Posts by Steve Hodel
Author Correction to “The Early Years: Part I- Chapter 4 -Father Patrick Heslin: Second Note to Archbishop Hanna Not A Thoughtprint
Thanks to an astute reader and long-time “honorary Detective II”, Dr. Luigi Warren, I have a “For The Record” correction to make in The Early Years Part I, Chapter 4, as relates to the “Father Patrick Heslin murder.” What I initially interpreted as a George Hodel thoughtprint in a taunting letter sent to Archbishop Hanna…
Read MoreThe Early Years: The Further Serial Crimes of George Hill Hodel M.D. Parts I & II Now Available in Print and eBooks
November 18, 2021 Los Angeles, California Now Available in both Print and Ebook editions The just-published two book editions of “The Early Years” completes retired LAPD Detective III Steve Hodel’s investigations into the further serial killings of his father, Dr. George Hill Hodel, presenting a crime spree spanning some fifty years. (1921-1969) Click below to…
Read MoreNew Crime Linkage to George Hodel’s “Early Years” Crimes Begins to Funnel Back from Readers
November 13, 2021 Los Angeles Just as I anticipated, readers of The Early Years have begun to send back potential linkage and “thoughtprints” that I missed during my initial investigations into the almost two dozen suspected serial crimes from George Hodel’s 1920s and 1930s. Here’s the first return from my good friend, “LW”, Dr. Luigi…
Read MoreExcerpt from George Hill Hodel: “The Early Years” Part II Chapter 7: Cyphers and Sigils and Calligrams Oh My!- New Zodiac/Hodel Signage Link Discovered!
November 8, 2021 Los Angeles I thought I’d give my readers a little taste and a big “clew” to demonstrate how Dr. George Hill Hodel’s early years’ crimes tend to prove his future crimes and how his future crimes prove his past ones. The following is an extract from Chapter 7 of Part II: -The…
Read MoreTHE EARLY YEARS: The Further Serial Crimes of George Hill Hodel M.D. Available Now on Amazon
November 3, 2021 Los Angeles, California (Two Books- Part I and II) Dear Friends and Readers: After a twenty-two-year hiatus’ from my home in Bellingham, WA to investigate what would turn out to be my father’s serial crimes, I am about to move back to Bellingham. When I moved to LA (where I was born…
Read MoreGeorge Hodel’s Newly Discovered Handwritten Note Compared To Killer’s Lipstick Handwriting On 1947 Jeanne French Nude Body
October 29, 2021 Los Angeles In reviewing some books on my bookshelf that had been gather dust for over the past twenty years I came across the book, “On Listening” by UCLA Professor Carl Faber. I opened it and out fell a note from my father, Dr. George Hill Hodel. Apparently, I had loaned him…
Read MorePaul Avery, San Francisco Crime Reporter and the Important Role he Played in the Search For Zodiac: Reintroducing the Three Zodiac Composites
October 20, 2021 Los Angeles SKH Note: I am reintroducing some previously published facts from my earlier books/investigations as a reminder to readers in preparation for new/additional information that will be forthcoming in the about to publish “Early Years” 1920s/1930s on November 6. SFC reporter Avery played a key role for decades in his attempts…
Read MoreArtist/Illustrator Neal Adams 1974 Zodiac Book Cover Sketch Original Source Traced To SFPD Police Composite Drawing Update 2021
October 15, 2021 Los Angeles, California Update to “Zodiac Composites” blog original posted 2018 I am now reposting and updating a blog originally posted three years ago for those unfamiliar with the fact that THREE ZODIAC COMPOSITES exist all made from witness descriptions from the late 1960s and early 1970s. My reason for reposting this…
Read MoreTony Stewart “Truth Be Told” Live YouTube Interview with Author Steve Hodel on “Black Dahlia Investigation” Friday Oct.8, 2021 3 PM PST
October 4, 2021 Los Angeles, California Will be doing a live YouTube interview this coming Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 at 3 PM PST. On this new, live episode, Tony will be joined in studio by former police detective, author, and Black Dahlia Murder authority, Steve Hodel to discuss this infinitely intriguing case that has long…
Read MoreAuthor/Retired Dallas Police Officer Robert J. Sadler Discovers New “Most Dangerous Game” Clew- A Purloined Letter- Corroborating Zodiac Signage – “Z” Is For ZAROFF
October 3, 2021 Los Angeles, California Once again my readers have come through with a new “clew” corroborating and linking my father, Dr. George Hill Hodel to the infamous serial killer known as, “Zodiac.” (Though this time it wasn’t an “armchair detective” but a longtime friend and actual “been there, done that” police officer.) In…
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