Was Zodiac's 1990 "Secret Pal Christmas Card" a Rayograph? Another Coded Message from Dr. George Hodel Announcing His Return to the U.S. and the SF Bay Area by Way of Another Taunting Man Ray "Clew"?

February 3, 2007 Los Angeles, California                 Last week I received the following email/comment from a regular contributor to this blog site, Mr. Luigi Warren. He writes: Steve: Found a couple more possible thoughtprints. These are from Zodiac’s last missive, the 1990 “Secret Pal”/”Gonna Keep You Guessin” Christmas…

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70th Anniversary Black Dahlia Retrospective: Summary of New Evidence 2004-2017 Further Linking Dr. George Hill Hodel as Her Killer

  January 15, 2017 Los Angeles, California   New Evidence Timeline (Graphic prepared by, Robert “Dr. Watson” Sadler (Click below to open and enlarge) Black Dahlia Murder Inv Timeline 1.13.17 [2] merged w sig Dr. George Hill Hodel and Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short         According to secret DA and police reports now…

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Black Dahlia 70th Anniversary Interview with Journalist/True Crime Author Michael Fleeman

January 13, 2017 Los Angeles, California Here’s an interview I did with author/true-crime writer Michael Fleeman for the upcoming 70th Anniversary of the Black Dahlia Murder. Michael Fleeman is a Los Angeles-based author, journalist, instructor and television commentator. His new book, “Crazy for You,” about the Rusty Sneiderman murder case in Atlanta, is now available.…

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LA Weekly Newspaper Author/Historian Hadley Meares Feature Article: "In 1947, a Month After the Black Dahlia, the "Lipstick Murder" Shocked L.A."

Los Angeles, California January 4, 2017 CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE Historian, author and tour guide, Ms. Hadley Meares in today’s L.A. WEEKLY, writes a retrospective on LA’s 1947 “Red Lipstick Murder.”  This is the L.A. Lone Woman Murder, in which a court certified Questioned Document Examiner identified Dr. George Hill Hodel as the killer from…

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Newly Discovered Man Ray 1969 Lithograph "Les Invendables" (The Unsaleables) Includes the Surrealist's Minotaur Homage to His Personal Friend and Black Dahlia Killer, Dr. George Hill Hodel

Los Angeles, California December 29, 2016 1969 MAN RAY MINOTAUR HOMAGE TO HIS GOOD FRIEND, DR. GEORGE HILL HODEL (Left) Man Ray 1969 Lithograph depicting posed female body, her face covered with blood and blood flowing out of her upper torso to form the body and legs of the Minotaur. (The Minotaur, was the mythological,…

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George Hodel Thoughtprint: Part II, Was the "Dead Again" 1940s Noir Thriller Used as a Taunt by a Real Life Killer?

  December 20, 2016 Los Angeles, California Below is a follow-up to my earlier post, “Another George Hodel “Thoughtprint”: Seeing Things As they Are, Not As They Appear to Be.”         LW (Luigi Warren) and Ryan’s posted comments: Steve: Those appear to be vintage, German-made Kismet Art Deco scissors. FWIW, “Kismet” means…

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