Posts by Steve Hodel
Steve Hodel Returns to the South Pasadena Library on Thurs, May 19- 7pm. Will Update New BDA Findings and Discuss his Sequel, MOST EVIL
Below announcment information prepared by the South Pasadena Library Retired LAPD Homicide Detective and Crime Author Steve Hodel Returns to the South Pasadena Library on Thursday, May 19 7pm Steve Hodel Serial Books Dr. George Hill Hodel Pianist Gere Fennelly and Lead Singer Renee Simone and their 7-piece band, “Summer of ’69” will…
Read MoreROCKSTAR'S L.A. NOIRE MEETS BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER IN CHINATOWN
More than a dozen of the actual true-life 1940s crimes investigated and summarized in Black Dahlia Avenger are believed used as “unsolveds” in Rockstar’s L.A. NOIRE, scheduled to be released to the public on May 17th. Rockstar’s LA NOIRE, Video Game challenges players to discover which of the 1940s LONE WOMAN MURDERS (all named and…
Read MoreFred Sexton, Sculptor of John Huston's "Maltese Falcon" Oil Paintings Found
Fred Sexton was recognized as an “important L.A. artist” in the 1930s and 40s prior to sculpting the “Black Bird” for his friend John Huston’s 1941 film, The Maltese Falcon. Sexton and Huston studied art together in LA in the 1920s. I purchased both of the below pictured Sexton original art works from on-line sellers just within the…
Read MoreWBO Heavyweight Champ Lamon Brewster scores BDA as a KO
April 16, 2011Los Angeles It was my honor and privilege to meet WBO Heavyweight Champion, Lamon Brewster this weekend. Lamon’s nickname is “Relentless.” And, in the short time I got to talk with him, I can tell you, HE IS. Lamon won the silver medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, and…
Read MoreREAL LIFE L.A. NOIRE – LAPD Vice-Squad Sgt. Charles Stoker's Factual Expose, "THICKER'N THIEVES" now available to Public. Twenty-years Before SERPICO there was STOKER
THICKER’N THIEVES: The 1950 Factual Expose of Police-Pay-Offs, Graft, Political Corruption and Prostitution in Los Angeles and Hollywood By LAPD Vice Sergeant Charles Stoker Twenty-years before SERPICO there was STOKER (Between 1948-1950 Stoker appeared in more than 600 separate front page article)2011 print edition- $14.95 now available on-line Greetings from Los Angeles! It is my…
Read MoreHollywood P.I. Barnaby Jones Adds His Street Cred to Black Dahlia Case Solved
A reader recently sent me this book, I hadn’t heard about it. My belated thanks to Buddy and his writing partner, Darlene Quinn for the kind words. From SIZZLING COLD CASE: The Legend of Lori London by Buddy Ebsen with Darlene Quinn. Detective Barnaby Jones is talking with Hollywood detectives. Page 109. Barnaby say’s to the…
Read MoreHISTORIC HOLLYWOOD SOWDEN/HODEL FRANKLIN HOUSE FOR SALE- PROBABLE 1947 BLACK DAHLIA CRIME SCENE PRICED AT 4.2M
Two of Dr. George Hill Hodel’s private residences now on official list of L.A. HISTORIC HOMES Sunday, March 13, 2011Los Angeles Times Today’s LA Times “Home of the Week” is featuring the Hollywod Sowden House which is listed by the owner Xorin Balbes at 4.2 million. The house, was originally built in 1926 by Frank…
Read MoreIs Latest Rodney Alcala Murder Link to Victim Pamela Lambson Serially Connected to Three More 1977 Bay Area Victims?
In 1977, a San Mateo newspaper originally suggested a possible link of the Pamela Lambson murder to three additional Bay Area murder victims: Alecia Perez, 25, Roxeme Rogasch, 18, and a “Jane Doe” victim found on Jan. 1, 1977 Can DNA link Rodney James Alcala to these unsolved Cold Cases? Here is the original 1977 article describing the discovery…
Read MoreAuthor Talk "Black Dahlia Investigation 2011" Altadena Public Library- March 14, 2011 7pm
I will be presenting a talk (PowerPoint with Q&A) at the Altadena Public Library which will provide an overview of my original BLACK DAHLIA and L.A. LONE WOMAN MURDERS investigation along with new evidence and linkage- discovered post-publication, between 2003-2011. DATE:- Monday, March 14, 2011 7pm LOCATION- Altadena Public Library – 600 E. Mariposa St., Altadena CA 91001 …
Read MoreElizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short in Los Angeles in 1944- Updated Confirmations
This is an update to my original FAQ 1.38 (2005) wherein I offered strong suppoting documentation that Elizabeth Short was in fact in Los Angeles during the summer months of 1944. Despite several self-professed “Dahlia experts” claims to the contrary,here is the evidence: In my original 2003 publication of BDA I presented the following 1947 article where…
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