Let's Crack Zodiac - Episode 3 - The 408

Join me for a deep dive into the Zodiac Killer's first mysterious cipher, as told through a combination of newspaper articles, police reports, FBI documents and books. Learn about Zodiac's crimes, his taunting letters, the mysterious cryptogram he sent to local newspapers, all the efforts to solve it, the breakthrough solution by the Hardens, the involvement of a prominent cryptographer, evidence and leads revealed in the police reports, cipher analysis by the FBI, and much more!
Other videos:
My Zodiac cipher talk at the 2015 Cryptology History Symposium:
• The Zodiac Ciphers - W...
Another one at the 2017 Symposium:
• The Unsolved Zodiac 34...
2018 American Cryptogram Association talk about the Zodiac ciphers:
• What is Zodiac's 340-C...
Let's Crack Zodiac! Episode 1: Graysmith: • Let's Crack Zodiac - E...
Let's Crack Zodiac! Episode 2: Bigrams: • Let's Crack Zodiac - E...
CREDITS
Music:
* Causmic: Regrets, The High Line, Soul Searching, Savior Search
* pATCHES: Because For Everything There Is Someone
* Wayne Jones: Spookster
* Quincas Moreira: Space Hunter
* Dave Miles: Movement (ZapSplat attribution)
* Rondo Brothers: Yellow Rose of Berkeley
Voiceovers:
* Michael Goodman as Zodiac, Donald Harden, Dr. Marsh, Sergeant Lynch, SF grad student, and Concerned Citizen: www.fiverr.com...
* Kathryn Mustard as Bettye Harden. (Please support www.mhanationa...)
Images, Documents, and Video Clips:
* Mike Morford, zodiackillersit...
* Michael Butterfield, zodiackillerfac...
* Tom Voigt, zodiackiller.com/
* Elonka Dunin, elonka.com/
* www.timesheral...
* HLN Very Scary People
* David Fincher's "Zodiac"
* "The Most Dangerous Animal of All"
* Starfield • 4K Space Starfield Bac...
* Vintage computer lab • DCL in the 1960s, Univ...
* Ladislas Farago www.wnyc.org/s...
* FBI building theresurgent.c...
* Old film grain • Video
* Film burn • realistic film burn li...
* FBI sign: Chad Christiansen www.google.com...
Sounds:
Many sound effects obtained from www.zapsplat.com/
Additional sound effects:
* Payphone • Pay Phone: Dial Number...
* Hang up • Telephone Hang Up Soun...
* Dial tone • Video
* Dramatic hits • Video
* Phone sounds • Dialing Sound Effects ...
* Sliding paper • Sliding Paper On Table...
* Newsroom atmosphere • Newsroom Atmosphere
* Scary cymbals • Horror cymbals chaotic...
* Transitions • 25 FREE Cinematic Tran...
* Busy police station • Busy Police Station Am...
* Dramatic swoosh • Dramatic swoosh - Soun...
* Fire woosh • FIREBALLS - 179 unique...
* Incorrect • Incorrect Sound Effect...
* Marker • Marker Pen Sound Effec...
* Crickets at night • Video
* WWII dogfight • COD: WWII DOGFIGHT SOU...
* Paper crumple • Paper Crumpling Sound ...
* Horror music • Tense Horror Music No ...
* Heartbeat SFX provided by MrSnooze • Heartbeat Sound Effect...
* Typewriter • TypeWriting Sound Effe...
* Ding • Ding Sound Effects All...
* Stretching • Old Disney sound effec...
* Teletype • Teletype Machine - Sou...
* Computer • 10 Minutes of Ambient ...
* DTMF tones • Video
Special thanks to the CRRU unit of the FBI: www.fbi.gov/se...