For over 50 years, the Zodiac Killer has remained one of America’s greatest unsolved mysteries — but what if the clues weren’t only in the ciphers? What if the real story hides in the shadows of San Francisco’s occult underground?

In this GITN Strange Bite episode, we explore the eerie overlap between three dark figures who walked the same fog-soaked city during the same chaotic decade:

🔺 The Zodiac Killer — a phantom who weaponized fear
🔺 Anton LaVey — the Black Pope of the Church of Satan
🔺 Michael Aquino — a military intelligence officer turned occult philosopher

All three existed within a 20-mile radius during a time when San Francisco was boiling over with counterculture experiments, MK-Ultra operations, cult activity, symbolism, and mass psychological unrest.
Is this merely coincidence… or convergence?

This episode dives into:

• The rise of LaVey’s infamous Black House and occult theatrics
• Aquino’s shadowy role at the Presidio and the birth of the Temple of Set
• How Zodiac weaponized symbols, letters, and psychological terror
• San Francisco’s MK-Ultra safehouses and LSD mind-control experiments
• Why the late 60s created a perfect storm of paranoia, ritualism, and violence
• The eerie cultural “frequency” that all three men seemed to tap into

We’re not claiming a conspiracy.
We’re exploring an atmosphere — a psychological and cultural storm — that still haunts investigators, historians, and the Bay Area itself.

In San Francisco… mystery never dies.