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Defrosting Cold Cases Website to examine Black Dahlia Case on July 15
Set your Tweet Alarms for Friday, July 15, 2011 Noon-1:00 PM #cclivechat Greetings from Los Angeles! Have recently discovered an interestng and highly informative website called, DEFROSTING COLD CASES. Definitely a CLASS ACT. Its webmaster is a man using the name VIDSTER who has a very impressive backgound as “a lawyer with a long history…
Read MoreWrongful Conviction Graphic
Greetings from L.A.! Wanted to share this interesting and informative “Wrongful Conviction Graphic” created by www.forensicscience.org Steve H.
Read MoreCriminal Justice Online – Radio Show with LAPD Lt. Raymond Foster (ret.) Scheduled for June 2, 2011 4pm PST
Retired LAPD Lt. Raymond Foster will interview me on his radio show on June 2, 2011 at 4pm PST. We will discuss my Black Dahlia investigation and take Q&A from callers. See the below Information prepared and provided by Lt. Raymond Foster: Murder Solved! The June 2, 2011, episode of American Heroes Radio features a conversation with Retired LAPD Homicide Detective Steve…
Read MoreSouth Pasadena Library Super Host for Black Dahlia/Zodiac Talk
I want to personally thank South Pasadena Librarian Steve Fjeldsted, Yolanda and the “Friends of the South Pasadena Library” for hosting a great venue at the So. Pasadena Library’s, Community Center. It was a great turnout (135) showed up to hear the fantastic and very groovy vibes of the 7-piece “Summer of 69” band who vocally showered…
Read MoreSteve Hodel Returns to the South Pasadena Library on Thurs, May 19- 7pm. Will Update New BDA Findings and Discuss his Sequel, MOST EVIL
Below announcment information prepared by the South Pasadena Library Retired LAPD Homicide Detective and Crime Author Steve Hodel Returns to the South Pasadena Library on Thursday, May 19 7pm Steve Hodel Serial Books Dr. George Hill Hodel Pianist Gere Fennelly and Lead Singer Renee Simone and their 7-piece band, “Summer of ’69” will…
Read MoreROCKSTAR'S L.A. NOIRE MEETS BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER IN CHINATOWN
More than a dozen of the actual true-life 1940s crimes investigated and summarized in Black Dahlia Avenger are believed used as “unsolveds” in Rockstar’s L.A. NOIRE, scheduled to be released to the public on May 17th. Rockstar’s LA NOIRE, Video Game challenges players to discover which of the 1940s LONE WOMAN MURDERS (all named and…
Read MoreFred Sexton, Sculptor of John Huston's "Maltese Falcon" Oil Paintings Found
Fred Sexton was recognized as an “important L.A. artist” in the 1930s and 40s prior to sculpting the “Black Bird” for his friend John Huston’s 1941 film, The Maltese Falcon. Sexton and Huston studied art together in LA in the 1920s. I purchased both of the below pictured Sexton original art works from on-line sellers just within the…
Read MoreWBO Heavyweight Champ Lamon Brewster scores BDA as a KO
April 16, 2011Los Angeles It was my honor and privilege to meet WBO Heavyweight Champion, Lamon Brewster this weekend. Lamon’s nickname is “Relentless.” And, in the short time I got to talk with him, I can tell you, HE IS. Lamon won the silver medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, and…
Read MoreREAL LIFE L.A. NOIRE – LAPD Vice-Squad Sgt. Charles Stoker's Factual Expose, "THICKER'N THIEVES" now available to Public. Twenty-years Before SERPICO there was STOKER
THICKER’N THIEVES: The 1950 Factual Expose of Police-Pay-Offs, Graft, Political Corruption and Prostitution in Los Angeles and Hollywood By LAPD Vice Sergeant Charles Stoker Twenty-years before SERPICO there was STOKER (Between 1948-1950 Stoker appeared in more than 600 separate front page article)2011 print edition- $14.95 now available on-line Greetings from Los Angeles! It is my…
Read MoreHollywood P.I. Barnaby Jones Adds His Street Cred to Black Dahlia Case Solved
A reader recently sent me this book, I hadn’t heard about it. My belated thanks to Buddy and his writing partner, Darlene Quinn for the kind words. From SIZZLING COLD CASE: The Legend of Lori London by Buddy Ebsen with Darlene Quinn. Detective Barnaby Jones is talking with Hollywood detectives. Page 109. Barnaby say’s to the…
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