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Kelvin “Kelly” Hodel- My “Irish Twin” Brother-A Short Introduction and Bio on His Remarkable Life
2/22/2023 Birch Bay, Washington Just tonight I received a fun recording of my “Irish Twin” brother, Kelvin “Kelly” Hodel giving a short talk about his experience as a Navy Corpsman, attached to the Marines in the late 1950s. I had never heard it and really enjoyed hearing him give his first-person harrowing account of a…
Read More“Inference” Poem Written and Published By 18-Year-Old George Hodel Describes Himself as “Conceived in Sin..Somber Skys Darkened Dismally, and I Was Born”
February 18, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Below poem “Inference” was written by eighteen-year-old George Hodel in 1925 and describes how he was “born in sin”..on a dark night as the sky darkened dismally.” Young George published his poem under the pseudonym, “Vernon Morel.” The poem is excerpted from my audiobook, “The Early Years- Part I…
Read MoreNew Evidence In 1949 Suspected Black Dahlia Murder of Victim Lucille Hodges-“Hannibal Lector Meets LA Confidential in Chinatown”
February 13, 2023 Birch Bay, WA DEAD REDHEAD’S BODY BEARS VIOLENCE MARKS The Mirror, Tuesday Oct 25, 1949 Murder loomed as a possibility today in the death of an auburn-haired ex-showgirl whose nude body was found in an East Third St. hotel on a tip to The Mirror that the Black Dahlia killer had struck…
Read MoreMan Ray and Juliet Browner and Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning Have Double Wedding in October 1946 and Rays Take Trip To Paris in 1947 Just Months After Black Dahlia Murder
February 8, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Man Ray and Juliet Browner (top) and Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning (bottom) celebrate October 25, 1946, double marriages in Beverly Hills, California. The photo was taken on that date by famed portrait photographer Florence Homolka Los Angeles records show they were married on October 23, 1946. Critics of…
Read MoreDetective Trainee Rima “on the job” practices stealth search and “pat down” of suspect
February 7, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Have had several inquiries asking. “How is Rima’s detective training coming along?” She’s doing very well thanks. Her rating this past month remains in the “Upper 10%” and she has a natural ability at “stealth searches.” The below photographs show her in action “in the field” as she silently…
Read More1950 Los Angeles Census Named “Guests” Staying at Dr. Hodel Residence Part II- Captured on the Black Dahlia Bugging Tapes
January 28, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington This is Part II of the original blog posted on January 27, 2023. Part I Here: (https://stevehodel.com/2023/01/28/1950-los-angeles-census-names-guests-staying-at-surgeon-george-hodels-sowden-franklin-house/) (SKH Note- Karen Smith comes highly recommended for any forensic investigation or expert crime scene testimony and has relocated her business to Los Angeles, California.) Huge Kudos and thanks to the Eagle…
Read MoreAward Winning Book Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner Reads Two-Book Audio True Crime Series, “The Early Years”: The Further Serial Crimes of George Hill Hodel M.D. (Part I (1920s) and Part II (1930s)
January 24, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Greetings from beautiful Birch Bay, Washington. Excited to announce the publication of: The Early Years: The Further Serial Crimes of George Hill Hodel M.D. (Part I (the 1920s) and Part II (the 1930s) as AUDIO BOOKS.* *(Both Audiobooks include PDF with full text and graphics.) But, more than that,…
Read MoreToday is the 76th Anniversary of the Kidnap/Torture Murder of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short
January 15, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday (January 15, 1929) Today is the 76th anniversary of the kidnap/torture/murder of Elizabeth Short, better known to the world as, “The Black Dahlia”. Here is a short summary interview (7 minutes) I did a few years ago for the Today Show Australia. For those…
Read MoreHodel Investigations Adds New Partner to Detective Agency: Rima, a Detective Trainee Will Be Working the Phones and Data Searches Starting Mid January 2023
January 14, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington Would like to welcome and introduce Rima to my readers. I have just brought her “on board” to Hodel Investigations as my new “partner” and she will begin work on January 15, 2023. (As we all know that is a rather momentous day in the investigative history of this…
Read MoreSurrealist Artist William Copley Reveals Black Dahlia Clew Number 7- Man Ray’s Lover’s Lips
January 7, 2023 Birch Bay, Washington And, right on the heels of Clew No. 6 (four days) comes CLEW NO. 7 another Man Ray/William Copley “production”. See the graphic below for Images 1 through 5. In 1933 Surrealist Man Ray painted “Observatory Time, The Lovers” (Image 3), showing the outsized bright red lips of his…
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