The Zodiac Killer
A self-guided true-crime walk of San Francisco, USA
This self-guided true-crime walk of The Zodiac Killer in San Francisco, USA follows a documented case across 4 narrated stops over roughly 60 minutes and about 3.5 km on foot. Open the case in the CaseWalk app and each stop is narrated automatically as you arrive at the real location — walk at your own pace, online or fully offline. The route runs from The Chronicle Plaza — Letters to the City to Glide Memorial Church Plaza — Tenderloin Edge.
Coming soon to iOS — open this San Francisco case and the narration starts automatically at each stop, online or off.
The route, stop by stop
The Chronicle Plaza — Letters to the City
August 1969. Three newspaper editors — here in San Francisco, across the bay in Vallejo, and down at the Examiner — each opened an envelope containing one-third of a coded message. None of the pieces made sense alone.
Hall of Justice — 850 Bryant Street
October 1969. A cab driver named Paul Stine had just been shot in the Presidio Heights neighborhood, and within days, the case landed here — at 850 Bryant Street, the Hall of Justice, home of the SFPD homicide…
Main Branch, San Francisco Public Library — Civic Center
Fall 1969. Newspapers across the Bay Area were running cipher symbols on their front pages — not headlines about a cipher, but the cipher itself — and ordinary readers were sitting at kitchen tables trying to crack…
Glide Memorial Church Plaza — Tenderloin Edge
Fall, 1969. San Francisco was a city that had started flinching. Parents kept children off school buses. Cab rides after dark dropped off. The letters had done that — not the crimes alone, but the…
These are the opening lines of each stop. The full narration — and the audio — plays in the app.
— good to know
- How long is the The Zodiac Killer walk?
- About 60 minutes on foot, covering 4 stops over 3.5 km. You can pause and pick it back up whenever you like.
- What does the The Zodiac Killer case cover?
- 4 narrated stops, beginning at The Chronicle Plaza — Letters to the City and ending at Glide Memorial Church Plaza — Tenderloin Edge. Each one plays automatically as you reach the real location.
- Is the The Zodiac Killer case real?
- Yes. It's built from the public record — court documents, contemporary news, and published histories — reviewed by a person, and told in a documentary register, never sensational.
- Do I need an internet connection or mobile data?
- No. Download the case once in the CaseWalk app and the narration plays fully offline — handy while roaming in USA. GPS triggers each stop as you arrive.
- Is the The Zodiac Killer walk free?
- Your first walk on CaseWalk is free. After that, unlock a single case with a credit (yours to keep) or go All-Access for every case. Cancel anytime.
- Can I walk it at my own pace?
- Yes. There's no guide and no schedule — start when you want, linger as long as you like, and the next stop plays automatically when you get there.
Open the The Zodiac Killer case with CaseWalk
Coming soon to iOS. Your first walk is free, and you can download this case for fully offline use.