Zodiac
publication date: Thursday, August 30, 2007 (part of Round XXXI)
category: Crime
clue: This killer did it for the thrilling experience, but it's been no fun trying to decode his cryptograms ever since.
explanation: Zodiac was an unidentified serial killer in San Francisco in the late 1960s. Only one of his four cryptograms was ever decoded, in which he said he killed for the "thrilling experience." more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Scott Horowitz, Lori Lancaster, Michael Paul Cote, Shawn Brandt, Wendy Hampson, Greg Bair, Adrianne Rodgers, Jason Evans, and Tom Leggett
player landmarks: This was the last goo solved by Wendy Hampson and Tom Leggett.
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