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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

6/9/2013

 
To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, was a hugely successful book published on July 11th 1960 and later adapted into a motion picture starring Gregory Peck two years later, portraying racial injustice and the innocence of youth from the backdrop of the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. This next section is not inferring the Zodiac drew any inspiration from this novel, however, it will outline some unusual coincidences between this work of fiction and two greeting cards mailed by the Zodiac, notably the October 27th 1970 'Halloween' card and the December 1990 'Eureka' or 'American Greetings' card.

​Kevin Robert Brooks noticed that the Asian characters at the foot of the 'Exorcist' letter could be rearranged to spell the words, 'To Kill'. These are obviously the first two words of this novel, but the 'Exorcist' letter also contained an extract from The Mikado about a bird, taken from Act II On a tree by a river- a little tom-tit in this case. 
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To Kill a Mockingbird was widely used as an educational tool in many schools, in which one of the central characters was "Boo" Radley, a reclusive resident of Maycomb, who generated a constant source of suspicion and mystery from the local townsfolk, despite his later acts of disguised benevolence. Note BOO on the 'Halloween' card. He went by the name Boo Radley, but curiously his first name was Arthur. 

The alphabetical letters LAV letters are present together in the horizontal word SLAVES on the back of the card and underlined in the name Paul Averly on the envelope, but note the three letters at the intersection of the crossed PARADICE and SLAVES running vertically - they spell RAD,
The incorrect spelling of Paul Avery to Averly points towards LEY, to complete the character BOO RADLEY.

In the novel, a local resident by the name of Stephanie Crawford reported she was woken up one night and saw Boo Radley "looking straight through the window at her..... said his head was like a skull lookin' at her". On the tree around the knothole there are the words PEEK A BOO YOU ARE DOOMED.

The musical score to the original motion picture was composed by Elmer Bernstein. Three of the soundtracks are Creepy Caper/Peek-a-Boo, Boo Who and Tree Treasure. In the book, Tree Treasure was a hiding place in the knothole of a tree, where several items were found including a broken pocket watch, an aluminium knife and a ball of twine. These were placed there by Boo Radley for two local kids, Scout and Jem, to discover. The knothole in the tree represented Boo Radley's outlet to the world, and soon the children were to realize that Boo Radley was far from the monster he had been depicted. All the items he placed at intervals in the knothole came in pairs, except the twine - there were two packets of chewing gum, two polished coins, two miniatures of children, and the most interesting of all, was a knife and pocket watch, both on the same chain. Presumably two items, so Jem and Scout could have one each. The 'Eureka' card or 'American Greetings' card, mailed by the Zodiac Killer in 1990, was very similar to the 'Halloween' card in its design, both beginning with the phrase "From your secret pal". The 'Eureka' card included a photocopy, of not one, but a pair of keys on a chain. But who was the "secret pal" - the Zodiac Killer or Boo Radley?

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​Incidentally, Scout and Jem build a snowman in the the Harper Lee novel, made initially from mud, but then layered with snow- a theme many believe is reflective of the racial overtones contained within the story. A snowman was depicted on the 'Eureka' card, with what appeared to be Groucho Marx imagery on the face. Jem and Scout created this snowman because of their dislike of a local resident down the street, much to the annoyance of their father Atticus Finch, who told the children to disguise it because it so resembled the local resident they were poking fun at. Their solution was to place Miss Maudie Atkinson's hat on it (she lived across the street from Atticus Finch and his family). The resident they so disliked was called MR AVERY- now that is a coincidence- along with release date of the film: December 25th 1962, in Los Angeles, California. Happy Holidays.

Rob
6/17/2013 07:31:10 am

Kevin Robert Brooks, you have made an intriguing post about plot & symbolic parallels between the Zodiac case and Harper Lee's novel. I noticed that ZodiacKillerSite is now discussing this in a thread:

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&p=3659#p3407

The posters there don't seem to be giving credit to you - am I missing something? If you originated this research, which I believe you have judging by a quick comparison of relative posting dates, then I believe the members on ZKS should be crediting you in their aforementioned thread.

Forgive me if you are one of the members on that site under a different user name. Thanks again for the blog post - enjoyable read and a good literary-forensic analysis!

Kevin Robert Brooks
9/27/2013 07:23:19 am

Spycatcher:

You wrote the story on 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and it was "right on" in your assessment.

In my opinion, Donald Lee Bujok was indeed Zodiac and identified with "Boo Radley"; as not only their names were the same (Donald was known as "Boojie" by childhood kids and also "Boo-Jack" when he was in prison thus "the Jack" covering the skeleton groin on the Halloween Card.) "Donning a Jack" so to speak! But their lives paralleled one another in many ways. that Halloween card was just what he said it was "I feel it in my bones I'll clue you in"

Good job on the "To Kill a Mocking Bird Story" as it is already a chapter in our book. As far as credit to me, it will come and professionals already know what we have done. I have had e-mails congratulating me on my "To Kill" Break-down of the Exorcist letter followed by the letters Zodiac sent "to clue the coppers in"; SLA and later the interesting Norse word Skoal! written on the Don Bujok letter he sent to the Billings Gazette. What people don't like is that I have said "it is solved." I understand that, however they have no clue to the bulk of information we have... Original letters, handwritten letters, pictures, Bujok owned items, medical records, psychiatric records, handwriting samples, items Donald sewed...

Thank you Rob for the kindness and Tom Voigt does deserve credit for his great site as does Morf.

Thanks Rob! Yes, people should be mentioning my work as it is relevant. Soon they will have no choice as I have saved records that would have been discarded just as Robert Graysmith had done.

Thanks Rob!


Kevin Robert Brooks / Author
Zodiac the Montana Connection

Robin Smith
1/7/2015 12:09:50 am

What people do N0t like is......however they have N0 clue to the bulk of information we have....

EXACTLY the problem!

You people want comments...you want readers...why? So every time someone comments you say "well that's N0t true...well we have a letter!....we have a report ...that's been debunked for YEARS!.......N0 wonder this turns people off instead of on.

Well just continue hiding/sitting on all the info waiting for someone to make a fool of...just keep it up...40+ years is N0t long enough to hide all this s***??...

BLIND MEN AAND THE ELEPHANT!!!

Robin Smith
2/3/2015 12:56:11 am

FYI...
July 14, 2015 Harper Lee's original novel 'Go Set A Watchman' will be released!

Her Attorney found the original manuscript...Though written first, it is set, 20 years after 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

Rob
6/17/2013 07:47:50 am

Well, I checked again to see that the posting dates on both sites are the same. Still, there seems to be a credit missing somewhere in order to clarify the origin in our online Zodiac research world. I've noticed that on your site, you continue to be exacting in the crediting and referencing you provide to other people's work. Kudos goes to you, Mr. Brooks.

Rich
6/17/2013 02:59:43 pm

Hi Rob, these posts on this site are not written by Kevin Robert Brooks, my name is Richard Grinell from Coventry, England. I posted the story om ZodiacKillerSite under the name UKSpycatcher.
But thanks for your compliments. Only the Bujok stories on the site are written courtesy of info provided by me by Kevin, the rest are my own theories. Don't forget if you have any thoughts or articles you would like posted, feel free to contact me, all the best Rich.

Rob
6/17/2013 07:57:09 pm

Ahhh! I understand now! Thanks for clarifying and including the invitation.

--Rob.

Kevin Robert Brooks
9/28/2013 10:36:22 am

That was very kind Rob!

Robin Smith
1/7/2015 12:22:12 am

Well, I checked again to see that the posting dates....still there seems to be a credit missing......be exacting in the crediting....referencing......

Well I paint...I paint pictures of Emerald Bay and Mt Tallac...I paint on ceramic tile....just exactly WHO should I credit it to?...

I write about the things I kN0w...personal experiences only...WHO gets the credit?

Kevin Robert Brooks
9/27/2013 04:19:12 am

Boo Radley's life was in many ways similar to the Bujok's. They were very poor and would borrow nothing, from anyone were not allowed to attend church and were extremely poor...

Kevin Robert Brooks
9/28/2013 10:59:10 am


It depends on who you ask and where you look...
slay [sleɪ]
vb slays, slaying, slew, slain (tr)
1. Archaic or literary to kill, esp violently

2. Slang to impress (someone of the opposite sex)

3. Obsolete to strike
[Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat]

slayer n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

Rich
10/9/2013 07:44:06 am

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird in Chapter 28, the schoolchildren are encouraged to dress up as the local agricultural products of Maycomb for the Halloween night pageant, rather than go trick or treating. Scout is dressed as a piece of ham, and on the way home after the pageant Jem and Scout are attacked by somebody and rescued by Boo Radley. As we all know Bob Ewell is later found dead under a tree, with a knife stuck in him. It is curious that the skeleton on the Halloween Card is also wearing agricultural produce. Probably a stretch too far.

Rich
10/9/2013 07:48:46 am

Donning a Jack probably is a better option.

Robin Smith
12/12/2014 12:34:46 am

The PARADICE word and SLA (Anton LaVey) initials again!..I will go through this article some more as I have always been interested in this Halloween Card, the Eureka Card with the two P.O. Box keys (Tahoe Keys), and the Pines card as they all were written post Donna Lass disappearance.

The D.U.M.B.'s(Deep Underground Military Bases) map is especially interesting as one tunnel seems to run between Paradise, Nv and Paradise, Ca (an original 1900's RR map denotes as Paradice, Ca).

I am N0t any more proficient with maps than I am with codes and when you add in Radians! geez

I'll be Back
Robin

Richard
12/13/2014 04:15:31 pm

The good thing about Radians is we know an exact figure, 57.3 degrees, whereas the Halloween Card is so open ended, you can create almost anything from it. I do not believe the 'Kill a Mockingbird' link, I just thought it worthy of consideration, so put pen to paper, so to speak. Ask yourself one question about the Eureka Card and the two photocopied keys, if it is genuine Zodiac material. Why did he not draw the keys, photo them or paste them, why did he choose to Xerox them. Was this the clue that has been overlooked. A photocopy is a reversal, and the Eureka card is similar to the Halloween Card. He underlines LAV on the envelope, this reversed is VAL. The date of the SLA letter is VALentines day and VAL is the Old Norse for slay/kill, not SLA, as the letter pertains.

Robin Smith
12/14/2014 01:00:45 am

Calculus is more likely the answer...that strange symbol at the bottom of the Halloween card..
...
.the only time it was ever used and must have something to do with the Donna Lass/Dr Charles L Hollingsworth disappearances, which were and still are blown off by SLTPD.

Dr Hollingsworth owned 2 properties in THE TAHOE KEYS...his Nasty divorce married within a month of his disappearance. Ora Mae(deceased) married Ron Renaldi who still owns at least one of the TAHOE KEYS properties

They both(Donna and the Dr) Larry Kane had to do with timeshare/Alan Dorfman Ca/Nv operations and Alpine Meadows types like Robert E Hunter Jr/Kjell Qvale

N0t to mention the Sinatra/Kennedy connections...both Kennedy boyz were here with MM and that bunch.(mobster Sam Giancanna got Frankie thrown out of the CalNeva) ...because of all the crap there the Kennedy's dumped Frank and he became a Republican....

Soap Opera anyone:)

Zodiac Unmasked Part III
12/12/2016 02:58:33 am

Bujok is Zodiac. Ok, how long it will take to publish all the material about him or it has to remain a secret forever?

If Bujok was the Zodiac killer who killed Cheri Jo Bates? Pam Huckaby believes that is the same man. Was Bujok the Darlene Ferrin stalker and was he at her home parties?

Too many books and weird stories written about this case but is still unsolved, that's the truth.

Robin Smith
12/12/2016 06:48:35 am

Zodiac = Church of Satan, Manson and The Mob

These five colluded to cover up the original murders of Cheri Jo and Darlene. Darlene told Paul Stein about the connection with the Church of Scientology
Anton LeVay knew L Ron Hubbard well. I've written it all throughout Richards post and Alex

BB
12/15/2017 01:30:44 pm

The mi cab and creepy 'Mikado' was in London during the Ripper 5. And, in SF during the Zodiac 5. A call for a purge?


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