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The Michael Shermer Show

The Zodiac Killer Wasn't Real

6/13/20261 hr 39 min

The Zodiac Killer has been treated for decades as America's ultimate unsolved true crime mystery: one mysterious killer, taunting letters, cryptic ciphers, a strange costume, and a trail of victims across Northern California.

Eddie McNamara thinks that story is wrong.

The victims were real, the crimes were real, but the single mastermind may have been a media-made myth.

Eddie McNamara is the author of Zodiactually: The Real Story of a Fake Serial Killer, Toss Your Own Salad: The Meatless Cookbook, Brooklyn Hardcore, and Two Fare Zone. He's a former cop, 9/11 first responder, trained chef, and a columnist for Penthouse magazine.

Clips

Detective Forged Zodiac Letters
Police Knew First Murders Different
Kitty Genovese Myth Debunked
Researchers Ignored Key Evidence
Stalker As Likely Killer

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