True Crime with Megs

      Dear Editor,       This is the Zodiac speaking.      In answer to your asking for more details about the good times I have had in Vallejo, I shall be very happy to supply even more material. By the way, are the police haveing a good time with the code? If not, tell them to cheer up; when they do crack it they will have me.     "This is the Zodiac speaking" Those haunting words that were engraved into history. The case that was never solved.  The cyphers posted into the newspapers that would leave people theorizing and decoding. This is the spine chilling case of the zodiac and how the zodiac used his letters to terrorize the public.      Let's start from the beginning of this case. The first murders of the Zodiac Killer happened on December 20th, 1968. Betty Jenson and David Faraday went to a lovers' lane in Benicia, California. They were alone when all the sudden another vehicle parked right next to t...

         It was like any morning in the small town of Holcomb. A nice quiet small town in Kanas. Susan Kidwell and Nancy Ewalt walked to the house of Nancy Clutter. They knocked on the door of the Clutter home, but there was no response. Little did they know they would walk into the tragedy that would effect the whole town of Holcomb. It would cause reporters flooding to the small town, crafting headlines about 'The Clutter Family Murders' and 'Family of Four Tragically Murdered'. But one author would make the story of the Clutters heard across the nation. One book that would be read by millions and would help start the genre of true crime.       Before we get into the book, we need to dive into the facts of the case. On the night of November 14, 1959, the Clutter home was broken into. The intruders entered through an unlocked door and woke the Clutter family. The intruders put Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon Clutter into the upstairs bathroom and ...

            It was March 22, 2004. This was like any normal day in the office for the Wichita Police Department. Until a chilling letter was sent to the homicide unit. In the letter, it had polaroids of a dead woman. Detectives recognized the victim as Vicki Wegerle. Vicki was a victim of a previous case that all the detectives knew and only meant one thing. BTK was back, and the police department was ready to catch him once and for all.   The police then started to dig through his crimes all those years ago and find any bit of evidence to lead them in the right direction. The first case that is the Otero family, BTK broke into the house and gruesomely strangled each family member, including the two children. BTK was also responsible for the murders of several victims. At this time, the killer decided to send letters to the police and multiple media outlets, taunting them. In one of his letters, he wrote, "The code words for me will be bind them, ...

       The year was 1984 in Los Angeles. The city was in a celebratory mood, the Summer Olympics were being held and no one could be down. However, a dark evil would follow during this time leaving residents in Southern California fear for their lives. This paranoia would be cause by a violent serial killer know by many names. But one name that stuck was the Night Stalker. The case would leave at least 13 victims dead and multiple break ins, Leaving police questioning for more than a year. Though in this case, the media was able to help in his capture. which caused the public to work together and finally put an end to the horrors of the Night Stalker.       Now, before we dive into how the Night Stalker was caught, let us first go over the reign of terror and the victims effected. The first victim of the Night Stalker was 79 year old Jennie Vincow. The night of June 28th, 2984, the Night Stalker got into her home by cutting the screen door of her ...