The Zodiac Killer Wasn't Real
About this episode
Eddie McNamara discusses the myth of the Zodiac Killer and presents his perspective on the true nature of the crimes.
The Zodiac Killer has been treated for decades as America's ultimate unsolved true crime mystery: one mysterious killer, taunting letters, cryptic ciphers, a strange costume, and a trail of victims across Northern California. Eddie McNamara thinks that story is wrong. The victims were real, the crimes were real, but the single mastermind may have been a media-made myth. Eddie McNamara is the author of Zodiactually: The Real Story of a Fake Serial Killer , Toss Your Own Salad: The Meatless Cookbook , Brooklyn Hardcore , and Two Fare Zone . He's a former cop, 9/11 first responder, trained chef, and a columnist for Penthouse magazine.
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