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THE LEGEND LIVES ON

6/22/2019

 
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The widely held consensus is that the Zodiac Killer wrote his last communication in 1971 during his first letter writing campaign, before returning to fire off another brief volley of four communications in 1974. For this to be the case, we would have to believe the Zodiac Killer, either willingly or through circumstances beyond his control, chose not to correspond with the newspapers to comment on The Zodiac Killer film directed by Tom Hanson released on April 7th 1971, or the Dirty Harry movie directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood, released on December 23rd 1971. Yet, he returned from his hibernation after nearly three years because he was driven or felt compelled to comment on The Exorcist movie, describing it as "the best saterical comidy that I have ever seen". You would have thought he would have got his priorities in order.

The letter was effectively a mishmash of previous Zodiac tropes, but significantly, it mimicked his first ever letters to the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner and Vallejo Times-Herald on July 31st 1969. These 1969 letters threatened to go on a "kill rampage" over the weekend if his ciphers were not published on the front page of the respective newspapers. The Exorcist letter mailed on January 29th 1974 was identical, threatening that if his note was not published in the paper he would do something nasty which you knew he was capable of doing. The only thing synonymous with the Zodiac Killer that we knew he was capable of doing, was "to kill". This logically should be the conclusion. Therefore, it makes perfect sense, that the strange collection of characters at the foot of the Exorcist letter should be able to be rearranged to the spell the verb "to kill". This is exactly what Kevin Robert Brooks, author of the upcoming book The Montana Connection, discovered several years ago - and it is the logical extension to the passage above it. Whether or not the Exorcist letter was written by the Zodiac Killer is another matter entirely. 

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The San Francisco Chronicle placed this letter in their newspaper on January 31st 1974 under the title 'Zodiac Mystery Letter-the First Since 1971', but crucially omitted and whitewashed the strange Asian characters from their publication, meaning that any follow-up letters pertaining to this disguised message could be verified as likely originating from the same author. In other words, if a follow-up letter made a point of highlighting the verb "to kill", then they were likely the author of the Exorcist letter also. All the San Francisco Chronicle and law enforcement had to do, was to look at any highlighted word in the subsequent letter/s and ascertain whether this word could be created using the Exorcist symbols or characters. If it could, then it's highly likely the two letters had the same author. This is exactly what happened only five days after the Exorcist letter was mailed, and only three days after the San Francisco Chronicle omitted the Asian characters from their publication.
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On February 3rd 1974 (the day before the Patty Hearst kidnapping) somebody mailed the S.L.A. letter to the San Francisco Chronicle from Los Angeles, with the whole communication focused on introducing us to the verb "to kill" in the Old Norse language. Sla in Old Norse can be inferred as "kill", to which the author of this communication claimed. Sla in Old Norse means "to strike" or "to smite". The archaic use of the word "smite" as shown by the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "smite" as to kill or severely injure. In Wiktionary it is shown as the ability to strike down or kill with deadly force. So (in archaic usage like Old Norse) "sla" means "smite", and "smite" is used as "kill". Here is a PDF of Old Norse from York University, compiled by Ross G. Arthur. 

The S.L.A. communication finished off the message by highlighting the word "kill", exactly as the Exorcist letter had done just 5 days earlier. Furthermore, the S.L.A. letter began its introduction with "Dear" and signed off with "a friend". This is important, because 7 days later the real Symbionese Liberation Army mailed a letter to the Hearst family on February 10th 1974, beginning their correspondence with "Dear" and ending the communication with "A friend". Uncanny that. 

So, did the Zodiac Killer reappear from his slumber after nearly three years to critique the Exorcist film for our benefit, and tell us that "sla" (Symbionese Liberation Army) was the Old Norse word for "kill" to expand our foreign language skills? - which in all likelihood is the dominant hidden word in the Exorcist letter. ​Or, is it more likely the Symbionese Liberation Army wrote the February 3rd 1974 S.L.A. letter one day before the kidnapping of Patricia Campbell Hearst by the S.L.A, and referenced the Symbionese Liberation Army within their own communication? Then just happened to mail another letter only 7 days later writing "Dear" and "A friend", exactly mimicking their previous one. To some, the Exorcist Letter is beyond reproach, so I guess the.legend lives on.

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Kevin Robert Brooks link
6/22/2019 12:13:42 pm

I assure you the SLA letter WAS in fact a Zodiac letter... Notice, how the writer prints (as I have shown before the 'K' in Kill and the 'K' in Know in the Asian style lettering) as he did in the Exorcist puzzle. Know/Kill!

Richard
6/22/2019 12:27:50 pm

Whether we believe it's Zodiac or the S.L.A., the match would back up both arguments. Either Zodiac authored both, or the S.L.A. authored both. It comes down to which one we choose.

Kevin Robert Brooks link
6/23/2019 12:17:20 pm

As I have said before, I have much more evidence concerning the Exorcist letter connection to Donald besides the letter that Donald himself wrote to the Billings Gazette mirroring the Zodiac Exorcist letter in theme. It will come out... He authored both letters. I have MANY samples of his handwriting and I will be proven absolutely correct! Thank you Richard for your awesome site! Your site will be the first to have that information! I love bipartisanship...

Richard
6/23/2019 12:54:48 pm

I must admit Kevin, I did like the Billings connection on June 2nd 1974 ridiculing the idea of demonic possession. The similarities are there. The Exorcist letter stated "I saw and think the Exorcist was the best satirical comedy that I have ever seen". Donald Lee Bujok stated in the newspaper "I have been reading and hearing all about the Exorcist in Billings." Not only that, but mentioning Deer Lodge Prison in the next paragraph. Of course, Bujok will be accused by some of deliberately and subtly mimicking Zodiac, because this letter to Billings came after the Exorcist letter and the Hartnell reference. But regardless, this is the sort of thing Zodiac did - and you can't mimic Zodiac if you are Zodiac.Great Berryessa picture by the way - undoubtedly the most realistic representation I've seen. Hope you didn't get carried away in that costume!

Kevin Robert Brooks link
6/23/2019 01:58:17 pm

Richard,

Perhaps when our book is out people will finally get it. As I have said before, when everyone was looking in Vallejo I was looking in Montana. I was blessed to have gotten the story everyone wants! However, because everyone wants to be the one, there are many that have purposely ignored my work or used their web-sites to their advantage to admonish me while leaving out anything credible I have said. Some have even taken credit for things I obtained and that will be dealt with I assure you... I'm not worried though, as most of those I have interviewed (on tape) include prison guards, wardens, Deputy Wardens and people that actually knew the man... Most are now sadly... deceased. As to the costume, it is the best representation because I'm a man of detail. Did you know I actually worked with attorney's and doctors on the biggest child abuse case in the history of Florida Richard? I did a lot of research on Reactive Attachment Disorder which most psychopathic personalities suffer from. I'm no doctor, but I have been researching for years and years as my dad was very sick and I thought in the vast amount of books in our local library there had to be an answer to my dad's illness... There wasn't as he died at only 37. Many think they have discovered looking at old 'Polk's City Directories' or phone books... I was doing genealogy work when I was 12! I wanted to find out if some old rumors in my family's history were true. Some were, some weren't; the good ones tended to be false! Thank you for the compliment on the costume as I just looked at the police reports and what Hartnell and Cecelia said! The costume is made of time period material and the emblem is what Bryan said it was. Too many have made me cringe with 12 inch Zodiac symbols or the Dennis Kaufman burlap sack and some are absolutely hilarious to look at! Details, details details...

Richard
6/23/2019 02:16:40 pm

I'll link it here for reference

https://www.zodiacciphers.com/uploads/4/9/7/1/4971630/1561231854505blob-1_orig.jpg

JD
6/23/2019 08:47:33 pm

I hope you don't mind my asking, do you have a release date for your book, or is it still in progress? I think it will be quite an interesting read.

Kevin Robert Brooks link
6/24/2019 08:34:20 am

Thank you for the question JD. We are keeping a tight lid on the release of the book. There are people that know of its content in Law Enforcement. I purposely shared with an attorney and pals of mine I could trust that are in LE (a Detective) so NEVER again would people take credit for our work! The difference between my book and the others is I actually have proof of what I write!

Mike
6/24/2019 09:49:26 am

Hey Kevin,
I'm looking forward to purchasing and reading your book. Can you give me a rough release date? Six months, one year, two years?
Thanks!

Kevin Robert Brooks link
6/28/2019 08:04:50 am

Are you Mike Morford? I wouldn't think so, because Mike has knocked down everything I have ever done... Just curious...

Mike
6/28/2019 02:02:19 pm

Hey Kevin,

Nope, I'm a totally different Mike than Morf.

I'm just a designer in NYC who's been interested in the case for about 20 years or so and find your research and suspect really interesting. I remember reading and watching some of your YouTube posts years ago and was hoping your book would be out shortly thereafter—but as an author of a design book myself, I do know how long the process can take.

I'm sort of the rare Zodiac enthusiast who finds almost all the books and suspects interesting without any judgement whatsoever against the researchers and authors. I'm completely against anger and negative judgement and harassment of any kind—IRL or on the internet. Which is one of the many reason's why Richard's site is the best.

Tom1
6/30/2019 05:53:56 am

Well stated, Kevin. I am in the same boat. I won’t participate in negative bickering on this or any other site even if it is directed at me. It does seem that none of the known POI’s are the culprit however. If what is stated about them is true each would have been apprehended and questioned by the authorities during the time frame of the “active” investigation.

Tom1
6/30/2019 05:50:36 pm

My bad. Well stated, Mike

Mike
7/1/2019 09:08:02 am

Thanks Tom!


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