The exorcist letter was without doubt a response to the san francisco chronicle article entitled weird goings on at the movies published on january 11th 1974 detailing the audience reaction to the recently released exorcist movie in 1973.

Zodiac killer exorcist letter. These letters included four cryptograms or ciphers. The zodiac murdered between december 1968 and october 1969. The zodiac killer mailed the exorcist letter on january 29th 1974 just over one month after the usa release of the exorcist movie on december 26th 1973. Eighteen days later it is believed the zodiac killer responded in letter form stating it was the best satirical comedy that i have ever seen.

I saw and think the exorcist was the best saterical comidy that i have ever. This sixty one word correspondence appeared to mock the 1973 movie the exorcist directed by william friedkin and based on a novel by william peter blatty published in 1971 chronicling the demonic possession of a twelve year old girl regan macneil. The postmark on the red phantom letter for what it s worth appears to be indistinguishable. These letters included four cryptograms or ciphers.

His identity remains unknown. The killer originated the name in a series of taunting letters and cards sent to the san francisco bay area press. You can see it is just a bunch of dots or ink blots on paper forming a puzzle. Exorcist 20th zodiac letter zodiac killer.

The zodiac killer or simply zodiac or the zodiac is the pseudonym of an american serial killer who operated in northern california from at least the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The exorcist letter was without doubt a response to the san francisco chronicle article entitled weird goings on at the movies authored by paul avery and published on january 11th 1974 detailing the audience reaction to the recently released william friedkin exorcist movie in 1973. The killer originated the name zodiac in a series of taunting letters sent to the local bay area press. Of the four.

The exorcist letter therefore if it does read 940 would have been mailed from the general area you indicate around san mateo county but the specific location would not be indicated by the postmark. Between 1966 and 1974 the zodiac killer provided more than 20 written communications to police officials some including ciphers that have not been cracked to this day including z340. The zodiac killer s previous correspondence that of the pines postcard or los angeles letter were both mailed in the march of 1971. The killer s identity remains unknown.

Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted.

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