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Crooks Tour of San Francisco |
Has the Zodiac Killer finally been discovered??
The call came at 9:30 AM on September 26th.
“Hi, This is Tom Colbert. I’m a Hollywood producer. Is this a bad time to call?”
For a writer, there is no bad time for a Hollywood producer to call.
“I’ve read your columns in the San Francisco Examiner. I like your work, especially the stories about the Zodiac”, he said.”
I’ve researched and written about historic crimes for twenty years. The longest chapter in my book, Notorious San Francisco: True Tales of Crime, Passion and Murder, is about the Zodiac Killer.
Tom proceeded to tell me that he and his team had identified the Zodiac and found his hideouts! To read the rest of this story go to www.crimetraveller.org/2021/10/has-the-zodiac-finally-been-discovered/
The call came at 9:30 AM on September 26th.
“Hi, This is Tom Colbert. I’m a Hollywood producer. Is this a bad time to call?”
For a writer, there is no bad time for a Hollywood producer to call.
“I’ve read your columns in the San Francisco Examiner. I like your work, especially the stories about the Zodiac”, he said.”
I’ve researched and written about historic crimes for twenty years. The longest chapter in my book, Notorious San Francisco: True Tales of Crime, Passion and Murder, is about the Zodiac Killer.
Tom proceeded to tell me that he and his team had identified the Zodiac and found his hideouts! To read the rest of this story go to www.crimetraveller.org/2021/10/has-the-zodiac-finally-been-discovered/
Crime stories
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Crime of the Month
Jeanne Bonnet, The little Frog Catcher
Jeanne Bonnet a 19th century transsexual pioneer would find todays sexual identity struggles disturbingly familiar. Jeanne was born into a family of French actors. She was a very popular performer, often playing the role of a young coquette on the stage. Then tragedy struck; her mother passed away, her sister was committed to an insane asylum where she died, and her father, emotionally and physically shattered, moved to Oakland. |
90 minute walking tours
“San Francisco was settled mostly by gamblers, prostitutes, rascals, immigrants and fortune seekers.”
-Poet Kenneth Rexroth Learn about the dark side of San Francisco from Paul Drexler, award winning crime historian and Director of Crooks Tours. Paul tells the real stories of the murderers, con artists, robbers and other brigands who have made San Francisco a place of fascination and danger. |
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