Posts by Steve Hodel
Los Feliz Improvement Association Hosts Black Dahlia Lecture at Griffith Park's Gene Autrey National Museum
Had a great time at last night at the beautiful Autry Museum. Approximately 150 attended the Los Feliz Improvement Association’s annual membership meeting at Griffth Park’s Autrey National Center in Griffith Park. . The program opened with LFIA honoring the John Marshall High School Academic Decathlon Team for their outstanding achievements.…
Read MoreMurray Rose- Remembering the Man
Murray Rose – Remembering the Man Two minute news video obit “The mark of a great champion is not just how fast they swim in the pool, but it’s how they handle everything else in their life. “ Murray Rose Murray and I were close friends for the…
Read MoreBLACK DAHLIA AVENGER II – SIX-YEAR INVESTIGATIVE FOLLOW-UP PUBLISHES MARCH 22, 2012
BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER II 2012 ALL NEW SIX-YEAR INVESTIGATIVE FOLLOW-UP [2006-2011] 590-pages of New Investigation 300-photographs and crime exhibits 146-page UNABRIDGED 1950 LADA Hodel-Black Dahlia Bugging Transcripts INTRODUCTION BDA II.pdf Also includes the unabridged, 146-page 1950 DA HODEL- BLACK DAHLIA TRANSCRIPTS LIST PRICE $28.95 For 30% discount use Coupon No. 93YYJGUS AT CHECKOUT…
Read MoreJUSTICE DENIED- William Heirens Dies in Prison While Serving 66th Year for Crimes HE DID NOT COMMIT
Falsely accused of being Chicago’s 1945 “Lipstick Murderer” 17-year-old Heirens Booking 1946 Heirens at Dixon Correctional Facility 2003 William Heirens, Prisoner C-06103 is dead at age 83- A friend called me this morning to inform me of the sad news. William Heirens, branded in 1946 by the Chicago…
Read More1969 Zodiac Letter Mailed To San Francisco Examiner Newspaper- Is It Genuine? Does It Contain Zodiac's DNA?- UPDATE 2012- MORE SIGNATURE LINKS
I originally published the below blog in September, 2010. I am republishing it now with important updated information, which I believe adds great weight to my original premise that the 1947 Black Dahlia and 1968-9 Zodiac crimes are SIGNATURE LINKED. Two-page Zodiac Letter Mailed to newspaper on Dec 16, 1969 Filed and Forgotten for…
Read More1946 Dr. George Hill Hodel Portrait by Man Ray Gifted to Harvard's Fogg Art Museum
(Below information originally reported by me in my FAQ 45) A signed/original Man Ray portrait photograph of Dr. George Hodel, taken more than sixty-years ago, has recently been identified. (May 2007) The Hodel photograph, a Gelatin silver print measuring 35.4cm x 27.3 cm, a gift from Susan and Neal Yanofsky, was originally…
Read More65th Anniversary of Elizabeth Short "Black Dahlia" Murder- Last Living Photo
LAST LIVING PHOTOGRAPH- OCT 1946 Today marks the sixty-fifth anniversary of the murder of Elizabeth Short. Above is one of a series of last known photos taken of Elizabeth Short prior to her murder. Elizabeth is seen sitting on the steps off John Marshall High School,in Hollywood. Photo was taken in October, 1946.…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Internet Radio Discussion SAT JAN 21, 2012 8PM PST
This coming Saturday night, January 21st 2012,* at 8pm PST I will be doing a Black Dahlia related podcast interview on STRANGE FREQUENCIES RADIO. The show will be hosted by Jason Korbus and Bobby Nelson. Hopefully, between the three of us, we can make it both interesting and informative. See you there. Steve Hodel Here’s…
Read MoreThe Englewood Four Are Exonerated After Serving 17 Years- Court Confirms Teenagers Wrongfully Convicted Based on "False Confession
Chicago, Illinois January 17, 2012 “The Innocence project is calling on Cook County to conduct a review of all cases involving juvenile confessions.” Let’s hope that this will include a review of William Heiren’s 1946 false confession as a teenager for three “Lipstick Murders” crimes that he falsely confessed to to save himself…
Read MoreGeorge Hodel "Parable of the Sparrows" Letter- "An Enigma inside a Mystery"
In both Black Dahlia Avenger (Arcade Pub. 2003) and again in MOST EVIL (Dutton Pub. 2009) I printed my father’s four-page response to a letter I had written him four months earlier,.on Christmas 1979, I wanted to tell him how much I loved and respected him. In March, 1980, I received father’s response, mailed from his office/ residence…
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