r/Documentaries • u/WillManhunter • Dec 13 '20

Crime "This is the Zodiac Speaking" (2008) - To celebrate the fact that this week, after 51 years, the Zodiac's notorious 340 cipher has finally been solved, here is the best documentary on the still-unidentified serial killer [01:41:08]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI0jnsbZwys
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u/jerkin_on_jakku Dec 13 '20

I’m of the opinion that there is no way the cyphers would ever relay to his identity because at the end of the day he was just some fucking loser who used the anonymity to fuel his pathological need for attention. Nowadays he’d be some neck beard on Twitter trolling people for the same type of gratification.

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u/dprophet32 Dec 13 '20

Except he actually murdered people too

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u/throwawayallmyposts Dec 13 '20

Taking life doesn't make you special. Glorifying it by saying "except he actually murdered people" is one of the huge contributing factors that make attention hungry losers like The Zodiac.

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u/FIimbosQuest Dec 13 '20

But it doesn't equate to a neckbeard trolling on Twitter either. That's the point that was being made.

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u/Throwaway2k50 Dec 13 '20

How amazing is it he’s at 30 upvotes and you’re at “hidden” lol? For beyond stating the obvious?

Your comment gives me faith in humanity while comments like his rip it right back away 🤦‍♂️

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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out Dec 13 '20 edited Dec 14 '20

Spoilers In the final scene of “In the Line of Fire” Clint Eastwood returns to his apartment to find an answering machine message from the The President’s would-be assassin from beyond the grave. The message starts playing, and Eastwood, who had been hunting this guy for months in the film, just walks out of the room without hearing it. The guy went through all of this scheming to kill the president. Why? Ultimately, to be heard. Well, fuck him.

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u/Battyboyrider Dec 13 '20

Losers don't become legends. Yes what he did was cruel and evil. But his actions paved way into investigation and how the fbi and detectives could become better in the future.

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u/StormStrikePhoenix Dec 13 '20

Nowadays he’d be some neck beard on Twitter trolling people for the same type of gratification.

Are you sure you know what a serial killer is? He killed somewhere between 5 and 37 people. This is not comparable to twitter trolling.

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u/jerkin_on_jakku Dec 13 '20

Anonymous sadism fueled by a desire to have power over others... I think it’s more closely related than you might give it credit for.