Welcome to our serial killer podcast. For fans of the true crime podcast genre. This is episode 11 of our serial killer podcast, Serial Killer Z to A. In this brand new episode of the serial killer podcast we hear the story of one of the most important people involved in the Zodiac case, Robert Graysmith. Graysmith was the editorial cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle, and was present in the editorial meeting when the Chronicle received the first letter that Zodiac mailed. Graysmith was instantly hooked on trying to find out who was behind the letter and cipher. He spent several years tr ..read more

Welcome to our serial killer podcast. For fans of the true crime podcast genre. This is episode 10 of our serial killer podcast, Serial Killer Z to A. In this brand new episode of the serial killer podcast we uncover a possible Zodiac slaying from 1975. Then we learn the reasons why SFPD Inspector Armstrong quit the homicide department. Then, out of nowhere, the Napa Sheriff's Department received a letter which brought forward a new, and credible, suspect in the case. Later in the podcast we delve into the sorry saga which brought about the end of Inspector Dave Toschi's investigation into the ..read more

Welcome to our serial killer podcast. For fans of the true crime podcast genre. This is episode 9 of our serial killer podcast, Serial Killer Z to A. In this brand new episode of the serial killer podcast we learn about a rather interesting confession which was made to a lawyer. As the case drags on into the mid 70's the detectives on the case start thinking outside the box for ways to try and track down the killer, including utilising the help of a psychic and interviewing the members of a San Francisco production of The Mikado. Will this lead to them finding the monster that is The Zodiac? L ..read more

This is episode 8 of our serial killer podcast series, Serial Killer Z to A Season 1: The Zodiac Killer In this brand new episode we learn about Arthur Leigh Allen, a Vallejo resident who would become the most famous suspect in this serial killer case. There was a lot of evidence against Arthur Lee Allen, including some particularly incriminating testimony from a college friend called Don Cheney. The question is though, is the evidence correct and trustworthy? Was Arthur Lee Allen Zodiac? Join us in this episode of our serial killer podcast as we uncover all of the evidence which brought Arthu ..read more

Welcome to our serial killer podcast. For fans of the true crime podcast genre. In the early 1960's, Southern California was a hotbed of crime, and many murders were committed which still remain unsolved. In this serial killer podcast we delve into 4 such cases. After an anonymous call was made to police, a local cab driver, Ray Davis, was shot at point blank range. A year later a teenage couple, Robert Domingos and Linda Edwards were slain as they enjoyed a romantic day on the beach together. Months later, newly-wed couple Johnny and Joyce Swindle were gunned down in an eerily similar attack ..read more

This is episode 7 of our serial killer podcast series, Serial Killer Z to A Season 1: The Zodiac Killer. In this latest instalment we learn about Richard Radetich, a San Francisco police officer who was murdered in the line of duty. During their investigations the authorities struggled to come up with a suspect for this heinous crime, and this was the case until a letter was mailed in from the Zodiac Killer, and he appeared to claim credit for this brutal killing. Was this despicable serial killer really the guilty party, or was he merely trying to enhance his notoriety in the Bay Area? Later ..read more

In episode 6 of Season 1 of our brand new serial killer podcast, which focuses on the case of the Zodiac Killer, we take a terrifying midnight trip along a deserted highway... Kathleen Johns is making the long trip from her home in San Bernardino to visit her mother in Petaluma. It is an 8 hour drive, so Kathleen decides to make the drive in the late evening when her baby daughter is asleep. After a few hours driving in the dark, on the foggy road, Kathleen notices that another car appears to be following her. After a few miles this mystery car tries to flag the young mother down. Kathleen eve ..read more

This is episode 5 of our serial killer podcast series, and in this episode we take a look at one of the more peculiar happenings in the Zodiac Killer saga. It is an early October morning in 1969, just days after the brutal slaying of San Francisco cabbie Paul Stine, when a phone call is placed to the Oakland Police Department. The caller claims that they are the Zodiac, and demands to speak to either F. Lee Bailey or Melvin Belli on the Jim Dunbar show at 6AM. SFPD detectives Dave Toschi and Bill Armstrong are tasked with bringing the flamboyant San Francisco lawyer Melvin Belli to the KGOTV S ..read more

In episode 4 of our serial killer podcast series, Paul Stine, 29 years old, is working the Saturday late shift driving his yellow taxi through the streets of San Francisco. He stops to pick up a fare in the theater district and is asked to drive to Presidio Heights, an upscale neighborhood. When Stine arrives at the destination his passenger grabs him and shoots him in the head. Paul is dead in an instant, and has just had the terrible misfortune of becoming the latest victim of the Zodiac Killer. In the days following this senseless killing the Zodiac would send a letter to the San Francisco ..read more

On a balmy September evening in 1969, Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard took a drive out to the picturesque Lake Berryessa in Napa County to enjoy some quality time together before Cecelia went to Riverside to study. The young couple never had any idea of the terrifying ordeal that they would experience in this idyllic setting. Whilst they shaded themselves under two large oak trees out on the tip of a peninsula Cecelia saw someone coming towards them, Bryan thought nothing of it. Cecelia watched him coming closer and closer until she told Bryan, “he's got a gun!”. Their assailant was indeed ..read more