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Skyhorse/Arcade Pub. Offers 2015 Updated Print Edition of NYT Bestseller, Black Dahlia Avenger
January 29, 2015 Los Angeles, California Arcade Publishing will be offering their updated print edition of Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder, available in stores and on-line in mid-February, 2015. (Since 2012, this edition has previously only been available, in e-book format.) Over the past decade there have been several reprintings and updates to…
Read More68th Anniversary of the Murder of Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short- Exposing the Three Major Dahlia Myths
January 15, 2015 Los Angeles Today is the 68th anniversary of the murder of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short. It also marks the 12th anniversary of the day I called my step-mother, June Hirano Hodel and informed her that I had just completed a nearly three-year sub-rosa criminal investigation. During that three-hour conversation I informed my…
Read MoreNOIRCON 2014 One of the Goodis Times I've Had in Years
Steve & Lou Boxer at NOIRCON 2014 October 29-November 2, 2014 Philadelphia, PA Had a great four days at NOIRCON 2014 in Philly. Met some interesting and very hip guys and gals, all of whom (about a hundred) were drawn together by their mutual love for that special magic that is NOIR. NOIRCONITES meet…
Read MoreQuestioned Document Expert Wakshull Confirms Alleged Zodiac Handwriting is Not Earl Van Best Jr–Misidentification Causes Expert To Question If Marrying Minister Might Be Zodiac?
Los Angeles, California October 23, 2014 In an August, 2014 telephone conversation with respected Zodiac researcher Mike Rodelli, handwriting expert Michael Wakshull admitted that “it was the priest (Reverent Fliger) who had written out the marriage certificate.” In the spring of 2014, two companion books were published claiming to have “identified and solved” the Zodiac…
Read MoreJournalist Host Chris Cella to Premiere INQUISITOR Podcast October 24th with Interview with Retired LAPD Homicide Detective and Black Dahlia Avenger Author Steve Hodel
October 17, 2014 Los Angeles, California Inquisitor Podcast Host Chris Cella interviews Author and former LAPD Homicide Detective Steve Hodel. Episode 1: “My father, the artist” will go live Friday, October 24th, 2014. www.facebook.com/InquisitorPodcast www.inquisitorpodcast.com Last month I was approached by photo-journalist, Chris…
Read MoreHistoric Los Angeles Hall of Justice Renovated and Ready to Open — Historic Courthouse Tried Infamous Criminals: Bugsy Siegel, Charles Manson, George Hodel
October 5, 2014 Los Angeles Built in 1925 the Los Angeles Hall of Justice has been renovated and will reopen in just a few days. To name just a few of the historic events that occurred within its walls over the past 90-years. Bugsy Siegel…
Read MoreHistoric Hollywood Sowden House Former Home of Dr. George Hill Hodel and Black Dahlia Crime Scene Listed for Sale by Sotheby's for $4.875 Million
September 17, 2014 Los Angeles, California Below video interview with Sotheby’s listing real estate agent, Troy Gregory, appeared in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times Real Estate section. Asking price- $4.875 million. (Dr. George Hill Hodel purchased the home in 1945 for $38,000.) Click photo to view LAT interview Click to view Los…
Read More21st Century Biometric Facial Recognition Analysis of Black Dahlia Murder Photos Yields Surprising Results
Known photos of Elizabeth Short compared to Jane Doe Photo No. 2 in George Hodel album “Facial Recognition Software –an application that can be used to automatically identify or verify individuals from video frame or digital images. Some facial recognition software uses algorithms that analyze specific facial features, such as the relative position, size and…
Read MoreDorothy Huston Hodel – Script doctor for classic 1948 film – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
August 5, 2014 Los Angeles, California Below clips are from the “Lottery scene”in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with child actor Robert Blake trying to sell a ticket to Bogie. The dialogue in this scene was written by Dorothy Huston Hodel per the request of her former husband and the film’s director, John Huston. Humphrey…
Read More100 Seniors Attend Rancho Palos Verdes Black Dahlia Talk
Rancho Palos Verdes,California July 30, 2014 Clips from CBS nightly news 7.30.14 I gave an updated Black Dahlia talk to one-hundred Peninsula Seniors this morning at the Fred Hesse Community Center in Rancho Palos Verdes. In response to my query, it was determined that about one-third of the audience was actually living in the L.A.…
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