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foreign [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] enthusiasts know often serial offenders carry a moniker
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or nickname who could forget such terrifying titles like The Night Stalker and the Green
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River Killer there was the Hillside Strangler and the servant girl annihilator these names were bestowed upon these
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killers by the press and even the law enforcement agencies that investigated their crimes
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in some cases the killer simply cannot wait long enough for the press or law enforcement to come up with a clever or
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even not so clever name so some Killers provide the press and law enforcement with a name to call them
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until they are discovered outed and pulled into the light from the Dark Shadows where they hide
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Jack the Ripper pen letters to the police authentic or otherwise giving himself what he called the trade name
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when he signed the famous dear boss letter Yours Truly Jack the Ripper David Berkowitz wrote to NYPD Captain
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Joseph Borelli telling him I am deeply hurt by you calling me a woman hater I am not but I am a monster I am the Son
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of Sam now in the garage we examine another Infamous serial killer one that provided
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the Press with his title when he told the San Francisco Examiner deer editor this is the Zodiac speaking
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the Zodiac was laying claim to three unsolved homicides in the San Francisco Bay Area
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he would go on to kill again we have five confirmed murders in this series some say the number of those murdered by
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the Zodiac should be between 20 and 28. zodiac claims to have killed as many as 37 innocent victims
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still to this day this series of murders remains unsolved and the one who called
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himself the zodiac is yet to be identified this is True Crime garage [Music] we're going to start off on a Friday in
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Vallejo California Vallejo is a waterfront city located in the San Francisco Bay area of the state of
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California this is where the Zodiac will find his first two victims or two of his
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earliest victims because as we will later see there is much debate on when and where the Zodiac started killing
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on the night of Friday December 20th 1968. sixteen-year-old Betty Lou Johnson and 17 year old David Arthur Faraday
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were out together on what most have reported to be their first date