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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…
Read More"Buster" World Famous Police Cadaver Dog Dies from Sudden Heart Attack – Praised for Locating WWII MIA Gravesites and Helping Crack "Black Dahlia" Murder
February 27, 2916 Los Angeles, California Buster and Sgt. Paul Dostie on a MIA search in Normandy, France I received some extremely sad news this morning from my good friend, Paul Dostie, retired Mammoth Lakes PD police sergeant. Here is his email: Hello Friends, Tonight at about 5:30 P.M. I had just finished cleaning the horse pens. Buster…
Read MoreMaltese Falcon- Revisiting the 1941 Crime Scene – The Black Bird, Huston, Hodel, Sexton Part II
February 23, 2016 Los Angeles, California My friend, J.R. Neumiller, when hearing in my earlier blog that I was off to catch the 75th-anniversary screening of The Maltese Falcon left a comment on my earlier blog as follows, “Why do I get the impression you’ll cine away with a clew?” Well, J.R., I saw…
Read MoreFebruary 2016 Vanity Fair Article Explores — John Huston, Fred Sexton and The Black Dahlia Avenger Investigation: The Stuff That Surrealist Dreams are Made Of
February 20, 2016 Los Angeles, California A BIRDIE AND A BOGIE This month’s Vanity Fair magazine’s lead article, The Mystery of the Maltese Falcon: One of the Most Valuable Movie Props in History, by Bryan Burrough is an excellent read. Burrough provides a history on “The Black…
Read MoreMOST EVIL II (Black Dahlia/LA Lone Woman Murders, Zodiac) Author Talk & Signing Santa Monica Public Library Thursday Jan 21 2016 7:00 pm
Santa Monica Library Talk (Free Admission) Thursday, January 21, 2016, 7:00 pm 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=19224
Read MoreScreenwriter/Noir Novelist David Goodis Film "The Unfaithful" References Real Time 1940s L.A. Lone Woman Murders
Los Angeles January 14, 2016 Tomorrow marks the 69th anniversary of the murder of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short. Rest in Peace, Elizabeth. Below photo sent to me this afternoon (1.15.16) by a Los Feliz District resident who received it in his email. Unknown person posted a large photograph of victim on front entrance wall of…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Avenger/Zodiac: Unexpected Help from Home and Abroad- Announcing the 2015 Inspector Clouseau Award Honorees
December 4, 2015 Los Angeles Each of the three above named individuals contributed a major piece of evidence which helped solve the serial crimes now collectively known as the Black Dahlia Avenger: LA Lone Woman Murders and the San Francisco Zodiac Murders. While each one has been previously recognized…
Read MoreAuthor Michael Connelly's Hieronymos "Harry" Bosch-An Identity Crisis?
Los Angeles, California November 23, 2015 (Originally posted in 2010 and updated November 2015) I rarely read mystery novels, with one major exception- those written by bestselling author, Michael Connelly. Michael Connelly Prior to 2003, I had never heard of him. My first awareness of Connelly’s writings came in 2003, post-publication of Black Dahlia Avenger, when the…
Read MoreAuthor Talk at BOOK SOUP – Wed, November 18, 2015 7:00 PM MOST EVIL II PowerPoint, Q&A, Book Signing
Los Angeles, California I will be presenting a PowerPoint discussion and Q&A on my just-published sequel, MOST EVIL II at the West Hollywood Sunset Strip BOOK SOUP BOOKSTORE, 8816 Sunset Blvd., on WED, November 18 2015 at 7:00 PM. Hope to see you there.
Read MorePasadena Weekly Magazine on George Hodel Zodiac Cipher Solution and South Pasadena Library Author Talk
November 6, 2015 Los Angeles, California Pasadena Weekly Reporter Carl Kozlowski’s article “Surprising Signs” introduced area residents to last night’s 7:00 PM PowerPoint presentation of MOST EVIL II, at one of my all time favorite venues, the South Pasadena Library. …
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