In the March 2026 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I give an update on my work in progress, Heaven Is Here!

Note: The Black Dahlia Book Club (formerly Ask Me Anything about George Hodel), which looks at the resource material on the Black Dahlia case, is March 17 at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube. The next Black Dahlia session is April 14, 2026, also at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube.

In this session, I talked about being invited to appear on Michael Connelly’s podcast, which is still under discussion.

I noted Steve Hodel’s claims that he gave Alex Baber a large amount of his research material and that Baber then “ghosted” him. And that the website of Alex Baber’s Cold Case Consultants of America has been scrubbed of all people except for him.

I also covered:

–Wikipedia follies.

–The key elements of the Black Dahlia case: Elizabeth Short was the first person to fictionalize her life. Nobody knows where she was from when she left the Biltmore until her body was discovered. And that the murder of Elizabeth Short is not a serial killing.

–How one rebuts the claims of code experts and homicide detectives.

–The preservation of evidence, documents and news articles in the Black Dahlia case.

–Was it common for women to travel alone in the 1940s, as Elizabeth Short did?

–Why was the Short family upset with Kyle Wood over placement of a memorial plaque in Medford, Mass.?

–What were Elizabeth Short’s life goals?

–Did Virginia Short know that Elizabeth Short’s body was found near the Bayley residence?

–William Mann’s claims about interviewing friends and family of the principals in the Black Dahlia case. Do I think Mann’s publisher wanted him to present a “solution” to the case?

–Was Elizabeth Short held captive before her killing?

–Is it true that Elizabeth Short was auditioning for roles and wanted to be an actress?

–Did detectives identify the men who were photographed with Elizabeth Short?

–Was it possible to trace calls from the Biltmore’s pay phones?