Most intriguing unsolved non-JtR serial killer cases

[RavenDarkendale]

Yes, Zodiac is the other serial killer, in addition JtR, that has a major internet presence.

Probably due to the fact that no one knows who Zodiac is, and the coded messages sent to newspapers. Similar to JtR...

The interesting claim that police had him after the Stine murder and he fooled them into chasing a phantom is interesting.

[sdreid]

Yes, Zodiac is the other serial killer, in addition JtR, that has a major internet presence.

[Observer]

Read it all on Zodiackiller .com very good site

[sdreid]

Oh ok - I did recently hear of this guy but I haven't really studied up on him much.

[Observer]

I doubt it Stan, when I said read recently I believe the person in question has been in the frame for a while. Richard Joseph Gaikowski, ring a bell?

[sdreid]

Hi Stan

Whats the latest regarding Zodiac? I read recently that there's another name in the frame.

Then your ahead of me on that although it's not a surprise to me.

[Observer]

Hi Stan

Whats the latest regarding Zodiac? I read recently that there's another name in the frame.

[sdreid]

Yes, Cleveland and Zodiac certainly fits the bill.

[C. F. Leon]

My high school library had a copy of Colin Wilson's Casebook of Murder, which I picked up and read at some point, probably because I liked Sherlock Holmes and other older mysteries. After that, I picked up the other true crime books in my local library. (This was back in the '70s, before the current glut of contemporary 'true crime' hack jobs, which seem to spontaniously generate six months after any news item.) I've continued to have an interest of the older unsolved crimes in those books including (rough chronological order):

1 Ratcliffe Highway Murders (1811)
2 Mary Rogers (1841)
3 Charley Ross abduction (1874)
4 Jack the Ripper (1888)- the 'torso murders' were not considered seperate at the time
5 Borden murders (1892)
6 William Desmond Taylor (1922)
7 Lindberg baby kidnapping (1932)
8 Cleveland Torso murders (1930s)
9 Harry Oakes (1943)
10 Black Dahlia murder (1947)
11 Zodiac (late 1960s-70s)

Of course, not all of these are considered (or ever were) serial murders.

[John Wheat]

What about the Thames Torso Killer?

[sdreid]

Those are all big ones Abby - Thanks!

[Abby Normal]

Historys 10 most wanted seial killers:

1. Jack the Ripper
2. Zodiac
3. Monster of Florence
4. The Original Nightstalker
5. The Butcher of Kingsbury Run(AKA Cleveland Torso Killer)
6. Ciudad Juarez
7. New Orleans Axe Murderer
8. Texarkana Phantom
9. The Servant Girl Annihilator
10. The Long Island Serial Killer

[DVV]

There would be a lot in the book written by Fromme (Squeaky, if I'm correct) about the Family, but she will never publish it.

[sdreid]

It has also been mentioned that some remnant of the Manson Family could have been responsible for the California Occult Murders.

[sdreid]

These are often referred to as the California Occult Murders to distinguish them for murders of this type in other areas.