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Ghost Hunters 9th Season Premiere To Investigate Former Home of Dr. George Hodel-Hollywood's Historic Sowden House -Black Dahlia Crime Scene- Program Airs Wed Jan 16 9PM PST
ON THE 66TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK DAHLIA MURDER SYFY’S GHOST HUNTERS SHOW 9th SEASON PREMIERE WILL INVESTIGATE THE HISTORIC SOWDEN HOUSE–FORMER RESIDENCE OF DR. GEORGE HILL HODEL GHOST HUNTERS Program scheduled to air on SyFy Channel, tomorrow, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9PM PST. Today is the 66th anniversay of the murder of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short. REST…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia 66th Anniversary Author Talk Woodland Hills Public Library Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:00 PM
Black Dahlia Investigation 2013-L.A. Public Library, Woodland Hills Branch I will be presenting a one-hour PowerPoint talk updating my findings on the Black Dahlia investigation. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A. The talk is free to the public. L.A. Public Library’s WOODLAND HILLS BRANCH LOCATION: 22200 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA DATE: Saturday,…
Read MoreRodney Alcala Pleads Guilty to Killing New York Victims Cornelia Crilley and Ellen Hover
California serial killer Rodney Alcala admitted in a New York courthouse today to killing two New York women, Cornelia Crilley and Ellen Hover. I quote from today’s Huffington Post’s article: … “Rodney Alcala told a Manhattan judge that he wanted to plead guilty to two murder counts so he could get back to California and…
Read MoreMargaret McLean "It's A Crime" Radio Show Black Dahlia Interview Link
Below is a link to Margaret McLean’s interview with me on my Black Dahlia investigation. Runs about one-hour. itsacrime_2012-12-09T20_07_30-08_00 (1).mp3
Read MoreBDA Interview with Radio Host Margaret McLean Sat Dec. 8 2012 at 12 Noon PST KCAA 1050 AM
Will be doing a radio interview on It’s A Crime radio show, hosted by Margaret McLean. It will air this coming Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 12 noon PST on KCAA 1050 AM. Ms. McLean is a law professor, former prosecutor, and on-air legal analyst. She is the author of the critically acclaimed legal thriller…
Read MoreAuthor Michael Connelly's Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch-An Identity Crisis?
I rarely read mystery novels, with one major exception- Michael Connelly. Prior to 2003, I had never heard of him. My first awareness of his existence came in 2003, post-publication of Black Dahlia Avenger, when the two of us were scheduled to speak at the 2003 Bouchercon Convention in Las Vegas and as president that…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia Avenger Talk/Powerpoint at BEYOND BAROQUE LITERARY/ARTS CENTER in Venice, California, Sat, OCT 27th
I will be presenting a PowerPoint presentation on my Black Dahlia investigation at BEYOND BAROQUE Literary/Arts Center on Oct. 27th. in Venice, CA. My talk will be followed by co-speaker and Los Angeles attorney, Ms. Marina Borawick who will read from her just completed memoir which “deals with the mind-bending dualities of growing up in…
Read MorePresident Obama Would Be the First to Cut "Dirty Harry" Some Slack, So Let's Join Him
Los Angeles, California FORGIVE THE UNFORGIVEN Nearly thirty-years ago, in the spring of 1983, Clint “Dirty Harry” Eastwood took a few moments out of his busy life to personally congratulate me on my promotion to Detective III at Hollywood detectives. Now, I’d like to return that favor and speak out for HIM. Did Eastwood cross…
Read MoreNew Fred Sexton Painting Discovered
Los Angeles, California Some months back I received an e-mail from Steve W., who informed me that he was in possession of an original Fred Sexton oil painting, which had been in his family since the late 1940s. Fred Sexton Painting originally purchased in 1947-8. Since Steve lived locally we met for lunch and he…
Read MoreHollywood Intersection Renamed "Ian Campbell Square" In Honor of Slain Officer of "Onion Field" Fame
Officer Ian Campbell circa 1960 August 10, 2012 Hollywood This afternoon I attended a ceremony dedicated to the memory of slain LAPD officer, Ian Campbell. On March 9, 1963, while I was beginning my second month recruit training at the LAPD Police Academy, Ian Campbell and his partner, Officer Karl Hettinger were working a “Z…
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