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“Professor X” Discovers a Seventy-Year-Old Major “Thoughtprint”- Man Ray 1948...
October 22, 2019 Los Angeles, California BACKGROUND: 1948 Gift from Man Ray to Dr. George Hodel Man Ray sculpture, “Objet de mon affection- L’oculiste” 13 ¼ x 8 x1 ½” created in 1944 and gifted to his...
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LAPD’s Sgt. Joe “Just The Facts” Friday of Dragnet Fame (Actor Jack Webb)...
October 31, 2019 (Halloween) Los Angeles, California Actor Jack Webb in the role of LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday Click on graphic for Dragnet Introduction (1 minute)...
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Rebekah Sebastian True Crime Expert Podcast: DIE ALOGUE with Author Steve...
November 5, 2019 Los Angeles, California Rebekah Sebastian Intro (1 min.) https://stevehodel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Die-alogue-Trailer-Edit-1-1-1.mp3 Die Alogue Link The post Rebekah...
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First “Black Dahlia Murder” Reference Found in Big Screen Film Release of...
November 7, 2019 Los Angeles, California Thanks to the “heads up” from Bill S. in the below comment section. I had always thought that the 1950 classic film “Sunset Boulevard” reference to the Dahlia...
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Professor Roland Giolli Dies At 85: Respected Neurobiologist Provided Key...
November 9, 2019 Los Angeles, California Roland Andrew Giolli PhD 1934-2019 Professor Roland Giolli at his microscope (Photo courtesy of and taken by his son, Mark) This morning I received an email...
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A Little Levity: GuthrieGate and Author’s LAPD Pre Employment Mug Shot
November 20, 2019 Los Angeles, California Time for a little levity. Levity No. 1 First, as some readers may know, the great American folk singer/songwriter, Woody Guthrie was (like many other...
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Author Ray Bradbury and a Hodel Quartet of Synchronicities- 1948-1953-1982-2004
December 6, 2019 Los Angeles, California Mike Hodel and Ray Bradbury on “Hour 25 SFTV” (1982) photo by Steve Moore Synchronicity (German: Synchronizität) is a concept, first introduced by analytical...
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1947 “Heartaches” First Big Screen Film (PRC Pictures) To Reference Black...
December 8, 2019 Los Angeles I recently received this “heads up” email from an astute reader, “Bill S.” Here’s an oddity, Steve: A long-forgotten 1947 PRC murder mystery, “Heartaches”...
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Mrs. X’s 1945 Letters from the Grave- George Hodel’s Motive for Murder of His...
December 22, 2019 Los Angeles, California (Updated from an earlier FAQ 69 posted on 3/29/2008) Mrs. X’s—1945 Letters from the Grave On the back of the thick brown envelope, the handwritten note read,...
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“Is Your Name Steven?”-Yes, Virginia There Is A Santa Claus -2019
December 25, 2019 Christmas Day Los Angeles, California Drove out to Pasadena this morning to meet and have Xmas Brunch with two of my longtime friends, Carole and Ron. I arrived at the Mexican...
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Entertainment Weekly Magazine (January 2020 edition) Names “Root Of Evil”...
December 28, 2019 Los Angeles, California Entertainment Weekly’s current (January 2020) edition picks Zak Levitt’s production of ROOT OF EVIL: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia...
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UNRRA “Lieutenant General” Dr. George Hill Hodel’s 1946 Post-WWII Personal...
January 10, 2020 Los Angeles, California (Jan 15th is the 74th Anniversary of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short Murder) THE CHINA LETTER by Dr. George Hill Hodel Click Photo to Enlarge...
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73rd Anniversary of LA’s Black Dahlia Murder- LAPD Original Police Chief,...
January 15, 2020 Los Angeles, California 73rd Anniversary of the Elizabeth Short, “BLACK DAHLIA” MURDER Photo Credit Robert J. Sadler, true crime author/photographer BLACK DAHLIA MURDER LOCATION George...
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Can You Identify Artist in Dr. George Hill Hodel Owned Modernist Painting?
January 16, 2020 Los Angeles, California Can you identify this painting and its artist? This photograph of Dr. George Hill Hodel was believed taken circa 1950, just prior to the sale of his...
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Denver Colorado Author/Journalist Zack Kopp Reviews "Most Evil II"
January 18, 2020 Los Angeles, California For those that may have missed it I wanted to update and republish the below blog which was originally blogged by me some four years ago, on Feb 6, 2016. Zack...
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John Huston’s 1930 Play “Frankie and Johnny” Dedicated to Dorothy Huston...
January 29, 2020 Los Angeles, California John Huston’s 1930 “Frankie and Johnny” Play Illustrations by Covarrubias Published by Albert and Boni – More Synchronicities at the 1939 San Francisco World’s...
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The Snake & Bake Murder- My 1974 Hollywood Homicide Division Murder...
February 3, 2020 Los Angeles Cover Design by Robert J. Sadler “The Snake & Bake Murder—a TrueCrime story that will have you singing 1972s chart-topper “Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl” and reliving...
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Elizabeth”Black Dahlia” Short Jacksonville, Florida Photos and Handwriting...
February 8, 2020 Los Angeles, California A big thank you to one of my readers, Max Martin from Jacksonville, Florida. His email yesterday reads: Mr. Hodel, I want to start off by saying that I am a...
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1924 California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) Annual Shows Freshman...
February 17, 2020 Los Angeles, California Thanks to J. Anon for the “heads up” on two separate pieces of information sent to me in his email from yesterday. Excerpt from it reads: Dear Mr. Hodel … I...
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Update Regarding Telegram Included In Items Sent To Police by Black Dahlia...
March 4, 2020 Los Angeles Six years ago in March 2014 I published, Black Dahlia Avenger II: Presenting the Follow-Up Investigation and Further Evidence Linking Dr. George Hill Hodel to Los Angeles’s...
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