Zodiac

The Shocking True Story of the Nation's Most Bizarre Mass Murderer

After Jack the Ripper and before Son of Sam there was only one name their equal in terror: the deadly, elusive, and mysterious Zodiac. Beginning in 1968 the hooded mass murderer terrified the city of San Francisco and the Bay Area with a string of brutal killings. A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder. His first victims were a teenage couple, stalked and shot dead in a lover's lane. After another slaying, he sent his first mocking note to authorities, promising he would kill again. The official tally of his victims was six. The real toll may have reached 50. He was never caught. Graysmith, who was on the staff of the San Francisco Chronicle at the time of the murders, gives this gripping account of Zodiac's reign of terror.©1976 Robert Graysmith (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Provocative....Bizarre....Graysmith's taut narrative brings the horror back with jolt upon jolt." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Will fascinate true-crime readers." (Library Journal)

EXCELLENT

NARRATION
Narration is clear, nicely paced, and engaging. The baritone voice is perfect for this gruesome, fascinating, horrible material.
What a magnificent narrator. This man could read the ingredients off a blue cheese dressing bottle and make it sound like poetry. Everything he does with a script is perfect.

CONTENT AND STORY
The details and explanations are detailed, comprehensive, and informative. it is so very disturbing that they exist.
It is a conundrum for me to know what to do with them. On the one hand I cannot approve of execution for fear that the wrong person not infrequently executed.
I am inveterately in favor of gun control, but the one thought that gives me pause is the capacity to blow these animals away while in the act of such horrors.
I am embarrassed to harbor such thoughts but there it is.

CONCLUSION
Horrible but highly recommended. We cannot fully appreciate such perils unless we know graphically the particulars.

Great book! When that I have read often and largel

Head read this book many times in print form, but less this audio version is wonderful in its depth and sincerity of vocalisation appeared very much enjoyed the reading of this book.

Very interesting book.

I really liked this book. It was informative and interesting. I am a little bit too young to remember the actual events going on but the book lays out the events in enough detail to make them interesting without being boring with too much information. Listening to this book made me want to watch the movie. I realized from the book that there are several movies based on these events, including "Dirty Harry." Overall, a great listen and I would recommend it to anyone interested in true crime stories.

Keeps you interested.

This is a book with a lot of details about true events but it does not bore you to death. It reads more as a story and keeps the reader involved. Good narration and we'll written accounts about a truly disturbing killer.

Very good book on Zodiak

Where does Zodiac rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Maybe 7/8on a scale of 1-10.

What other book might you compare Zodiac to and why?

None. This is a different book because of the code cracking.

Which character – as performed by Stefan Rudnicki – was your favorite?

Sam for sure.

If you could give Zodiac a new subtitle, what would it be?

Wouldn't.

Any additional comments?

This book maybe better in print because it's a little hard to follow all the coding the detectives unravelled. Have the print would be easier to follow. Still a very good listen and I highly recommend it! The narrator did a great job!