Welcome to the 10th session of the Black Dahlia Book Club!
I finally got tired of talking about George Hodel and Steve Hodel (at this point, I know Steve’s monologues from memory) so I decided to spend some time looking at portrayals of the murder and the investigation. I consider myself first and foremost a historian of the Black Dahlia case, and think it’s important to examine the source material in detail to emphasize the challenges of researching the murder of Elizabeth Short.
Reminder: Don’t Dress Up Like the Black Dahlia for Halloween!
This time, I discussed the 1959 episode of the Deadline TV show, titled The Blue Dahlia. It’s also available on Amazon Prime and the Roku Channel. Note: The “Blue Dahlia” character is named Mary Lawlor.
Next month: Black Dahlia Ask Me Anything, November 3 on YouTube.
I also discussed:
–A highly recommended endorsement of DMDE data recovery software, which allowed me to recover hundreds of files (unrelated to the Black Dahlia — they’re all safe) from a failing hard drive. The software won’t work in all cases, but it definitely worked with some of my older, failing/failed drives.
https://dmde.com
–Charitable donations in memory of Elizabeth Short.
–Charity auction of Michael Connelly’s books now includes “The Drop” (signed first edition) and another first edition (not signed, alas), “The Burning Room.”
–Cpl. Joseph Dumais’ false confession in the Black Dahlia case.
–Jack Lotto’s story, disproving Dumais’ confession.
–Black Dahlia Book Club plans for the rest of the year and into 2027.
–Steve Hodel’s claims that he is done writing books.
–Steve Hodel’s stack of emails with Alex Baber.
–Deconstructing Dahlia.
–Videogames based on the Black Dahlia case.
