The Zodiac Killer

At the end of the 1960s the Zodiac Killer terrorized Northern California. The victims were shot. Less than an hour after the second murder, police received an anonymous phone call from a man claiming to be the Zodiac Killer and confessing to the crimes. The authorities believed the man to be Arthur Leigh Allen, however, they could find no evidence to support this theory. About one month later, three identical letters were sent to different newspapers in California. The letters contained a cypher that, once decoded, contained this message: "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 ALL TO KILL SOMETHING GIVES ME THE MOST THRILLING EXPERIENCE IT IS EVEN BETTER THAN GETTING YOUR ROCKS OFF WITH A GIRL THE BEST PART OF IT IS THAT WHEN I DIE I WILL BE REBORN IN PARADISE AND THOSE I HAVE KILLED WILL BECOME MY SLAVES I WILL NOT GIVE YOU MY NAME BECAUSE YOU WILL TRY TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP MY COLLECTING OF SLAVES FOR MY AFTERLIFE". The murders of the Zodiac Killer have never been solved.

Jack the Ripper

At the end of 1888, London experienced a wave of murders in and around the Whitechapel area. The victims were largely prostitutes who were found mutilated and with their throats slit. Although there were many suspects at the time, police had insufficient evidence to make any convictions. To date, modern day police methods have been applied to the case, but no new information has been discovered. The identity of "Jack the Ripper" remains a mystery.

The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia was the name given to 22 year old fledgling actress and murder victim, Elizabeth Short, who was found severed in two and artfully arranged in a section of grass near a parking lot in Los Angeles, CA in 1947. Her death spawned one of the largest police investigations in Los Angeles history. The Black Dahlia's killer has never been identified.