Tag Archives: Cold Cases

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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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, April 2024

Here’s Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. The first subject was where was George Hodel in December 1945 and why does it matter? And the second, somewhat related subject was one of … 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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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, March 2024

Here’s Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. I discussed the bizarre works of Jack Pico, an alias of John Frederick “Jack” Kohne Jr., from whom Steve Hodel stole the idea that the … 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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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, February 2024

Here’s Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. I responded to Steve Hodel’s bizarre “validation from beyond the grave” (law enforcement officials who, in Steve’s world, say he’s “solved” the case — all … 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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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, January 2024

Here’s Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. I responded to a Steve Hodel supporter who challenged my credentials and asked for my “substantiation.”

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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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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, December 2023 / The George Hodel Bugging Transcripts

Here’s Boxy and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. I talked about Steve Hodel’s bizarre new book “Black Dahlia Avenger IV” and one of his staunchest enablers, Luigi Warren. Then I reviewed the LAPD guidelines for … 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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George Hodel: Ask Me Anything, November 2023 / The George Hodel Bugging Transcripts

Here’s Boxy and I with this month’s “Ask Me Anything” on George Hodel. I talked about Steve Hodel’s Internet squabble with Esotouric and his bizarre new book “Black Dahlia Avenger IV.” Then I went over the LAPD guidelines for managing … Continue reading

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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 – 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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Black Dahlia: George Hodel, Ask Me Anything, September 2023

Boxy and I did another Ask Me Anything on Dr. George Hodel on Tuesday. I covered the history of the Sowden House and who lived there in the 1930s and ‘40s. I also gave an overview of the life of … 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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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything for September 2023

Here’s my latest Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case. We had a good turnout and lots of excellent questions. The video is posted on YouTube and on Instagram. I discussed Don’t Dress Up Like the Black Dahlia for … Continue reading

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