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Looking Back Fifty-Years-1968-69 Rookie Big City Detective Clewless In LA
February 10, 2017 Los Angeles, California “LOOKING BACK” Rookie LAPD Detective Steve Hodel circa 1969 Sleepless in Seattle? How about Clewless in LA. A friend of mine just sent me a fifty-year-old photograph his brother took of me driving us on a day trip somewhere in LA. The irony…
Read MoreWas 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…
Read More70th 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…
Read MoreBlack 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.…
Read MoreLA 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…
Read MoreNewly 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,…
Read MoreGeorge 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…
Read MoreAnother George Hodel "Thoughtprint": Seeing Things As they Are, Not As They Appear to Be
December 16, 2016 Los Angeles, California Another Family Anecdote “Know all things to be like this: As a magician makes illusions of horses, oxen, carts and other things, nothing is as it appears.” ~The Buddha, from the Samadhirajasutra As I recall, it was sometime in the summer of 1995. I had traveled south from my home…
Read MoreMost Evil II Audible Book "Introduction" Read by Actor, Screenwriter and Master Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner
December 12, 2016 Los Angeles, California Most Evil II “Introduction Chapter” read by Malcolm Hillgartner (9 minutes) Above is a YouTube link to a sample of Malcolm Hillgartner’s narration of the INTRODUCTION chapter to my latest publication, Most Evil II (Rare Bird Books 2015). As most of you know, I am not one to use hyperbole…
Read MoreKPFK Radio Host Mike Hodel's 1983 Lost Video Promo for Hour 25 SFTV Found
December 2, 2016 Los Angeles 1983 Mike Hodel Hour 25 SFTV Video Promo Found (click photo to view 2-minute video) I was recently contacted by email from a reader “Gothling 1955” who provided me with a link to a promo video “Hour 25 SFTV” that was made back in 1983. It featured my brother KFPK radio…
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