Posts by Steve Hodel

In chapter 20 of MOST EVIL, I suggest that my father, Dr. George Hill Hodel may have obtained his “inspiration” for using the name and character of ZODIAC while working as a young doctor at the 1939 San Francisco World’s Fair. He was there on location throughout the filming of Charlie Chan at Treasure Island…

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  FBI Chief Special Agent Richard Hood seen at function in May, 1951 just one month after George Hodel fled the U.S. to avoid being arrested as the prime suspect in the Black Dahlia murder. DA taped transcripts record George Hodel admitting to the murder, making law enforcement payoffs and informing Baron Harringa that he was contacted by the…

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                                                          “The Baron”  Baron Ernst von Harringa circa 1940s                                  (photo courtesy of grandson, Baron von Harringa)                            Baron von Harringa (his given name) is the grandson of Ernst von Harringa. Baron is a handsome young man of just 18-years. He too is looking for answers.    We met for breakfast in mid-January at my favorite deli in Studio City. Both of us were there with…

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“Take it from me. We are never going to know!” “No. I was stupid. I made a mistake. Even God makes mistakes.”                                                       James Ellroy, Paris 2010   (Above Ellroy comments are in response to questions from Stephane Boulan, a Paris book-signing attendee who asked him if he thought surrealist Man Ray was indirectly involved…

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                  “I have been trying to forget what happened…  I have forgotten all about Rod Alcala and what he did.” Rod Alcala, August 1971 in-custody statement to LAPD DetectiveSteve Hodel regarding his 1968 assault of Tali S., an 8-year-old Hollywood victim, whom he abducted, raped and left for dead.         Alcala Orange Co. Court 2009            Alcala on “The Dating…

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  “Among the anonymous notes sent police in the ‘Black Dahlia’ case,” said Donahoe, “there was one which was obviously prepared in a print shop. At the time we discounted its importance. Now, however, it may take on new significance.”                                                       Captain Jack Donahoe LAPD Homicide                                                                Los Angeles Times, Feb 17, 1947                         …

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    LAPD Assistant Chief Michael Moore, Commanders, Captains and Veteran Homicide Detectives attend author talk marking the 63rd Anniversary of the “Black Dahlia Murder     January 15,2010  It was a real honor to be invited  to present my PowerPoint “Black Dahlia” talk last night at the Los Angeles Police Historical Society Museum in Northeast L.A. There was…

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I will be presenting a talk (PowerPoint presentation) and book-signing at the Los Angeles Police Department Historical Society Museum to mark the 63rd anniversary of one of LA’s most historic crimes – the murder of 22-year-old, Elizabeth Short, known to the world as- The Black Dahlia. Talk will also include an introduction to my new investigative…

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 In 2005 a French film crew came to Los Angeles and made a documentary, The Truth about the Black Dahlia. The show originally produced in French aired in Europe, coincidentally, on my birthday, November 6, 2006. (13th Street, NBC International) That original production has now been dubbed in English and the full 55-minute documentary (without commercial interruption) can…

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The Black Dahlia Avenger’s –  “Soft Sly Voice” “I believe he is an egomaniac who deliberately planned the murder to prove to himself that he was a superman who could outwit and outthink the whole world… He would be one against the world, the perpetrator of the perfect crime… I am convinced that his mad…

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