Posts by Steve Hodel
Los 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 MoreA Blast to the Past: Some Stephen Stills stills and Laurel Canyon Lore
January 21, 2021 Los Angeles, California Received an email from a reader today who was complimentary of my past publications and ongoing investigation and regular “updates” and he also provided a Twitter link to some interesting photographs that were a real “blast to the past” for me. Big Thank You to JONATHAN SHULMAN for forwarding…
Read MoreA Holland “Passerby” Captures Photographs of “Black Dahlia” Mannequin Posed on Vacant Lot in South Amsterdam
January 18, 2021 Los Angeles, California On January 15, 2021 I received the below email from Jelle Haversmans, an artist/writer living in Amsterdam, Holland. Hi! Today, on the 15th of January – which is, as you know, the same date as when Elizabeth Short’s (The Black Dahlia) body was found, a Dutch woman from Amsterdam…
Read MoreDiscoverNet’s Reporter Albert Whitwood Takes a Look at “What’s Come Out” Over Past Two Decades on “Black Dahlia” Evidence on 74th Anniversary of LA’s Most Infamous Murder
January 15, 2021 Los Angeles, California 74th Anniversary of Elizabeth Short-“Black Dahlia” Murder KUDOS to DiscoverNet’s journalist/reporter ALBERT WHITWOOD for his January 12, 2021, published article, “What’s Come Out About The Black Dahlia”. (I recommend reading his piece at the above link before proceeding.) CLICK HERE. The article, published to recognize the January 15th, 74th…
Read MoreJames Valks and Luigi Warren Use Recent Zodiac 340 Cryptogram Solution To Sleuth Out Potential Anagram Linkage of Dr. George Hodel to Separate Zodiac Ciphers
January 3, 2021 Los Angeles, California I am the first to admit that in the world of ciphers and cryptograms at a first look my mind immediately blurs and fades to black. Clearly, I got zero of my father’s genes when it comes to the world of codes and mathematics. Fortunately, many of my readers…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Tapes: Poet Kenneth Rexroth/George Hodel in Conversation and Beyond Baroque Video Rexroth “Signature Beyond All Things” 100th Year Ode to Rexroth
December 21. 2020 Los Angeles, California Happy Winter Solstice! I just had the great pleasure of watching Beyond Baroque’s 83-minute video “The Signature of All Things: A passionate ode to the artist Kenneth Rexroth.” (It live streams free through the end of December 2020, do try to watch it.) Or, if in the holiday gift mode,…
Read MoreZodiac ‘340 Cipher” Cracked by International Three Man Team of Code Breakers
December 11, 2020 Los Angeles, California Huge Kudos to the civilian team of code-breakers that have cracked the Zodiac 340 cryptogram. Truly, an international accomplishment. David Oranchank, VA, USA Sam Blake, Australia Jarl Van Eykcke, Belgium Zodiac 340 Cipher mailed 1969 Text of the 340 Cipher The solution to the 340 cipher,…
Read More