The Zodiac Killer’s infamous cypher has been solved 51 years later.

On Friday, code-breaker David Oranchak uncovered the ominous message sent by the mystery murderer. It reads:

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER 51 YEARS!!!

According to code-breaking expert David Oranchak, the cipher’s text includes: “I hope you are having lots of fun in trying to catch me. … I am not afraid of the gas chamber because it will send me to paradice (sic) all the sooner because I now have enough slaves to work for me.”

Oranchak, a 46-year-old web designer who lives in Virginia, has been working on the Zodiac’s codes since 2006.

1: "There have only been 12 days in 2020 where police did not kill someone"

image shows 8 calendar months (data from January 1 - August 22, 2020) marked with 0, 1, 2, or 3+ killings by US police. More than half - 144 out of the 235 days - have 3+, with most of those showing more than 3, up to max 9 on May 3rd.

2: "Black people are most likely to be killed by police" two bar graphs comparing Black, Hispanic, and White data.

the first says, "3x more likely to be killed by police than white people" and shows "Police Killings per 1 million population". Black is 3x higher than White, with Hispanic slightly less than halfway in between them.

the second says, "1.3x more likely to be unarmed compared to white people." again, Black is notably the highest, with Hispanic in between White and Black.

3: "Where you live matters" two bar graphs.

the first says, "6x more likely to be killed by police in Oklahoma than Georgia" and shows "Police Killings of Black People per 1M".

the second says, "8 of the 100 largest city police departments kill black men at higher rates than the US murder rate." and shows 15 cities with horizontal bars indicating "Police Killings of Black Men per 100K, 2013-19". a dotted line around 5 is labeled, "2018 Murder Rate". the highest city is Reno with visibly more than double that amount, then in descending order: Oklahoma City, Santa Ana, Anaheim, St. Louis City, Scottsdale, Hialeah, and Madison is about even with the dotted line.

4: "Police violence is changing over time" a line graph and a bar graph.

the line graph says, "Police killings have decreased in Cities but increased in Suburban and Rural areas" and shows "Killings by Police by Zipcode Population Density" from 2013 to 2019. Suburban is a slightly increasing blue line above 500 for the whole graph. Urban starts around 350, descends sharply in 2014, and then more gradually until it hits around 250. Rural starts below 250 and increases unevenly until it is about even with Urban at around 250.

the bar graph says, "Police killed more people in the first half of 2020 than they did during this period in past years" and shows "Killings by Police from 1/1 - 6/30 of Each Year" from 2015 to 2020. 2020 is the highest and marked in red, with 2018 appearing close and the other years noticeably lower but still high.

5: "It's not about crime" a scatter plot.

it says, "Levels of violent crime in US cities do not determine rates of police violence" and compares "Violent crime rates and rates of killings by police in America's 50 largest cities, 2013-2018". The cities are listed in descending order of "Avg Annual Police Killings per 1M Population" as red blocks, from over 12 in Oklahoma City down to under 2 in New York. The scatter plot also shows, on a different scale, "Avg Violent Crime Rate per 1k Population" as blue x’s, from just under 20 to less than 1, varying widely with no clear pattern.

6: "There is no excuse for police violence" text compares Buffalo, NY, where there were "0 People killed by Buffalo police from 2013 - 2016," to Orlando, FL, where there were "13 People killed by Orlando police from 2013 - 2016". The similar statistics are:

Buffalo, NY: Population: 258,959 Percent People of Color: 50% Violent Crime Rate: 12 per 1000

Orlando, FL: Population: 255,483 Percent People of Color: 42% Violent Crime Rate: 9 per 1000

7: "There is no accountability" image shows 100 color-coded silhouettes.

it says, "99% of killings by police from 2013-2019 have not resulted in officers being charged with a crime." 96 of the silhouettes are red indicating "No Criminal Charges". 3 are light blue indicating "Officer(s) Charged". Only one is dark blue, indicating "Officer(s) Convicted".

Your semi regular reminder to not make cult jokes please!!!! Its really fucking insensitive and makes cult survivors really fucking uncomfortable (and trust me there are more of us then you’d think you very likely might know a cult survivor).  On top of that 99% of the time the things that a group is doing that is causing you to call it a cult isn’t even a requirement of a cult and just further perpetuates the very harmful stereotype that all cults are these weird ass groups that chant and worship weird things (obviously some are like that and that shit can often lead to something being a cult but those aren’t the main things).

                                             Raëlism

“Raëlism (also known as Raëlianism or the Raëlian movement) is a UFO religion that was founded in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon (b. 1946), now known as Raël. The Raëlian Movement teaches that life on Earth was scientifically created by a species of extraterrestrials, which they call the Elohim. Members of this species appeared human when having personal contacts with the descendants of the humans that they made. They purposefully misinformed early humanity that they were angels, cherubim, or gods. Raëlians believe that messengers, or prophets, of the Elohim include Buddha, Jesus, and others who informed humans of each era. The founder of Raëlism, members claim, received the final message of the Elohim and that its purpose is to inform the world about Elohim and that if humans become aware and peaceful enough, they wish to be welcomed by them.”

                                   The Nuwaubian Nation

“The Nuwaubian Nation or Nuwaubian movement was a religious organization founded and led by Dwight York. York began founding Black Muslim groups in New York in 1967. He changed his teachings and the names of his groups many times, incorporating concepts from Judaism, Christianity, and many esoteric beliefs.In the late 1980s, he abandoned the Muslim theology of his movement in favor of Kemetism and UFO religion. In 1991 he took his community to settle in upstate New York; then they moved near the county seat of Eatonton, Georgia, in Putnam County. His followers built an ancient Egypt-themed compound called Tama-Re and changed their name to the “United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors.””

                                      The Universe People

 “ Universe People or Cosmic People of Light Powers (Czech: Vesmírní lidé sil světla) is a Czech and Slovak UFO religion founded in the 1990s and centered on Ivo A. Benda. Their belief system is based upon the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations communicating with Benda and other contactees since October 1997 telepathically and later even by direct personal contact. They are considered to be the most distinctive UFO religion in the Czech Republic.“ 

                                                                                 Scientology

“Scientology is a body of religious beliefs and practices created in 1954 by American author L. Ron Hubbard (1911–86). Hubbard initially developed a program of ideas called Dianetics, which was distributed through the Dianetics Foundation. The foundation soon entered bankruptcy and Hubbard lost the rights to his seminal publication Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health in 1952. He then recharacterized the subject as a religion and renamed it Scientology, retaining the terminology, doctrines, the E-meter, and the practice of auditing. Within a year, he regained the rights to Dianetics and retained both subjects under the umbrella of the Church of Scientology.

 In the OT levels, Hubbard explains how to reverse the effects of past-life trauma patterns that supposedly extend millions of years into the past. Among these advanced teachings is the story of Xenu (sometimes Xemu), introduced as the tyrant ruler of the "Galactic Confederacy”. According to this story, 75 million years ago Xenu brought billions of people to Earth in spacecraft resembling Douglas DC-8 airliners, stacked them around volcanoes and detonated hydrogen bombs in the volcanoes. The thetans then clustered together, stuck to the bodies of the living, and continue to do this today. “         

                                                                              Heaven’s Gate

“ Heaven’s Gate was an American UFO religious millenarian group based in San Diego, California, founded in the early 1970s and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985). On March 26, 1997, police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group who had committed mass suicide in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial spacecraft following Comet Hale–Bopp.

Heaven’s Gate members believed the planet Earth was about to be “recycled” (wiped clean, renewed, refurbished, and rejuvenated), and the only chance to survive was to leave it immediately. While the group was against suicide, they defined “suicide” in their own context to mean “to turn against the Next Level when it is being offered” and believed their “human” bodies were only vessels meant to help them on their journey. In conversation, when referring to a person or a person’s body, they routinely used the word “vehicle””                                      

                                  Church of the SubGenius

“The Church of the SubGenius is a parody religion that satirizes better-known belief systems. It teaches a complex philosophy that focuses on J. R. "Bob” Dobbs, purportedly a salesman from the 1950s, who is revered as a prophet by the Church. SubGenius leaders have developed detailed narratives about Dobbs and his relationship to various gods and conspiracies. Their central deity, Jehovah 1, is accompanied by other gods drawn from ancient mythology and popular fiction. SubGenius literature describes a grand conspiracy that seeks to brainwash the world and oppress Dobbs’ followers. In its narratives, the Church presents a blend of cultural references in an elaborate remix of the sources.“                  

                                                                  Aetherius Society

“The Aetherius Society is a millenarian, New Age, UFO religion. It was founded by George King in the mid-1950s as the result of what King claimed were contacts with extraterrestrial intelligences, whom he referred to as “Cosmic Masters”. Regarded as firmly based in Theosophy, the Aetherius Society combines UFO claims, yoga, and ideas from various world religions, notably Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Stefan Isaksson notes that it has “become a complex religious belief system that includes an extraterrestrial hierarchy of various spiritual masters and such concepts as universal karma and religious healing.” The religion’s goal is to prevent worldly destruction by improving cooperation between humanity and various alien ‘masters’,and by using 'spiritual energy’ to improve the spiritual calibre of the world “

Just shared the articles in my copy of the LA Times from April 21, 1999 with a friend 🐇🐚

14-year-old John Hron had no time for bullies or racists. The teenager from Sweden went to school with several people that would fall into those categories. He was a keen canoeist and enjoyed playing the guitar.

On the afternoon of the 17th of August, 1995, John and his friend, Christian, were camping by Ingetorpssjon lake near Kode, Sweden. Shortly after they set up camp, four neo-nazis approached their tent. Ranging from 15-years-old to 18-years-old, John recognised one of the reprobates. It was Mikael Fjalljholm, a ruthless bully in his school. John and Mikael had bashed heads beforehand. John was horrified by his racist and cruel behaviour and was known to stand up to him when pushed. But now, Mikael had three friends with him, Daniel Hanson, John Billing and BM, as he was only referred to in the media.

They approached the tent and started to senselessly beat John. They told him to say that he “loves nazism” to which he staunchly refused and received another beating. They kicked and punched him in the head and smashed beer bottles over his head. The sadistic group would beat him for hours and every now and then, would pretend to be apologetic and offer him a drink before starting the attack again. It was a cat and mouse type attack. They burnt him in the fire and burnt his neck with a piece of burning wood.

At some point during the attack, John managed to break free and jump into the lake. However, the group started hollering that they would murder Christian if he did not return. Barely clinging to life, he swam back and the torture continued. When John fell unconscious, they threw him into the lake where he drowned. Christian hitched a ride back home and called police and named John’s killers. When his body was retrieved, it was said that his injuries matched those to somebody who had been hit by a train.

Today, on the sixth of January 37 years ago a baby girl named Kelly Ann Fleming was born. She was born with a jaw that was too small for her face and complications due to this made her unable to breathe through her nose. She didn't have very many friends and often felt lonely according to her parents and her father, Don Fleming stated "she was always behind physically with her age group". The upcoming summer of the shootings that occured on april the twentieth at columbine, 1999 she was going to have a surgery to fix the problem and able her to breathe through her nose. She had told her father "Dad, I'm going to start running next year, because I'll be able to breathe!" Being able to run was something Kelly had wanted to do but was unable to for her entire life, and it remained that way.

Kelly loved writing and was working on an autobiography at home. On april the twentieth, 1999 she was spending time in the school library at columbine when two shooters entered the library. She tried to hide under her desk but part of her was visable and therefor she was shot to death by one of the shooters.

Her parents stated and wrote on her grave stone "A writer and a poet, a gentle soul who walked among us that will remain forever in our hearts" and "through the darkness you found the light" on the other side. Her and Daniel Mausers funeral were together because she didn't have many friends and her father didn't want her to be lonely during their last meeting on this earthly plane. She loved drawing and often talked about angels and frequently watched the movie "touched by an angel" with her mother Dee Fleming.

(Kelly is in the green casket and Daniel Mauser in the brown.)

In the wake of the Columbine Massacre on 20th April 1999, surviving Columbine students were left without a school to return to due to the ongoing repairs.

On May 3rd 1999, Columbine students returned to school, attending the nearby Chatfield High. The day was divided - Chatfield students used thd school in the morning whilst Columbine students attended in the afternoon.

The tragedy at Columbine High School touched people all over the world. Sarah Ferguson, the Dutchess of York, came to Littleton to pay her respects to those killed and injured.