who was the partial inspiration for the movie, was incensed and banned his newspapers from reviewing or even mentioning it".

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Therefore, it must be an amazing coincidence that the Citizen card called for "cutting the ads" before signing off with "A citizen". Not to mention that the release date in Los Angeles, California for the movie Citizen Kane was May 8th 1941 - the exact date this correspondence was postmarked, on May 8th 1974.

Two months later, the Red Phantom letter arrived at the San Francisco Chronicle, postmarked July 8th 1974, targeting the 'male chauvinistic' Count Marco column of Marc H. Spinelli. This letter continued the theme, demanding that the Chronicle "cancel the Count Marco column", before signing off with the rather curious "Red Phantom (red with rage)". But what did this pseudonym have to do with the Hearst family?

Entitled 'The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dallies Volume One 1936-1937' by Lee Falk, it states "Leon Harrison Gross was born on April 28, 1911, in St. Louis. By the time he sold his first comic strip, Mandrake the Magician, he had changed his name to Lee Falk. His tendency was to shave a few years off his age and he often told interviewers he was a 19-year-old junior at the University of Illinois when he started Mandrake. Actually he was 23, still an impressively young age to sell a comic strip to the largest syndicate in America, William Randolph Hearst's King Features. Two years later he came up with 'The Phantom' and King bought that one as well". See here.

Founded in 1914, King Features Syndicate, Inc. is a print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles, and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide. King Features Syndicate is a unit of Hearst Holdings, Inc., which combines the Hearst Corporation's cable-network partnerships, television programming and distribution activities, and syndication companies. King Features' affiliate syndicates are North America Syndicate and Cowles Syndicate. Each week, Reed Brennan Media Associates, a unit of Hearst, edits and distributes more than 200 features for King Features. Wikipedia.

The author of the July 8th 1974 Red Phantom letter was again demanding that the newspaper "cut or cancel" another section they disliked. The question being - was this another sarcastic dig at the Hearst Corporation, threatening to release 'The Phantom', a fictional costumed crime-fighter, to seek retribution on the San Francisco Chronicle and Count Marco. Except this time, 'The Phantom' had morphed into the 'Red Phantom', red with rage.

These three 1974 communications were mailed in and around the height of the Symbionese Liberation Army, beginning on February 3rd 1974, just one day before the kidnapping of Patricia Campbell Hearst and ending on July 8th 1974, just six weeks after the deadly shootout between Symbionese Liberation Army members and law enforcement on May 17th 1974, resulting in the deaths of six urban militants. The Hearst family being front and center of everything.

The April 28th 1974 Sunday San Francisco Examiner urging 'citizens' to phone the FBI. A big thanks to Dave Oranchak for sourcing this newspaper clipping.

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Scott Norton

1/18/2019 01:49:08 pm

Nice work Richard. Lot of strong ties meshed together into a plausible scenario.

Richard

1/18/2019 03:25:47 pm

Thanks Scott.

Judith

1/18/2019 03:36:52 pm

The citizen card looks like Zodiac' s handwriting. Was this ever determined forensically? Was this ever examined? I would say Yes on the SLA sending the others.

Richard

1/18/2019 04:06:10 pm

This is what I found in a Chronicle article Judith:

David Toschi fully believed in the authenticity of these communications, stating in the July 10th 1974 Chronicle "There's no doubt in my mind about either one (citizen card and phantom letter). I took them to a documents examiner and in less than 5 minutes he told me positively they were in fact written by Zodiac".

But even document examiners disagree with each other. The Badlands or Citizen card and the Exorcist letter look more convincing than the other two, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're more likely Zodiac. The first thing I would do if attempting to hoax a Zodiac letter, would be to make an attempt at imitating his handwriting like the Exorcist letter and Citizen card. What I wouldn't do is write in completely different handwriting like the Red Phantom letter. Therefore, an argument can be made that the Red Phantom author is not attempting to be a Zodiac copycat because he is not attempting to mimic the handwriting. The 1978 letter looks more like Zodiac than the Red Phantom letter, but that has now become widely discredited because it looks too much like somebody is trying to imitate Zodiac. Damned if you do, damned if you don't springs to mind. The use of quotation marks, gaps between words, use of brackets, crossing out of words, and style of wording is probably more useful. Words like express, consternation, sympathy, glorification, deplorable, justifiable and sensibilities in the Citizen card, all spelled correctly suggests to me the author isn't attempting to be Zodiac, so wouldn't be a copycat in any sense of the word. If the author was Zodiac, even he isn't attempting to be himself anymore. If the author of the Citizen card was just a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army or some other author entirely, it's entirely plausible they wrote the Citizen card without Zodiac even in their mind. It's other people who have attributed these letters to Zodiac. The Exorcist letter, however, is either Zodiac or somebody attempting to pass off as Zodiac, because of the running total and Mikado reference. Whether this letter belongs with the other three, or is genuinely Zodiac is difficult to ascertain for now. It needs more looking into.

art

1/19/2019 12:53:17 pm

I recall Z often used unusual letter size (not 8.5x11)...do you know if the Citizen letter was one of those?

Richard

1/19/2019 02:04:26 pm

The citizen card was a postcard, whatever size that was. Cannot remember the exact dimensions.

Rubislaw 32 link

1/19/2019 01:53:33 pm

Another great article,Richard,with much to consider with regard to Zodiac links to the whole SLA ''saga'',and not meaning to label it,in such a general way.

I like the possibility of a the comic book character ''The Phantom'',to the ''Marco'' letter.Of course,there is a Tim Holt link,to the Halloween Card.In addition,I have Zodiac down for a Batman's ''The Eggman'' link to the San Jose cryptogram...and a ''I dream of Genie'' link to the solution to the Z263 cipher riddle.

With a probable Charles Schultz link,to the Desk Top Poem,the popular culture ''fantasy'' links,are simply mounting up [?].

Just thought it might be of interest that,the ''one and only'' hoaxer,sending letters to Sammy Davis Jnr.,Col.Sanders,and Randolph Hearst,called himself ''The General'' and ''Red Chief''.Donald DeFreeze,the leader of the SLA,was known as ''General Field Marshall Cinque''.

The inference that,Zodiac might have been reading editorials,as the tale of the SLA ''unwound'' [?].When DeFreeze was killed,in a police shootout,on May 17th 1974,Angela Davis expressed intentions to attend DeFreeze's funeral,in Cleveland....giving the FBI,a security headache.

Just returning to ''The General'' and ''Red Chief''.In January 1974,Sammy Davis Jnr also received,in the same letter,a ''rant'' from ''Der Feuhrer''.Davis Jnr.,of course,being one of those unusual combinations of holding Black ethnicity and Jewish religion.

With ''Col'' Harland Sanders,we make,perhaps,the derogatory observation that his ''product'' was associated with food consumed,by Blacks....''Chicken and Spare Rib''.

Then,on to Randolf Hearst,as ''Red Chief ''.With perhaps,the SLA's allegiance to ''The Red Army Faction''.

Richard

1/19/2019 02:36:10 pm

Can you remember where the communication is to be found regarding Sammy Davis Jnr. Is it near "Red Chief" Rubislaw. The SLA certainly liked attributing over the top names to themselves and were extremely flamboyant in their proclamations and manifesto's. Some of the correspondence of the SLA and Zodiac certainly had overlapping features, including the propensity to write on the upper corner of the envelope. The comic book angle certainly has more legs Rubislaw. The question from my standpoint may be different from yours Rubislaw, attempting to take the commonly recognized Zodiac reign back to June 26th 1970, whereas your's may be expanding. When I say that, I mean it from the consensus view of Zodiac correspondence, not necessarily the middle 71 letters.

Richard

1/19/2019 02:40:43 pm

As far as I can gather the SLA letter was not mentioned in the Chronicle at the time, it wasn't featured in the Robert Graysmith book and appeared on Tom Voigt's site as "new" correspondence. This letter never gained much traction as a Zodiac letter, despite featuring in the FBI files as early as March 1974.

Rubislaw 32 link

1/19/2019 03:04:51 pm

Yes,Richard,I certainly acknowledge the ''expansion'' inference.

My intention,really,is not necessarily,to ''sell'' a viewpoint...but put everything available,appearing to have possible links to the saga,on to the table,for assessment.

In Zodiac,we are confident that we are dealing with a compulsive writer,and ''creator'' of correspondence....mostly to put ''LE'' on the back foot.....and,with a bit of schadenfreude thrown in,for the bereaved,for good measure.

Sammy Davis Jnr. and Harland Sanders have been allocated their own FBI files,as with Steve McQueen and Walter Cronkite,and can be accessed quite easily,under the ''Popular Culture'' category,for all FBI files,available for pubic viewing.

I will be back,shortly,with an interesting telegram,related to the ''shootout'',on May 17th 1974,which resulted in 6 SLA member deaths,and no injuries to Law Enforcement.

Rubislaw 32 link

1/19/2019 03:57:50 pm

I'll just stick this one ''in the pot'' which,regardless of a possible Zodiac link,or not,has some historic merit.

Following the shootout,on May 17th 1974,A post office at Forrest Lake,Minnesota,received a ''Mailgram'',which is a telegram,to be forwarded to a desired agency,by mail.

One day later,on May 21st 1974,the FBI found themselves,the recipients of the following message :

'' As a citizen in a 'Democratic Society' I vehemently protest the actions of the FBI in the Hearst Case.Within 24 hours,you have set the bureau as judge and jury against Patty Hearst.Based on here [sic] say evidence only,you are moving to act as her executioner as well.God only knows what names of brutality the evening news will hold.500 men to subdue permanently,six trapped and desperate people.This has to be a nightmare,or it must be in some other country.''

One of the SLA members,either burnt alive,or shot to death,was Camilla Hall.On hearing the news,her father,now a Californian resident,had her body cremated,with her ashes returned to her hometown,Minneapolis.for burial.

''Forest Lake'',where the original telegram was received,is in the northern sector of Minneapolis,Camilla Hall's hometown.

Rubislaw 32 link

1/19/2019 06:27:05 pm

Here is one explanation of how ''someone'' elected to send a telegram,specifically to a Forest Lake,Minneapolis P.O. :

On April 8th 1974,over 5 weeks,before the ''shootout'',an article appeared in a Minneapolis newspaper,of general circulation,The St.Paul's Dispatch.

''Banks says Hearst asked help''

Dennis Banks was the Director of the American Indian Movement,and was contacted by Randolph Hearst,and asked to arrange with the kidnappers of Patty Hearst,a meeting between Patty and her family.

Banks advised Randolph Hearst that he would issue an appeal through a news medium,for the SLA to get in touch with him.

What seems to be apparent is,that when the FBI found out about an address of the SLA,through a parking ticket,following a botched shoplifting attempt,by members of the SLA,the day before.....''they'' went in ''guns blazing'',and ''500 strong'',without any real clue,as to whether Patty Hearst may have been,one of the six,that were killed.

Effectively,one could argue,the FBI no longer saw Patty Hearst,as a victim of abduction.

Rubislaw 32 link

1/19/2019 06:47:48 pm

An interesting first point made,in the FBI's official briefing comments,on the SLA :

''Background : Middle-class predominant,with DeFreeze [and perhaps others] drawn from lower class,as action arm,but selected for his middle-class outlooks.These people would be horrified by a real criminal psychopath.''.

The FBI later concluded that,although DeFreeze was the SLA's elected leader,his wife,a well educated woman,and of middle-class background,was the real ''power''.

Rubislaw 32 link

1/19/2019 08:05:18 pm

......Talk about ''completing the circle''....or even,going round and round,in one :

On March 7th 1972,the Communist publication,''The Daily World'',reported that an ''all-star'' show had raised $38,000 towards a campaign to release civil rights leader,Angela Davis.

Sammy Davis Jnr. told the crowd of 6,500 that he wears a ''Free Angela Davis'' button,because he shares her ''blackness''.

Rubislaw 32 link

1/20/2019 04:42:16 am

Hope you found the ''Der Feuher'' typed note,for Sammy Davis Jnr.,Richard.

I see it is the 4th file [..out of 4 files..] for Sammy Davis.I had originally been accessing it,though a single reference,contained inside a ''The General'' thread.

The ''Der Feuhrer'' letter was apparently,inside ''The General'' letter,to Davis Jnr,of January 1974.....but,itself,had been type written,in December 1973...the month after,the murder of school superintendent,Marcus Foster.

Just on a point of the ''COINTELPRO'' files....probably not worth a look,initially,in terms of other things more pressing.I have realised that ''Cointelpro'' was,essentially,set up by the FBI,with some LAPD collusion,to deal specifically,with the ''Nation of Islam'' wing of ''Black Power'',which included Elijah Muhammad,Malcom X,and Muhammad Ali.

The public,at that time...and the Zodiac,in particular,would not have been able to distinguish the difference,in how the FBI and CIA's ''strategy'' was implemented,in fighting Hoover's ''forces of evil''.

Law Enforcement were just generally seen as having a ''heavy handed'' approach,to matters pertaining to Civil Rights.

Richard

1/20/2019 08:54:14 am

It is difficult to determine which letters subsequent to 1971 are genuine or copycat with such limited information Rubislaw, but my guess is something is going answer this question soon, whether it's Zodiac related or not. If you take a look at the 1999/2000 San Francisco Police Department DNA list, it states unequivocally the 1978 letter is NOT Zodiac. The only way they can say this, is the got a DNA sample from David Toschi and it matched to the 1978 letter. But I highly doubt they would have done this 20+ years later. That leaves one possibility - the DNA from the 1978 letter was from a woman, and therefore NOT Zodiac. If, as Rodelli suggests, that the genuine Zodiac letters contained little to no DNA because he didn't lick the envelopes or stamps, and that Alan Keel found the 1978 matched one of the 1974 letters, then because the Exorcist letter was the only 1974 communication listed as being tested and containing DNA, we have to conclude the DNA matched between the Exorcist letter and 1978 letter, and both were authored by a woman. This is what I have been intimating recently. However, the only two other correspondences listed as DNA found (cells found), along with the Exorcist letter, were the Kathleen Johns letter of July 24th 1970 and Little List letter of July 26th 1970. If Zodiac's true letters contained little to no DNA, then we have to conclude the Kathleen Johns, Little List, Exorcist and 1978 letter are all non-Zodiac. Strange therefore, that the Little List and Exorcist letter both recited The Mikado.

Rubislaw 32 link

1/20/2019 09:12:29 am

Yes,Richard....on the matter of the April 1978 letter,and naturally,we can only be ''armchair observers'',I am close to rejecting it,as authentic.

Same as the ''death machine'' 1987 [?] letter.Everything seems ''chucked in'',including the ''kitchen sink'' for what is/are relatively short letters....including allusions to ''Toschi'',in both.

Possibly,from a fan of Toschi [?].

With your recent uncovering of both the ''A friend'' and ''Russle and Little'' letters,I think it makes the ''2001 New Years letter'' that more tantalising,to try to get to the bottom,with.

Clearly ''deliberate'' that we have,so far,been denied the ''full signature''.

May the curse of Oak Island,be with Mr.Fagan....until he comes clean.

Richard

1/20/2019 09:29:39 am

In fact the Kathleen Johns letter mentioned "Little List", so the July 24th and 26th 1970 letters, and the Exorcist letter all referenced The Mikado, and all contained DNA, whereas, all the other letters prior to January 29th 1974 didn't.

Richard

1/20/2019 09:35:28 am

Or should I rephrase that- the July 24th 1970, July 26th 1970 and January 29th 1974 all referenced The Mikado and contained "cells found". The others were labelled "few cells".

Richard

1/20/2019 09:39:14 am

Maybe we should ask Judith whether she gets an inkling on the sex of the author in each of these letters.

Shawn

1/20/2019 07:41:06 am

Coincidences....

I think the SLA letter signed with "a friend" AND the supposive Zodiac SLA letter mailed within a few days signed with "a friend" hard to discount as coincidence.

Reading your current article reminds me of me finding a series of coincidences and making an argument this must be fact because I found date dots to connect (and/or interpersonal relationships between two entities) and because I found it, my bias makes it true until I step back a week or two and later examine the reality of my connected dots. My later review of my findings are usually never as impressive as my first conclusion of my findings.

Interesting article...

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/the-true-meaning-of-coincidences/463164/

“Extremely improbable events are commonplace,” as the statistician David Hand says in his book The Improbability Principle. But humans generally aren’t great at reasoning objectively about probability as they go about their everyday lives."

Richard

1/20/2019 08:21:51 am

Absolutely Shawn, coincidences are fairly commonplace and I would never argue the above as fact. What I would say however, is the double "a friend" points to a probability of S.L.A involvement more than a Zodiac involvement, bearing in mind the dates they were mailed. Where we are now in the Zodiac case (2018), is police reports, eyewitness recollections from the period, and official FBI documents as the the original source of information. Anybody writing a factual Zodiac book from originally sourced material such as police reports, FBI files will often say they don't want supposition from websites, forums and the like, but want to stick to official sources for accuracy. That is, until they see "913 FEB 3" allotted to the SLA letter - then they will do everything in their power to ignore or discredit it. The author has two choices [1] rip the pages from their prized book and amend it, or [2] Fire of a word salad of subterfuge to fool themselves into believing they still have everything correct. In the case of suspects, accept everything that bolsters their case, and refute everything that weakens their case. If we have now got to the stage where two FBI documents stating February 3rd and Los Angeles County as the postmark are not accepted, then do not quote anything in a book saying "sourced from police reports and FBI files", because I can simply say "it doesn't mean anything, it was just made up." Some police reports and FBI files have mistakes in them admittedly, but as far as I can determine, the postmarks detailed in the files aren't one of them. But as we know today, facts don't matter anymore. But certainly Shawn, if something came along that dispelled these latest articles unequivocally, I'd have no problem dumping them in the garbage. What matters is getting to the truth not selling a story.

Shawn

1/20/2019 10:00:47 am

It is interesting that when you Google "coincidental evidence" the entire first page on google mainly consists of Australian law finds.
First Hit Below....with excerpt....

http://www.judicialcollege.vic.edu.au/eManuals/CCB/4303.htm

These bench notes examine coincidence evidence as a form of ‘other misconduct evidence’.

What is "Coincidence Evidence"?

"Coincidence evidence" is evidence which uses the improbability of two or more events occurring coincidentally to prove that:
A person performed a particular act; or

A person had a particular state of mind (Evidence Act 2008 s98).
The use of "coincidence evidence" relies on a process of inferential reasoning, in which the jury:

Infers from evidence of similarities between two or more events, and the circumstances in which the events occurred, that is improbable that the events occurred coincidentally; and

Infers from the improbability of such a coincidence the existence of a relevant fact in issue (Evidence Act 2008 s98. See also R v DCC (2004) 11 VR 129). [1]

One of the events relied upon may be an event the occurrence of which is a fact in issue in the proceeding (Evidence Act 2008 s98).

Richard

1/20/2019 10:08:43 am

I have seen many people sentenced to life imprisonment or death on a few coincidences. Beyond reasonable doubt can be interpreted differently by different people. Some people are utterly convinced by the "evidence" against Ross Sullivan, while others simply cannot see anything. It depends on what burden of proof you believe is acceptable.

Richard

1/20/2019 10:23:39 am

In fact Shawn, I have seen people convicted for life with zero evidence -absolutely none. I have always believed that intelligence is a prime requisite for being able to sit on a jury. If somebody isn't schooled in finance, forensics, law, or the related subject pertinent to the case they're adjudicating on, how can they come to an informed decision. I saw one case without any tangible evidence), after the man was pardoned after serving 12 years for a rape he didn't commit-. The head foreman said in the documentary that the rape victim sounded convincing and when asked to point to the man in court, she did, and we had no reason to disbelieve her. Forgive me, but I don't want idiots like this anywhere near a courtroom.

Tom1

1/20/2019 07:02:28 pm

Defendents in US are guaranteed to be tried by a jury of their peers. Not a panel of elitist “experts”.

Judith

1/20/2019 10:05:52 pm

I haven't read thoroughly everything here, but I feel you are correct that the Count Marco letter may have been sent by a female member of the SLA.
On the other hand I was married to a man who claimed he was the Zodiac Killer and would follow me around the house saying tit Willow tit Willow tit Willow. He would quote lines from the Exorcist letter. Isn't the Exorcist letter a bit of a suicide threat?
Going down the Rabbit hole of examining the different murderous groups afoot in California during the zodiacs reign is any one's perogative. I know that people have put a lot of energy into whether Charlie Manson's group was involved as the zodiac. And as I've mentioned before Peter would say that Charlie Manson was a pimple on his ass. Pretty sure he felt the same way about Bill Harris.
I watched the CNN special on the kidnapping of Patty Hearst recently. I myself was a young teenager in Sacramento when the bank robbery occurred where Patty Hearst was wearing the trench coat and the Beret. It had quite an impact on me. She was calling herself Tanya.
I recently viewed the CNN special on the kidnapping of Patty Hearst.
I was amazed at how Bill Harris sat there being filmed for the documentary, very contrite, talking about killing people like it was nothing. Having said that, he looks very familiar to me, as though I have met him before somewhere when I lived in the Bay Area, maybe when I was married still to Peter. For some reason El Cerrito comes to mind.

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