On the Latest Claims Linking the Black Dahlia and Zodiac Murders

December 23, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington This article addresses the longstanding Black Dahlia Zodiac connection, examines whether the Zodiac Killer has been identified, and documents why the Black Dahlia case was solved decades ago through the LAPD Black Dahlia investigation. Recent media reports have renewed claims that the same individual committed both the 1947 murder…

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The George Hodel “Jane Doe” Photograph: Can a High-Confidence (95–99%) AI Match to Elizabeth Short Be Reasonably Excluded?

 December 17, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington The George Hodel Photograph: Can It Reasonably Be Excluded? For more than two decades, a single photograph from the private album of Dr. George Hill Hodel has generated intense debate. Critics have been quick to declare, often reflexively, that the woman depicted is “obviously not Elizabeth Short.” Others insist…

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Famed 1940s LA Times Artist and Staff Writer Unwittingly Immortalize Black Dahlia Crime Scene and Her Killer’s Childhood Residence Great Christmas present 2025

The  following blog was originally published in June, 2012, but anyone looking for a great Christmas present this year I highly recommend you find a copy of Nuestro Pueblo.  The book contains sketches of BOTH George Hodel Sr. and George Hill Hodel M.D. residences and gives an excellent overview of Los Angeles in the 1940s. …

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