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Does the name Rick Marshall mean anything to youWhat are you afterWhat do you gotHypothetically you just named my favorite suspect in the whole caseThis is off the recordCouple years back I was trying
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Zodiac

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Zodiac 2007
Robert Graysmith:
Does the name Rick Marshall mean anything to you?Ken Narlow: What are you after?Robert Graysmith:What have you got?Ken Narlow:Hypothetically, you just named my favorite suspect in the whole case. This is off the record. Couple of years back, I was trying to get Marshall's prints. I handed him a photo. He looks at it. He's about to give it back and he says, "My goodness, I got fingerprints all over this." And he wipes them off.Robert Graysmith:Why didn't you test him for handwriting?Ken Narlow:Because when they finally did run his prints... they cleared him against the one in Stine's cab.Robert Graysmith:So it's not him?Ken Narlow:Maybe yes, maybe no.Robert Graysmith:No? What do you mean?Ken Narlow:Zodiac left gloves behind at the scene. If he had the foresight to bring gloves with him, how the hell's he gonna accidentally leave a print behind?Robert Graysmith:But it was in the victim's blood.Ken Narlow:Could have been one of the bystanders, or a cop just reaches out... Boom. False print.Robert Graysmith:But that print disqualified 2,500 suspects.Ken Narlow:Which is why we used handwriting.Robert Graysmith:But not for Rick Marshall.Ken Narlow:S.F.P.D. saw a handwritten sign in the window of his house, decided it looked nothing like the Z letters, so they moved on.Robert Graysmith:How do they know Rick Marshall wrote the sign?Ken Narlow: My thoughts exactly. Rick Marshall was a Navy man. He received code training. He was also a projectionist at a silent film theater.Robert Graysmith:How do I get a copy of Rick Marshall's handwriting?Ken Narlow:Three ways. One, get a warrant; which you can't. Two, get him to volunteer; which he won't.Robert Graysmith:Yeah, and three?Ken Narlow:Get creative

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Does the name Rick Marshall mean anything to you
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What are you after
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What do you got
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Hypothetically you just named my favorite suspect in the whole case
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This is off the record
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Couple years back I was trying to get Marshall's prints
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I handed him a photo
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He looks at it He's about to give it back and he stops and he says
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My goodness I got fingerprints all over this
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And he wipes them off
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Why didn't you test him for handwriting
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Because when they finally did run his prints
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they cleared him against the one in Stine's cab
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So then it's not him
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Maybe yes maybe no
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No What do you mean
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Zodiac left gloves behind at the scene
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If he had the foresight to bring gloves with him
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how the hell's he gonna accidentally leave a print behind
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But it was in the victim's blood
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Could have been one of the bystanders
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or a cop just reaches out boom false print
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Yeah but that print disqualified 2 500 suspects
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Which is why we also used handwriting
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But not for Rick Marshall
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SFPD saw a handwritten sign in the window of his house
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Decided it looked nothing like the Z letters so they just moved on
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How do they know that Rick Marshall wrote the sign
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My thoughts exactly
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Rick Marshall was a Navy man
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He received code training
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He was also a projectionist at a silent film theater
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Well then how do I get copies of Rick Marshall's handwriting
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Three ways One get a warrant which you can't
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Two get him to volunteer which he won't
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Yeah and three
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Get creative
Available in 29 languages
Duration
88 seconds
Views
499
Timestamp in Movie
02:00:15
Uploaded
Feb 14, 2026
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Movie Summary

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Actors

Jake Gyllenhaal
Robert Graysmith