Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Just not gonna work.

Don Cheney? My old roommate?

Did Allen screw his wife or anything?

I don't think he wanted to have anything to do with this.

Homicide Investigation by Lemoyne Snyder...

"I shall not tell you what my disguise consists of when I kill.

I can't allow you to help.

Did you talk to him?

Sergeant! Sergeant Mulanax!

science experiment could actually work.

So we've just retested the left hand. I mean, we know he's ambidextrous.

He works at Union Oil in Pinole. His brother's up there, too.

You're gonna catch him.

He would have been covered in blood.

If you go one mile east on Columbus Parkway,

He looks at it. He's about to give it back and he stops and he says,

-You'll be okay. -Yeah. I'll be fine.

Sitting. Listening to music. Talking.

Could have been one of the bystanders,

He reads the Chronicle.

So, let's pull some handwriting samples.

-Detective David Toschi, SFPD. -How are you doing?

The new policy. Our brothers in blue want us to hold back

If you like, I could tighten the lugs up for you.

-Do you want me to tell him to leave? -Stay in the car.

-Vallejo Police Department. -I want to report a double murder.

coupled with Cheney...

None of the suspects had the same birthday as this phantom caller.

Spend some time with your wife and the kids.

Dave Toschi. Nice to meet you.

Get on your stomach so I can tie your feet.

Yeah, I'm all set.

He said he knew who the Zodiac was.

In 38 years, I've never seen anyone that ambidextrous.

Eight of the 26 symbols that he suggests are found in this cipher.

She said it was his birthday.

How did you know he wasn't gonna give his name?

Don't know what I can do without Vallejo.

It's no trouble at all.

Did you feel like he'd been thinking about it a long time?

Easy, Dirty Harry.

They were shot with a 9mm Luger.

All right. Thanks for coming down, Bryan.

...Charles Manson for the Tate-La Bianca mass murders...

So, you don't like having a new little brother?

But who actually cracked the code?

What? Who did he call?

Rick. Rick somebody.

Allen is similar in height, weight and build

I'll be up in a minute. I need to make a phone call.

I need a sample of his handwriting to confirm it.

You don't have to pick anybody out

"That city pig Toschi is good, but I am smarter and better.

Dave, I got a gun. Check that. Two guns.

Oldest kid ran downstairs to get a better look from the dining room,

He's kind of crafty like that. Do you mind if I speak to her?

-He tried to contact you here? -Several times.

Do you think he saw the film in our theater and was inspired?

but which ones can we actually confirm?

-Missing. -It means they were stolen.

Chief's pulling everybody off buses.

Maybe you'll have a chance to try your Japanese food, the raw stuff.

Not one, but two blue windbreakers.

-Is the crime still in progress? -Yes, please hurry.

Not at all. But the real story is the letter.

"'cause there'd be no real motive to the thing. "

"that ended in my burning her car where I found them. "

He came back on Christmas. Not a good day to work.

Okay, the Rick Marshalls of this world will suck you dry.

Okay, can you just ask him

The poster that Rick drew.

Do you know that more people die in the East Bay commute

"I want you to print this cipher on the front page of your paper.

Either way, Zodiac had to have known Darlene.

-What is it? -What's this?

and his family discovers that he's a pedophile.

How are we gonna get evidence if we can't toss the house?

We're already screwed with the amount of tips we got on this thing,

a public park, you'll find kids in a brown car.

It's okay by me.

-Animal crackers? -They're in the car.

Only a little rat bastard like Andre

Yeah, I think maybe when he was in the service.

Whoever the Zodiac is, he's not someone I cleared.

I thought they looked medieval, too.

They were in a white Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia.

Without any hesitation.

He sent me that when he got out.

you're gonna have to find another way.

Maybe I could write you a check?

Dude, he wears his gun like Bullitt.

Suspect worked for elementary schools

The first time I saw it in the papers, I thought about that.

-Dave? -Yeah. What's up?

Hypothetically, you just named my favorite suspect in the whole case.

Hi, this is Paul Avery from the San Francisco Chronicle.

And I did, too.

-No, I'm not a crook... -... Generation of hostility...

Yeah, and he had a rag.

So it could be an ambush. I mean, it could be the Zodiac.

-Like the Stine scene? -We'll have those checked for blood.

-Get some sleep. -Yeah, sure.

Boot prints to and from the crime scene

As far as I'm concerned, he should stay out.

No pens, no paper.

I've never been here before.

I wouldn't think they would ask for capital punishment.

I like puzzles. I do them a lot.

Ballistics, no match. Prints, no match. Writing, no match.

This man has asked for my help.

How'd you know his name?

And then he hangs up.

The misspellings of Christ-mass. The bloody knives.

He won't sign off on a warrant for Allen's house.

-Neighbor's name? -Bill White.

Mr. Belli was away for Christmas.

"The girl was on her right side, feet to the west.

Does the name Rick Marshall mean anything to you?

we know that Darlene knew a man named Leigh?

Oh, my God, look!

The Examiner's going, but won't go front page.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for choosing PSA.

You should keep the car.

Okay, yeah, friend? Who is this friend?

Been a year-and-a-half, you gonna catch this fucking guy or not?

Okay, I could give you my phone number.

waiting for you to drop by and reinvigorate my sense of purpose.

The more the merrier.

This may not be Zodiac. Does that matter to you?

I don't want to go to the gas chamber. I have headaches.

This is the Zodiac speaking.

I'll show you mine. You show me yours.

Robert Graysmith. I've been here nine months.

This is Inspector Dave Toschi and Sergeant Jack Mulanax.

I want to report a murder. No, a double murder.

And there's more in the next room. They're all marked with these numbers.

You mean like retard?

The guy was wearing a dark jacket. There's no way...

You can't think of this case in normal police terms.

"I will cruise around all weekend killing lone people in the night

because there was no evidence, Robert.

Now, I have been a cop for 25 years. Murder police for 12.

-"Please no nasty ones. " -"This is the Zodiac speaking.

You have him seen with the ciphers.

Well, it's not that hard. You just got to know where to start.

Didn't talk to anyone.

They are two miles north of park headquarters.

Mulanax said that he was your favorite suspect.

You waited for him to put it in park.