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The Myth of the Zodiac Killer: A Literary Investigation by Thomas Henry Horan by [Thomas Henry Horan]

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This is the new, complete, single-book edition! If you previously read the three separate books, you do NOT need to buy this one again!

According to the actual police department files and evidence from the original murder cases, there was no "Zodiac Killer," only some phony letters to the SF Chronicle claiming credit for some unrelated murders, followed by an exploitative book full of falsehoods by Robert Graysmith (real name: Robert Smith, Jr). This book thoroughly debunks Graysmith's 1986 book ZODIAC, explores in detail the cultural and literary environment that inspired the original Zodiac hoax, and explains what really happened in each murder, who real suspects were, what the real evidence was--and who REALLY wrote the "Zodiac Killer" letters!

This new edition includes ALL THREE original books: The Great Zodiac Killer Hoax of 1986, The Great Zodiac Killer Hoax of 1969, and the Myth of the Zodiac Killer!

Length: 247 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Age Level: 14 - 18

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Publication date : June 23, 2014
File size : 1132 KB
Print length : 247 pages
Word Wise : Enabled
ASIN : B00LASM35Q
Language: : English
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #753,625 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,050 in Biographies of Serial Killers
- #2,197 in Serial Killers True Accounts

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Bold step for Horan to take

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2015

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I'm giving this 3 stars because that's the star in the middle. I'm not reviewing the writing, the style, the prose, the storyline. We KNOW the storyline. I'm assuming that if you're reading this review that you have also read all the books on the Zodiac. Then one day this book pops up. The first one that calls the Zodiac a MYTH! You've read 3 or 4 different books from folks who claim their father was the Zodiac. As a matter of fact, the most recent one, by Gary Stewart, had me pretty much convinced that HIS father was the Zodiac. So, then I see this book. Maybe Mr. Horan was diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder as a teenager, that would explain it. But I had to read it. At least to mock him. And I did, for the first 50 pages. I'm not sure when it happened but I found myself questioning everything I knew up to that point about the Zodiac. At this point, the only thing I can do as a true obsessive-compulsive on the subject, is to reread this book and note the sources so that I can check them for myself. Then I will know if this book rates 1 star or 5 stars. This was a bold step for Horan to take. I wonder if he knows how many armchair Zodiac "detectives" there are out here.

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Professor THH delivers

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2020

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This guy is great for making you think. He's the only person that comes to the table with stuff that he can back up with facts presented to you right there in the book. He's he removes the wool that Graysmith had over my eyes. Forces me to see things for how they really are. He's also got a YouTube channel Stone's Unturned. THH don't disappoint not in his vocabulary.

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john runion

this is THE book on the zodiac

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2020

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this is THE book on the zodiac. after reading this book there is no reason to read any further on the subject. this book disproves past theories and establishes itself as being the final word on the zodiac killer. it is very, very well researched. i can not recommend this book enough. my thanks to the author.

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Liked this book

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2018

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I liked this book a lot. I found it to be well argued. He might be right. Strong chance this person, "The Zodiac Killer" never existed in the first place. It sounds like he is being callous - like a holocaust denier. He is not saying that these killings did not transpire. He argues that Zodiac is a narrative with took on a life of its own, as writers and law enforcement and the popular imagination added layers to the story.

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Linda

Great read in a triple series

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2020

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Very interesting and factual read on the Zodiac . Highly recommended to all.

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Medley

Amazing

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2020

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I always believed in the zodiac killer story. To bad the public has been led astray. Amazing this author found out the truth and shared it.

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Mike

Plausible solution to The Zodiac?

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2020

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This book is well researched, written and I think it is defiantly a good read for anyone interested in the Zodiac cases.

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Well worth a look

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2014

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Mr Horan poses a very interesting theory and well worth the time for any amateur detective to explore. Whether his assumptions true or not I will leave it to others more knowledged about the case to bedate.

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Mr. S. Zivojinovic

there's plenty of good, refined analysis contained in what is present

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2014

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Let's get the elephant out of the room. This is too short to be considered a book. Don't let that prevent you from downloading it though; there's plenty of good, refined analysis contained in what is present.

If you'd like to know the social, literary background to the environment that birthed the Zodiac killer myth then this is the text for you. With great research and analysis Mr Horan presents the social, psycho-social threads that almost required someone like the Zodiac killer to be birthed in the media of the time.

It's well worth a read and in the long term it will form a fascinating start to a larger body of text exploring the birth of the thrill killer trope.

Smithyr

Mr Horan has undermined my hobby dreadfully.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2014

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The idea that the Zodiac Killer of late 60's California didn't actually exist - that the letters which "connect" the canonical crimes were a hoax perpetrated by person or persons unknown - isn't new. The breadth of the exploration into the background behind the letters, the level of detail Mr Horan brings to the examination and some of his keen and interesting insights are new, however. They've served to destroy what for me once was a very satisfying hobby - chasing the Zodiac Killer. I don't thank him for it, particularly, but we would rather have the truth - wouldn't we?
I'm not sure that 83 pages constitutes a "book", and it has a few flaws (formatting errors and very occasionally some slightly muddled phrasing), but as the first course in a three-course expose of what probably really happened, it will do very nicely. If justice were indeed, eventually, served - well that would also be a positive.
Smithy.

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