Comments by "christine paris" (@christineparis5607) on "Top 10 Mysterious Zodiac Killer Facts" video.

I was a kid in the Bay Area when the zodiac was running around within a few miles of our school, so when he threatened kids, the police came to our school to tell us not to walk home from school alone, to run to a neighbors house, not to play outside...etc. we were petrified. I was up watching the news early one morning when the zodiac called in. I couldn't believe it. His voice was just so weird, like he was just reciting facts. So chilling. The look on the news anchors faces. I think they couldn't really believe it either. It was a lot for a 10 year old to take in. Around that same time, there was a horrendous murder of a stanford student in the Stanford chapel. It was a hideous ritual killing on the altar. The whole thing was hushed up but it still got out and they never discovered who the killer was or what the motive was...you can Google it. The story is unbelievable.
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@nateroseman I'm sorry, it's really awful...my mom worked at Stanford and I used to hang out there all the time, and never heard about it when it happened, which seems so strange, but the university had massive pull with the news then, and I think they were able to keep it under wraps for awhile. I remember finally reading the details on the internet and practically choking, I went to church there a few times with friends! It just seemed insane! The fact that they never solved it was weird too. Oddly, at the same time as this and the zodiac, there was a serial rapist haunting the Berkeley campus. He was nicknamed "stinky the rapist" because he smelled so awful. My friends sister went there, and her classmate was a victim...
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@carasomebody6477 I'm certain she was right, he stalked a lot of people! Thank goodness she survived! I don't think anyone near that situation ever felt completely safe ever again, it just absolutely changed my perception of the world. In another, unrelated but weird crime, my husbands cousins were standing in a parade crowd in San Antonio during Fiesta week, in 1979, waiting for the parade to pass by. A strange, anxious man was fidgeting and mumbling next to them for a few minutes, then suddenly walked away. He was Ira Attebury, 64, who drove a van full of guns and ammo and rained gunfire down on the parade spectators...I will never forget cousin Erin telling us about this mass murderer walking half a block away and shooting children. He shot 57 people at least, and several died. She said his face was seared into her memory. I think all who are witness to true evil recognize and carry the stigmata of it all their lives. I think deep love marks with the same power as well, whether it's a balance of nature or not, I do not know, but I'm convinced it's a real thing.
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@nateroseman That's terrifying! It's weird how we sense when something is very wrong about someone, like ice on your spine, you just want to hide...or run.
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@addfrost6601 I heard that he was a suspect, but that it was never proved...
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@addfrost6601 That's great! I had never heard that, but I haven't lived in Palo Alto for 35 years either! I used to really feel horrible about that crime, it was only a mile or 2 from my house! Ugh, just remembering that is creepy. This a a closure of a sorts, I'm glad you let me know, thank you.
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@nateroseman Of course! I am sure I read it somewhere a long time ago, because it struck me as something very important to know! I know that there was a study done that found children remember test answers longer and more accurately if they are tied to a dramatic event or story that is scary. Just like you probably can remember every detail of some awful day in your life, or when someone told you a horror story. It has to be in person though. I remember every detail of the morning my elementary school blew up, due to a gas leak. I was only 6, and i can shut my eyes and see every detail, i can see what color the kitchen was painted then, what my parents were wearing, what the neighbors said, it's amazing. Think about it and you will be incredulous at the things you recall connected to frightening or tense situations!
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@nateroseman I think it's why we are so emotionally attached to certain memories...aren't bittersweet moments the ones that have you closing your eyes and remembering every detail? Usually because moments of intense feeling, even joyful, have anxiety attached. I think the first time people really fall in love is the scariest moment they ever experience. It is completely out of their control, they are no longer in charge of their own feelings and actions, realizing that someone else is at the wheel....its terrifying! I read once that people who have secret relationships often have the hardest time recovering from them when they end, because of the intensity of the experience is mostly fear based. This stuff fascinates me, I don't know why, but the older I get, the more i like to learn what drives most of us. The more i understand, the more i feel relaxed and compassionate about humanity, because most people are not trying to be assholes, they are usually just in some weird situation that is making them psycho! You realize that, and you stop taking anything personally. It's very calming, there is less to be angry about!
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@GokuSS400 I really like your comment! I do watch Criminal Minds, because my husband is fascinated by it, and the fact that the cases are based on real events. We've talked about the Zodiac killer many times, because the time before I realized his existence and afterwards was a complete rip in the fabric of my life. I know that I NEVER, ever felt safe again. Even though I was a kid, the fear and anxiety radiated by our teachers and parents became overwhelming as he struck again and again. There had been this 50s, "after the war" prosperity and self congratulatory kind of feeling until then, especially in Palo Alto, which at that time was a University town; everyone worked at the hospital or the schools. My dad worked in San Francisco as a banker. Their feeling of security became insecurity...it permeated everything....
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@addfrost6601 I'm so glad you wrote! I never looked into it, really, although I should have. I read somewhere that there is a group of people in Europe who solve very difficult crimes. I think they are from all different backgrounds, but get together and take on cases no one can solve. Have you heard of these people?
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