Famous Zodiac 340 cipher finally solved after 51 years (opens in new tab)

Solution clear text:

I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING LOTS OF FUN IN TRYING TO CATCH ME THAT WASNT ME ON THE TV SHOW WHICH BRINGS UP A POINT ABOUT ME I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE GAS CHAMBER BECAUSE IT WILL SEND ME TO PARADICE ALL THE SOONER BECAUSE I NOW HAVE ENOUGH SLAVES TO WORK FOR ME WHERE EVERYONE ELSE HAS NOTHING WHEN THEY REACH PARADICE SO THEY ARE AFRAID OF DEATH I AM NOT AFRAID BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY NEW LIFE IS LIFE WILL BE AN EASY ONE IN PARADICE DEATH

This is such an awesome accomplishment for the team and a great demo for the AZdecrypt program used to help decipher the message.

http://www.zodiackillersite.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=3198

This puts to rest the Ted Cruz Zodiac Killer meme:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz–Zodiac_Killer_meme

Amazing work, and really shows how amateur cryptographers can contribute to detective work.

I especially like the software tools involved.

I wonder if this will get us any closer to the famous short cipher that was mentioned in the video