Posts by Steve Hodel
Author/Investigator Steve Hodel announces the Pending Publication of a New Murder Investigation “Case Solved” Embargoed New Launch Date August 27 2019
July 29, 2019 Los Angeles, California New book will be delayed five days and now expected to publish on 27 August 2019. Above is a little peek on what’s “under wraps.” 28 days and counting.
Read MoreElizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short and Primary Detective Assigned to Solve Her Murder Share Birthday- July 29th
July 29, 2019 Los Angeles, California (Updated from original 2015 post) Today is the shared birthday of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short and the lead investigator in her kidnap/torture murder, Detective Finis Brown. In an ironic twist of fate both the murder victim and the…
Read MoreLos Angeles Times Publishes Major Retrospective for 50th Anniversary of Manson Murders: Interviews DA Steve Kay, and Veteran Journalists Sandi Gibbons and Linda Deutsch-Three LA Heroes
July 28, 2019 Los Angeles, California LOS ANGELES TIMES 50TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE MANSON 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE JULY 28 19 (click here for full article) LADA Head DDA Steve Kay, AP reporter Linda Deutsch and City News reporter/DA Spokesperson Sandi Gibbons all three who have “been there/done that” provide their personal insights and reflections on the…
Read MoreAuthor/Investigator Steve Hodel announces the Pending Publication of a New Murder Investigation “Case Solved” Embargoed Until August 22 2019
July 24, 2019 Los Angeles, California 104’F (ouch!) I will be publishing my solution to a yet unrevealed murder investigation with a tentative launch date of AUGUST 22, 2019. (Yep, a Virgo this time.) It is a —-ty-year-old infamous Cold Case murder that has remained unsolved for decades.
Read MoreThe Sixties-Remembering Laurel Canyon- Kiyo, Neil Young, John Densmore and a Twilight Zone Zodiac Synchronicity
July 17, 2019 Los Angeles Yesterday, I was doing some research and chanced upon an excellent article, “Laurel Canyon is where the new Hollywood lives.” The article (full text as PDF) was written by journalist Nathaniel Freedland, and appeared in the Toronto Daily Star, on, Oct. 11, 1969. Here is an excerpt from the article, referencing…
Read MoreSpecial Report: Black Dahlia “Voices from the Past”: Top City and County Law Enforcement Officers Declare “Case Solved”: LAPD Denies Request for DNA Testing, “Too Busy with Current Cases”
June 21, 2019 Los Angeles, California Greetings from Los Angeles and welcome to the first day of summer! Please click below for my audio INTRODUCTION (five minutes) to this Special Report before proceeding, or alternatively click on readable text. (I have also included the full “Case Closed-Special Report” as a downloadable PDF containing full twenty-seven…
Read MoreHappy Father’s Day to All Dad’s and Their Sons and Daughters the World Round
June 16, 2019 Los Angeles, California
Read MoreGrandfather George Hodel Sr. Calendar Book Finds Its Way Back Home After Eighty-Four Year’s “On The Road”
June 9, 2019 Los Angeles It was pure serendipity. A few months back I was attending a talk at one of my favorite venues, the South Pasadena Library Community Center. After the talk, my good friend and South Pasadena Librarian, Steve Feljsted approached and introduced me to fellow lecture attendees, Craig and Patricia Graham, who…
Read MoreTAMAR HODEL: In Her Own Words: Relates Details of the Pregnacy, Birth and Adoption of Her First Daughter, Fauna Hodel
June 7, 2019 Los Angeles ( Below portion excerpted verbatim as typed and presented from a lengthy original email written to me by my sister on 1/13/2004 and published in author’s Black Dahlia Avenger III (Rare Bird Books 2018) Chapter 6 Tamar Nais Hodel 1935-2015) Tamar 1/13/04 … Life as I knew it… totally shattered.…
Read MoreFact Checking Newsweek Article “True Story Behind ‘Root of Evil’ Podcast, Black Dahlia Murder and Fauna Hodel- Who Is George Hodel?”
June 4, 2019 Los Angeles, California The following NEWSWEEK article, “True Story Behind ‘Root of Evil’ Podcast, Black Dahlia Murder and Fauna Hodel”- Who Is George Hodel?” by Culture Writer, Kelly Wynne was published this morning. (I have added the real Hodel family names to the characters portrayed in the above publicity photo. India Eisley portrays my niece,…
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