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Killer In The Code: Solving The Black Dahlia & Zodiac Cases, a new podcast from bestselling author Michael Connelly. Self-styled cold case consultant Alex Baber believes he has a set of life skills that allow him to find the hidden beneath the hidden. These skills took him down a two-year path to solving two of the most infamous murder cases in history, The Black Dahlia and Zodiac killer cases. With no badge and no law enforcement training, has Baber closed the cases that have baffled law enforcement for more than half a century? Some of the top minds in homicide and code-breaking work believe so and stand by his findings. Killer In The Code follows Baber on his investigative journey across the country as he uses cryptology, genealogy, AI, and finally long hours of basic gumshoe work to identify a suspect that has taunted and eluded authorities for decades. Along the way startling new evidence in both cases is discovered, all of it pointing unequivocally toward one man who lived in a dark world and may have intentionally left a “smoking gun” behind so that one day he would be discovered by someone who viewed the open cases as one puzzle missing just a few key pieces. Alex Baber found those pieces and solved the puzzle. Killer In The Code tells the story.
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A former profiler with the FBI continues the linguistic analysis of the words of Marvin Margolis as well as the Zodiac and the killers of the Black Dahlia and Cheri Jo Bates. Learn more on KillerInTheCode.com.
Professor Valerie Fridland, expert on sociolinguistics, the study of how the words we use reveal identity, reviews the words of the Zodiac, Black Dahlia and Cheri Jo Bates killers and comes up with some telling conclusions. Learn more on KillerInTheCode.com.
The investigation leads to an examination of a murder in Los Angeles two years before Elizabeth Short was killed. Learn more on KillerInTheCode.com.
Two long experienced judges weigh in on the case against Marvin Margolis. Learn more on KillerInTheCode.com.
Marvin Margolis’s military file is a gold mine of information, including his own description of the harrowing wartime experience that sent him down a dark path. Learn more on KillerInTheCode.com.
Inspired in equal parts by Alan Turing and Arthur Conan Doyle, Alex Baber is a citizen sleuth who believes no case is unsolvable. A profile of this unconventional investigator. Learn more on KillerInTheCode.com
An update on the investigation and an interview with William J. Mann, author of Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood. Learn more on KillerInTheCode.com
Part 2 of the discussion amongst the investigators answering questions from listeners. Learn more on KillerInTheCode.com
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Killer In The Code: Solving The Black Dahlia & Zodiac Cases, a new podcast from bestselling author Michael Connelly. Self-styled cold case consultant Alex Baber believes he has a set of life skills that allow him to find the hidden beneath the hidden. These skills took him down a two-year path to solving two of the most infamous murder cases in history, The Black Dahlia and Zodiac killer cases. With no badge and no law enforcement training, has Baber closed the cases that have baffled law enforcement for more than half a century? Some of the top minds in homicide and code-breaking work believe so and stand by his findings. Killer In The Code follows Baber on his investigative journey across the country as he uses cryptology, genealogy, AI, and finally long hours of basic gumshoe work to identify a suspect that has taunted and eluded authorities for decades. Along the way startling new evidence in both cases is discovered, all of it pointing unequivocally toward one man who lived in a dark world and may have intentionally left a “smoking gun” behind so that one day he would be discovered by someone who viewed the open cases as one puzzle missing just a few key pieces. Alex Baber found those pieces and solved the puzzle. Killer In The Code tells the story.
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