Posts Tagged ‘Elizabeth Short’
BLACK DAHLIA MYTH-BUSTING: THE “MISSING WEEK” THAT NEVER WAS
July 3, 2026 Birch Bay, Washington Happy 4th of July! How an LAPD Police Bulletin Helped Create a Black Dahlia Legend—and How the Witnesses It Generated Destroyed It For decades, one of the most repeated claims in the Black Dahlia case has been that Elizabeth Short “disappeared” after she was dropped off at the Biltmore…
Read MoreFrom the Archive: The 2009 National Radio Tour That First Linked Dr. George Hill Hodel to the Black Dahlia and Zodiac Murders
June 29, 2026 Birch Bay, Washington Purloined Letter No. 1Rediscovering the complete national radio tour for Most Evil (September 22, 2009). Every so often, the archive yields an unexpected surprise. A few days ago, while organizing what I now call the Steve Hodel Master Reference Library, I came across an old CD whose existence I…
Read MoreBlack Dahlia & Zodiac — Setting the Record Straight: Prior Publications, Correspondence & Law Enforcement Record
April 29,2026 Birch Bay, Washington The following documented timeline reflects my published work, subsequent independent findings, and law enforcement statements—then and now. The following panels present a documented timeline of publications, correspondence, and law enforcement statements. The record speaks for itself.
Read MoreModern Forensic Analysis Identifies “Jane Doe” in Dr. George Hodel Album as Elizabeth Short, the “Black Dahlia”
February 19, 2026 Birch Bay, Washington Modern Forensic Analysis Identifies “Jane Doe” in Dr. George Hodel Album as Elizabeth Short, the “Black Dahlia” “Updated Forensic facial analysis indicates a 97–99% probability that this image from Dr. George Hodel’s private album depicts Elizabeth Short, the ‘Black Dahlia.” As Within, So Without: Man Ray,…
Read MoreOn the Record: Law Enforcement Statements on the Black Dahlia Case
January 26, 2026 Birch Bay, Washington In response to a public question regarding my investigation, Alex Baber stated the following: “Detectives Jackson and Roberts informed me that the Los Angeles Police Department had formally debunked this theory [Steve Hodel’s Black Dahlia Avenger] approximately twenty years ago, although that determination was not disclosed publicly.”— Alex Baber,…
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 MoreDr. George Hodel 1940s "L.A. Lone Woman Murders" Victim Map Update
Los Angeles, California Here is an updated map showing the approximate locations of the nine (9) “L.A. Lone Woman Murders” in chronological order, covering the years 1943-1949 prior to George Hodel fleeing the country in 1950. In BDA I and II I have catagorized these murders as “Category I- Definites” as opposed to the additional…
Read MoreCADAVER DOG BUSTER -BLACK DAHLIA CRIME SCENE "SMELL OF DEATH" CONFIRMED. LEADING SCIENTIST FINDS THAT SOIL TEST RESULTS ARE – "HUMAN SPECIFIC"
New Findings confirm Cadaver Dog Buster’s 2013 search and “alert” to human remains at the property as well as the DA/LAPD 1950 Investigative reports that documented detectives original suspicions that a victim might be buried on the residence property. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA—Dr. Arpad Vass, renowned forensic anthropologist, and the prosecution’s star-witness in the recent Casey…
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