Posts by Steve Hodel
LA Serial Killer "Grim Sleeper" Identified & Arrested Through Son's DNA
LAPD ALLEGES SON’S DNA LINKS FATHER TO 11 LA MURDERS OVER PAST THREE DECADES- According to authorities, Lonnie David Franklin Jr. , a former LAPD mechanic and city trash collector has been linked to the murders of 10 woman and one man over past twenty-five year period. Investigators remove items from home of Lonnie David Franklin Jr.(Gary Friedman, LA…
Read MoreMarion Hodel- My Mysterious Cousin- "Paymaster" at Hollywood Park, Santa Anita and Del Mar racetracks
I really know very little about my cousin, Marion Hodel. Perhaps that is why to this day, he remains in my mind, as a bit of a mystery. A shadowy family figure. I only met Marion on perhaps three or four occasions, and each time was while I was “playing” and he was working. Cousin Marion was the Paymaster at all…
Read MoreJack Egger, 1949 Black Dahlia DA Investigator, BHPD Police Captain, Chief Investigator for Warner Bros. Security, Dies
Career law-enforcement investigator, Jack Egger was one of the last witnesses to see Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short alive. In 2003 Egger, then Chief Investigator for Warner Bros. Studio, positively identified a photograph of Dr. George Hill Hodel as being the man who was with Elizabeth Short and escorted her to a CBS radio show in Hollywood, just days before…
Read MoreMichael Hodel Visits his father, Dr. George Hill Hodel – Manila 1964
In 1964, brother Mike took our dad up on an invitation to visit him in the Far East with the prospect of possibly coming to work for him at his company, INRA-ASIA. (International Research Associates-Asia). Mike visited dad for several weeks and toured the offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Manila. (Mike passed on the offer…
Read MoreJune 15, 2010- Begin Writing Book III
June 15, 2010, Los Angeles Today I “officially” start work and writing on BOOK III. John Huston as Noah Cross in Chinatown Thought for the Day:
Read MoreGrandfather Harvey- Hollywood High School Printing Instructor 1928-1941
(SKH NOTE- Below blog updated 6.10.2010 See additional entries bottom paragraphs.) FROM PRINTER TO POOKA Hollywood, California Thanks to some old fashioned gumshoe sleuthing by my brother, Kelvin and his wife, Angel, (with perhaps a little unseen help from “Harvey” the invisible rabbit and pooka extraordinaire) we now have some new information and photos to add to…
Read MoreDNA Establishes "False Confession" NY Court Releases Innocent Man After 19 Years In Prison
MAJOR KUDOS TO THE ONGOING EFFORTS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE INNOCENCE PROJECT IN HELPING TO FREE THE INNOCENT. Below articles written by the INNOCENCE PROJECT. A False Confession Reversed in New YorkOn April 28, Innocence Project client Frank Sterling (above) walked out of a Rochester, New York, courthouse a free man for the first time…
Read MoreChicago Red Lipstick L.A. Black Dahlia- a few "Signature Links"
A few weeks back I gave a talk to the some of the students who were just about to graduate from Pepperdine University’s Law School. Also attending the talk was attorney and Pepperdine alum, Anthony Salerno of Salerno & Associates. Anthony is one L.A.’s top criminal defense lawyers with a practice in Century City. My presentation ran about one-hour followed by…
Read MoreWAS THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER SOLVED? L.A.'S TOP COPS SPEAK OUT
Was the Black Dahlia Murder SOLVED? SEVEN (7) TOP COPS, PAST and PRESENT SPEAK OUT. See video click here.
Read MoreBLACK DAHLIA PRESENTATION CENTURY CITY BAR ASSOCIATION – Wed May 26th 6:30 pm
I will be presenting my Black Dahlia PowerPoint Talk to the Century City Bar Association on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 in West Los Angeles. See Details below. It will be a one-hour presentation followed by a Q&A. Space is limited. For link to their website and booking information/reservation- click here WHEREWestside Tavern 10850 W. Pico…
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