Posts by Steve Hodel
BREAKING 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 MoreBreaking News- Black Dahlia Murder Secretly Solved by Internationally Renowned Detective in 1947
Los Angeles, California November 28, 2020 Much to my amazement I just received “Breaking News” that the infamous Elizabeth Short, “Black Dahlia” murder was originally solved in 1947, just weeks after its commission. The case was “cracked” by one of the world’s leading detectives who had been asked by LAPD brass to assist them in…
Read MoreAuthor Shout Out to Retired Dallas PD Detective and Fellow Writer Robert J. Sadler
October 30, 2020 Los Angeles, California Author and P.I. Robert J. Sadler and Friend (Photo by Bill Crump, also a friend who you will be hearing from and about in my yet to publish “The Early Years”) I wanted to take the time to publicly thank my good friend and fellow author, Robert J. Sadler,…
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