This month’s Ask Me Anything on George Hodel was the last in this series.

No, they aren’t going away. Starting January 20, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on my YouTube channel, I’ll be doing the monthly Black Dahlia Book Club.

I will continue discussing George Hodel and Steve Hodel, probably the most prolific writer on the Black Dahlia case, but I will also examine the range of books, including the recent publications by Eli Frankel and forthcoming book by William J. Mann, and take a look back at the earliest coverage of the case, starting with the pulp magazines. I also want to discuss the current state of “True Crime Inc.”

In this session, I also discussed:

–What is Steve Hodel’s “proof” that George Hodel knew Elizabeth Short?
–How has Steve Hodel misrepresented Los Angeles history?
–How many places did Steve Hodel live up to the age of 16 or 18?
–Did a detective tell Jack Webb that the doctor who killed Elizabeth Short lived on Franklin Avenue?
–Were Steve Hodel and his brothers ever a ward of the state?
–How true are Steve Hodel’s stories about decadent parties at the Sowden House?
–Did police question George Hodel when he returned from the Philippines?
–Did Betty Bersinger call the police from the Bayley house to report Elizabeth Short’s body?
–Steve Hodel’s so-called photos of Elizabeth Short.
–Where can someone see the Black Dahlia photos that Steve Hodel bought on EBay?
–What became of the investigation using Buster the Cadaver Dog at the Sowden House?
–Is it true that the files in the Black Dahlia case are “lost?”
–What is Steve Hodel’s motive in making so many claims about his father?
–Did Steve Hodel get rich from his books?
–Steve Hodel’s claim that he was part of a “new breed” at the LAPD and the recruiter’s alleged comment that with the name Hodel he would never work as a cop.