Tag Archives: 1947

Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is July 2

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, July 2, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and … Continue reading

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is June 4

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, June 4, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

This week’s mystery movie was the 1947 United Artists film The Private Affairs of Bel Ami, with George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee, John Carradine, Susan Douglas, Hugo Haas, Marie Wilson, Albert Basserman, Katherine Emery, Richard Fraser and … Continue reading

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is May 7

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and … Continue reading

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is April 2

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, April 2, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and … Continue reading

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is March 5

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, March 5, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. (It’s also Election Day in Los Angeles, so … Continue reading

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is Feb. 6

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and … Continue reading

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Black Dahlia: Trim Your Roses on Jan. 15 to Remember Elizabeth Short

Today is Jan. 15, the anniversary of Elizabeth Short’s death. As is the custom, the Daily Mirror will be dark. Trim your roses in her memory.

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is Jan. 2

Reminder: Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, Jan 2, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and discuss Elizabeth … Continue reading

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is Dec. 5

Reminder: Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and discuss Daddy … Continue reading

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

This week’s mystery movie was the 1947 Paramount film Welcome Stranger, with Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wanda Hendrix, Frank Faylen, Elizabeth Patterson, Robert Shayne, Larry Young, Percy Kilbride, Charles Dingle and Don Beddoe.

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is Nov. 7

Reminder: Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and talk about … Continue reading

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‘Ask Me Anything’ on George Hodel — October 10

Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” about Dr. George Hodel on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Have you read Steve Hodel’s books? Watched the TV interviews? Listened to the podcasts? Maybe you’re … Continue reading

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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, October 2023

Here is this month’s Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case. I discuss the “suspect of the month” (Mark Hansen) and talk about the gap in Elizabeth Short’s life from Jan. 9, 1947, when Red Manley left her at … Continue reading

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Reminder: Don’t Dress Up Like the Black Dahlia for Halloween!

Annual reminder: Don’t dress up like the Black Dahlia for Halloween. It’s not the lewk you want. Don’t do it.

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is Oct. 3

Reminder: Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and talk about … Continue reading

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Brian De Palma’s ‘The Black Dahlia’

Note: This is an encore post from 2006.  I’m running it again because I’m seeing a fair number of comments on social media about De Palma’s Black Dahlia being “Well, OK, not *that* bad.” Yes, yes it was *that* bad. … Continue reading

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‘Ask Me Anything’ on George Hodel — September 19

Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” about Dr. George Hodel on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Have you read Steve Hodel’s books? Watched the TV interviews? Listened to the podcasts? Maybe you’re … Continue reading

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is Sept. 5

Reminder: Boxy and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. Pacific time. I’ll give an update on the book and talk about several popular subjects: Research in … Continue reading

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Black Dahlia: George Hodel, Ask Me Anything, August 2023

Here’s an Ask Me Anything that I did Tuesday about Steve Hodel and his lies about his father, Dr. George Hodel. To be scientific, I analyzed Steve Hodel’s techniques for lying, which I call Inflation, Distortion, Suppression and Fiction, and … Continue reading

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