Josh Mankiewicz 2004 Court TV Clip with Joe Barrett wherein He Describes Disarming of Witness Waiting to Shoot Dr. Hodel for Killing Black Dahlia

Los Angeles, California May 15, 2016 Have received multiple requests for documentation on witness Joe Barrett’s original statements related to the fact that Lillian Lenorak knew Elizabeth Short and his direct involvement in disarming Lillian at the Sowden/Franklin House. Barrett found her in Dr. Hodel’s bedroom armed with Hodel’s rifle and waiting to shoot the…

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SBPD Officer Mary Unkefer 1943 Rescuer of Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short Removes New Victim from Hollywood Residence and Reports Dr. Hodel "Staged Suicide and Threats to Kill Witness" to DA Office

(Updated from 2007 blog) Q: Lillian Lenorak identified Elizabeth Short as being a girlfriend of your father’s and also as being at parties at the Franklin House. Could you explain George Hodel’s connection with the policewoman who wrote the letter to LAPD about your father. Yes. The policewoman, Mary Unkefer, was from Santa Barbara Police…

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BuzzFeed "The Chilling Mystery of the Black Dahlia" 8-Minute Video

Below BuzzFeed video with “Ryan and Brent” went live yesterday and has had nearly 500K viewers just overnight. Wow! Light hearted, tongue in cheek, but also fairly factual, with a few errors, but that’s showbiz. See 8-minute video at below link. Update May 8, 2016: Here is a five-minute clip from CBS 48-Hours which originally…

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In a Mocking Taunt to Humanity Zodiac Killer Names and Registers a Star After Himself in Constellation Aquila

Los Angeles April 1, 2016 “I have a reserved place in constellation Aquila” Included in George Hill Hodel intended 1998 Suicide Note to wife June               “It’s another manifestation of his enormous ego, an immortal mocking of humanity fixed and registered in the Zodiac’s constellation, Aquila.Even after its namesake’s…

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Zodiac Uses His Real Name To Sign 1970 Cipher Message- Animation Reveals Killer's True Identity M. Yves Person, a Paris High School Teacher Cracks Ancient Celtic Ogham "Tree Alphabet"

March 26, 2016 Los Angeles, California Original 1970 Zodiac Halloween “You Ache To Know My Name” Card Mailed to San Francisco Chronicle This video presents the decryption and solving of the mysterious cipher included in the authenticated mailing by the serial killer known as “Zodiac” to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1970. The cipher was…

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The Case of the Stolen 1400-Year-Old Chinese Sacrificial Tablet – Did George Hodel Use the Item During the Sowden House Torture Murder of Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short?

Chinese Sacrificial Tablet HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C. – A.D. 220 10″x6″x1″ Photo from THE MET museum believed similar in appearance to stone tablet taken in 1947 burglary from Sowden/Hodel residence described as being: “11”x6″x31/2″ bearing about 50 Chinese characters carved on a dark gray stone.”     March 2, 2016 Los Angeles, California The Los…

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