Posts by Steve Hodel
George Hodel Boy Genius Age 9 to Perform at LA Shrine Auditorium at Fall of Bastille Celebration – Boy Peacenik Poet Morphs to Become Genius Serial Killer
July 5, 2016 Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Evening Herald: July 14, 1917 …”This little French boy to is declared to be a genius along several lines. At the age of 9 he is in the seventh grade at school and has already written many poems. Recently his verses have been on the European war.…
Read MoreHappy 4th of July – A Little Star Spangled Banner History from the Smithsonian
July 4th Weekend, 2016 Los Angeles, California This photo of the Star Spangled Banner taken in 1914 Happy July 4th weekend to ALL. Wanted to share an interesting historical article from the Smithsonian Magazine on Francis Scott Key’s writing of the Star Spangled Banner and the making of the flag that was “still there.” “The…
Read MoreErik Rivenes MOST NOTORIOUS Podcast "Black Dahlia Avenger" Part I & Part II
June 2, 2016 Los Angeles, California Click below for the link to Parts I & II (one-hour each) to a recent podcast interview on Black Dahlia Avenger I did with crime historian and author, Erik Rivenes, host of Most Notorious. It was a pleasure talking with Erik who was well informed and a very professional…
Read MoreRosco and Felix Remembered – A Boxer Retrospective
Los Angeles, California June 2, 2016 (Reposts andUpdates from 2006- 2010 blogs) Q: In your author photographs I notice you have used ROSCO, a boxer dog, on the cover of your books. What’s his story? A: Rosco was an orphan. Shortly after birth he was adopted by a loving…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia/Zodiac Surrealist Serial Killer Uses Famed Modernist Artists Man Ray, Galka Scheyer and Edmund Teske as His Family Photographers
Los Angeles, California May 22, 2016 Hodel Family by Galka Scheyer taken Nov 7, 1943 (Rear Dr. George Hill Hodel age 36 and Duncan Hill Hodel age 15 Front/Left to Right, Steven, age 2, Kelvin age 1, and Michael age 4) Just three months after committing Los Angeles’ sadistic “White Gardenia Murder” (Victim Ora Murray,…
Read MoreOriginal Top LAPD, LASO and DA Investigators Then and Now Confirm that the "Black Dahlia Murder was Solved"
May 19, 2016 Los Angeles, California Basically, all of the original top law enforcement officers involved in the original 1947 investigation as well as the top brass from today all confirm independently and collectively that the Black Dahlia case was and is solved. All identify the same man, Dr. George Hill Hodel as her killer.…
Read MoreJosh Mankiewicz 2004 Court TV Clip with Joe Barrett wherein He Describes Disarming of Witness Waiting to Shoot Dr. Hodel for Killing Black Dahlia
Los Angeles, California May 15, 2016 Have received multiple requests for documentation on witness Joe Barrett’s original statements related to the fact that Lillian Lenorak knew Elizabeth Short and his direct involvement in disarming Lillian at the Sowden/Franklin House. Barrett found her in Dr. Hodel’s bedroom armed with Hodel’s rifle and waiting to shoot the…
Read MoreWhat’s In a Name? Walt Disney’s 1946 "Tar-Baby" Meets the Black Dahlia in La La Land
Los Angeles, California May 12, 2016 Click photo for full story Leave it to the cold hard double entendre of a 1940s Los Angeles psychopath to take the Zip out of Zipa-Dee-Doo Dah. Tar-Baby- n. A situation or problem from which it is virtually impossible to disentangle oneself. [After “Bre’r Rabbit…
Read MoreSBPD Officer Mary Unkefer 1943 Rescuer of Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short Removes New Victim from Hollywood Residence and Reports Dr. Hodel "Staged Suicide and Threats to Kill Witness" to DA Office
(Updated from 2007 blog) Q: Lillian Lenorak identified Elizabeth Short as being a girlfriend of your father’s and also as being at parties at the Franklin House. Could you explain George Hodel’s connection with the policewoman who wrote the letter to LAPD about your father. Yes. The policewoman, Mary Unkefer, was from Santa Barbara Police…
Read MoreKiyo Hodel, Laurel Canyon Astrologer to the Stars and the Black Dahlia Investigation
April 19, 2016 Los Angeles, California Kiyo Q: Is your ex-wife KIYO still alive? Do you think she knew about your father and Elizabeth Short? Why was Kiyo’s picture still in your father’s photo album with Elizabeth Short and other family members? No, Kiyo died from cancer, in 1978, some thirteen years after our divorce…
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