The Myth of the Zodiac Killer: A Literary Investigation by Thomas Henry Horan

This guy is great for making you think. He's the only person that comes to the table with stuff that he can back up with facts presented to you right there in the book. He's he removes the wool that Graysmith had over my eyes. Forces me to see things for how they really are. He's also got a YouTube channel Stone's Unturned. THH don't disappoint not in his vocabulary.

I really like how in depth this book seems to go in exploring all the issues with Robert Graysmith "Zodiac" I haven't read any other works by Thomas Henry Horan but I would gladly look more into his work. This book would appeal to anyone who is interested in debunking myths about the Zodiac.

I'm giving this 3 stars because that's the star in the middle. I'm not reviewing the writing, the style, the prose, the storyline. We KNOW the storyline. I'm assuming that if you're reading this review that you have also read all the books on the Zodiac. Then one day this book pops up. The first one that calls the Zodiac a MYTH! You've read 3 or 4 different books from folks who claim their father was the Zodiac. As a matter of fact, the most recent one, by Gary Stewart, had me pretty much convinced that HIS father was the Zodiac. So, then I see this book. Maybe Mr. Horan was diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder as a teenager, that would explain it. But I had to read it. At least to mock him. And I did, for the first 50 pages. I'm not sure when it happened but I found myself questioning everything I knew up to that point about the Zodiac. At this point, the only thing I can do as a true obsessive-compulsive on the subject, is to reread this book and note the sources so that I can check them for myself. Then I will know if this book rates 1 star or 5 stars. This was a bold step for Horan to take. I wonder if he knows how many armchair Zodiac "detectives" there are out here.

This book is well researched, written and I think it is defiantly a good read for anyone interested in the Zodiac cases.

If you want to listen to this pompous, marble-mouthed windbag trip over his own theories while accusing everyone else who has done proper research of being part of an imaginary conspiracy, listen to his appearances on The Generation Why Podcast.Every single one of Horan's theories not just require, but beg for the suspension of disbelief, and are rife with conjecture.I understand that there were distortions and lies in Graysmith's book, but that does not mean that the Zodiac Killer never existed. The fact that this man is paid to teach the youth of this country is disturbing, while the fact that he offers his writing services on Guru is laughable.

I liked this book a lot. I found it to be well argued. He might be right. Strong chance this person, "The Zodiac Killer" never existed in the first place. It sounds like he is being callous - like a holocaust denier. He is not saying that these killings did not transpire. He argues that Zodiac is a narrative with took on a life of its own, as writers and law enforcement and the popular imagination added layers to the story.

this is THE book on the zodiac. after reading this book there is no reason to read any further on the subject. this book disproves past theories and establishes itself as being the final word on the zodiac killer. it is very, very well researched. i can not recommend this book enough. my thanks to the author.

Amazing and Groundbreaking work. Horan's hypothesis that there was no Zodiac Killer seems absurd and crank. But pay attention to the evidence he presents, and keep in mind that he's working with MUCH more information at his disposal than were previous authors, including Robert Graysmith. Then you see that what Horan is presenting is not at all insane. Whether or not he's correct remains to be seen, but his arguments are certainly plausible, and more plausible than most suspects presented to date by competing authors.

The idea that the Zodiac Killer of late 60's California didn't actually exist - that the letters which "connect" the canonical crimes were a hoax perpetrated by person or persons unknown - isn't new. The breadth of the exploration into the background behind the letters, the level of detail Mr Horan brings to the examination and some of his keen and interesting insights are new, however. They've served to destroy what for me once was a very satisfying hobby - chasing the Zodiac Killer. I don't thank him for it, particularly, but we would rather have the truth - wouldn't we?I'm not sure that 83 pages constitutes a "book", and it has a few flaws (formatting errors and very occasionally some slightly muddled phrasing), but as the first course in a three-course expose of what probably really happened, it will do very nicely. If justice were indeed, eventually, served - well that would also be a positive.Smithy.

Let's get the elephant out of the room. This is too short to be considered a book. Don't let that prevent you from downloading it though; there's plenty of good, refined analysis contained in what is present.If you'd like to know the social, literary background to the environment that birthed the Zodiac killer myth then this is the text for you. With great research and analysis Mr Horan presents the social, psycho-social threads that almost required someone like the Zodiac killer to be birthed in the media of the time.It's well worth a read and in the long term it will form a fascinating start to a larger body of text exploring the birth of the thrill killer trope.