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Unsolved Crimes: The Zodiac Killer

Friday September 5, 2008
The Zodiac was a serial killer who stalked parts of Northern California from December 1968 through October 1969. Through a series of cryptic letters he sent to the press and others, he disclosed the insanity which motivated the killings, offered clues to his future murder plots and adopted the name Zodiac.

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Flashback: Serial Killer Albert Fish

Thursday September 4, 2008
Albert Fish is known for being one of the most vile pedophiles and killers of all time, who admitted to molesting more than 400 children and torturing and killing several others. Fish would lure children away from their homes and sexually assault them after torturing them in a variety of ways. It sounds like like a case ripped from today's headlines, but Fish's crime spree began in the 1890's.

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