George ‘Evil Genius’ Hodel Rides Again

Hodel Book  Someone, I'm not sure who, left a copy of Steve Hodel's new book, "Most Evil," on my desk. Does Steve Hodel, author of "Black Dahlia Avenger," say his father was Zodiac? In a word, yes.

From the introduction: "I know now that my father was also responsible for a series of infamous murders in Chicago (where he was known for a time as the Lipstick Killer), Manila (where the local press dubbed him the Jigsaw Murderer) and the Bay Area of California (where he called himself Zodiac).

It's a bizarre, terrifying and surreal story that will alter criminal history, exonerate the innocent, and change the way we think about the motives and signatures of serial killers. Hang on."

Note: I already found one major error. The book evidently relies
heavily on handwriting analysis. Several of what "Most Evil" claims are samples of George Hodel's handwriting are actually the handwriting of Elizabeth Short. (Unless you
think a grown man dots his "I's" with little circles).

What else is in "Most Evil?" Stay tuned.

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3 Responses to George ‘Evil Genius’ Hodel Rides Again

  1. Next up from Mr. Hodel – “My Daddy was Jack the Ripper!”

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  2. Phoebe's avatar Phoebe says:

    Leslie Dillon, 26, one of the Black Dahlia suspects, dotted his I’s with a little circle.
    You can see this on the postcard he threw out the hotel window to escape the LAPD Gangster Squad interrogators and Dr. de River.

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  3. I almost fell out of my chair laughing at this story. George Hodel was just an alias, you know. His real name was Josef Mengele.

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