Posts by Steve Hodel
Dr. Charles Wesley Hill-Next Door Neighbor to the 1947 Black Dahlia Crime Scene and Acquaintance of Dr. George Hodel, LA’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
January 13, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington In my BDA series of books, I think I only mentioned our neighbor, “Dr. Hill” twice, in passing. The first was that we three boys would play next door with his children on rare occasions and the second was in quoting mom and dad’s acquaintance, Joe Barrett (our Franklin…
Read MoreA Timeline of Horror: The Reconstruction of the Abduction and Torture Murder of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short on January 14-15, 1947
January 10, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington Five days from today, January 15, 2024, marks the 77th anniversary of the murder of Elizabeth Short. Based on my now twenty-five-year investigation into that 1947 kidnap-torture-murder of twenty-four-year-old victim Elizabeth Short, known to the world as “The Black Dahlia” I here present the following “Timeline of Horror.” (This…
Read MoreBig News in Little Birch Bay Washington- Rima Hodel’s Written Detective Test Results ARE IN
January 9, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington Big News in Birch Bay! The below letter was received in yesterday’s mail. Take a read: How cool is that! It took me seven years to make Detective I and Rima did it up here in the Great Northwest IN ONE YEAR. AND SCORING 5TH ON HER WRITTEN EXAM…
Read MoreHomicide Investigations – From Fact to Theory -Black Dahlia Murder to Jeanne French Lipstick Murder to Chicago Red Lipstick Murders to Manila Jigsaw Murder to Zodiac
January 2, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington Sherlock Holmes makes the above elementary observation in A Study in Scarlet (1887) and this is the exact point that I would like to make this morning as we begin our New Year 2024. Some critics of my now twenty-four-year investigations have dismissed them out-of-hand once they learned or…
Read MoreCorrection to today’s article in The Messenger, “Unsolved Hollywood Mystery: The 1949 Disappearance of an Aspiring Actress”
December 30, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington Just read the below, well-written article in The Messernger by Eboni Boykin-Patterson : “Unsolved Hollywood Mystery: The 1949 Disappearance of an Aspiring Actress” (December 30, 2023). I want to make corrections to references attributed to me in the below article just posted on The Messenger today. 1) Our former…
Read MoreRima Hodel Takes Detective I Exam at Sehome High School Auditorium: Test Results to Follow
December 26, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington As we close out 2023 I wanted to update readers who have been querying me on “When was Rima scheduled to take the Detective I exam?” I dropped her off YESTERDAY, December 26, 2023, at the gymnasium at Sehome High School, in Bellingham (a city 15 miles south of…
Read MoreAway in a manger: MERRY CHRISTMAS 2023 from author Steve Hodel
December 25, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Christmas Day Merry Christmas 2023 Had to share this “Away in a Manger” card with all of you this Christmas morning. Sent to me by my good friend of close to fifty years, Jodi Rose from Downunder in Sydney, Australia. Have to admit it is off the cuteness chart…
Read MoreWinter Solstice 2023 Black Dahlia Avenger IV, Editor and Author’s Audio End Notes
December 21, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Winter Solstice, 2023 As we enter this Winter Solstice, 2023, I would like to wish you all a safe and happy holiday and best wishes for the New Year. Let us pray that in 2024 we can find some Peace on Earth and some much-needed goodwill towards our fellow…
Read MoreFive Minute Video: 1947 Black Dahlia Murder: Law Enforcement Voices from the Past, “Case Solved”
December 12, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Greetings and Happy Holidays 2023. Here’s a five-minute video I prepared some years ago quoting the original top cops on the Black Dahlia murder and confirming they had solved the case back in 1950. For the complete lengthy detailed “2019 Special Report” see link HERE. (Downloadable PDF)
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Series Completed – A Personal Thank You to Top Mystery Writers: Mike Connelly, Jerry Petievich and Jon L. Breen
December 1, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington With the completion of my just published Black Dahlia Avenger IV, I would like to take this opportunity to personally call out and thank three of the world’s top mystery writers; Michael Connelly, Jerry Petievich, and Jon Breen. Each author independently reviewed the investigation as presented in my original publication,…
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