RKMBs Forums .::Important::. Politics and Current Events the zodiac killer

k, so, there's a whole buncha documentaries on this boyo, and they're confusing me. and, rather than search the internet for reliable sources, i figgered, i'd ask the rkmb posters.

was there more than one zodiac killer? i mean, one special is talkin about a guy from the 60s on the west coast, one is talkin about a guy much later (in the 1980-90s, i think), in nyc...

i never really followed any of the details, despite it being manson-level in "popularity"

... clarification please?

the real one was in the late 60's early 70's.
there's a really comprehensive rundown here.

the one later I think is a copycat.

yeah i think the later one was determined to be a copycat....

I have absolutely no idea (my serial killer of choice having always been Ed Gein), so I'll agree with what bsams said....

Waitaminnit....that line of thought has gotten me in trouble in the past....

Yeah, there's two, the one in New York being a copycat. The original Zodiac was the inspration for the movie Dirty Harry.

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Wasn't there a theory saying that the unibomber was the zodiac killer? I think the discovery channel had a show about it.

Was it during "Shark Week" or "Aviation Week"? Those are the only two themes the Discovery Channel offers now...