Robert Graysmith
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Robert Graysmith is a true-crime author of the books Zodiac; Zodiac Unmasked: the Identity of America's Most Exclusive Serial Killer; Unabomber: a Desire to Kill; The Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes?; and Amerithrax: The Hunt for the Anthrax Killer.
Graysmith first became involved in the Zodiac Killer case when he was a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle during the period in which the Zodiac Killer was active. Although his conclusions are controversial, he is considered one of the leading experts on the facts of the Zodiac case; for instance, the New York Post contacted him for his insights when a copycat shooter was active in New York in the early 1990s.[1]
Two of his books have been made into films: Auto Focus and Zodiac. Graysmith is portrayed in Zodiac by Jake Gyllenhaal.
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- ^ Howard, Amanda and Smith, Martin: River of Blood: Serial Killers and Their Victims (Boca Raton: Universal Publishers, 2004), p. 301
