Recommended Reading: Reader’s Digest April 2020 Cover Story “UNSOLVED MURDERS That Still Shock the Nation” ‘Black Dahlia’ + Four
March 15, 2020 Los Angeles, California My compliments to Reader’s Digest writers Bill Hangley Jr., Andy Simmons, and Marc Peyser for their cover story on UNSOLVED MURDERS That Still Shock the Nation (April 2020).…
Read MoreFilm Noir Meets Dahlia Noir- Fiction and Fact Collide in 1940s Hollywood Twilight Zone: New George Hodel “Thoughtprints” Courtesy of DownUnder Film Documentarian Frans Vandenburg
March 9, 2020 Los Angeles, California This morning I received the below email from a friend, Australian filmmaker, Frans Vandenburg. I met Frans several years ago when he and his partner-producer, Claude Gonzalez were in Los Angeles and had just begun making their upcoming documentary, on the life of Australian film director, John Farrow. (See…
Read MoreAn Open Letter/Response to Oxygen-True Crime Buzz Writer/Editor Connor Mannion on his Article Regarding My “Outlandish & Crazy Zodiac and Black Dahlia Theories”
March 7, 2020 Los Angeles, California An Open Letter/Response to Oxygen-True Crime Buzz Writer/Editor Connor Mannion on his Article Regarding My “Outlandish & Crazy Zodiac and Black Dahlia Theories” by Steve Hodel Dear Mr. Mannion and the Reading Public: Let me preface this response by first acknowledging that I am and always have been open…
Read MoreUpdate Regarding Telegram Included In Items Sent To Police by Black Dahlia Killer After His 1947 Kidnap/Torture Murder of Victim Elizabeth Short
March 4, 2020 Los Angeles Six years ago in March 2014 I published, Black Dahlia Avenger II: Presenting the Follow-Up Investigation and Further Evidence Linking Dr. George Hill Hodel to Los Angeles’s Black Dahlia and other 1940s LONE WOMAN MURDERS. (Revised/Updates from the 2012 edition) Amazon Link to book HERE Author Note- This post is an…
Read More1924 California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) Annual Shows Freshman Student George Hodel as Member of College Debate Team
February 17, 2020 Los Angeles, California Thanks to J. Anon for the “heads up” on two separate pieces of information sent to me in his email from yesterday. Excerpt from it reads: Dear Mr. Hodel … I would like to draw your attention to, and ask if you are aware of, two things: … First…
Read MoreElizabeth”Black Dahlia” Short Jacksonville, Florida Photos and Handwriting Revisited- More “Thoughtprints”
February 8, 2020 Los Angeles, California A big thank you to one of my readers, Max Martin from Jacksonville, Florida. His email yesterday reads: Mr. Hodel, I want to start off by saying that I am a huge fan of all of your novels and I enjoy keeping up with your blog posts. Inspired by…
Read MoreThe Snake & Bake Murder- My 1974 Hollywood Homicide Division Murder Investigation now available as Ebook Standalone Short Story
February 3, 2020 Los Angeles Cover Design by Robert J. Sadler “The Snake & Bake Murder—is a short TrueCrime story that will have you singing 1972s chart-topper “Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl” and reliving (even if you were never there) the swinging ‘free love’ sex scene in Tinseltown’s Hollywood Hills where a greedy, gruesome…
Read MoreJohn Huston’s 1930 Play “Frankie and Johnny” Dedicated to Dorothy Huston Hodel and A Surreal Synchronicity at the 1939 San Francisco World’s Fair
January 29, 2020 Los Angeles, California John Huston’s 1930 “Frankie and Johnny” Play Illustrations by Covarrubias Published by Albert and Boni – More Synchronicities at the 1939 San Francisco World’s Fair Huston dedicated this 1930 play to his wife Dorothy (my future mother.) After seven years of marriage (1926-1933) John and Dorothy divorced in 1933…
Read MoreDenver Colorado Author/Journalist Zack Kopp Reviews "Most Evil II"
January 18, 2020 Los Angeles, California For those that may have missed it I wanted to update and republish the below blog which was originally blogged by me some four years ago, on Feb 6, 2016. Zack Kopp is a highly respected author/journalist and below is his articulate review of Most Evil II shortly after…
Read MoreCan You Identify Artist in Dr. George Hill Hodel Owned Modernist Painting?
January 16, 2020 Los Angeles, California Can you identify this painting and its artist? This photograph of Dr. George Hill Hodel was believed taken circa 1950, just prior to the sale of his Sowden/Franklin home and his departure to Hawaii to avoid arrest by LADA Lt. Frank Jemison. I am attempting to identify the painting…
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