Posts Tagged ‘Black Dahlia’
The Black Dahlia–Zodiac Link: A Published Record and Its Evolution
January 2, 2026 Birch Bay, Washington When I first examined the possibility that the Black Dahlia and Zodiac murders were committed by the same individual—Dr. George Hill Hodel—I did so cautiously. Most Evil I (Dutton 2009) In Most Evil (Dutton, 2009), which reached No. 2 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list, I stated that…
Read MoreThe George Hodel “Jane Doe” Photograph: Can a High-Confidence (95–99%) AI Match to Elizabeth Short Be Reasonably Excluded?
December 17, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington The George Hodel Photograph: Can It Reasonably Be Excluded? For more than two decades, a single photograph from the private album of Dr. George Hill Hodel has generated intense debate. Critics have been quick to declare, often reflexively, that the woman depicted is “obviously not Elizabeth Short.” Others insist…
Read MoreInside the Envelope: LAPD Brass and the Black Dahlia Cover-Up (Part 3 of 3)
September 28, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington For those of you that have not read Blog 1 and 2 of this 3 part series I would highly recommend you read those prior to reading this Part 3. The links are: Blog 1 link: HERE. Blog 2- link: HERE (Part 3 of 3) By the 1960s and…
Read More“Two Doors Down”-New Clews in the Murder Investigation of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short
Two Doors Down: George Hodel & the Black Dahlia Investigation Clews
Read MoreRuth, Marion and Florence – Not “Suicide” It Was Murder (Part 1 of 3)
“Ruth Spaulding, Marion Keyes, and Florence Feinfield—three women in George Hodel’s circle—reveal clews that foreshadow the Black Dahlia case.”
Read MoreCoincidence or Destiny? A Star in the Heavens and the Black Dahlia Case
September 15, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington Tracing destiny through a father’s gift, a photograph, and the enduring mystery of George Hodel and the Black Dahlia Steve and George Hodel side by side 1943 (Cropped from larger family photo.) For the past twenty-six years I’ve wrestled with the question of coincidence versus destiny. In my younger…
Read MoreA New Taunting Double Entendre “Clew” Linking Dr. George Hodel to the 1947 “Black Dahlia Avenger” Mailings
August 20, 2025 Birch Bay, Washington On January 28, 1947, some thirteen days after his torture/murder and posing of the body of Elizabeth Short on the vacant lot in Liemert Park, five miles south of Hollywood, the “Black Dahlia Avenger” mailed in a collage, a cut-and-paste letter to the Herald Express newspaper. It read: “Go…
Read MoreSanta Monica Daily News Reporter Jack Neworth Interviews “Black Dahlia” Acquaintance Paul Veglia
September 11, 2020 Los Angeles, California (Blessing and Rest In Peace to all those that lost their lives in NYC in the 9-11 attack in 2001) Reproduced in full below is an excellent article from the Santa Monica Daily News by reporter, Jack Neworth that features Paul Veglia, who is one, (or maybe the only…
Read MoreDr. George Hill Hodel Lineage: Who’s Who in “Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and The Black Dahlia?
March 1, 2019 Los Angeles, California Here is a Hodel Lineage graphic put together by my good friend, mystery writer and retired Dallas P.D. police officer, Robert J. Sadler. This helps us (including myself) understand at a glance who’s who in the Hodel Family lineage. The following family members contributed by providing interviews in the…
Read More“I AM THE DAY” – Dorothy Huston Hodel (1906-1982) – “Dorero”-The Real “I Am The Night- Corinna Hodel”
February 2, 2019 Los Angeles, California (Orig blogged April 15, 2006, updated this date.) Fiction and Fact- Actress Connie Nielsen plays my mother, “Corinna Hodel” (Dorothy Hodel) in the TNT miniseries “I Am The Night” – Here’s the real Dorothy (SKH Note- Much of this blog was originally published by me in 2016, as a remembrance…
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