George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, January 2025

Here’s Boxie and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel.

In this session, I went over the basics of Steve Hodel’s claims about his father in deference to any new subscribers I may have picked up from Reddit.

I emphasized that everything people think they know about George Hodel comes from one source: Steve Hodel, either directly through Steve’s books and interviews or indirectly through articles about Steve’s claims — all them based on what Steve says.

I also talked about Steve Hodel’s “apology” to the family of Walter Bayley, noting that if Steve is going to go around making apologies, he can start with his own family and all the people he’s harmed with his bogus claims. And then apologize to the Short family.

I will be waiting for that one.
We also talked about:

–Where was George Hodel when Elizabeth Short was killed?
–Is David Lynch’s story about John St. John and the Black Dahlia crime scene photo true? –Who was Dr. Arthur McGinnis Faught, was he friends with George Hodel?
–Was George Hodel seen with Elizabeth Short in a nightclub in Woodland Hills called Chinchillas on Ventura blvd.
–Was Elizabeth Short killed in the courtyard of the Sowden House and then taken into the basement for bisection/mutilation?
–Was George Hodel a gynecologist, as stated in People magazine?
–Has John E Douglas ever said anything about George Hodel?
–What are my thoughts on “I Am the Night?”
— Hodel’s secretary died in 1945, how in the world could they question her about Elizabeth Short?
–​​I find it bizarre that Hodel claims the murders were inspired by an artist.
–​​Is there any convincing someone who buys into original Hodel book theory but thinks Steve screwed it up with subsequent books?

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