Posts by Steve Hodel
LA Times copy editor uses 50th Anniversary of Crime to Challenge Murder Victim's Reputation and Veracity
Victim’s 3 1/2-year-old son John Lenorak Farrow’s witnessing of his mother’s assault by Dr. George Hodel also called into question by L.A.Times blogger, Harnisch. Lillian Lenorak & son, John Lenorak Farrow (seen wearing his Elsinore Military Academy uniform) together several years before her 1959 kidnap/murder in Palm Springs. John Lenorak Farrow, born in 1946, is the biological son of Lillian Lenorak and…
Read MoreMike Hodel and "The Group Mind" -Yesterday's Fiction is Today's Fact
“Here’s a premise for a science fiction story: Living among us are parts of an organic computer, a huge mobile memory bank, equipped with all the data needed to answer any request put to it, with an instantaneous response triggered by the question. The cells of this memory bank are unknown to each other–and you…
Read MoreWE GET LETTERS – Fact Checking the "Leading Black Dahlia Expert"
Q: Mr. Hodel I just read a blog from a copy-editor who bills himself as,”the Leading Black Dahlia Expert.” He claims that none of the notes and letters that were mailed in were actually written by the Black Dahlia killer, with the exception of just one- (see below) and that was cut-and-pasted, not handwritten. He says, “the rest were all from…
Read MoreCHICAGO NEWSPAPER REVIEWS "MOST EVIL" – CHALLENGES LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TEST DNA HAIR-FOLLICLES IN 1946 DEGNAN "LIPSTICK KILLER" INVESTIGATION
November 5, 2009 Chicago, Illinois Journalist, Michael Lenehan in today’s CHICAGO READER newspaper in addition to a review of my book, MOST EVIL provides readers with an incredibly accurate historical review of the facts surrounding the 1946 arrest of teenager, William Heirens. The 17-year-old boy, was the fifth person to be arrested by the Chicago Police Department, as “The Lipstick Murderer” for a series of three…
Read MoreCHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO "RED LIPSTICK MURDERS" INTERVIEW
WILLIAM HEIRENS ARRESTED AS A TEENAGER OF 17, IS NOW SERVING HIS SIXTY-THIRD YEAR FOR CRIMES I (and many others) BELIEVE HE DID NOT COMMIT In Most Evil I devote three chapters to my investigation of the 1945-1946 Chicago, “Red Lipstick Murders” Based on my now six-years investigation and a review of the original facts, police…
Read MoreMOST EVIL HITS L.A. TIMES BESTSELLER LIST
Thanks to all of you for you for your continuing support and e-mails. Most of you are expressing strong confidence in the new investigation, as presented in the sequel, MOST EVIL. As I discovered after writing and publishing Book I, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder – nothing beats PUBLIC SUPPORT. Had you not voiced your…
Read MoreRadio Host Michael Shinabery KRSY AM-1230 Interview
One of my favorite radio people is Michael Shinabery, a very cool guy. Michael is an education specialist with the New Mexico Museum of Space History and host of his own AM radio show in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Michael initially interviewed me five-years ago shortly after Black Dahlia Avenger published. He then reinterviewed me in 2006 on the updated chapters included…
Read MoreCODIS "Cold Hit DNA" Links L.A.'s 'Nightstalker' To S.F. Child Murder
25-Year-Old Case Solved Thanks to Crime Scene DNA being placed in National Data Base In my October 16, 2009 Evidence Room Blog, I wrote about the importance of getting Zodiac’s DNA into CODIS. (Combined DNA Index System). Existing Partinal DNA a Catch 22 I quoted Dr. Richard Walton’s textbook, Cold Case Homicides: Practical Investigative Techniques (CRC Taylor…
Read MoreGeorge Hodel – 1930s films "edited" into his Zodiac MO?
1930s Films- Murder As A Fine Art Here is a link to my Evidence Room Blog which further expands on my original hypothesis (presented in MOST EVIL Chapters 20 & 21) that cinephile, George Hodel included themes from 1930s films as part of his diabolical remake of his past favorites: using real locations, real crimes and real victims!…
Read MoreGeorge Hill Hodel Handwriting in Evidence Room and Blog
Information Update- This is simply a reminder that I have “dueling blogs” going on here at my website. General information will continue to be blogged here in the Squad Room Blog. Investigative updates pertaining to an evidentiary nature will be posted in the Evidence Room Blog. Also available in the Evidence Room are additional handwriting samples, maps, and…
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