REVEALED: Netflix hired convicted stalker with prostitution charge as talking head for Zodiac killer murder documentary
Netflix hired a convicted stalker who was also accused of soliciting prostitution to serve as an expert on an upcoming docuseries about the Zodiac Killer.
Tom Voigt considers himself a leading expert on the serial killer who terrorized California in the late 1960s, having maintained a blog providing updates on the investigation for nearly three decades.
But his obsession with the case – and his own past criminal behavior – have come under scrutiny over the years.
Voigt proposed to his current wife Angie on December 20, 2018 on Lake Herman Road – the site of the first known Zodiac Killer deaths, 50 years to the day after the crimes were committed.
In total, the Zodiac Killer – whose identity has never been definitively revealed – targeted at least seven victims, five of whom died.
The three-part docuseries airs on October 23 and features interviews with people who knew Allen, along with Voigt (pictured) as the interview subject
Netflix has hired a convicted stalker to serve as an expert on an upcoming docuseries about the Zodiac Killer. Tom Voigt is depicted in the center
He taunted officers with letters sent to newspapers threatening to start mass killings. He claimed to have killed 37 victims.
Voigt, of Columbia City, Oregon, has been following the case for decades on his own blog, along with Reddit threads and social media forums.
DailyMail.com can reveal that Voigt was convicted in 2005 of four counts of stalking and violating Oregon’s anti-stalking protection order.
He was placed on community corrections probation and ordered to complete 160 hours of community service.
Additionally, in 1991, Voigt was charged with prostitution – a Class A misdemeanor involving solicitation of sexual services.
Voigt faced stalking charges in 2018 during a Reddit Q&A seminar about his work to unmask the Zodiac Killer.
Another user wrote: ‘Is he too busy stalking women to answer the questions or what’s going on…?’
Voigt responded, “I can multitask.”
Voigt proposed to his current wife Angie on December 20, 2018 on Lake Herman Road – the site of the first known Zodiac Killer deaths, 50 years to the day after the crimes were committed
DailyMail.com has obtained photos from a 2004 party near Lake Berryessa, during which Voigt (pictured) and a group of friends posed with merchandise commemorating the 35th anniversary of the death of a young couple at the location.
Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday were shot to death on Lake Herman Road on December 20, 1968
Another photo illustrates one of Voigt’s friends with a thong wrapped around his head. The thong features an image of Arthur Leigh Allen – one of the most likely suspects in the Zodiac Killings
Allen is the only suspect police have ever publicly named. He was a convicted sex offender who died of heart disease in 1992 at the age of 58
DailyMail.com asked Netflix for comment on his inclusion in the upcoming documentary and whether producers were aware of Voigt’s convictions.
They declined to comment.
Voigt has also come under fire for creating a line of merchandise that takes advantage of the Zodiac Killer and his victims.
DailyMail.com has obtained photos from a 2004 party near Lake Berryessa, where Voigt and a group of friends posed with merchandise commemorating the 35th anniversary of the death of a young couple at the location.
In one photo, Voigt held a mug with the image of victim Paul Stine. He wrote, “Ed and I are breaking in the new Stine gear, which features the likeness of Zodiac victim Paul Stine.”
Allen is also the subject of the upcoming Netflix documentary in question, This Is the Zodiac Speaking
In total, the Zodiac Killer – whose identity has never been definitively revealed – targeted at least seven victims, five of whom died.
With another, similar photo, Voigt wrote: ‘A toast and remembrance for the victims. We all had fun, but we never forgot why we were there.”
Another photo illustrates one of Voigt’s friends with a thong wrapped around his head. The thong features an image of Arthur Leigh Allen – one of the most likely suspects in the Zodiac Killings.
Allen is the only suspect police have ever publicly named. He was a convicted sex offender who died of heart disease in 1992 at the age of 58.
Allen is also the subject of the upcoming Netflix documentary in question, This Is the Zodiac Speaking.
The three-part docuseries will air on October 23 and will feature interviews with people who knew Allen.