Cracking the Code — Season 1, Episode 2: The Killer Code
Documentary • 50 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 6.9/10
Episode synopsis
The Zodiac Killer Code reveals the desperate bid to crack the crazed codes sent by America’s most mysterious serial killer. As fear mounts in San Francisco, the only way to stop the death toll growing is to unravel the killer’s complex coded messages. Now 50 years on – can modern technology finally reveal the identity of The Zodiac?
About Cracking the Code
From bizarre ancient markings to random numbers and letters, codes and ciphers have been used for millennia to send secret messages, hide identities and operate outside the law. Unravelling these codes can unlock military secrets, unmask deadly enemies and even decode lost civilizations. Now, Cracking the Code uncovers some of the world’s most famous – and infamous – encryptions. Revealing how they were decoded, the brilliant minds who cracked them and the mysterious secrets they were hiding…