Elena

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Now, accompanying each letter was a cipher. Each of the three ciphers were hand-drawn and were unique, but they all went together. So in order to solve one, you needed access to all three, but they were all sent to separate newspapers. There was also an ominous warning in each letter that read pretty much as an ultimatum to the editors of the papers.

Now, accompanying each letter was a cipher. Each of the three ciphers were hand-drawn and were unique, but they all went together. So in order to solve one, you needed access to all three, but they were all sent to separate newspapers. There was also an ominous warning in each letter that read pretty much as an ultimatum to the editors of the papers.

Publish the ciphers by the next afternoon, or the killer threatened to, quote, go on a killing rampage. And he said he would kill a dozen or more people. As indicated in the letters, the killer definitely, like you caught on to, did know information about the murders that hadn't been disclosed by investigators, including the brand of ammunition used in the shootings.

Publish the ciphers by the next afternoon, or the killer threatened to, quote, go on a killing rampage. And he said he would kill a dozen or more people. As indicated in the letters, the killer definitely, like you caught on to, did know information about the murders that hadn't been disclosed by investigators, including the brand of ammunition used in the shootings.

So detectives did have every reason to believe that the letters were genuine. But still, only the Chronicle complied with the killer's demand and published the cipher the next day.

So detectives did have every reason to believe that the letters were genuine. But still, only the Chronicle complied with the killer's demand and published the cipher the next day.

Oh, shit.

Oh, shit.

The Examiner ran a story the day after receiving the letter but didn't publish the cipher itself. And the Times-Herald published their cipher a few days later and didn't put it on the front page like the killer wanted.

The Examiner ran a story the day after receiving the letter but didn't publish the cipher itself. And the Times-Herald published their cipher a few days later and didn't put it on the front page like the killer wanted.

Uh-oh.

Uh-oh.

Despite not fully complying with his demands, there luckily was no mass shooting.

Despite not fully complying with his demands, there luckily was no mass shooting.

Wow.

Wow.

Yeah.

Yeah.