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The Myth of the Zodiac Killer was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 21 February 2021 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Zodiac Killer. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Time sequence seems "wrong"

You have " ... Between 11:05–10 p.m., Faraday ... " . What does that mean? 2001:8003:E40F:9601:998C:AA9D:2DFB:522C (talk) 00:32, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Context

did anyone else notice that the Zodiac seemed to kill couples and people who drove public transport? 50.38.69.203 (talk) 20:01, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

also younger people under 24 50.38.69.203 (talk) 20:04, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

oops under 30 50.38.69.203 (talk) 20:14, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]