Voices from the Past: LAPD, LASD, LADA High Command “Black Dahlia Case Solved”
May 14, 2025
Birch Bay, Washington
I am republishing this short five-minute video from 2019 as a reminder that Steve Hodel is not claiming he solved the Black Dahlia Murder.
What I have and am claiming is that both the LAPD and LADA solved the crime back in 1950 and what I have done is discover their coverup.
Here, again, is what the top law enforcement brass and DA investigators had to say, confirming the case was solved. Solved means they identified the
killer. The case was SOLVED just not CLEARED. As you read the original officers’ quotes on solving/identifying the killer, remember they are all independent of each other. Made at separate times, to separate individuals, over decades and “in confidence.” All are identifying the same
killer–Dr. George Hill Hodel.
June 30, 2019
Los Angeles
Greetings from Los Angeles.
Here’s a five-minute video on my earlier posted “Special Report” for those that want a briefed down version containing just the “Case Solved” statements from the LAPD, LADA, and LASD “high command.” For those that want the full monty version (27 pages viewable online or downloadable) with all officers statements and linkage – click on below bolded link.
Special Report: Black Dahlia “Voices from the Past”: Top City and County Law Enforcement Officers Declare “Case Solved”: LAPD Denies Request for DNA Testing, “Too Busy with Current Cases”
Five-minute condensed version click below.
Hi Steve hope you’re doing well. I’m brand new to this story (just binge-listened to the root of evil podcast. Twice…) Then found your blog and have researched the incredible correlations between Man Ray works and the crime scene photos online. Your evidence is overwhelming. . But here’s my question: So, maniacal killers rarely just quit. Have you ever looked into similar bizarre murders overseas and tried to correlate them with when/where your father was at the same time? I just saw the Lalu case, but surely there would be more when he was there for forty plus years. And if there were, I wonder if there were similar clues that he left (like the street name theme that he used in the US). If there weren’t, why did he stop? Just got older and less capable of doing it? You may have already covered this somewhere, if you have, my apologies, again I am brand new to this case, and haven’t read your books yet. Thank you so much
Hi Bryan: Thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated. Yes, I suspect there were very many more crimes in Manila area and throughout Asia during his four decades overseas, but unfortunately, doubt any real investigations occurred in most of those countries during the 50s and 60s. Sadly, a “just another dead whore in an alley” mentality. Add to that the political and police corruption and most would have been ignored. Of course, we do have his crimes in SF Bay area and Riverside in the late Sixties. I suspect the 1969 Paul Stine cab murder was his last? Possibly because that was when he met and began living with June and she would have been a “modifying influence”. Could be more after, but ??? As far as my books. See the below suggested reading order which will bring you up to date so to speak. Best Regards, Steve
https://stevehodel.com/author-books-suggested-reading-order/
Don’t mean to pepper you with questions but one more…. is there a database somewhere that lists particulars in a crime? As in, details like the cross stitched cutting (which is what convinced me when I compared it w/ man ray’s work. Honestly, I thought it was just an interesting podcast and I was pretty ambivalent until I dug up his surrealist artwork online) Or the surgical techniques like the excision of body parts, or the cutting bodies apart at the same lumbar level? It seems like if there was some sort of international database that cross referenced the details of a particularly gruesome murder, maybe that’s a way to find him before he does more hurt?
Bryan W: You really need to read all the books to see how the many surrealist acts as “Murder as a Fine Art” come together. Now more than twenty separate links. No, no known “international data banks” that I am aware of that would link the crime signatures. Unless things have changed radically from my day, we can’t even get adjacent police/sheriff departments to interact with each other and share information.
I’m still wondering if there is anything connected from his time in Hawaii. You haven’t uncovered anything yet have you?
Angela L:
No, nothing found to date. Be surprising not to find a crime there during his multiple years spent on the island prior to moving on the the Philippines, but so far NADA.
Best,
Steve
I wonder if there was a traumatic event from you father’s childhood that lead to his violent behavior in later life. He could have used his brilliant mind for so much good what happened?
Linda G: Yes, there were multiple “triggers” that came together to make a perfect storm in his youth.
I examine many of them in my writings. To name a few: probable incest from his mother or other close family member, peer rejection due to his high-intelligence with classmates viewing him as “an odd duck”; rejection from an older woman as a teen who gave birth to his child, probable congenital insanity, and on and on.
Steve, I am just seeing this comment from 2019 now and realizing this is the first time I have seen a statement where you acknowledge the probable incest committed by GHH’s mother….that would be your grandmother ……..a very difficult realization for any grandson to acknowledge! Add to that the rejection later when GHH as a young man is rejected by another older woman he falls in love with! Overwhelming abuse befell a trusting youngster and later as a brilliant student rejected by peers! Does it excuse the murders he committed? Of course not! It does though illuminate the need for investigation, legal, medical and educational remediation that must be administered to all involved in GHH’s crimes! Your father’s murders, Steve, and the number of years they were committed worldwide must be acknowledged as the terrifying, brutal acts they are! I am sure there are so many loved ones & friends urging you to “let go” of this burden and live your life……but I share your feelings of “just can’t do it”! You have done so so much, Steve…….many people realize it so do take pride in your accomplishments👍!! Who knows the glories that await on the “great beyond”! Hopefully one day we can share a happy hour cocktail with Chardonnay & Johny Walker Black!! Stay well, Steve, stay safe! 😎🌵