Episode 400 - First Zodiac?: The Cheri Jo Bates Murder Mystery

Weird World Podcast by Weird World Podcast

Apr 9, 202601:08:03Science & Medicine

Was there a Zodiac murder before we knew the name? The method was similar, the victim, and then the boasting letters to the police and papers. But this was years before Zodiac claimed his first victims… That we know of.

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