Introducing: Season 4 of Crimes of the Times

About this episode

This episode introduces the new season of 'Crimes of the Times,' focusing on the Zodiac killer and the Black Dahlia case.

Here is a sneak peak at the new season of another Los Angeles Times Studios podcast called "Crimes of the Times." In the show, L.A. Times staff writer Christopher Goffard revisits old crimes in Los Angeles and beyond, from the famous to the forgotten, the consequential to the obscure, diving into archives and the memories of those who were there. This new season kicks off with a four part series about how an amateur codebreaker may have cracked the Zodiac killer's infamously complex Z13 code, and how the name it reveals potentially connects the Zodiac killer to another notoriously unsolved California murder: The Black Dahlia.

People in this episode

Host: Christopher Goffard

Topics covered

• true crime
• Los Angeles
• Zodiac killer
• Black Dahlia
• crime investigation
• podcast introduction

Keywords

• Zodiac killer
• Black Dahlia
• true crime
• Los Angeles Times
• Christopher Goffard
• crime podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Angeles Times

Books & works: Crimes of the Times

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