Posts by Steve Hodel

There are many reasons why LAPD and the DA’s Bureau of Investigation in 1950, did not obtain a warrant and attempt to pursue, arrest and extradite Dr. George Hill Hodel and prosecute him for the murder of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short.  We now KNOW they had the evidence and they had his tape recorded “cop out.” In June,…

 6000 Angelenos Attend Hans Christian Andersen Fairyland Festival and watch as my mother, then 12-year-old Dorothy Harvey (insert) is crowned “Queen of the May”    Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1918 How cute is this?  In doing some on-line research I happened to chance upon this Los Angeles Times photo-article from April 28, 1918 which included…

Q:  What did “The Munchkins”, Bugsy Siegel’s gun mall, Virginia Hill and my grandfather, Charles Eugene Harvey, all have in common? A:  In the 1930s-40s they all slept under the same roof  – The Vine Street Manor, 1814 N. Vine St., Hollywood  Munchkins Welcoming Dorothy to OZ                                       Virginia Hill                                        Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel                                                  Bugsy Siegel, Virginia Hill and…

CBS “Suspense Theatre” Radio Show Is Inspiration for George Hodel’s murder of victim, Ora Murray, labeled by the press in 1943 as, “The White Gardenia Murder”  Sixty-seven years after the crime was committed, I believe I have found a signature link to the brutal murder of Mrs. Ora Murray, one of the eight “Category I  (definites) “L.A. Lone…

After serving only two-years for the brutal rape and attempted murder of an 8-year-old child in Hollywood, a prison psychiatrist’s “expert” opinion that Rodney Alcala was “considerably improved” paved the way for his early release on parole in 1974. Alcala is now on trial for five DNA linked serial killings (1977-1979) committed after that 1974 release.  Investigation is pending on his…

April 2, 2010 Los Angeles, Below is my video-taped interview with CBS KCAL Investigative Reporter, Stacey Butler describing the facts surrounding my investigation, arrest and extradition of Rodney James Alcala back in 1969-1971.  Click below for CBS-KCAL Stacey Butler, news interview:  (approx 3 minutes) http://www.videowired.com/video/754534333/   LAPD DETECTIVE SAY’S HE PURSUED ALCALA IN 1969 (4…

 “I just finished a book called Most Evil, which is written by this guy Steve Hodel, he used to be a homicide detective in L.A. and he’s convinced his dad was the Black Dahlia Avenger and then researching that led him to believe that his dad also ended up being the Zodiac killer as well.…

Rosco, the much loved boxer dog, (whom many of you know from his having posed in photographs while reading all of my separate book translations) has passed on. Rosco died yesterday in Orange County. He was 12 years old. Rosco, was a warm and loving companion to my girlfriend, Roberta McCreary, who visited him frequently at her daughter’s family home in Orange County. Rosco…

Monday, March 29, 2009 Los Angeles, California CBS2 KCAL9 veteran reporter, Stacey Butler interviews me tonight regarding the facts surrounding the 1968 child-rape and attempt murder of then 8-year-old, Tali Shapiro, as well as my 1971 follow-up arrest and extradition of Alcala, from Concord, New Hampshire. The interview is tentatively scheduled to air tonight, Monday, March 29, 2010 in the 8:00 p.m. PST,…