Musicland Mystery Photo (Updated ++++)

Posted on February 23, 2013 by lmharnisch

Feb. 23, 2013, Mystery Photo

Look what I found! Remember it from here?

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 17

Posted on February 23, 2013 by lmharnisch

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both now move to part of house where talk is unintelligible — both return and Hodel suggests they sit in his car and talk — to which party agrees!!!

Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel knows one place that isn’t bugged – his car – on  March  6, 1950.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16

 

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Black Dahlia: Waiting for Test Results on Dr. George ‘Evil Genius’ Hodel’s Murder HQ, Week 2

Posted on February 22, 2013 by lmharnisch

Ever wonder how long it takes to test soil samples for evidence of human remains? We are, of course, since we are waiting breathlessly for results of soil taken from Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel’s purported Murder HQ after “Buster the Wonder Dog” frolicked around the Sowden House pointing out remains – or something – in November 2012.

There is still no word on what – if anything – was found during taping of SyFy’s “Ghost Hunters” in November in a segment that was aired by KNBC-TV Channel 4 on Feb. 1. (In case you didn’t know, February is a “sweeps month,” when stations go into hyperdrive (emphasis on hype) to boost their ratings.)

But we do know this.

CNN reported Oct. 2, 2012, that tests results were expected “today” on samples taken “last week” in hopes of finding the remains of former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa.

Providing more details,  the C&G News reported Oct.5, 2012, that soil samples were collected Sept. 28, 2012, transported Oct. 1, to Michigan State University for testing  and that no trace of human remains were found. In other words, it’s a fairly speedy process…

According to a Feb. 3, 2013, Daily Beast article, results were expected “next week.”  Gosh, I wonder what the holdup is.

You don’t suppose they didn’t find anything, do you?  That it was all sweeps month hype?

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 16

Posted on February 22, 2013 by lmharnisch

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Hodel again started talking about photographs with the tw(o) people!!! Pictures seemed to be of Japanese girls!!!!!

Another day at the purported Murder HQ of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel, March 5, 1950.

And in case you are wondering, the recordings continue to March 27, 1950.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15

 

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No Carole Lombard Death Scene Photos Here!

Posted on February 21, 2013 by lmharnisch

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One of the oddest experiences in running the L.A. Daily Mirror is to see how many people stumble in while searching for “snuff” pictures of Carole Lombard, who died in a 1942 plane crash. Not a day goes by that I don’t get searches for “carole lombard death photos” or something similar.  I have never seen any of these pictures, I don’t know if they exist and if they do, I absolutely would NOT run them. People who surf the Net looking for morgue pictures or body shots — whether it’s Lombard or Elizabeth Short or anybody else — should get a life.

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 15

Posted on February 21, 2013 by lmharnisch

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“You’re talking over a tapped line. Oh yes, it’s been tapped for a long time!!!”

So begins another day at the purported Murder HQ of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel, March 4, 1950.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14

 

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 14

Posted on February 20, 2013 by lmharnisch

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Hodel and Ellen have conversation in Spanish. They are in bedroom having sex intercourse or something, probably perversion. Sounds like he got another blowjob!!!!!

A little perversion breaks up the monotony at the purported Murder HQ of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel on March 3, 1950.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13

 

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 13

Posted on February 19, 2013 by lmharnisch

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Be nice to her, she is an old lady!!!

March 2, 1950: Another boring day at the purported murder HQ of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel. A maniacal killer is worried about being nice to an old lady??? No “Evil Genius” points today!

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12

 

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated ++)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by lmharnisch

Mystery Photo

And for Monday, a mystery lady!

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Douglas Fairbanks, Author

Posted on February 18, 2013 by lmharnisch

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Douglas Fairbanks: “Teaching his dog to smile.”

Douglas Fairbanks exploded onto the filmmaking scene in 1915 after a successful career on Broadway as a dashing leading man. His jaunty joie de vivre and flashy acrobatics wowed audiences on stage and soon enthralled filmgoers as well. By 1917, the successful Fairbanks opened his own production company called the Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. The handsome star represented the best qualities of America – drive, confidence and goodness.

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 12

Posted on February 18, 2013 by lmharnisch

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“I wish I hadn’t done that!!!!!”

March 1, 1950: Another day of tedium at the purported murder HQ of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel.

In case you just tuned in and are wondering “What’s with all this boring nonsense?”

I’m fed up with people cherry-picking phrases out of these transcripts in an attempt to show that they implicate Dr. George Hodel in a deadly rampage in which he committed virtually every unsolved murder in Los Angeles for decades, so I am posting them in their entirety. Decide for yourself what sort of man Dr. George Hodel was, based on his own words.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 11

Posted on February 17, 2013 by lmharnisch

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Thursday I may be going to Santa Barbara!!!

And here is Part 11 of the Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel transcripts for Feb. 28, 1950.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10

 

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 10

Posted on February 16, 2013 by lmharnisch

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Well anyway, she hasn’t said she’d committed incest or killed the Black Dahlia!!!

(I wonder if Hodel was talking to Theodore Kolline, who was apparently staying with him during his divorce.)

And here is the Feb. 27, 1950, installment of the bugging of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel’s purported murder HQ, in which Ellen is — once again — crying.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9

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Black Dahlia: Hodel ‘Murder HQ’ Test Results? Day 5

Posted on February 15, 2013 by lmharnisch

It’s Friday and still no announcement. And here I was, thinking that the Black Dahlia case was “nearly solved.”  You don’t suppose it was all just a publicity stunt, do you?

If you will remember (and of course you do) Christine Pelisek wrote in the Daily Beast on Feb. 3, 2013, that test results on soil taken from the Sowden House (George “Evil Genius” Hodel’s purported murder HQ) would be “expected next week.”

Buster the “Wonder Dog” supposedly located “the scent of death” in several places at the home and soil from these places was to be tested.

We’re waiting….

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 9

Posted on February 15, 2013 by lmharnisch

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Hodel snoring very loudly – no other movements!!!

Welcome to yet another day of bugging the Lloyd Wright manse of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel,  Feb. 26, 1950. Apparently Theodore Kolline moved in with Hodel while seeking a divorce.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8

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San Xavier: The Mystery of the Mission’s Missing Lions

Posted on February 14, 2013 by lmharnisch

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In 1982, two hand-carved wooden lions dating from 1797 vanished from the chancel at Mission San Xavier del Bac. In 1988, the reproductions shown above made by brothers Hector and Jorge Ortega were installed and fastened down to prevent theft. I never knew what happened to the originals until I visited today and heard two guides tell tour groups that a mentally challenged janitor wrote to a priest at the mission 16 years later and asked for forgiveness because he had taken them out back to an incinerator and burned them.

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Black Dahlia: Hodel ‘Murder HQ’ Test Results? Day 4

Posted on February 14, 2013 by lmharnisch

The week is almost up and there’s been no announcement. Do you think the results were negative? Hmmmm.

If you will remember (and of course you do) Christine Pelisek wrote in the Daily Beast on Feb. 3, 2013, that test results on soil taken from the Sowden House (George “Evil Genius” Hodel’s purported murder HQ) would be “expected next week.”

Buster the “Wonder Dog” supposedly located “the scent of death” in several places at the home and soil from these places was to be tested.

We’re waiting….

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 8

Posted on February 14, 2013 by lmharnisch

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It is a morbid poem!!!

Welcome to another day of bugging the purported murder HQ of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel, Feb. 25, 1950.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8

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Black Dahlia: The Non-Smoking Gun – George Hodel Files Part 7

Posted on February 13, 2013 by lmharnisch

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Aren’t you going to bed for Christ sake?

Another day in the life of Dr. George “Evil Genius” Hodel, Feb. 24, 1950.

The George Hodel files Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

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Black Dahlia: Hodel ‘Murder HQ’ Test Results? Day 2

Posted on February 12, 2013 by lmharnisch

No announcement yet…..

If you will remember (and of course you do) Christine Pelisek wrote in the Daily Beast on Feb. 3, 2013, that test results on soil taken from the Sowden House (George “Evil Genius” Hodel’s purported murder HQ) would be “expected next week.”

Buster the “Wonder Dog” supposedly located “the scent of death” in several places at the home and soil from these places was to be tested.

We’re waiting….

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