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Architect Lloyd Wright Letters At UCLA Link Dr. George Hodel to Dahlia Crime Scene
Sixty-two-years after they were written, documents preserved at UCLA’s Special Collections Department, literally establish a “paper trail” connecting Dr. George Hill Hodel to the Elizabeth Short “Black Dahlia” crime-scene at the vacant lot, 3815 S. Norton Ave. Background: On January 22, 1947, an Inquest Hearing into the death of Elizabeth Short was held at the downtown Hall of Justice. The…
Read MoreRowland Brown – Bugsy Siegel Anecdote
In an early chapter of BDA I wrote somewhat reverently about a close family friend, film director Rowland Brown. As a young boy, I loved Rowland. He was right up there with Atticus Finch, as my all-time hero. (Still is!) But, unlike Atticus, Rowland was real. He had become a substitute father figure for dad, who had moved on to Asia. Rowland was big, friendly and showed tremendous respect…
Read MoreAuthor’s Black Dahlia Investigation In Jeopardy?
Apparently so. Refer to soundbyte for further. click here.
Read MoreA Death In the Family – "There's Mischief Afoot?"
In physical appearance, I favor my mother’s side of the family. The Harvey’s (U.K.) and the Boyles (Cork County, Ireland) from whom I also inherited my thirsty Irish genes. From my boyhood, I remember my grandfather, Charles Eugene Harvey as a bear of a man, with snow white hair and a big smile, but that’s about all. Mostly, I remember my…
Read MoreDahlia myth begins with 1950 film-noir – "Sunset Boulevard"
Sunset Boulevard (1950) Check out the irony!. Hollywood, California, Spring 1950 At the exact same time that Dr. George Hill Hodel is under active surveillance and secretly being tape-recorded by detectives from the LAPD and DA’s Office as the prime Black Dahlia suspect –director Billy Wilder, is just two-miles away from the Franklin House, shooting the final scenes for what…
Read MoreLAPD "Dahlia Gatekeeper" Brian Carr retires
Robbery-Homicide detective, Brian Carr, self professed “gatekeeper” of the LAPD Black Dahlia Files officially retired from the LAPD, effective May 9, 2009. In a September, 2006, television interview with investigative journalist, Bill Kurtis of A&E Cold Case Files, Carr when queried about my investigation had this to say: Carr: I don’t have the time to prove or…
Read MoreBugging Tapes "Baron" Identified!
Genealogist’s tip leads to identity of George Hodel’s confidant/accomplice Thanks to a recent email from JIL ANDERSON, a genealogist/researcher, the fifty-nine year-old mystery of the identity of “The German Baron” overhead speaking in conversation with my father on the February 18, 1950, DA HODEL- BLACK DAHLIA SURVEILLANCE TAPES has been solved. Here is JIL’s verbatim…
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