EndOfTheWorld wrote:AK Wilks, I understand your frustration that nobody is interested in TK as the Z. I think the average person is only interested in a serial killer to the extent that he may still be walking around killing people. When they find out TK is locked up for life without parole, they lose interest. Some of the LE community are also in this category. But that doesn't explain why the Zodiac buffs aren't interested. I've been attacked very ferociously after bringing him up as a suspect on a couple sites.
Well I wouldn't say nobody is interested in the TK as Z theory. Doug Oswell, author of the excellent book
The Unabomber and The Zodiac, runs a website focused on the theory,
http://www.unazod.com, which has a great message board
http://unazod.com/phpBB/index.php , with 40 members. For anyone really interested in the evidence showing TK as Zodiac and the Tylenol Killer, I would advise joining. And here at ZKS at any given time there are around 7 to 15 members who have some interest in TK and sometimes post on TK threads. People like AweShucks, Luke, Linda, Jem, Ricardo, Drew and others. And some people who do not have a particular focus on TK as a suspect, like Seagull, Tahoe, Quicktrader, Doranchak, up2something and others, have contributed some very good information, research and ideas on TK. People come and go, some lose interest in the Z case. Some get frustrated with the authorities lack of action on TK, for whatever reasons, and stopped being very active in research and posting. On the other hand some new members have joined who have contributed some great research and ideas on TK, like Darla Jones, Marclean, EnoOfTheWorld and a few more.
But yes, overall, TK as Z has not made major inroads into the larger Z message board world. One the one hand it baffles me, because Ted is the
ONLY named suspect who is 1) a known proven serial killer 2) designed, built and used bombs 3) created complex codes that the FBI could not break 4) wrote to newspapers demanding his words appear on the front page or innocents would die 5) had a connection to Deer Lodge, MT
6) used over 50 words and phrases that the Zodiac did 7) has handwriting with 3 stroke "K" 's, 5 stroke "M" 's, checkmark "r" 's, and is overall virtually indistinguishable from Zodiac's, as Marclean's recent work shows 7) looks like the SF sketch 8) was in north CA at the time and has no timeline conflicts 9) had an interest in guns and hunting
10) drew crossed lines inside a circle at a crime scene. Etc., etc.
But on the other hand I now accept that Ted is just not the Z suspect most people are looking for. I think it is partially for the reason you identify, he is a known figure and is locked up. I think most people want to investigate an unknown person, they want a movie ending were Zodiac is revealed as ...what? The boy next door? The reclusive neighbor? Somebody who knew some of the victims, or lived in Riverside and/or Vallejo? I don't know. I give up.
I've told some people here privately that I got my first ( non-crime) article published, and other things are happening in my writing career that seem promising. So there are a few ongoing TK and Z FOIA projects I am going to finish, then probably announce my semi-retirement from the Zodiac hunt. Overall I have just not been successful in getting a lot of people in the Z world interested in TK, or the authorities to follow through on concrete action, so it is probably close to time to give up and concentrate on areas I have had more success in, and are less frustrating and more rewarding.
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Thanks to
SEAGULL for passing along these documents to me. A lot of good printing from Ted here, so it is very well suited for handwriting comparisons to Zodiac. I will have all the pages posted later, and make some comparisons to Z handwriting. But right off from the start, a bird that flies near the ocean noticed that Kaczynski's description at top of page 5, sixth line down, of wasting time "hew and haw
and fiddle around" is very similar to Zodiac's description of the police wasting time "
fiddle and fart around " in LA Times letter!
So both Zodiac and Ted Kaczynski describe wasting time as "fiddle around". That is interesting in and of itself, but even more so when considered along with the dozens and dozens of other word and phrase matches, like "around in the snow", "contrary to what police say", "deplorable", "rather messy", etc, and the handwriting matches like three stroke "K" 's, five stroke "M" 's, etc. See them all starting here:
http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtop ... =102&t=250



Found by up2something, from the newly released letters:
Zodiac Killer: . I wish you a happy Christmas.
Ted Kaczynski: I wish you a happy Easter.

Found by Kite, from the newly released letters:
Ted Kaczynski:Meanwhile, I wish you a happy Easter
Zodiac Killer..:Meanwhile, cancel the Count Marco column.
Kite: Written just like that, with a capital M on a sentence-opening "Meanwhile," and then a comma.-----------------------------------
Thanks to
MARCLEAN who did some amazing work showing the incredible similarity between Zodiac handwriting and Kaczynski handwriting.
Marclean wrote:OK !!! Mr. Ak Willks !!!
I'm looking at various correspondences the Unabomber (MF ), and I will try to "build" an entire letter from ZKMF to see what the outcome.
Marcelo
AK Wilks: Wow great idea, look forward to seeing it.
I resized your work so people can see all of it in one image.
The top part of the following image, the Zodiac letter and Kaczynski application comparison, was done by AweShucks. The new excellent work at the bottom, with the Zodiac car door, Zodiac and Kaczynski word comparisons, was done by Marclean.
Marclean: I did some "play" with paint, in fact the similarity in spelling [handwriting, word formation, spacing - AK Wilks] is giant.
It is one of the POI (my) favorite
Marcelo

Marclean: Thanks Mr Ak .
Hello .
Started today, I had taken a few days to complete.
But, I was horrified with the beginning, leaving me with it and excited to continue.
I am using the following criteria:
1- Do not force letters that are more similar.
2-Use words or whole or partial to better reliability.
share this post an image link "draft", because in fact, it's worth it (in my opinion).
I repeat.
It is frightening resemblance, so I think it's worth me finish this
It is also frightening that do not have the authorities have done DNA testing with Kazinski.
Marcelo
"Base Letter" Una . :

"Zodiac Letter

"The construction Draft Z-Una"

ps:I will take a few weeks, for three reasons.
Try to be precise, something about the Z I have done and lack of time.
But I will definitely finish this.
Marclean: Hello.
I figured it would take longer, but I managed, after get the hang of doing this in a few hours.
It is not accurate, but I did the best I could.
below are links of the letters "matrix" Ted K. of which "took" the "stuff" to construct the similar letter to ZMF. (images below mentioned links)
happiness to all.
Marcelo
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/750x970/documents/0812081unabomber1.gifhttp://www.thesmokinggun.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/750x970/documents/0812081unabomber2.gifhttp://www.thesmokinggun.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/750x970/documents/0812081unabomber3.gif
Marclean: As always, I made this little game with the letters in "caps Lk" letters" TK.
(I had thought of that when I made the anagram, but only now had time)
I reiterate, the resemblance is giant with ZMF is huge.
Marcelo
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/750x970/documents/0812081unabomber1.gif