Posts by Steve Hodel
Historic Los Angeles Hall of Justice Renovated and Ready to Open — Historic Courthouse Tried Infamous Criminals: Bugsy Siegel, Charles Manson, George Hodel
October 5, 2014 Los Angeles Built in 1925 the Los Angeles Hall of Justice has been renovated and will reopen in just a few days. To name just a few of the historic events that occurred within its walls over the past 90-years. Bugsy Siegel…
Read MoreHistoric Hollywood Sowden House Former Home of Dr. George Hill Hodel and Black Dahlia Crime Scene Listed for Sale by Sotheby's for $4.875 Million
September 17, 2014 Los Angeles, California Below video interview with Sotheby’s listing real estate agent, Troy Gregory, appeared in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times Real Estate section. Asking price- $4.875 million. (Dr. George Hill Hodel purchased the home in 1945 for $38,000.) Click photo to view LAT interview Click to view Los…
Read More21st Century Biometric Facial Recognition Analysis of Black Dahlia Murder Photos Yields Surprising Results
Known photos of Elizabeth Short compared to Jane Doe Photo No. 2 in George Hodel album “Facial Recognition Software –an application that can be used to automatically identify or verify individuals from video frame or digital images. Some facial recognition software uses algorithms that analyze specific facial features, such as the relative position, size and…
Read MoreDorothy Huston Hodel – Script doctor for classic 1948 film – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
August 5, 2014 Los Angeles, California Below clips are from the “Lottery scene”in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with child actor Robert Blake trying to sell a ticket to Bogie. The dialogue in this scene was written by Dorothy Huston Hodel per the request of her former husband and the film’s director, John Huston. Humphrey…
Read More100 Seniors Attend Rancho Palos Verdes Black Dahlia Talk
Rancho Palos Verdes,California July 30, 2014 Clips from CBS nightly news 7.30.14 I gave an updated Black Dahlia talk to one-hundred Peninsula Seniors this morning at the Fred Hesse Community Center in Rancho Palos Verdes. In response to my query, it was determined that about one-third of the audience was actually living in the L.A.…
Read MoreElizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short's 90th Birthday
July 29, 2014 Los Angeles, California Today would have been Elizabeth Short’s 90th birthday. May she REST IN PEACE. Also, by pure HAPPENSTANCE today, Elizabeth’s birthday, is also the day I retired from LAPD some 28 years ago. And, by a double-happenstance, today is also the birthday of LAPD Sgt. Finis Brown, who…
Read MoreAuthor to Present Black Dahlia Talk to Peninsula Seniors Wed July 30, 2014 10:30 A.M. in Rancho Palos Verdes
PENINSULA SENIORS LECTURE GROUP, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA JULY 30, 2014 (WED) 10:30 A.M. Fred Hesse Community Park 29301 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes 90275 Free Public Lecture Open for All I will be presenting a PowerPoint Presentation covering my Black Dahlia investigation followed by a Q&A. Bulletin courtesy of the Peninsula Seniors For…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Avenger/Zodiac Thirty (30) Unique and Identical M.O. Crime Signatures- The Same Suspect?
Here are just three of the Thirty crime-signatures presented below: BD Avenger and Zodiac write to press promising– “There Will Be More” BD Avenger and Zodiac write to press- and sign letter, “a Friend” BD Avenger and Zodiac send in identical childish drawings of a knife dripping blood. (See PDF below with full list of…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Cadaver Dog Buster and Sgt. Paul Dostie Praised in "Just Labs Magazine" for Locating Several Hundred WWII MIA's on Tarawa
Los Angeles, California Buster, and his owner/handler, retired Mammoth Lakes Police Sgt. Paul Dostie appear in this months JUST LABS magazine (July/August 2014) in an outstanding feature article, “A ‘Tail’ of an Incredible Dog”, written by Donald K. Allen, MS, DVM. See the full…
Read MoreAre the Human Remains of One or More of the Three 1940s L.A. Lone Murder Victims Buried on the Hollywood Hillside Property Now Owned by Actress Laura Prepon?
Laura Prepon, Co-star of television series- Orange is the New Black U.S. Magazine Laura Prepon Los Angeles, California June 10, 2014 While I personally remain skeptical on “things that go bump in the night” and endorse science over ghost-hunting; nevertheless I recognize that a very large portion of the…
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