Coincidence or Destiny? A Star in the Heavens and the Black Dahlia Case

September 15, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Tracing destiny through a father’s gift, a photograph, and the enduring mystery of George Hodel and the Black Dahlia Steve and George Hodel side by side 1943 (Cropped from larger family photo.) For the past twenty-six years I’ve wrestled with the question of coincidence versus destiny. In my younger…

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Case Solved: Black Dahlia Avenger — Updated Definitive Edition Out October 21, 2025 with 150 New Pages

September 11, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Black Dahlia Avenger – Case Closed:2025 Update October 21, 2025 — Mark the date. Twenty-two years ago, I released Black Dahlia Avenger, presenting evidence that my father, Dr. George Hill Hodel, was the killer of Elizabeth Short. That first book sparked a firestorm of debate — hailed as “thoroughly…

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Je Defends–Dr. Walter A. Bayley

August 28, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Je Défends — Dr. Walter A. Bayley A Good Man Who Served His Country and His County “Bayley, a 67-year-old man with severe Alzheimer’s could not have committed this murder.” — Joseph Wambaugh, Case Reopened: The Black Dahlia (1999) Ex-LAPD Sgt. Joseph Wambaugh The Man Behind the Name Walter…

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Synchronicities of a Detective: Black Dahlia, Hollywood, and My Origins

  August 24, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Synchronicities: A Life Intertwined with Hollywood and History As a homicide detective, I’ve been trained to separate fact from fiction, evidence from coincidence. Yet over the past six decades of investigation, I’ve found that life has a way of weaving both together.In exploring my father’s crimes and the…

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