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“This is the Zodiac Speaking” (2024) docuseries explores the most famous “unsolved” serial killer case in history. The Zodiac killer was notorious for having murdered five victims in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s. He would send in messages as ciphers to regional newspapers, where he would threaten with a murder spree or bombings if they wouldn’t be printed. To this day, The Zodiac Killer case remains an open investigation, with at least two of the ciphers still remaining unsolved and the latest cipher to be decoded was as late as 2020.

This is the Zodiac Speaking (2024) Docuseries Plot Summary: Who was the Zodiac Killer?

The nom-de-guerre was used by an unidentified serial killer who struck his spree of murders in the late 1960s—specifically from December 1968 to October 1969. The identified and known attacks took place in Solano County, California, specifically in the cities of Benicia and Vallejo,...

The mysterious case of the Zodiac Killer has baffled experts and investigators for over five decades, remaining unsolved to this day. Despite numerous efforts to crack the case, no significant clues have emerged that could lead to the identification of the killer. One of the key challenges in unraveling the mystery lies in the contradicting descriptions provided by witnesses, which greatly vary when it comes to the physical attributes of the murderer. Additionally, the ballistic evidence and fingerprints collected from the crime scenes do not definitively point to a single individual committing the crimes. While the globally accepted theory pointed to a single killer, the inconsistencies in witness testimonies and forensic evidence cast doubt on this hypothesis.

The story of the Zodiac Killer gained widespread attention, particularly due to his chilling portrayal in David Fincher’s film Zodiac, which depicted the horrifying murders associated with the killer. There are also...

Peacock’s new true crime documentary series Myth of the Zodiac Killer reexamines the evidence collected, including the letters and cryptograms, using new technology. The trailer for the two-part docuseries reveals investigators will be using AI to help figure out if all of the correspondence was, in fact, written by just one individual.

Peacock offers this description of the docuseries premiering on Tuesday, July 11, 2023: “The identity of the serial killer known as ‘The Zodiac’ has been confounding investigators for nearly fifty years, but an unlikely and unconventional theorist may have finally shed light to America’s most famous cold case by asking a question that no one else has ever dared ask: what if the reason the Zodiac has never been caught…is because he never existed in the first place?”

Andrew Nock directed the documentary series and serves as an executive producer along with David Karabinas, Brad Bernstein,...

FX's new four-part documentary The Most Dangerous Animal of All explores one possible Zodiac suspect: Earl Van Best Jr. But Van Best is just the latest in a long line of men who have been accused of being the infamous killer. There are numerous Zodiac killer suspects out there, each with a compelling theory of their own - but there are five in particular that still have theorists speculating to this day.

In the '60s and '70s, the San Francisco Bay area was terrorized by a man known as the Zodiac killer. Beginning with the Dec. 20, 1968 murders of David Faraday, 17, and Betty Lou Jensen, 16, and continuing through until the last letter from the killer was sent to the police in 1974, the Zodiac killer left California residents wondering when he would strike next. During this period of time, the killer claimed five confirmed victims, and injured two more.