September 18, 2020

A sneak peak for those who faithfully check up on this page. The UFO Section (Phase 1 and Phase 2) are not up and running on the site. This link will take you to the overview page. Please follow the pages in order to get the full impact.

August 5, 2020

I feel bad about the delays in HorrorScope, and so many have asked me for a publication date. So I thought I would share parts from another chapter here on my blog. HorrorScope Chapter 3 Silence of the Peacocks.

August 2, 2020

I know I had promised that my UFO section was to be up by now. . . but Ive delayed it for good reasons. Hopefully, it will be up in early September. Its not what you think. Its not a collection of sightings and claims. You all know by now I find no thrill in mysteries unless there is the ability to solve them. Otherwise we just wallow in self induced tingling. Im not mainstream, nor am I UFO culture. . . .and sadly there isnt much of a difference anymore. I also just didnt stride into the subject matter like Nick Cook did and try and explain UFOs based on Nazi technology creating antigravity. . . .I will let the facts speak on my site when it is up.

Im still on my own with Zodiac. It is Steve. But it is a question of publishing that fact abroad without lawsuit.

July 14, 2020

Once so active with updates, I know Ive become a bit thin on the web. But I have been busy with this X Files type hobby Ive done for 30 years, and I am going to share a lot of it here on Q Files soon.

1. Ive tracked the first Federal agent involved in investigating cattle mutilations, and the story is a fascinating one. I have a definite description of the details of an early cattle mutilation and the lead to the perps. Im still trying to uncover the court records. This gives us a human agency involved in the earliest mutilations.

2. Im always being asked about when is HorrorScope to be published. Well, 3 years ago I was hoping! Two years ago one LE agency submitted DNA for genealogical tracing, and so confident was I that Steve was The ZODIAC that I warned my readers DNA testing wont be easy. Steve had been adopted. He had no siblings. I finally secured contemporary hand printing for Steve and it confirmed my investigation: there was a complete match. Still, I proceeded with caution, and though I turned in enough of my information formally, I never heard back about an official follow-up. Im on my own.

3. UFOs the cult. Flying saucers and UFOs arent the same thing. UFOlogy has become some quasi religion of devoted acolytes and snake oil peddlers. It is time to solve UFOs. Starting with the Second Great Flap in UFO history (1965-1967) I can finally put a solution on it. It was the fruition of much that had been in planning, and it opened the door on the age to come. It is soon to come on Q Files.

July 2, 2020

UFOlogy is the most dangerous cult in America because it presents a scientific patina. Soon part of my 30 year investigation to find the truth of it will be up on Q Files here.

June 30, 2020

I am aware DeAngelo has pled guilty. We'll never know the full truth now. For months I feared the deal would be accepted. Many of us had an outsert from court documents saying that he'd plead guilty for a life sentence. I would have preferred a trial, so that many facts could come out. So what if he beats a few of the charges, he'd fry anyway. The evidence still leads to another perp involved. Details are very necessary in this case-- exactly how he did everything and covered his trail.

June 18, 2020

I guess it is time for some updates. Sorry, again for not being in touch much. I got on Twitter and Facebook again after two months of reprieve, but unhooked from Twitter today. It was two days of bitter venters on the state of current politics. Im glad to be away from whats on there. The UFO section will be going up in a couple of weeks minus the very in depth and lengthy Cattle Mutilation section. I came across a lead to the earliest reports ever made, and Im trying to get them through FOIA. There is also the possibility that a Murder One was associated with some of the guys involved in the early mutes. Im seeking the court records and the confession/evidence that links them to an early mutilation. This will be the first time there is proof of human agency with names involved. I have the details of the mutilation from the rancher, but the court records and interrogation should finally explain why they took the tongue, the left ear, shaved the left lip, removed the teats, drained the blood (and in this case made a design around the anus). This will also link the mute-mob to the definite use of a drug injected in the cow.

May 25, 2020

Happy Memorial Day! Again, not only pardon my dust, but pardon my lack of updates. I am currently going through the Bermuda Triangle section of Q-Files and updating its design and uploading lots of archival info. Take, for instance, the Two Year Crisis page is fully linked. A bright future ahead for HorrorScope-- it is a question of lawsuits (or the potential thereof) which is now slowing things down. Its a headache, but I will elaborate with a blog post later. Im still weaving away on novels and working on some Kolchakian pursuits, including a couple of serial killer investigations. Its time to really out the I-70 Killer. Q Files has to be fully revamped to fit the new quanta of information.

May 8, 2020

Pardon my dust. . .but the Quester Files is undergoing a facelift. It is a slow but steady process. Each section will have its own artwork and feel, but the same style as you see on this page now. I also unhooked from social media. I didnt use it much, and it didnt seem many mainstream people use it much anymore either. Q Files gets lots of traffic, and this remains my voice. Conversation is a place where one plays with ideas, but one forges them quite a lone. I will try to forge them carefully here. The facelift is to make it easier to update the website with new and hopefully exciting (!) sections.

April 14, 2020

Quester Blog-- California and Covid-19 Herd Immunity.

March 29, 2020

Quester Blog-- A Sample from Chapter 1 of HorrorScope-- The Sign of the Crimes. This sets the stage for the book. The next chapter Sadistically Gunned begins the recreation of the crimes.

March 18, 2020

Quester Blog: The ZODIAC Solution-- Snippets to Journeys End.

March 9, 2020

Quester Blog. Are the Bloody Fingerprints Zodiacs?

March 7, 2020

Quester Blog. I-70 Killer-- Time For Logistics.

February 26, 2020

Let me know if I gave away too much. Obtaining evidence required it be rewritten. HorrorScope: The final Introduction. Quester Blog.

February 23, 2020

No DNA Way-- Cold case Shootings. Quester Blog.

February 16, 2020

Science and the Real Future of Mars. Quester Blog.

February 10, 2020

Look out! Zodiac, The CIA, MKULTRA . . and Steve. Quester Blog.

February 8, 2020

The Zodiac Killer and the Murder of Ray Davis. Quester blog.

January 28, 2020

Concerning the apparent discovery of the s.s. Cotopaxi, it should be noted that the location of the vessel has generally been known since I gathered the documents and first mentioned in my first book (Into the Bermuda Triangle) that the vessel had sent a wireless distress off the Florida east coast on December 1, 1925, reporting listing heavily and taking in water in No. 1 hold. The vessel had left Charleston, South Carolina, on November 29, 1925, bound in coal to Havana, Cuba. The noonday report on November 30 was 30.07 North by 80.49 West. The vessel essentially had a sentence devoted to it in the litany of Triangle victims, each omitting the fact that a storm was present and that the vessel was listing badly.

An example of the paperwork on Cotopaxi in my files.

January 19, 2020

Since I dont use my blog much in any real way right now, I have been asked what cold cases I am working on. Answer: The I-70 Killer (I would appreciate if someone can come up with a better handle for the creep), D.B. Cooper, The Phantom of Texarkana. The I-70 Killer will eventually get a section on Q Files. The Phantoms section is already beginning, but it is slow work. I prefer cases closer to our present time. The Atlanta Lovers Lane Killer is quite interesting (1978).

January 5, 2020

Happy New Year! Starting out right-- getting things in order. A new Quester Blog post! Been a long time! A humorous but serious exposé of Reality TV and Me. Im going to use it to respond to all the requests I get. Just cut and paste and send it back to the producers when they inquire. Feels good to be free! :)

December 23, 2019

An example of how the writing comparisons between Steve and Zodiac slowly reveal his identity in HorrorScope.

December 21, 2019

Those who follow me on Twitter or Facebook know that this week I had to leave off my current projects to take up my final reread and rewrite of HorrorScope. There is just so much I can expound upon in book form, so I am sharing another comparison here. The first, below, accentuates how Zodiac disguised his printing. Two oracular preambles are compared. The Little List preamble and the Belli Letter preamble. In all Zodiacs letters, the word speaking is the first time he wrote the letter p. As you can see by the comparison, he forgot to disguise his p in the Little List Letter. It is a one stroke p like most of us make. Otherwise he made a two stroke p. The only other exception is the Badlands Letter where all p are single stroke, and it is in this letter that he wasnt using the Zodiac moniker. He was only A citizen.

December 12, 2019

Sorry about no updates-- on the HorrorScope front Ive posted a long statement (incomplete) on my Facebook page for FB friends to assess-- it was on a 100% identity between Zodiac and Steves handwriting. Also, I stated why no public announcement.

To encapsulate some of what I said here-- I also addressed why no more site sections or posts on cold case investigation. There is a real problem with armchair warriors, and recently one took advantage via social media of the teenage sister of a murder victim. Whenever a case is made popular, these guys go into action. One even publicly libeled a district attorney-- so they stop at nothing. They go and find some graduation photo from Classmates that looks like a police sketch of the suspected perpetrator (in whatever case) and then they promote this dogmatically as the suspect solved. Message Boards try and keep them off, but social media isnt as discriminatory. The proliferation of such cranks as ruined honest presentations of cold cases still in the working. There are a number of good web sleuths out there who have encountered this problem. The presentation of a prime suspect or a group of POIs is rather age-old in true crime, starting with books based on a Ripper suspects. This entered the web and became a powerful tool, but with social media and these artless, easy blogs anybody out there can take advantage with their spontaneous suspects. Future presentations of cases will still occur on Quester Files, but such presentations will be carefully constructed as to avoid anything but an academic use.

I have continued to update about Steve because I have been locked into my Zodiac case as a publicly presented case. I began is a couple of years before EAR. But in future for other cases, this will not be the norm.

November 13, 2019

The approved front cover of HorrorScope.

October 31, 2019

Happy Halloween . . . For those who asked for more Steve.

October 11, 2019

More samples of Steve and Zodiacs writing, since many have asked for more comparisons.

October 7, 2019

Apparently there is a self published book out on the Bermuda Triangle which makes reference to my name being a pen name. It is a running joke within TV and publishing that no one can pronounce my name, but they knew it was mine since business required signatures. For a book not to fact check better is a little disturbing, however. There was a message board on EAR/ONS that hated me because I had said message boards were untrustworthy-- they were alias names hiding behind obsolete clipart icons. Some on there started spreading this was not my actual name, in some childish way to get even.

In truth, Gian Julius Quasar is my actual, real name. For those who dont understand it origins: Gian is Italian for Jan. Gion is Italian for Jon, short for Gionata (Jonathan). In America I had no legal middle name because my mother had the hospital clerk type in my fathers nickname Harry (he hated his own given name of Herbert). He walked in and said no way, he wasnt hanging this name on his kid. So it was xd out. Legally I suppose Harryxout is my middle name. Steven or Esteban was hand written in on other documents later.

Some call me Gian Guilio, some Gian Esteban. Most call me David or Dav. Gian is pronounced John, though it means Jan.

October 1, 2019

For 6 years Ive shown the face of Steve to the world while I slowly tracked his historic record to uncover admissible evidence. Therefore I think some of the complaints Ive received about why I intentionally hold up the publication of HorrorScope are justified. So Im going to explain some here. Hopefully, it comes out right.

One, I had made a promise to do things right-- to finish my investigation and then turn in Zodiac to a relevant jurisdiction.

Two, there is a jurisdiction involved that I have nothing to do with. They are pursuing a rather long process to identify Zodiac through the over-popularized genealogical method based on DNA lifted from postage stamps.

Three, since Steve was turned in based on matching evidence, one avenue of investigation can only compliment the other.

So, ultimately, I waited for an official announcement, either from the jurisdiction to which I turned in Steve or for the other jurisdiction to identify Steve via the DNA method. There is more legal protection this way when identifying a man who still has family living.

I have said many times that identifying Zodiac, who left ZERO crime scene DNA, will be a difficult legal process.

I am considering what to do right now to broaden the avenues working on Steve.

September 23, 2019

I know many of you have been waiting for a ZODIAC Killer and HorrorScope update. . . But I'm sorry I have nothing I can say. I had intended to move forward only after official confirmation . . .but. I move quietly forward on my own. Basically, what I said below still stands. HorrorScope is done completely, once again, but I did want to add a couple of points on the psychiatric observations to help put motive into some perspective. For instance, the psychological games he played must have a root in the formal diagnosis he had been given in the military. But I think the antiestablishment/pool hall punk language can be interpreted as a gigantic ruse or a release of what he truly was at heart. He most certainly must have been driven antiestablishment from the 4 months he spent under forced observation, but in real life he maintained a very mainstream look and humorous character.

August 14, 2019

Some Zodiac clarifications-- since I made certain comments on Daves show out of Pahrump (he took over Art Bells old show). As to why Zodiacs identity has not been publicly confirmed yet. Nothing is cut and dried in the Z case. I delivered matching printing and then I also delivered fingerprints from Steve. However, some detectives believe the bloody prints found in Stines cab are genuine Zodiac prints, others think contamination happened. If the receiving detective (of POI information) has come to believe that the prints are genuine Z prints, any POI could summarily be dismissed without further investigation if the POIs prints dont match. If the detective doesnt believe the prints are good, but feels the hand printing approximates, a long investigation ensues to match more evidence. It took me 6 years of hunting Steves background to get enough information to move forward. A cop can backwork me quicker, but then still has to take it beyond me identifying Zodiac.

It has been pointed out that potential DNA was submitted to genealogical databases over a year ago already. In answer as to why genealogical tracing hasnt come into play yet, I can only guess. In Steves case there is questionable birth and then adoption, so that throws off genealogical tracing. Since the DNA is from stamps, even if a DNA source is identified, it would have to be investigated to see if it fits with the Zodiac evidence. Its not like in the case of EAR-ONS, where the DNA was from rape and therefore in undoubted crime perpetration.

It is very difficult to go back in time 50 years and find printing, then trace guns and whereabouts, interpret mental diagnoses, deduce ultimate motive, even run checks for other possible victims, before anything can be publicly announced. I was not able to trace guns with Steve, but the others I was able to do, and it is a complex and difficult path upon which you are always dogged with uncertainties.

August 8, 2019

I know many of you continue to wait on a Zodiac update. An event occurred which leads me to believe that my investigation is being back-worked. However, I am proceeding on my own with HorrorScope. Contemporary hand printing is difficult for anyone to obtain, and I was lucky enough to finally get some, though it took years. As I have shown below, Steve was capable of great variation in printing, as was Zodiac. Indeed, his variations match those of Zodiacs. Identifying is the first step. Then the phases begin. . . Patience, grasshopper.

July 4, 2019

The Zodiac Killer at 50. Quester Blog.

July 28, 2019

At last the final flight of Carolyn Cascio and Richard Rosen in N8040L can be told in detail. Its been a long time in coming, but here is her case, finally presented based on the transcription of her radio messages. Is the truth more mysterious than the legend? You decide. A Call From Nowhere-- Carolyn Cascio and N8040L

July 11, 2019

With the letters and strokes I have of Steve, some of Zodiacs words can be created-- a comparison between Zodiac and Steve:

July 3, 2019

Zodiac Update I cannot give any detailed update except to say again that Steve and Zodiac are matched on hand printing %100, which is admissible evidence. This is not just in similarities but found in the wide variation he made. Two examples below show how both Steve and Zodiac liked to get fancy when taking their time. It took me a while to verify the first sample as Steves because of its radical variation.





There are many aspects of his printing that remain unexplained such as the ability to carefully alter hand printing. I pursue these in the interim.

June 25, 2019

An update for the frustrated in the Zodiac Killer case and in the publication of HorrorScope

Q. What is going on with the status of your information packet to LE?

A. I have no idea. It was submitted on April 9. I asked the detective to acknowledge email receipt, but he did not. All I know is the end product of my own 6 year investigation, which is contained in HorrorScope. I followed the most likely suspect my investigation had identified. This culminated in finally achieving admissible evidence hand printing which matched not only in specifics but in a broad range of variation Zodiac displayed. Again, below, are minute examples of the printing comparison.

June 23, 2019

Il Mostro-- looking for a pattern. Quester blog.

June 18, 2019

Il Mostro di Firenza-- dietrologia. Quester blog.

June 3, 2019

It is indeed possible to slant your s when writing, but in this one example of comparing an actual word between The Zodiac Killer and Steve you see that both consistently would not slant their s even when extremely slanting the other letters around it.

I know you all have been patient, so Im sharing these bits since they constitute the comparisons of both general and minute similarities, and also the consistent vagaries of writing common between them. The majority of HorrorScope is devoted to putting back the details. Identifying Z is just a fraction of it. The exact mental diagnosis which got Zodiac pitched from the Air Force is still shadowy. He was educated and intelligent enough to deny any manifestation that would have gotten him declared psychotic by 1967 standards, and Depression was classified back then as psychosis. Zodiac probably didnt want to be ejected from the military, but he didnt fool the AF psychiatrist who later in life became a very distinguished professor. Zodiac was experiencing more than nerves and insomnia. He was considered a threat to himself and the AF. He was committed to 4 months psychiatric observation and only then released from the AF. He returned to the Bay Area and a year and a half later the killings begin. See below for more hand printing comparisons.

Another valuable comparison is found above in the 1-- Steve and Zodiac almost always put a little curve in it. This is seen in most of the long slanted lines that both make. See also the H and B below, among others.

May 31, 2019

The politics and philosophy of murder is stifling, and it is upon these that HorrorScope and my investigation still hang. But the light can be seen at the end of the tunnel. As the wait continues, I thought Id show another example of comparative hand printing here between Steve and Zodiac. Alt-criminology may try and present that hand printing is not reliable or subject to too much interpretation. This is not true (one reason why the SFPD hand bill notes that handwriting is available for comparisons). It is especially not true in the Zodiac case because there is so much of Zodiacs writing that one can determine upon examination where he is and is not trying to disguise his printing. The real thing slips through. Examples below show this dramatically when it comes to the p.

Here is an example of his H compared to Steves. Examination gets into all the minutiae. Note the first stroke. Steve and Zodiac show the same tendency to slant (as always), but in making the H the first stroke takes on some minor contortion not seen often in his other letters comprising slanted strokes (T, I) . Again I have turned to the Badlands Letter where he let some previous style slip.

This is only one sample-- Steves H is fascinating for how he can slant it and then even in hand writing slant the cross bar. But the purpose of these shares on here has been to highlight the minutiae involved. More importantly, what I share highlights how all the same variations Zodiac made were also made by Steve, and in Steves case this is seen with a fairly limited amount of printing samples from 50s years ago available. The Zodiacs B is proof of how Z could vary his printing. If there was a limited amount of communication from Zodiac, such as in the case of the Forth Worth Trio, then perhaps an argument can be made that printing will not identify the culprit. In the case of the Zodiac, this does not apply. Each case must be taken on its own merits, on the evidence therein. Conviction and Identification are not the same thing. Evidence for conviction is much more elaborate.

May 22, 2019

Im still editing, but the final article on the EAR-ONS case and the potential problems that will emerge at the trial of J.J. DeAngelo. The evidence that has long pointed to more than one perp. The Trial of The East Area Rapist and J.J. DeAngelo. Its a long article, but it covers several points that face the prosecution, along with several avenues the defense can pursue.

May 11, 2019

After the solution to the Zodiac case is officially announced, I am going to take down my blog and use, once again, just my website here as the showcase for investigative material. I will start sections on the Phantom of Texarkana, Mr. Cruel, and Il Mostro di Firenze. In a week or so a very long article will be going up on Q Files detailing the evidence of more than one perp in the crime spree of EAR-ONS. Not an accomplice. Two perps we rationalize to have been the same one. Basically, it will outline the type of arguments youll expect to see in the battle in court between the defense and prosecution regarding the VR and EAR cases.

May 3, 2019

I thought Id just do another share of some Zodiac printing comparisons. As I demonstrated below, The Zodiac varied and disguised his printing considerably, but over the course of the corpus of his communication, he let many consistencies slip. One of the most notable is d and s. He had 2 common s at normal speed-- one with a flat bottom and the other, shown here, that is a slanted top line and then a curved bottom. Steve did both, as the comparison here shows.

As you all know, HorrorScope moves forward, but instead of the usual marketing hype about solved on books where authors only hack and serve another round of suspicion, I turned in Steve with a streamlined thesis so that officially the investigation can take its own course. I wait like everybody else for those results, but move forward with my own presentation.

April 29, 2019

EAR-ONS-- The Trial of the Trial. Quester blog.

April 20, 2019

To continue sharing a few things here in the case of matching the printing of Zodiac with a viable real life source. I streamlined my 9 page information packet to LE, but I can share some stuff here in a more detailed presentation. I have shown snippets on here in order to accentuate how Zodiac and Steve varied. But the actual letter that gave things away was the Badlands Letter. Zodiac rarely if ever disguised his d. But he did disguise his p; that is, in all but the Badlands Letter. As with the capital B below, we get a strong smattering of Zodiacs formal handwriting in the Badlands Letter. His p now seems normal, like most people make it with a little stem on top.

Two examples from the Examiner Response letter (August 1969), show the Zodiacs usual p and usual d.

In the Badlands Letter of May 1974, Zodiac finally reveals his natural p. It is, not so surprisingly, basically an inverted d.

For just one example from Steves handwriting, we see the comparison.

April 15, 2019

To clarify the extent of penmanship examination which occurred before my information packet was submitted. The examples of B show how Zodiac varied (and essentially could disguise) his printing. However, Zodiac wrote so much that in essence he left a pattern of variation. One thing is consistent: he slanted at normal speed. In examining the printing of any viable suspect, it is good to see if he makes the variants that Zodiac is known to have made.

One example is the number 9. On a few occasions, Zodiac made it like a backward P. A couple of notable examples are on the car door of the Karmann Ghia. Steve would make these same variants in the workaday world. His sample is below, right, next to the Zodiacs 69.

Please see Signed, Yours Truley on Quester Blog for more.

April 10, 2019

An update for the curious. My information packet (only 9 pages) has been delivered. Again, thanks for your patience. Examples of penmanship matching the Zodiac Killer. Short bursts are offered here because they come from a time very close to the crimes. There can be great variation to his printing, and I do not know if this is based on his mental state or not. He was released from mental observation 1.5 years before the murders began. Two points of evidence were submitted.

April 4, 2019

For a couple of years I have had penmanship from my suspect Steve matching with Zodiacs, and this I have noted to my readers. However, the circumstances were military/work related and though it is Steves writing there was no direct connection to him. The delay in finally going forward with a formal thesis to law enforcement was because, as I have noted, I needed more contemporary penmanship (circa 1960s) that directly identified my suspect by context. This is now being achieved. I share here just a few samples:

His writing naturally slants, and it is curious to see samples were he tries to be neat (not included) or keep it straight (and not with a felt pen but with a ball point pen). I have essentially been up for 24 hours already, but I intend to write and submit my full thesis to the jurisdiction I had promised a couple of years ago. Thank you all for your patience these last 6 years.

March 27, 2019

The ZODIAC 2019. Quester Blog.

March 26, 2019

Source DNA Identified in Zodiac Killer Case. Quester Blog.

March 24, 2019

The Texas I-35 Killer. Quester Blog.

March 19, 2019

End of Act One-- The I-70 Killer. Quester Blog.

March 14, 2019

Quick Exit-- More Clues in Missouri-- The I-70 Killer. Quester Blog.

March 11, 2019

Terre Haute Clue-- the I-70 Killers Mistake. Quester Blog.

March 10, 2019

Murder in Wichita-- The I-70 Killer Strikes Again. Quester Blog.

March 9, 2019

Murder Pattern Along The I-70. Quester Blog.

March 5, 2019

Beginning the Hunt-- The I-70 Killer. Quester Blog.

March 3, 2019

Classic UFOlogy-- one light still shines-- Lt. Col. Robert J. Friend. Quester Files.

March 1, 2019

Murder Said Easy, Chapter 4 HorrorScope serialized. Quester Blog.

February 22, 2019

Ive been busy and need to update Q Files-- Norcal can obviously be removed from cases in progress. The Doodler case is slowly evolving, but SF isnt releasing anything that helps bring the case to enough clarity to even devote a section to it. Todays Quester Blog-- The Chalkboard of Murder-- may help the true crime peeps organize in their own minds what cases need tackling and what cases need confirming. Compile your own list. What case should rank as Number 1?

February 6, 2019

The ZODIAC Game is Over-- Quester Blog.

February 1, 2019

Establishing a Serial Killer . . .Kolchak Style. Quester Blog.

January 31, 2019

The Houston Stalker Part 3-- Breckenridge Disappearance. Quester Blog.

January 29, 2019

The Houston Stalker-- Part 2. Killer. Quester blog.

January 27, 2019

The Houston Stalker: A Silent and Careful Serial. Quester Blog.

January 24, 2019

Steele Canyon Cold. Quester Blog.

January 22, 2019

Proctor Valley Jane. Quester Blog.

January 11, 2019

Quietly Unraveling the Zodiac. Quester blog.

December 22, 2018

The Zodiac Killer and San Diego. Quester Blog.

December 17, 2018

Amazon processed and put out quickly The Bermuda Triangle II 2nd Edition on Kindle. This presentation will precede the new special edition hardcover and paperback. Get the 2nd updated edition for half the price of the paperback.



December 13, 2018

Lake Herman Road and the Zodiac -- 50 years later. Quester Blog.

December 11, 2018

The Phantom Strikes Again? Quester Blog.

December 9, 2018

The 2 Fingers of ZODIAC. Quester Blog.

December 7, 2018

Identifying The Zodiac Killer-- the final lap. Quester Blog.

November 13, 2018

Unloathed Villains . . . Quester Blog.

November 7, 2018

Wigging EAR . . . Quester Blog

November 4, 2018

EAR No. 35-- The Case of Mr. Hairy Butt. Quester Blog.

November 3, 2018

The Case is Made For 2 EARs. Quester Blog.

November 2, 2018

EAR A or EAR B? -- By a Hair. Quester Blog.

November 1, 2018

EARly EAR or EARs-- When Did He Take Form? Quester blog.

October 30, 2018

EAR or EARs? -- Beyond the Ski Mask. Quester Blog.

October 27, 2018

HorrorScope-- Spring 2019-- The Zodiac Killer. Quester Blog.

October 24, 2018

The Strange Case of J.M. Lacey. Quester Blog.

October 23, 2018

The East Area Rapist-- the Juggling Game of Identity. Quester Blog.

September 21, 2018

I truly regret dragging my heels on this case. In 2015 a lead CSI put me onto it. It was totally forgotten. I was so enmeshed in EAR-ONS, I kept setting this case aside. I leaned only how evil he was, but I was not able to finally start the website section and give NorCal the attention he deserved. I fear he will get a light sentence because people do not know how truly unique this home invasion dramatist was. The alleged perp below.

There will be a big NorCal Press conference today. This is my last post on NorCal (before more info becomes available). NorCal-- A real life SCREAM Villian. Quester Blog. Press conference: Here.

September 15, 2018

Rebuilding after a terrible crash of my system. Everything is going slow but well. Ive been using Twitter for my updates. Some vital information has come in on NorCal Rapist.

August 25, 2018

August 21, 2018

The Hunt for NorCal Rapist Step by Step. Quester Blog.

August 11, 2018

EAR-ONS-- Does Snelling Explain Zitka? Quester Blog.

August 5, 2018

160M Dollar Painting and D.B. Cooper. Quester Blog. I want people to consider. Nothing more.

August 4, 2018

The heist of the Willem de Kooning. The heist has attracted worldwide attention, and its daring perhaps justifies a little off the top-of-the-head provocativeness Doesnt Jerry Alter look like D.B. Cooper? When the 160 million De Kooning painting was stolen on Thanksgiving 1985, Alter was 54. When Cooper skyjacked Northwest Orient on Thanksgiving Eve 1971 he was said to be about 40 years old. Though the couple had modest jobs, they had 1 million in their bank account and had traveled to 140 countries.

Im sure it will undergo some editing and changes still . . .but a sneak peak at the dust jacket inner flap for HorrorScope.

August 3, 2018

Clickbait Solution-- the Bermuda Triangle and rogue waves. Quester Blog.

August 2, 2018

The Zodiac-- Signs of Frustration. Quester Blog.

August 1, 2018

Still doing artwork for HorrorScope. This is a better example of one of several photos that will be used and hopefully it illustrate and explain much to the reader regarding The Zodiac Killer--- this is the xerox of the real photo. Both will be used. I cannot state a publication date due to 2 factors-- one of which is that as I finish the last refinement of HorrorScope I am writing the thesis to submit to the law enforcement authorities I promised a long time ago. It has been a long trek to follow the path of the Zodiac. I want that one final coup de grace-- a vintage example of his hand printing which he wrote a few years before he turned to become the Boastful Slayer.

July 28, 2018

The True Mindset of NorCal Rapist. Quester Blog.

July 20, 2018

EAR-ONS-- The Trial(s) in Sacramento and the Tribulation in Orange County. Quester blog.

July 17, 2018

NORCAL Rapist Takes Form. Quester Blog.

July 15, 2018

This cover has indeed been chosen as the dust jacket cover for HorrorScope. It is based on my own design. The image of the Zodiac Killer coldly looking out from blank space is based on an actual photo adjusted by William Fiesterman. Bill was one of Will Vintons animators and the animation director on the first California Raisins commercial. I added the crosshair. Without eyes The Zodiac Killer is presented as an heartless, cold killer, and you all know the symbolism of the crosshair. Today I bombard Twitter users with photos of Zodiac locations that I will not be using in the book.

July 12, 2018

Did ZODIAC Kill Again? Quester blog.

July 4, 2018

Cold Case, Lost Case Hard Facts-- NORCAL. Quester blog.

June 26, 2018

Geoprofiling the Doodler, San Franciscos Forgotten Serial Killer. Quester Blog.

June 21, 2108

Doodled to Life . . .The Doodler. Quester Blog.

June 17, 2018

I am finishing my second-to-last edit on HorrorScope, and trying to organize all the maps and artwork/photos that are needed to completely illustrate the crime spree. So far, there are about 60 photos slated for the book. But not all may be used. I estimate the book will be about 275 pages. After processing through dozens of POIs, I finally settled with great confidence on one in 2012, and the process thereafter was to obtain the only evidence available in public that would identify the ZODIAC: hand printing. Everything else was devoted to tracing his life and crimes. As the amount of time involved indicates, it was a lengthy process. The Zodiac Killer was clumsy in the execution of his crimes, but he was very careful with covering his trail. I cant promise a release date yet. Several legalities and technicalities have to be lined up first.

Despite being the second-most famous serial killer in crime history (after Jack the Ripper), the real crimes and times of the ZODIAC are largely obscure. His famous alter ego writing in print is the one who had eclipsed the real life perpetrator. I try and vividly plunge the reader back into the era and then from there we follow the actual trail of the real life clumsy, bland killer. He made two significant mistakes, and from these he left only a few tangible clues to follow.

HorrorScope is not based on coincidences to identify the ZODIAC. There have been a number of suspects who had damning coincidences one who even taught cryptography. Evidence, old school, real life evidence, must be presented otherwise there is no solution,. There is only accusation. Accusation is not the the purpose of HorrorScope. Solution is. So I am sorry about delays, but it takes quite a while to obtain all that is necessary and finally to organize it in print, in context, and prepare to go through an arduous process.

June 7, 2018

Any and all information on NorCal Rapists strike locations-- block of street, street name, date and time-- would be appreciated. Analyzing how he stalked his victims is only step 1, so the locations only begin the pursuit.

May 31, 2018

HorrorScope Update. Quester Blog.

May 24, 2018

Welcome to the new updates page! This is the 3rd installment of this page. Twice Ive had to wipe the slate clean due to its length . . .and, of course, time marches on! Im certainly glad to be moving on from the EAR-ONS case. Updates over a potpourri of mysteries will continue here.

May 22, 2018

Foretaste HORRORSCOPE-- two versions of this photo will go in HorrorScope-- a photo quality and an example of this one showing how his big face looked skinnier in shadows. (This copy caries my notes to the layout man.)

May 21, 2018

The Cold Case Late Show. Quester Blog.

May 17, 2018

Interactive does not mean equal. It is time some things are said. J.P. ODonnell once wrote that an after-action report is necessary if history is to mean anything. Justice Means Just Us. Not You! Summing up the EAR-ONS experiencing from behind and before the scenes.

May 13, 2018

Summing up the EAR-ONS Experience. Quester Blog.