Posts by Steve Hodel
A Timeline of Horror: The Reconstruction of the Abduction and Murder of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short on January 14-15, 1947
September 18, 2021 Los Angeles, California Here’s my latest blog and sadly and horrifically, it is the reason WHY victim Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short became one. of if not, THE most infamous whodunit in LA history. (Caution contains adult content and detailed crime scene descriptions.) Let’s do a review of the “timeline” of the final…
Read MoreExamining Fritz Lang’s Classic 1931 “Police Procedural” “M” and It’s Direct Links to Dr. George Hill Hodel As His Inspiration For His Later Serial Crimes as Chicago’s “Lipstick Killer,” “Black Dahlia Avenger,” and “Zodiac”
September 7, 2021 Los Angeles, California Directed by Fritz Lang U.S. release 1933 Over the years, in my series of books documenting my father’s crimes, I have frequently referenced the fact that he was “inspired by” and included as part of his real-life M.O. crime signatures taken from classic films. George Hodel was a true…
Read MoreThe 1962 SoCal Execution Murder of Cabdriver Ray Davis: Has Oceanside Historian Kristi Hawthorne Discovered A New “Zodiac” Victim?
August 28, 2021 Los Angeles, California “I do have to give them credit for stumbling across my riverside activity, but they are only finding the easy ones. There were a lot more down there. ZODIAC (1970 letter to L.A. Times) Kristi S. Hawthorne, President of the Oceanside Historical Society (seen below) is the first to…
Read MoreRiverside Police Department Breaks from Forty-Year-Old Northern Calif Task Force Zodiac Investigation: Believes Cheri Jo Bates “Not Connected”:
August 15, 2021 Los Angeles, California In a cryptic and rather startling Press Release, the Riverside Police Department Cold Case Unit has just announced they no longer consider the 1966 stabbing murder of a teenager, Cheri Jo Bates as “Zodiac related.” Riverside Police Press Release (In full) On October 31, 1966, 0545 hours, Joseph Bates…
Read MoreHusband-and-Wife Team of Daniel and Anne Vasquez Present In-Depth Examination of New Evidence in L.A.’s Black Dahlia Murder
August 12, 2021 Los Angeles, California Dynamic Duo Team of Daniel and Anne Vasquez Present In-Depth Interview Examining New Evidence in L.A.’s 1947 Black Dahlia Murder Investigation. (Below 7500-word article was originally published in The South Pasadenan Newspaper on Oct. 29, 2018.) Journalist Daniel Vasquez …
Read MoreJim Sulanowski’s “MURDER MOST FOUL-Solving the Black Dahlia Murder”
August 8, 2021 Los Angeles, California Here’s an hour interview I recently did with Jim Sulanowski for his podcast, MURDER MOST FOUL. The interview with Jim ran a little long and thanks to his editing skills he got it down to a “Just The Facts” talk. Great job of editing Jim! Enjoyed our time together.…
Read MoreZuni Rainbow Man- Some Mojo and A Mother/Son Eighty-One-Year-Old Synchronicity
August 4, 2021 Los Angeles The Rainbow Man – A Zuni Guardian Spirit The Rainbow Man Excerpts from a post by Claudia at Southwestersilvergallery.com on Nov. 19th, 2015: The Rainbow Man, also sometimes referred to as the Rainbow Dancer, is a sacred Zuni Indian guardian spirit identified with the life-giving summer rains and the colors…
Read MoreWashington Examiner Investigative Reporter Tori Richards Reports on New Alcala Teen Rape Victim
January 29, 2021 Los Angeles, California (Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Shorts Birthday) Reporter Tori Richards EXCLUSIVE: New victim of serial killer Rodney Alcala surfaces, teenager was beaten and raped by Tori Richards, Investigative Reporter, July 29, 2021 5:08 PM Click Here for Richard’s full article from today in the Washington Examiner. Back in February 2021,…
Read MoreToday Would Have Been Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short’s 97th Birthday
July 29, 2020 Los Angeles Today would have been Elizabeth Short’s 97th birthday. May she and all the “Lone Woman Murder Victims” REST IN PEACE. Elizabeth Short age 19 Santa Barbara, California (1943…
Read MoreBack from a Night of Noir as the Invited “Black Dahlia” Speaker at the Sunset Strip’s New Britely Social Club
July 28, 2021 Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip I am just back from an evening as the guest speaker on An Evening of Noir-The Black Dahlia at the very impressive and brand new Britely Social Club on the Sunset Strip. (The new building was erected on the grounds of the old “House of Blues” property, 8430…
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