Part of the reason why the ‘Zebra Killers’ aren’t so we’ll known in California crime lore of the mid-1970s is because they were overshadowed by other high profile criminal sagas of the time: The Zodiac Killer, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the ongoing Manson Family lunacy, and so on.
I can tell you from personal experience that growing up as a kid in California during that time period taught me at an early age that counterculture freaks and weirdos were grown-ups to despise.
But 14 black-on-white racist murders, and 7 attempted murders, over a three year period, which went almost unreported in the national news, was astounding, too.
I knew this POS Simon, when I was at CSP Solano, Vacaville. He was a real POS, although I have to admit, he always showed me respect. I did not grow up in California, so I did not even know about the Zebra killings, till my partner explained it to me. Their idea was to kill white women so they could not reproduce.
I, too, grew up in the Bay Area when this all went down...
Also lived in San Diego when the Night Stalker was at large...
Always felt paranoid and helpless...
Until I shook off the anti-gun mentality..
I now fell empowered and safe...
Concealed carry = peace of mind