Posts by Steve Hodel
CHAOS: The Manson Murders a Documentary by Academy AwardDirector Errol Morris Premiered on Netflix- Featured Prosecutor Steve Kay Interviews
March 8, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Last night I watched the Netflix premiere of Academy Award Winning Director Errol Morris’ new film on Charles Manson called CHAOS: The Manson Murders. It was great to see prosecutor Steve Kay who was featured prominently in the documentary. Truth be known, then DDA Stephen Kay did all the…
Read MoreA Heartfelt THANK YOU To My Many Readers and “Black Dahlia Avenger” Book Reviewers Through the Years
March 3, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington A heartfelt Thank You to all my readers and to those of you who have taken time to provide written book reviews of “Black Dahlia Avenger” through the years. This includes the dozen or more readers who have sent me their many insights and discoveries of “clues” and linkage…
Read MoreMattie “Madi” Comfort Art Exhibit Opens Feb22, 2025-July 1, 2025 at Whittier Museum-Film Actress, Jazz Singer, Artist, Prime Witness in 1947 Black Dahlia Murder
January 24, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington WHITTIER MUSEUM ART EXHIBITION “The Life and Art of Madi Comfort” -Jazz Singer, Model, Painter- Feb 22-July 1, 2025 THE WHITTIER HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM 6755 Newlin Avenue, Whittier, California 90601 Email: info@whittiermuseum.org Website: www.whittiermuseum.org Office Hours: Tues-Fri. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Madi Comfort (1923-2003) aside from being a film…
Read MoreDuncan Hill Hodel – A 97-Year-Follow-Up Identifying His Possible Actual Biological Father-Another Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma
February 23, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Four years ago I posted the following blog update revealing my DNA findings on the allegation raised (during a heated argument when we were married) by my ex-wife, KIYO that “Your not George Hodel’s son, your father was film director, Rowland Brown.” (See 2021 full blog HERE.) Bottom line…
Read MoreThe Noirest of the Noir: Actress Carol Foreman Makes Dahlia Murder Calendar For January 1947 and Becomes Post Murder Tenant at Dahlia Hodel Murder House
February 3, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington The graphic says it all. Well, not quite all. A real life anecdote: In 1948 or 49, actor Tim Holt was courting/dating Carol Foreman who was living/renting a room at our home. My younger brother Kelvin, who would have been six or seven years old, had a crush…
Read MoreCorrecting the Record: Dr. George Hodel’s Posing of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short’s Body on Degnan Ave as a Taunt and Crime Signature
January 23, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Over the past many years, I have presented how and why the posing of Elizabeth Short’s body on the vacant lot was another of Dr. George Hodel’s so-called “clews”. A subtle taunt and reference to his one year earlier, 1946 kidnap/murder and surgical bisection (also a “hemicorporectomy”) of little…
Read More78th Anniversary of the Murder of Elizabeth Short-Black Dahlia Avenger IV: The Murder Trial of Dr. George Hill Hodel as Presented by “The Quick and the Dead.”
January 14, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington First a word to my fellow Angelenos who are suffering through the worst fires in our city’s 244-year history. My thoughts are with all of you during this ongoing horrific disaster which is unlike anything that has come before us. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and…
Read MoreHAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 – Theory vs. Fact: The Demythification of the Source, Identification and Solving of the Black Dahlia Murder
Birch Bay, Washington January 1, 2025 (This 2024 photo looking across the harbor to Canada is by local Birch Bay photographer Clive Stevens) Greetings from Birch Bay and the NW corner of the United States. First, let me wish all my readers a HAPPY NEW YEAR and let’s all hit the ground running and make…
Read MoreDark City Podcast EP 27 MURDER: The Black Dahlia Beyond the Headlines-Part 3 An Interview with Steve Hodel
December 30, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington Here is a just-posted interview I did with Leah and April for their website DARK CITY PODCAST. This interview is Part 3, and I highly recommend you listen to Parts 1 and 2 of “The Black Dahlia Beyond the Headlines,” as these two journalists have done an outstanding job…
Read MoreA Definition of the Term “Thoughtprints” as Originally Defined in the Book “Black Dahlia Avenger” and Expanded on in Dr. Richard Walton’s Forensic Science Book, “Cold Case Homicides: Practical Investigative Techniques”..”
December 17, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington I received the following email and question today from a reader. (I deleted the person he referenced and the sender’s last name.) My response: Andrew B. I am aware of the person you referenced, and none of what he claims is true. The individual is a bitter, angry curmudgeon…
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