Archive for October 2023
An LAPD Old School Forty-Year-Old-Anecdote- My 1983 Promotional Party to Detective III at Hollywood Homicide Division
October 29, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington I came across some photographs from the long ago that made me smile in remembrance of a special night in my life. It was in the spring of 1983. My good friend, Russell Lee Kuster, the Detective III Supervisor at Hollywood Homicide and I were just about to go…
Read MoreDr. George Hill Hodel Documentation as “Camp Surgeon” at CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) (1936-1937) in New Mexico Just Two Years Before Hiring on with the L.A. County Health Department
October 26, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington For those that claim George Hodel never held a job as a surgeon in his doctoring years prior to joining the Los Angeles Health Department. Here is a copy of Dr. George Hodel’s 1942 Public Health Service application which documents his service as the sole surgeon at a Arizona…
Read MoreDebunking “Black Dahlia Theorists” Claims That Dr. George Hill Hodel “Had a Heart Condition So Severe That It Eliminated Him From Being Able to Commit Serial Murders”
October 23, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Recently several Black Dahlia “theorists” and longtime naysayers raised the issue of my father’s financial and health conditions in the mid-1940s. They claimed that Dr. George Hill Hodel “was in financial straights and was not wealthy” and refer readers to my posted UNRRA application to document he had a…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Avenger IV- Coming Soon!
October 19, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Go to stevehodel.com/contact
Read MoreHollywood Elite Attend Party At Los Angeles’ Most Infamous Torture Murder Crime Scene–The Sowden/Hodel House–Where Victim Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short was Murdered
October 14, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Party Night at the Sowden/Hodel House, 5121 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, California I have to wonder how many of the “Hollywood Elite” partygoers Thursday night were aware that they were standing on the killing ground (center courtyard) of Los Angeles’ most infamous torture-murder victim, Elizabeth Short, better known to the…
Read MoreCOMING SOON BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER IV by Steve Hodel
October 12, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Will be presenting Black Dahlia Avenger IV in early November, so “Stay Tuned.” COMING SOON!
Read MoreSlain LAPD Detective III Russell Kuster Remembered on 33rd Anniversary of His Murder
October 9, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Thirty-three years ago today, my friend and partner, Detective III Russell Lee Kuster, was slain in a restaurant shooting by a psychopath while off duty and having drinks at a Hungarian Restaurant on Barham Blvd in the Hollywood Hills. I was three years into retirement and living in Bellingham,…
Read MoreDARK HOUSE-HOUSE BEAUTIFUL PODCAST- PARTII The Sowden/Franklin House-Dr. George Hill Hodel
October 4, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Happy Birthday, brother Kelly! I just finished listening to Part II of Dark House-House Beautiful. The podcast focuses on the history of the Frank Lloyd Wright Jr. (Lloyd Wright), Sowden/George Hodel “Franklin House” at 5121 Franklin Ave. It provides the listeners with a sketchy overview/bio of my father, Dr.…
Read MoreDARK HOUSE-HOUSE BEAUTIFUL Explores the Sowden/Hodel Residence–Its History and Mystery Part II Wed Oct 4, 2023
October 2, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington I look forward to hearing what Dark House-House Beautiful will present us in just two days, this Wednesday, October 4th, as relates to my families former home, The Sowden/Franklin House, 5121 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood. The podcast will be Part II of their research. Part I explored the DTLA Biltmore…
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