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But who actually cracked the code? A married couple who like puzzles. So what's that tell us about the Zodiac? He's no expert.Right. It's just a simple substitution code like the one that we used to do as boyscouts. "A" is one, "B" is two. We weren't all boy scouts, Robert. Well, it's not that hard. You just gotto know where to start. In the first cipher... You actually carry that around with you? Why?No reason. What's the most common double consonantin the English language? Consonant? The double "L."Double "L." And what's the one word that we knowthat he'll use in here, at least once? "Kill."Right, "kill." So the Hardens start looking for doublesymbols, which they find here, here, and here. Each with the sametwo symbols preceding them. So now they've gota repeating four-letter word ending with two symbols that they assumestand for "L." And since they think the whole word is"kill" then... Then you got your "K," you got your "I,"and you're on your way. But how do you go from "A" is one and"B" is two to figuring out this whole code? Well, same way I did.You go to the library
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But who actually cracked the code
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A married couple who like puzzles
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So what's that tell us about the Zodiac
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He's no expert Right
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It's just a simple substitution code
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like the one that we used to do as boy scouts
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A is one B is two
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We weren't all boy scouts Robert
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Well it's not that hard You just got to know where to start
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In the first cipher
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You actually carry that around with you
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Why No reason
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What's the most common double consonant in the English language
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Consonant
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The double L Double L
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And what's the one word that we know that he'll use in here at least once
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Kill Right kill
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So the Hardens start looking for double symbols
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which they find here here and here
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Each with the same two symbols preceding them
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So now they've got a repeating four letter word
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ending with two symbols that they assume stand for L
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And since they think the whole word is kill then
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Then you got your K you got your I and you're on your way
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But how do you go from A is one and B is two
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to figuring out this whole code
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Well same way I did You go to the library
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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.
