Let’s Crack Zodiac - Episode 5 - The 340 Is Solved!

On December 3rd, 2020, an international three-person team of codebreakers made a breakthrough with the Zodiac Killer’s unsolved 340-character cipher. By December 5th, the team finished cracking the cipher and sent the solution to the FBI. This is the full message from the Zodiac Killer that was hidden in the 340-character cipher for 51 years: I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING LOTS OF FUN IN TRYING TO CATCH ME THAT WASNT ME ON THE TV SHOW WHICH BRINGS UP A POINT ABOUT ME I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE GAS CHAMBER BECAUSE IT WILL SEND ME TO PARADICE ALL THE SOONER BECAUSE I NOW HAVE ENOUGH SLAVES TO WORK FOR ME WHERE EVERYONE ELSE HAS NOTHING WHEN THEY REACH PARADICE SO THEY ARE AFRAID OF DEATH I AM NOT AFRAID BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY NEW LIFE IS LIFE WILL BE AN EASY ONE IN PARADICE DEATH The members of the team that cracked the code are: * Sam Blake (Australia) * Jarl Van Eycke (Belgium) * David Oranchak (USA) This video is my attempt to tell the story of this long overdue breakthrough. More details are reported in Michael Butterfield’s article here: Credits: Music: Dave Miles: Movement (ZapSplat: ) “Thanks” animation: Jim Dunbar show archival footage: Mentioned in the video: AZDecrypt code breaking software by Jarl Van Eycke: Peek-a-boo cryptanalysis software by Heiko Kalista: Zkdecrypto by Brax Cisco et. al.: Mike Morford’s Zodiac site: Michael Butterfield’s Zodiac site: Tom Voigt’s Zodiac site: We dedicate these efforts to the victims of the Zodiac Killer, their families and descendants. We hope that one day justice will prevail.