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Podcast: True Crime Never Sleeps
Episode: Zodiac Files: A City Awakens
Description: This is the debut episode of Season 17, a deep dive into the Zodiac Killer. Tonight we return to the San Francisco Bay Area in late 1968—a time when peace, paranoia, and progress collided. Before anyone had heard of the Zodiac, the region was already teetering on the edge. Suburban Vallejo, quaint Benicia, and the pastoral calm of Napa Valley masked deeper fractures: law enforcement was stretched thin, counterculture was fading into disillusionment, and communities were quietly bracing for something they couldn’t yet name.We take you into that moment—examining how environmental isolation, limited forensic tools, outdat...