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morf13 wrote:That tells me, somebody at the paper was in charge of carefully screening every letter coming in to the Editors, looking for letters that may be from Z

To screen for letters, which I agree occurred, would imply that they had to have had something as a guide to use in screening. Which, in turn, suggests that there were tell tale signs. Personally, i don't think it was the handwriting.

Soze

Soze: Thanks, and you are right. In your example of a killer who poses bodies in different ways, John Douglas would say the signature is posing. Posing is the need he fulfills, and it may be expressed in different ways and different poses, but it is always present. Maybe writing letters is a signature of Zodiac, a need he has to fufill. Even if, as it seems to be in 1974, there are no crimes of his to write about, he still fufills the need by writing about other violent crimes (SLA, Starkweather) or violent movies (The Exorcist, Badlands). Or as Morf suggests, writing even when he doesn't identify himself or thinks it likely he will be identified.

What letter was Starkweather mentioned?

That was the Citizen Letter May 8, 1974.

Right. The film "Badlands" is loosely based on the real life James Dean wannabe killer Charles Starkweather and his teen girlfriend and/or accomplice. So at least three times Z mentions other crimes, twice in 1974 - the police station bombing, the SLA and (indirectly) Starkweather. And at least three times Z mentions a movie, also twice in 1974 - "The Most Dangerous Game", "The Exorcist" and "Badlands".