A Twenty-Year (2003-2023) Thank You to Readers and Reviewers of Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder Series
July 18, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington With the upcoming anticipated publication (late summer/early fall 2023) of Black Dahlia Avenger IV, I wanted to take time out to give a big THANK YOU to my many readers and reviewers of my BDA series. As of this date, the Amazon reviews are just six shy of 1400…
Read More“DORERO”- Newly released music-video single by Nashville Based, Hannah Aldridge and Songwriter Lachlan Bryan based on Dorothy Huston Hodel -Inspired by the Podcast “Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia”
July 8, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington I was deeply moved in hearing this newly released music video, “Dorero” which is based on my mother, Dorothy Huston Hodel, known to all as “Dorero”. (My father gave her the name after they married in 1940, informing all that he derived the name from “Dor” “a gift of”…
Read MoreReader Discovers New “G.H.” Posing Clew-In The Mesquite Murders of Nancy and Hazel Frome
July 1, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Greetings and as my brother Mike Hodel always used to say about this time of year, “Remember- To be safe on the 4th don’t have a 5th on the 3rd.” (Miss you big time Mike.) Today’s “new clew” comes from a reader who mentioned it in a comment on…
Read MoreRalph Pezzullo Podcast “Heroes Behind Headlines” Season II Launch-Interview with Steve Hodel on his NYT Bestseller, “Black Dahlia Avenger”
June 12, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Steve Hodel Ralph Pezzullo …
Read MoreThe Medusa Touch- Acing it with Tamar Hodel and Things That Go Bump in the Night-Synchronicities
May 1, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington “It’s May, it’s May, the lusty month of May. Where everythings…” (Camelot) The Medusa Touch I received the below ‘comment’ from my good friend and fellow sleuth, Dr. Luigi Warren just a few days ago. As a result, and having a life-long crush on Lee Remick (those eyes) and…
Read More“Tree of Life-Shangri-LA 1948”- Dorothy Bowman 75-Years Later Past and Present Reunited Through Internationally Recognized Artist’s Vintage Serigraph
April 28, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington The below photograph was taken “inside the palace walls” at our Sowden/Franklin House in 1948. (Unknown photographer possibly tenant and later star/DA informant, Joe Barrett.) It was sent to me by artist/tenant Chris Dawn (“C.D.” in the photo, lower left) who was a friend/roommate of Barret’s at the home…
Read MoreThe California DOJ Meeting/Briefing with Author on Dr. George Hill Hodel as Zodiac- DoJ Handwriting Expert Analysis Opines, “Cannot Exclude George Hodel as Zodiac”-Dr. Hodel’s Full DNA Profile Made Public for Law Enforcement
April 21, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington The following pages (304-308) are an excerpt from my fourth book, Most Evil II: Presenting the Follow-up Investigation and Decryption of the 1970 Zodiac Cipher in Which the San Francisco Serial Killer Reveals His True Identity (Rare Bird Books 2015). The section is entitled, “California DOJ (Department of Justice)…
Read MoreLos Angeles District Attorney Lt. Frank Jemison’s 1950 Black Dahlia Investigation Transcribed Interview of Dorothy Huston Hodel At Santa Monica Pier Residence
April 15, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Happy Birthday, Mother! BACKGROUND ON 146-PAGE 6 WEEK (2/15-3/27 1950) BUGGING TAPES OF HODEL RESIDENCE BY DA’S OFFICE Naysayers of my investigation will tell you, “Dr. Hodel’s residence was staked out just because he was one of the many doctor’s they were routinely checking out and because of his…
Read MoreLos Angeles News Reporter and LADA Spokesperson Sandi Gibbon-A Remarkable Woman-A Remarkable Career
April 16, 2016 Birch Bay, Washington Happy Birthday to my son, Matthew! Robert F. Kennedy’s speech at the Ambassador Hotel, moments before he was fatally shot. Sandi Gibbons is the woman in the white dress at the bottom right of the photo. On June 5, 1968, Sandi Gibbons was working as a news reporter for…
Read More2003 LAPD “Black Dahlia” Briefing – Attending Cold Case Detectives Remain Frigid- Head Deputy DA and Chief of Detectives say, “It’s Solved!”
April 11, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Background A decade prior to my father’s death, after retiring from Hollywood Homicide, in 1986, I obtained my California State Private Investigators license and began conducting criminal defense investigations in Los Angeles. After three years I then moved my family (wife and two young sons) to Bellingham, Washington in…
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