Archive for March 2023
The Sowden/Hodel Franklin House History Link-Some Historical Corrections and a Virtual Tour
March 22, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington BEFORE 2001 RENOVATION 1969 photos show the “Before” taken twenty years after George Hodel sold the residence in 1950. As pictured in the above photographs had been vacant/unoccupied since that date. Developer Xorin Balbes bought home in 2001 for 1.2 million and spent another 1.6 million in restoring the…
Read MoreA Daytime Review of the 2019 Hodel Docuseries, “I Am The Night”
March 17, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Top of the mornin’ to all. I AM THE NIGHT– A Review in Daylight I have deliberately avoided watching the miniseries I Am The Night for the past four years, knowing a “fictional version” about my family and the Black Dahlia investigation would only get…
Read MoreAuthor/Poet Jean Barrett Holloway Publishes Her Newest Book, KWAJALEIN ISLAND: How My Family Came to Live There and How the Big Bombs Came to Blow
March 14, 2023 Birch Bay,Washington I just received word that my friend, poet/author Jean Barrett Holloway has published her new book, KWAJALEIN ISLAND: How My Family Came to Live There and How the Big Bombs Came to Blow. Jean Barrett Holloway I was fortunate to get to read a pre-published proof sometime back and…
Read MoreAmazon Prime’s New Hit Series, “Daisy Jones & the Six” Actors Filmed at 1970s Los Angeles Most Historic Landmarks Which Included the George Hodel/Sowden Franklin House–the Actual 1947 Black Dahlia Crime Scene
March 10, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Amazon Prime Video’s new hit show, “Daisy Jones & the Six” is featured in today’s Variety Magazine shown being filmed at Los Angeles’ Historic Landmarks which include: The Whisky a Go Go, Filthy McNasty, The Troubadour, Chateau Marmont and…wait for it, wait for it, yes the Sowden/Franklin House.…
Read MoreSad, Sad, Sade-The Surrealists “Divine Marquis” and Publication of his Writings in 1904 “The 120 Days of Sodom or the School of Libertinage” was the Probable “Inspiration” for Many of Dr. George Hill Hodel’s Serial Murders
March 3, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington As previously referenced in my writings, it is my belief that my father, Dr. George Hill Hodel drew his “inspiration” for his serial crimes from many sources; art, literature, and films. In drama critic, Ted Le Berthon’s 1925 article (reproduced in full below) he names George’s favorite authors/poets: …Of…
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