Posts Tagged ‘Black Dahlia’
Ruth, 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…
Read MoreThe Gentleman, The Cowboy and The Bracero: Los Feliz Elementary School 1949
November 19, 2017 Los Angeles It was the second to the last day of April, 1949, a Friday. A light rain was falling on the streets of Hollywood, as the Gentleman, the Cowboy and the Bracero each readied himself for the picture taking. It was mid-morning when each gathered with their separate classmates at Los…
Read MoreChild Musical Prodigy George Hodel Performs at LA Egan/Little Theater in 1914 at age 6–DTLA Map Showing Locations He Practiced Music, Medicine and Murder
October 9, 2017 Los Angeles, California “George Hodel only 6 years old, proved one of the favorites of the recital. He is, small, but possessed of phenomenal talent as a pianist.” Los Angeles Daily Times…
Read MoreMost Evil II- An Email from "J.R." and a "Hello Dali" Question Relating to Surreal Killer, Dr. George Hill Hodel
Surrealist artists Salvador Dali and Man Ray I Wanted to share some early comments from my “Man in the Street”, J.R. Neumiller. “J.R.” has followed my investigation and made regular personal comments and observations since the original publication of Black Dahlia Avenger back in April 2003. Here is his latest e-mail sent to me after his…
Read MoreJournalist Host Chris Cella to Premiere INQUISITOR Podcast October 24th with Interview with Retired LAPD Homicide Detective and Black Dahlia Avenger Author Steve Hodel
October 17, 2014 Los Angeles, California Inquisitor Podcast Host Chris Cella interviews Author and former LAPD Homicide Detective Steve Hodel. Episode 1: “My father, the artist” will go live Friday, October 24th, 2014. www.facebook.com/InquisitorPodcast www.inquisitorpodcast.com Last month I was approached by photo-journalist, Chris…
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