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Black Dahlia Avenger/Zodiac New Handwriting Linkage/ George Hodel Uses Jack the Ripper's "Bleeding Knife Drawing" As One of His Black Dahlia Avenger-Zodiac Crime Signatures
December 14, 2017 Los Angeles, California “After comparing his handwriting to the original documents, we are unable to eliminate Dr. George Hill Hodel as the author of the Zodiac letters. We would like you to provide us with additional samples of his lowercase…
Read MoreJohn Huston Letter No. 6-Rancho Mirage and Halloween 1949 -"A Bat, Cochise, Gorgeous George and a Schmoo"-" Trick or Treat?
December 5, 2017 Los Angeles, California Steve Hodel, age 9, In the desert In my sequel, Black Dahlia Avenger II (2014) Chapter 8, I included fourteen separate typewritten letters written by my mother, Dorothy Hodel to her former husband, famed film director, John Huston. These letters spanned the years from 1948-1957. Author Note: My discovery of…
Read MoreThe Gentleman, The Cowboy and The Bracero: Los Feliz Elementary School 1949
November 19, 2017 Los Angeles It was the second to the last day of April, 1949, a Friday. A light rain was falling on the streets of Hollywood, as the Gentleman, the Cowboy and the Bracero each readied himself for the picture taking. It was mid-morning when each gathered with their separate classmates at Los…
Read More"Waking the Echos of the Spot" Dorothy Huston Hodel and Two Childhood Memories
November 14, 2017 Los Angeles, California Kelvin, Michael, Steven Hodel circa 1944 Dorothy Huston Hodel (Man Ray 1944) One of my strongest childhood memory’s remains a song that our mother sang to us at bedtime. Not…
Read MoreLos Angeles Times Lists 2017 Top Three Haunted "Murder Homes": "Black Dahlia Sowden House," "Menendez Brothers Home" and Phil Spectors "'Pyrenees Castle"
November 12, 2017 Los Angeles, California I’ve heard of the FBI’s “Top Ten Most Wanted” and the “Top Twenty Most Watched Classic Films” even Forbes’s “Top Fifty U.S. Colleges” but the “Top Three Haunted Homes” was new to me. I hadn’t seen this Los Angeles Times article, May 2, 2017 “Hot Properties” article. Had you?…
Read MoreAnother Black Dahlia Portrait at Harvard's Fogg Museum? Part II- Mystery Solved?- Lithograph Possibly Juliet "Julie" Man Ray
November 7, 2017 Los Angeles, California Thanks to the Eagle Eyes of my good friend, Robert “Dr. Watson” Sadler, retired Dallas 5-0 police officer, crime novelist, and all around good guy, our own mystery lithograph has possibly been identified– and it only took him two days! Based on this information the previously unnamed “Portrait” appears…
Read MoreAnother Black Dahlia Portrait? Harvard's Fogg Museum Displays Two Man Ray Artworks-George Hodel portrait and Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short Lookalike
November 5, 2017 Los Angeles, California Two original Man Ray artworks are currently on display at Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum. The first is a photograph taken by Man Ray of his good friend Dr. Hodel upon his return from China in September, 1946. Dr. Hodel is seen wearing his UNRRA (United Nations Relief and…
Read MoreNYT Book Review Finds New British Author's "Black Dahlia, Red Rose" Book "Salacious..and Less than Convincing," but Contains "Camera Ready Period Detail"
October 27, 2017 Los Angeles, California “For all its salacious content, Eatwell’s historical crime study is an expansive work that delves into the broader culture of postwar Los Angeles… Her zealous efforts to solve the case and name the killer are less than convincing, but her immersive style is filled with camera-ready period detail.” …
Read MoreThe Etymology of the Term "High Jingo" by Author Robert "Dr. Watson" Sadler Retired Dallas PD
October 21, 2017 Los Angeles, California One of my favorite newly discovered words of late has been the term, “High Jingo.” It was first introduced to me through the writings of one of my favorite mystery authors, Michael Connelley in several of his HARRY BOSCH novels. My good friend, Robert J. Sadler, also an accomplished…
Read MoreSowden House Publicity LA Weekly "Most Haunted" Featured Today Coincidentally (?) on George Hodel's 110th Birthday New Owners Give a 3D Tour
October 10, 2017 Los Angeles, California (Today would have been Dr. George Hill Hodel’s 110th Birthday) Click to LA WEEKLY article, “Most Haunted House John Sowden House” by Jason McGahan here. New Owners have removed heavy landscaping and opened up the front street view of…
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