Author Interview with Journalist Zack Kopp-“George Hodel’s Exquisite Corpse(s): Beyond The Black Dahlia”: Setting The Record Straight On Miniseries, “I Am The Night”
October 19, 2019 Los Angeles, California GEORGE HODEL’S EXQUISITE CORPSE(S): BEYOND THE BLACK DAHLIA Here is a link to a just-posted interview I did with journalist Zack Kopp which deals with my overall investigations and setting the record straight regarding the fictional miniseries, I Am the Night. Here is the lead to Zack’s interview: Former…
Read MoreSurrealist Artist William Copley’s New “Hat Trick” – A Third Drawing and Clue to Black Dahlia Whodunit?
October 10, 2019 Los Angeles, California Today would be Dr. George Hill Hodel’s 112th Birthday “There are no coincidences.” Detective III Harry Bosch LAPD Hollywood Homicide…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Crime Scene Photos and Forensics Part II – “The Earring”
October 3, 2019 Los Angeles, California New Investigation-Hard Evidence and Forensics Part II- The Earring George Hodel Album Photo Elizabeth Short Coroner’s Photo left Ear Excerpt from Black Dahlia Avenger (Skyhorse 2015 ed.) Pages 492-3 Blowup 6: The Earring I had found the trace evidence hair follicle on the body from the crime scene photographs.*…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Crime Scene Photos: New Investigation-Hard Evidence and Forensics Revisited 2019
October 1, 2019 Los Angeles, California Below scenes from Director Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic 1966 film, BLOW-UP showing “Thomas” (Actor David Hemmings) examining his “blown up photographs” which reveal evidence of a crime. In the updated Black Dahlia Avenger (HarperCollins 2006) paperback edition I added several new chapters. One of these was entitled, “New Investigation:…
Read MoreGemma Taccogna: A Fred Sexton Survivor and Artist Extraordinaire
September 28, 2019 Los Angeles, California Gemma Taccogna Born May 10, 1923-Died May 8, 2007 RIP GEMMA “Spring Flowers” by Gemma In the summer of 2003, just a few months after the publication of my first book, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder, I was invited to give an author book signing in Torrance,…
Read MoreFred Sexton’s Macabre Painting, “Death of Monalita” Revisited- A Footprint-Thoughtprint?
September 26, 2019 Los Angeles, California Once again, like so many times in the past, a reader comes through with some excellent sleuthing. Fred Sexton’s “The Death of Monalita” (1955) Above graphic showing highlighted blue shoe created by my good friend, mystery writer and retired Dallas Police Officer Robert J. Sadler Fred Sexton c. 1946 The…
Read MoreCoast to Coast AM Live Radio Interview Sunday SEPTEMBER 29, 2019: Award Winning Journalist George Knapp and Steve Hodel Dicuss “Black Dahlia Investigation 2019”
September 24, 2019 Los Angeles, California ATTENTION NIGHT OWLS! Mark your calendars for late-night radio Coast to Coast AM this coming Sunday, September 29th, 11 pm to 2 am. (Normally they do two separate 90-minute segments, not sure yet if I will be first or second “on the runway”? I will be updating listeners to…
Read MoreFred Sexton’s Modernist Painting “Death of Monalita” Becomes Fourth Post Black Dahlia Artwork Believed Linked to 1947 Murder- A Sexton Confession On Canvas?
September 21, 2019 Los Angeles, California Before examining this new linkage, I would recommend that readers review Fred Sexton’s biography as summarized in my original blog of July 2007. Fred Sexton Bio 1907-1995 HERE As outlined in Fred Sexton’s biography we discover that prior to his painting the “Death of Monalita” in 1955, Fred…
Read MoreKLBJ-FM 93.7 Austin Texas Rock DJ’s, Dale, Bob and Matt, Interview Me on “Black Dahlia Avenger” and “In The Mesquite” Investigations
September 18, 2019 Los Angeles, California Enjoyed early morning interview with Rock Hosts Dale, Bob and Matt from Austin Rock radio KLBJ-FM 93.7. Check it out below. Dale Dudley, Bob and Matt, of Austin’s KLBJ Dale Dudley Rock Show, Interviewed me this morning on my Black Dahlia Avenger and In The Mesquite murder investigations. (18…
Read MoreIN THE MESQUITE: The Solving of the 1938 West Texas Kidnap Torture Murders of Hazel and Nancy Frome Now Available in Print and Ebook- Cops and Writers Weigh In On 6th Book in Series
September 11, 2011 Los Angeles, California IN THE MESQUITE LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT AS PDF LINK BELOW: In The Mesquite Announcement
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