Attorneys Tom Girardi/Howard Miller "Champions of Justice" Black Dahlia Avenger/ Steve Hodel Radio Interview now on Podcast

By Steve Hodel | January 29, 2011 |

I have received a number of e-mails requesting I post the January 9, 2011 “Champions of Justice” radio interview I did with attorneys Tom Girardi and Howard Miller. (Tom was Erin Brockovich’s civil attorney on the PG&E suit and Howard is the 2010 past-president of the California State Bar Association.) The interview was conducted one-week prior…

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RODNEY ALCALA INDICTED IN NEW YORK ON 40-YEAR-OLD MURDER

By Steve Hodel | January 28, 2011 |

It will be forty years ago, this fall, that  I flew to New Hampshire, arrested and extradited Rodney Alcala back to Los Angeles to answer charges for the rape and attempted murder of 8-year-old, Tali Shapiro.   What I and the public were unaware of then, was that earlier that same year (1971) Alcala while living under the alias…

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ILLINOIS PREPARES TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY

By Steve Hodel | January 12, 2011 |

“We’ve had 20 innocent people on Death Row,” said Jeremy Schroeder, executive director of the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty. “It’s time to be done with the moratorium and do the right thing.” (Reuters) – Illinois was poised to become the first state since 2009 to abolish the death penalty after the state Senate…

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CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE Radio Show Interview- Sat Jan 8 & Sun Jan 9- Black Dahlia Investigation 2011

By Steve Hodel | January 2, 2011 |

This coming Saturday, January 8, 2011, just one week before the 64th anniversary of the murder of Elizabeth Short, I will be interviewed by Los Angeles based “super-lawyers,” Tom Girardi and Howard Miller (Law Firm of Girardi/ Keese) on their weekly radio show, CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE. Tom was part of the team of lawyers that won the 333 million dollar class action…

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Hortensia Hodel Starke, 89 – Dies in the Philippines

By Steve Hodel | December 26, 2010 |

 Dr. George Hodel’s ex-wife served in Philippine Congress from 1987-1995  Corgresswoman Hortensia Hodel Starke circa 1988 My ex-stepmother, Hortensia Laguda Hodel Starke suffered a heart attack and passed away on November 29, 2010 in her home in Negros Occidental, in the southern Philippines. Hortensia originally met my father on a visit to Los Angeles in 1949 when…

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LAPD Detective Sgt. Finis Brown suggests "Unknown Hollywood Doctor" may be Dahlia Killer in Secret 1949 Grand Jury Testimony

By Steve Hodel | December 14, 2010 |

Deputy Chief Thad Brown’s brother, Sgt. Finis Brown, primary investigator on Black Dahlia case, places “unidentified Hollywood doctor” at top of HIS LIST. I was recently reviewing some of my papers and transcripts from the DA Files related to the testimony of various witnesses who were called to testify before the 1949 Grand Jury related to…

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Sundance Animated Short Provides Crash Course in Forensics and a New Zodiac Suspect

By Steve Hodel | December 7, 2010 |

Something Left, Something Taken   Tiny Investions introduces us to a new Zodiac suspect and cutting edge crime forensics in this “dark comedy” about a vacationing couple that is “taken for a ride” and fear they have accidentally stumbled upon San Francisco’s ZODIAC KILLER. Check out their ten minute video below. Click on link:  http://www.tinyinventions.com/animation/slst.html

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Ken Narlow, Original Napa County Sheriff's Zodiac Investigator Passes

By Steve Hodel | November 30, 2010 |

Kenneth Narlow, the original investigator handling the ZODIAC INVESTIGATION for the Napa County Sheriff’s Office has passed away. On September 27, 1969,then  Sgt. Ken Narlow conducted the original crime-scene investigation and follow-up on Zodiac’s, Lake Berryessa stabbing of Cecelia Shepard and Bryan Hartnell. Information received from Tom Voigt of Zodiackiller.com indicated Ken sucumbed from a long fought…

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