Simply put, Baber’s team cracked one of the Zodiac Killer’s never-before-solved ciphers – which he’d said in the letter that ...

Killer in the Code’ shares the story of citizen sleuth Alex Baber’s investigation to a pair of notorious cases, and the ...

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An amateur sleuth and self-taught cryptography expert is convinced he’s cracked the notorious unsolved Zodiac and Black Dahlia murders — and that the killer is the same man. Alex Baber — a 50-year-old ...

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The Zodiac Killer's first known victims were killed on Dec. 20, 1968 Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Us ...

Nearly 60 years ago, the Zodiac Killer's reign of terror began on Dec. 20, 1968, when he murdered his first two victims. The Zodiac is one of the most infamous serial ...

Between 1968 and 1969, the Zodiac killer terrorized northern California, murdering at least five victims while claiming to have slaughtered dozens more. The phantom taunted the media and police with ...

The Zodiac's killing spree began nearly 60 years ago in December 1968 The Zodiac Killer murdered his first two victims 57 years ago on Dec. 20, 1968 The Zodiac's identity is still a mystery, but a ...