Posts by Steve Hodel
The Medusa Touch- Acing it with Tamar Hodel and Things That Go Bump in the Night-Synchronicities
May 1, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington “It’s May, it’s May, the lusty month of May. Where everythings…” (Camelot) The Medusa Touch I received the below ‘comment’ from my good friend and fellow sleuth, Dr. Luigi Warren just a few days ago. As a result, and having a life-long crush on Lee Remick (those eyes) and…
Read More“Tree of Life-Shangri-LA 1948”- Dorothy Bowman 75-Years Later Past and Present Reunited Through Internationally Recognized Artist’s Vintage Serigraph
April 28, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington The below photograph was taken “inside the palace walls” at our Sowden/Franklin House in 1948. (Unknown photographer possibly tenant and later star/DA informant, Joe Barrett.) It was sent to me by artist/tenant Chris Dawn (“C.D.” in the photo, lower left) who was a friend/roommate of Barret’s at the home…
Read MoreThe California DOJ Meeting/Briefing with Author on Dr. George Hill Hodel as Zodiac- DoJ Handwriting Expert Analysis Opines, “Cannot Exclude George Hodel as Zodiac”-Dr. Hodel’s Full DNA Profile Made Public for Law Enforcement
April 21, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington The following pages (304-308) are an excerpt from my fourth book, Most Evil II: Presenting the Follow-up Investigation and Decryption of the 1970 Zodiac Cipher in Which the San Francisco Serial Killer Reveals His True Identity (Rare Bird Books 2015). The section is entitled, “California DOJ (Department of Justice)…
Read MoreLos Angeles District Attorney Lt. Frank Jemison’s 1950 Black Dahlia Investigation Transcribed Interview of Dorothy Huston Hodel At Santa Monica Pier Residence
April 15, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Happy Birthday, Mother! BACKGROUND ON 146-PAGE 6 WEEK (2/15-3/27 1950) BUGGING TAPES OF HODEL RESIDENCE BY DA’S OFFICE Naysayers of my investigation will tell you, “Dr. Hodel’s residence was staked out just because he was one of the many doctor’s they were routinely checking out and because of his…
Read MoreLos Angeles News Reporter and LADA Spokesperson Sandi Gibbon-A Remarkable Woman-A Remarkable Career
April 16, 2016 Birch Bay, Washington Happy Birthday to my son, Matthew! Robert F. Kennedy’s speech at the Ambassador Hotel, moments before he was fatally shot. Sandi Gibbons is the woman in the white dress at the bottom right of the photo. On June 5, 1968, Sandi Gibbons was working as a news reporter for…
Read More2003 LAPD “Black Dahlia” Briefing – Attending Cold Case Detectives Remain Frigid- Head Deputy DA and Chief of Detectives say, “It’s Solved!”
April 11, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Background A decade prior to my father’s death, after retiring from Hollywood Homicide, in 1986, I obtained my California State Private Investigators license and began conducting criminal defense investigations in Los Angeles. After three years I then moved my family (wife and two young sons) to Bellingham, Washington in…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Interview with “Truth Be Told” Host Tony Sweet
April 4, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Here is a live interview I did in the studio with Tony Sweet for his show, “Truth Be Told” about 18 months ago. I think the in-person nature always adds a little more oomph and energy to the final product than say a “Zoom” talk. This interview runs about…
Read MoreThe Sowden/Hodel Franklin House History Link-Some Historical Corrections and a Virtual Tour
March 22, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington BEFORE 2001 RENOVATION 1969 photos show the “Before” taken twenty years after George Hodel sold the residence in 1950. As pictured in the above photographs had been vacant/unoccupied since that date. Developer Xorin Balbes bought home in 2001 for 1.2 million and spent another 1.6 million in restoring the…
Read MoreA Daytime Review of the 2019 Hodel Docuseries, “I Am The Night”
March 17, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Top of the mornin’ to all. I AM THE NIGHT– A Review in Daylight I have deliberately avoided watching the miniseries I Am The Night for the past four years, knowing a “fictional version” about my family and the Black Dahlia investigation would only get…
Read MoreAuthor/Poet Jean Barrett Holloway Publishes Her Newest Book, KWAJALEIN ISLAND: How My Family Came to Live There and How the Big Bombs Came to Blow
March 14, 2023 Birch Bay,Washington I just received word that my friend, poet/author Jean Barrett Holloway has published her new book, KWAJALEIN ISLAND: How My Family Came to Live There and How the Big Bombs Came to Blow. Jean Barrett Holloway I was fortunate to get to read a pre-published proof sometime back and…
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