Avery Robinson

“This is the true story of a pursuit that spans almost two decades and still goes on” (Graysmith x). In 1969, three newspapers received letters from a killer called Zodiac with ciphers attached to reveal his identity. One of these papers was The San Francisco Chronicle where cartoonist Robert Graysmith worked. The Zodiac continued to send letters to the Chronicle describing his murders and leaving clues to be published in the newspaper. Graysmith wrote two books, Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of

“I like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest because man is the most dangerous animal of them all...” (Haugen 32). Who is the twisted man behind this letter? This is certainly, without a doubt, the Zodiac Killer. Zodiac had written many letters to the police departments in Northern California between the years of 1969 through 1978. The majority of the letters were written as ciphers, (coded letters), which still today remain coded

As a young girl I always had a fascination with mystery books, it was my first favorite genre of books. I had a huge interests for mystery and crime and the psychology behind it. But the one crime that truly left me thinking for a while was the story of the Zodiac Killer. The Zodiac Killer is a murderer who taunted the bay area with sending descriptions of his brutal crimes to the San Francisco Chronicle to ultimately frighten them. His crimes were in the late 1960’s and up to this day he has never

Solving the Zodiac mystery has been a long and involved process for many for the past 40 years, but based on the following evidence, there doesn’t seem to be much of a mystery left. “The self-proclaimed Zodiac Killer, although claimed to have killed 37 people, authorities have only attributed 5 victims to the Zodiac in California around 1968 and 1969. After he mocked police and made threats through letters sent to area newspapers from 1969 to 1974, further communication from him abruptly stopped

Berlin Olympics. Jeremiah Mahoney and Ernest Lee Jahncke had many people persuaded that the United States should not participate in the 1936 Olympics. Then came Avery Brundage who was the man responsible for believing that “The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.”(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Avery Brundage was a straightforward man and was the president of The American Olympic Committee(AOC). He staunchly stated that the politics should not affect the spectacular

The police have been baffled by the mystery of the Zodiac Killer for decades. Police and cryptologists spent countless hours trying to decode the Zodiac’s letters. They even opened it up to the public because they were desperate for answers. Most of the ciphers were decoded but some remain a mystery to this day. The police have linked some murders to him while others are unknown. The attacks happened decades ago, but the police are not any closer to finding the identity of the Zodiac Killer.

The world shook with terror September 5, 1972, when a group of eight Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli Olympic team members and took nine hostage, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Prior to the hostage crisis, the games had run smoothly and were into their second week of competition. The games were used to present a new identity of democracy and optimism for Germany. This was the first-time Germany had been allowed to host the games since the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which

In 1932, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the 1936 Olympic games would be hosted in Berlin, Germany. The IOC picked Germany in hopes that they could help restore the country’s world standing, which had been shattered in World War I. There was little resistance until Hitler took power and immediately after, people from all over the world were questioning whether Nazi Germany should host the games. Several countries had movements towards the boycott of the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Different people put on a different mask depending on what “part” they are playing . Whether that be with peers, friends, teachers or parents you change because of the surroundings. Masks make you feel untouchable while you wear them, but when you take the mask off you feel monstrous about the acts committed while wearing your disguise. The power masks hold cannot be explained, they can turn the innocent into the barbaric. Masks have been worn throughout history. A good example is the German Nazi

In the movie Zodiac, Robert Greysmith is on the trail of the Zodiac killer and has multiple suspects including Rick Marshall. Greysmith wishes to talk to Bob Vaughn, a hunched over, shadowy figure who invites him to his house on a stormy night. Greysmith is following a tip that Marshall had written posters for movies at the theatre; the handwriting on the poster is the closest match to the Zodiac’s so far. However, while trapped in his small kitchen, Vaughn reveals to Greysmith that he, himself drew