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The Noirest of the Noir: Actress Carol Foreman Makes Dahlia Murder Calendar For January 1947 and Becomes Post Murder Tenant at Dahlia Hodel Murder House
February 3, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington The graphic says it all. Well, not quite all. A real life anecdote: In 1948 or 49, actor Tim Holt was courting/dating Carol Foreman who was living/renting a room at our home. My younger brother Kelvin, who would have been six or seven years old, had a crush…
Read MoreCorrecting the Record: Dr. George Hodel’s Posing of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short’s Body on Degnan Ave as a Taunt and Crime Signature
January 23, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Over the past many years, I have presented how and why the posing of Elizabeth Short’s body on the vacant lot was another of Dr. George Hodel’s so-called “clews”. A subtle taunt and reference to his one year earlier, 1946 kidnap/murder and surgical bisection (also a “hemicorporectomy”) of little…
Read More78th Anniversary of the Murder of Elizabeth Short-Black Dahlia Avenger IV: The Murder Trial of Dr. George Hill Hodel as Presented by “The Quick and the Dead.”
January 14, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington First a word to my fellow Angelenos who are suffering through the worst fires in our city’s 244-year history. My thoughts are with all of you during this ongoing horrific disaster which is unlike anything that has come before us. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and…
Read MoreHAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 – Theory vs. Fact: The Demythification of the Source, Identification and Solving of the Black Dahlia Murder
Birch Bay, Washington January 1, 2025 (This 2024 photo looking across the harbor to Canada is by local Birch Bay photographer Clive Stevens) Greetings from Birch Bay and the NW corner of the United States. First, let me wish all my readers a HAPPY NEW YEAR and let’s all hit the ground running and make…
Read MoreDark City Podcast EP 27 MURDER: The Black Dahlia Beyond the Headlines-Part 3 An Interview with Steve Hodel
December 30, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington Here is a just-posted interview I did with Leah and April for their website DARK CITY PODCAST. This interview is Part 3, and I highly recommend you listen to Parts 1 and 2 of “The Black Dahlia Beyond the Headlines,” as these two journalists have done an outstanding job…
Read MoreA Definition of the Term “Thoughtprints” as Originally Defined in the Book “Black Dahlia Avenger” and Expanded on in Dr. Richard Walton’s Forensic Science Book, “Cold Case Homicides: Practical Investigative Techniques”..”
December 17, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington I received the following email and question today from a reader. (I deleted the person he referenced and the sender’s last name.) My response: Andrew B. I am aware of the person you referenced, and none of what he claims is true. The individual is a bitter, angry curmudgeon…
Read MoreWas Man Ray’s 1926 Experimental Surrealist Film “Emak Bakia” an Inspiration for Dr. George Hodel’s Black Dahlia “Masterpiece”?
November 29, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington In Black Dahlia Avenger and my follow-up books, BDA II and III, I present strong corroborating evidence that my father, Dr. George Hill Hodel, was paying homage to his decades-long (1940-1950) close friendship with and to his fellow surrealist, Man Ray. Below is a short clip (thirty seconds) taken…
Read MoreRomayne Goldsmith the “Mystery Woman” and Member of the Hollywood Glitterati Who Owned and Sold the Sowden House in 1945 to Dr. George Hill Hodel
November 17, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington I have recently been intrigued and trying to obtain background information on what I would call a bit of a “Mystery Woman.” Her name is ROMAYNE GOLDSMITH. Ms. Goldsmith owned the Sowden/Franklin house in the early 1940s and would have sold it to my father, Dr. George Hill Hodel,…
Read MoreHandwriting Comparison of Chicago’s 1946 “Red Lipstick Killer” who Sent Package Containing a Human Ear, with Message “You Will Be Next” to Parents of Their Murdered Child, Suzanne Degan to Known 1942 Handwriting of Dr. George Hill Hodel (Black Dahlia Avenger)
November 12, 2026 Birch Bay, Washington In my past publications, including Black Dahlia Avenger, I have mentioned that I am not a big fan of handwriting analysis. It has been my experience that QDE (Questioned Document Experts) can be hired and testify to the exact opposite findings. “Yes, that is the defendant’s handwriting”, and “No,…
Read MoreOriginal 1948 True Detective Magazine Confirms the Press, the DA’s Office, and the LAPD Detectives All Believed the 1947 “Black Dahlia Murders” Suspect was a Serial Killer
November 7, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington In recent weeks, the Los Angeles Times has attempted to revive the 1997 theory coming from its own long-retired copyboy editor, wannabe detective, and self-appointed “Black Dahlia Expert” who has been claiming for twenty-six years that an aged man, “Dr. Walter Bayley,” who had lived a block south of…
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