Posts by Steve Hodel
Black Dahlia/Most Evil II Author Talk Whittier Public Library Whittwood Branch, Thursday, October 20, 2016 6:30 PM
October 1, 2016 Los Angeles, California I will be giving a talk on my newest book, Most Evil II (Rare Bird Books 2015) along with a backgrounding and overview of my previous Black Dahlia Avenger investigation. Talk will be followed by a…
Read MoreHollywood Black Dahlia Sowden House Featured In Veranda Magazine: Back on the Market For 4.8M
Los Angeles, California October 9, 2016 Below article by journalist Brie Dyas, featuring the Sowden/Franklin appeared in Veranda Magazine’s October 7, 2016 edition. Peek Inside The “Mayan” Home Where Old Hollywood Loved To Party The unusual house also played a part in a real-life mystery. Sowden/Hodel Franklin House, 5121 Franklin…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Update: New Clue Further Links Dr. George Hill Hodel to 1947 Jeanne French "Red Lipstick" LA Lone Woman Murder
September 26, 2016 Los Angeles, California Yesterday I discovered a new “taunting clue” left by my father in his commission of the 1947 murder of former actress and aviatrix, Jeanne French. Though it was in plain sight all along and readily discoverable, I had simply missed it for the past fifteen years. Before revealing our…
Read MoreGeorge Hodel's 1925 Review of Ben Hecht's Fantazius Mallare Killing: Ben Hecht's 1947 Review of George Hodel's Black Dahlia Killing
September 13, 2016 Los Angeles, California “With almost animate pigments has Hecht painted this monstrous dream of Mallare’s, and with delicate and meticulous craftsmanship has he fashioned its cadaverous and perverse beauty.” George Hill Hodel Excerpt from 1925 “Fantasia Magazine” George Hodel review of “THE KINGDOM OF EVIL,” By Ben Hecht. (Pascal Covici, publisher 1925) “I know…
Read MoreChief William H. Parker: LAPD's Black and White Knight: A Fifty Year Restrospective
September 6, 2016 Los Angeles, California …Bosch had an idea what was coming. The fixer was here now. The investigation was about to go through the spin cycle where decisions and public pronouncements would be made based on what best served the department, not the truth.” From Angels Flight by Michael Connelly LAPD CHIEF WILLIAM…
Read MoreNewly Discovered 1979 Photo of Dr. George Hill Hodel Sans Mustache
August 27, 2016 Los Angeles George Hodel in March 1979 (age 71) seen here with his top INRA-ASIA Exec, Leo Murray in Hong Kong. Leo was also a helicopter pilot (seen here in his Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force uniform.) The occasion of this photo…
Read MoreSpell-Checking A Serial Killer: Reexamining LA's 1944 Georgette Bauerdorf "Bathtub Murder" Note Update 2016
Los Angeles, California August 13, 2016 THE BAUERDORF NOTE- Update 2016 Photograph of actual Note typed by Bauerdorf Killer (Red spots were placed on paper by killer to mimic blood. Analysis by LA Sheriff’s crime lab showed substance to be the medical antiseptic–IODINE.) In my original investigation of the 1940s Lone Woman Murders, I…
Read MoreDid George Hodel in His 1966 Zodiac Cheri Jo Bates "Confession Letter" Use the Term "Blue Eyed Brownett" Based on His Former Training as a Newspaper Crime Reporter?
August 7, 2016 Los Angeles, California Zodiac’s unique sounding description of his potential future victim to be a “Blue Eyed Brownett” is not so unique after all. The identical description has been found in several newspaper articles written by reporters across the nation in the Fifties and Sixties, and likely existed and was used much…
Read MoreSouth Pasadena Library Hosts Authors Burl Barer and Frank Girardot "A Taste for Murder" on Thursday, August 25, 2016
August 2, 2016 Los Angeles, California Frank Girardot Burl Barer The Library Community Room is located at 1115 El Centro Street. No tickets or reservations are necessary and refreshments will be served. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Autographed books will be available for purchase. An Author Night…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Myth No. 2 "The Missing Week" (Jan 9-14. 1947) Debunked – Victim Elizabeth Short sighted by twelve reliable witnesses six of whom knew and spoke to her during mythical "missing week"
July 16, 2016 Los Angeles Twelve individual witness sightings each day of “Missing Week” debunk Dahlia Myth. In my sequel, Black Dahlia Avenger II (Thoughtprint Press 2014) I present three major Black Dahlia Myths. They are: Myth No. 1- “It was a standalone murder.” Myth…
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