Posts by Steve Hodel
Another Black Dahlia Portrait at Harvard's Fogg Museum? Part II- Mystery Solved?- Lithograph Possibly Juliet "Julie" Man Ray
November 7, 2017 Los Angeles, California Thanks to the Eagle Eyes of my good friend, Robert “Dr. Watson” Sadler, retired Dallas 5-0 police officer, crime novelist, and all around good guy, our own mystery lithograph has possibly been identified– and it only took him two days! Based on this information the previously unnamed “Portrait” appears…
Read MoreAnother Black Dahlia Portrait? Harvard's Fogg Museum Displays Two Man Ray Artworks-George Hodel portrait and Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short Lookalike
November 5, 2017 Los Angeles, California Two original Man Ray artworks are currently on display at Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum. The first is a photograph taken by Man Ray of his good friend Dr. Hodel upon his return from China in September, 1946. Dr. Hodel is seen wearing his UNRRA (United Nations Relief and…
Read MoreNYT Book Review Finds New British Author's "Black Dahlia, Red Rose" Book "Salacious..and Less than Convincing," but Contains "Camera Ready Period Detail"
October 27, 2017 Los Angeles, California “For all its salacious content, Eatwell’s historical crime study is an expansive work that delves into the broader culture of postwar Los Angeles… Her zealous efforts to solve the case and name the killer are less than convincing, but her immersive style is filled with camera-ready period detail.” …
Read MoreThe Etymology of the Term "High Jingo" by Author Robert "Dr. Watson" Sadler Retired Dallas PD
October 21, 2017 Los Angeles, California One of my favorite newly discovered words of late has been the term, “High Jingo.” It was first introduced to me through the writings of one of my favorite mystery authors, Michael Connelley in several of his HARRY BOSCH novels. My good friend, Robert J. Sadler, also an accomplished…
Read MoreSowden House Publicity LA Weekly "Most Haunted" Featured Today Coincidentally (?) on George Hodel's 110th Birthday New Owners Give a 3D Tour
October 10, 2017 Los Angeles, California (Today would have been Dr. George Hill Hodel’s 110th Birthday) Click to LA WEEKLY article, “Most Haunted House John Sowden House” by Jason McGahan here. New Owners have removed heavy landscaping and opened up the front street view of…
Read MoreChild Musical Prodigy George Hodel Performs at LA Egan/Little Theater in 1914 at age 6–DTLA Map Showing Locations He Practiced Music, Medicine and Murder
October 9, 2017 Los Angeles, California “George Hodel only 6 years old, proved one of the favorites of the recital. He is, small, but possessed of phenomenal talent as a pianist.” Los Angeles Daily Times…
Read MoreFauna Hodel Dies at age 66-May She Rest In Peace
September 30, 2017 Los Angeles, California Fauna Hodel August 1, 1951 – September 30, 2017 I just received this posting a few hours ago, announcing the death of my niece, Fauna Hodel, who passed away at her home under hospice care at age 66. Fauna had been fighting cancer for over a year, and it…
Read MoreInternational Assn of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts 5-Day Conference Opens with Keynote Speaker "Black Dahlia 2017" Presentation- LASD, LAPD and San Diego Sheriffs Host Event
September 26, 2017 Redondo Beach, California Steve Hodel invited as Keynote speaker to open the conference with “Black Dahlia and LA Lone Woman Murders” PowerPoint presentation to international blood pattern experts. Criminalists attended annual IABPA conference in Redondo Beach, California from as far away as Australia, Philippines, and Europe. In February 2017, I…
Read MoreThe Black Dahlia Leslie Dillon/Dr. Paul De River Fiasco– A Week of LAPD Fubar* (Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition)
September 24, 2017 Los Angeles, California According to a few inquiries from my readers, I am informed that a new Black Dahlia book reportedly to be published on October 10, 2017 (George Hodel’s Birthday) is claiming “a new solution to the Black Dahlia Murder.” The U.K. press has indicated that a British author is claiming…
Read MoreGeorge Hodel Funeral Instructions Inspired/Plagiarized from His Hero, the Marquis de Sade: Hodel Ashes Cast at Sea on Sade's Birthday, 2, June 1999- A Burial Day Letter to June
September 19, 2017 Los Angeles, California “Finally, I absolutely forbid that my body be opened upon any pretext whatsoever. I would have it laid to rest, without ceremony of any kind.” Marquis de Sade “I do not wish to have funeral services of any kind. There is to be no meeting or speeches or music…
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