Zodiac killer's 340 cipher solution

in #zodiac8 years ago (edited)

The 340 cipher was sent November 1969:

Sfchron340cipher.png

One year later, the Halloween Card was sent with the key and all the clues:

zodiac killer original halloween card to scale.jpg

Front & Back

halloween_orig.png

Inside

Halloween_Card-Oct-27-1970.jpg

There are 3 references to the Tim Holt Comic LADY DOOM AND THE DEATH WHEEL

timholt.jpg

  1. The skeleton is wearing a RED MASK
    redmask.jpg

  2. On the left side are the words "YOU ARE DOOMED'
    doomed.jpg

  3. On Lady Doom's Death Wheel and on the back of the Halloween Card are the words:
    BY FIRE
    BY ROPE
    BY GUN
    BY KNIFE

Researcher Jos Kirps originally suspected the Halloween Card as a clue by finding a recurrence of 'BY' in the cipher and proposed the rest would eventually be decoded.

card1.gif

I propose a solution to the 340 cipher by viewing the cipher in mirror and using the symbol from the return address as a key:

KEY2.jpg

BY FIRE
340_by_fire2.jpg
BY ROPE
340_by-rope2.jpg
BY GUN
340_by-gun2.jpg
BY KNIFE
340_by-knife2.jpg

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