Posts by Steve Hodel
Press Release-Historic 70-Year-Old Black Dahlia “In Case of Death” Letter Written in 1949 by LAPD Undercover Informant Identifies “GH” (George Hodel) As Killer New Discovery Reveals George Hodel “Grilled” By LAPD as the Suspect in Three Separate LA Murders
December 2, 2018 Los Angeles, California Here is my original Press Release (October 29, 2018) describing the discovery of LAPD police informant W. Glenn Martin’s handwritten “Death Declaration” naming George Hodel as the killer of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short (1947) and further identifying him as the killer of L.A. Lone Woman Murder victim Louise Springer…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Avenger III Print Edition Now Available Online at Amazon
November 29, 2018 Los Angeles, California After nearly of month of SNAFU’s the November 1st publication of BDA III is now available in the print edition on at Amazon. My publisher Rare Bird Books had copies available to the public on the launch date of November 1st and made them available at my South Pasadena…
Read MoreSouth Pasadena Review Editor-Veteran Journalist/Son of Famous Father Interviews Veteran Homicide Detective/Son of Infamous Father
November 9, 2018 Los Angeles, California Here is a November 9, 2018 article “Black Dahlia Murder Comes Full-Circle at So Pas Library,” by South Pasadena Review Editor, Steve Whitmore. Steve met and interviewed me at the library. It was a first meet for both of us. Here’s an introductory link and personal bio written by Steve…
Read MoreUpdate on Police Informant W. Glenn Martin Letter – Los Angeles Times Article Suggests Letter Written on October 26, 1949 – Lucille Bowen in Martin Letter a New Murder Victim or Natural Death? – Judge for Yourself
November 2, 2018 Los Angeles, California I originally reported the LAPD police informant W. Glenn Martin Letter appeared to be written on October 25th (written over Oct 26) but I have located the article he referenced in the newspaper and it is apparently from the Los Angeles Times, dated October 26, 1949. Martin in his…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Avenger III: The New Evidence Well Received by Attendees to the South Pasadena Library Author Talk/PowerPoint
November 3, 2018 Los Angeles, California Thanks to all of the hardy souls that chose to battle Los Angeles afternoon/evening traffic to attend my PowerPoint Talk on Thursday at the South Pasadena Library. The talk hosted by the one and only Steve Fjelsted, Librarian extraordinaire! (Very cool guy who has become a good friend…
Read MoreBLACK DAHLIA MURDER- Breaking News New Evidence from 1949 Letter Written by LAPD Paid Informant Confirms Prime Suspect Dr. George Hill Hodel as Killer
October 29, 2018 Los Angeles, California The following major “Breaking News” article written by Daniel Vasquez and Anne Vasquez as a Special to the South Pasadenan has just posted online. Click on photo to link to full article. BLACK DAHLIA MURDER | Retired LAPD detective reveals new evidence pointing to prime suspect — his father EXCLUSIVE…
Read MoreAuthor Steve Hodel To Reveal Historic Black Dahlia Related "Breaking News" New Evidence At South Pasadena Library Talk- November 1, 2018 7:00 P.M.
Los October 24, 2018 Angeles, California Thanks to a most welcome invitation from my good friend and South Pasadena Librarian, STEVE FJELSTED, I will be presenting a PowerPoint Talk next week at the beautifully designed (1907) South Pasadena Library Community Room. See below poster for details. Hope to see you there. As indicated below, I…
Read MoreOn the Scent of Dahlia Noir: Givenchy Presents Perfume as "A Fatal Flower of Unreal and Imaginative Compositon for Mysterious and Fascinating Women."
October 23, 2018 Los Angeles, California Back in 2011 I wrote a short blog on the advertisement by Givenchy for their just-released perfume, Dahlia Noir. (Link Here) http://stevehodeloldsite.staging.authorbyteshosting.com/2011/09/givenchy_launches_new_black_da/ Below is a separate article that was written in 2012 which I had not previously seen. It was…
Read MoreOn the High Seas with "Baron Ernst Harringa" Crime Accomplice to George Hodel as told by then 11-year-old Gil Osgood
October 8, 2018 Los Angeles, California On Sunday Oct 7, 2018 I received the below Message from Gil Osgood, a retired computer programmer at the University of Oregon. It read: Message I was working today on a memoir about my sea voyage in 1952…
Read More1949 Article in NY Daily News Provides Additional Details and Testimony on George Hodel Incest Trial
September 30, 2018 Los Angeles, California Tamar’s mother, Dorothy Barbe testifies at 1949 trial. (This is the first time I’ve seen a photo of Tamar’s mother from that time period.) The caption above reads: “Beautiful 22-year-old Barbara Sherman, above, denies 14-year-old Tamar Hodel’s charges of Hollywood sex orgy, but admits intimacy…
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