Posts by Steve Hodel
LA Columnist Jack Smith and Myth Busting The False Claim that Reporter Bevo Means was The First to Name Victim Elizabeth Short, “THE BLACK DAHLIA.”
February 28, 2021 Los Angeles, California “Jack Smith writes like your father would write if he could, like your brother would write if he could, like your neighbor would write if he could. He is wise, he is witty, he is heartwarming. We need him, because he is us.” -Ray Bradbury Let’s set the record…
Read MoreABC News 10 Sacramento “Is The Black Dahlia Murderer and Zodiac Killer the Same Person?”
February 27, 2021 Los Angeles, California Madison Wade ABC News Anchor Sacramento Black Dahlia and Zodiac Same Person? (4 min video) Click Below to Play Madison Wade’s Facebook with further video commentary: Click Below for Madison’s Facebook Madison Wade Facebook commentary on Zodiac Artist Neal Adams 1974 composite drawing of Zodiac for cover of…
Read MoreLA District Attorney Investigator Walter Morgan Redux: His Role in the 1947 Black Dahlia Investigation
February 21, 2021 Los Angeles, California A recent query was made asking about LADA Investigator Walter Morgan’s role in the Black Dahlia investigation. Below is a PDF Post I did way back in September, 2007 “DA Investigator Walter Morgan, The Black Dahlia’s Last Coyote dies at 92.” I was fortunate enough to be able to…
Read MoreBEHIND THE BLACK DAHLIA: Host Alexandria Tan Interviews LAPD Detective III Steve Hodel (ret.) on Crime Investigation
February 20, 2021 Los Angeles, California Here is the eighteen minute interview review BEHIND THE BLACK DAHLIA I did with Pop Up Theatre host, Alexandria Tan. CLICK HERE Steve and George Hodel Host Alexandria Tan
Read MoreBritish Writer/Director Scott McQuaid’s Pop Up Theatre Presents “BEHIND THE DAHLIA” an Interview with Steve Hodel
February 16. 2021 Los Angeles, California Our friends “across the pond” will be presenting an interview I did with host Alexandria Tan as a follow-up to their November 2020 production of “Sherlock Holmes in The Black Dahlia.” It will be streaming on all platforms on 20TH FEB 2021. I will present a link when it…
Read MoreLos Angeles Cecil Hotel Four-Part Miniseries Mix and Serve Cocktail Adds More Myth and Lore To Black Dahlia Legend
February 14, 2021 Los Angeles, California Netflix’s Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel recently released four-part miniseries has decided to build on the “Black Dahlia” myth by suggesting that the infamous victim, Elizabeth Short, “may have also stayed at the Cecil Hotel before her mysterious disappearance back in January, 1947.” The miniseries primary…
Read MoreMike Di Stasio “The Hollywood Kid” Interviews Steve Hodel on the Black Dahlia Investigation from Elizabeth Short’s hometown of Medford, MA.
February 8, 2021 Los Angeles, California Here’s a one hour interview I did last year with Mike Di Stasio “The Hollywood Kid” who lives in and interviewed me from victim Elizabeth Short’s home town of Medford, Massachusetts. (Just recently saw it on YouTube. See link below.) Reel Talk with The Hollywood Kid- Mike Di…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS- New Victim Disclosure In Rodney Alcala Investigation: July 1968 Assault of Hollywood Teen Establishes Her As Earliest Known Victim
February 4, 2021 Los Angeles, California (58-years ago today I entered the LAPD Police Academy) BREAKING NEWS STORY! SERIAL KILLER RODNEY ALCALA’S FIRST KNOWN VICTIM, IN HER OWN WORDS “IN MY OWN WORDS” MORGAN ROWAN’S FIRST PUBLIC DISCLOSURE CHILINGLY DETAILS SERIAL KILLER RODNEY ALCALA’S BRUTAL ASSAULT AND RAPE OF HER WHEN SHE WAS JUST SIXTEEN…
Read MoreRemembering My Brother Mike Hodel Host of KPFK’s “HOUR 25”
February 2, 2021 Los Angeles, California Ground Hog Day I dearly miss my brother, Mike. I came across the below photograph taken by Steven Moore showing Mike interviewing Ray Bradbury on his late night show, “Mike Hodel’s Hour 25” back in 1982. Born and raised here, Mike was a true “Force for Good” in Los…
Read MoreEW columnist Maureen Lee Lenker examines Fact from Fiction in 1949 Actress Jean Spangler Murder
January 23, 2021 Los Angeles, California Here’s a link to a well-researched and well-written article by EW columnist, Maureen Lee Lenker updating the Jean Spangler murder investigation. Kudos to Ms. Lenker on her accurate and objective research that goes a long way in helping dispel the many MYTHS that were initially generated in the 1940s…
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