Tag Archives: Donald H. Wolfe

Black Dahlia: Donald H. Wolfe; ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Fraudster | 1931 – 2015

Posted on March 6, 2020 by lmharnisch

I’m five years late on this item, but for the record: Donald H. Wolfe, the fraudster who wrote “The Black Dahlia Files,” died in February 2015.

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Black Dahlia: Are There Any Good Books on the Black Dahlia Case? Oh Dear!

Posted on January 9, 2019 by lmharnisch

“Severed” by pathological liar John Gilmore (d. 2016) was once the go-to book on the Black Dahlia case, but it’s 25% mistakes and 50% fiction. Are there any good books on the Black Dahlia case? No. But there are a … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 89 — The Two-Minute Executive Summary

Posted on April 29, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. From Feb. 3, 2006, to April 28, 2006, I devoted a daily blog to Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 88 — Request Line XXII

Posted on April 28, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I have ceased blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Wolfe uses the “Laura” … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 86 — Request Line XX

Posted on April 26, 2018 by lmharnisch

Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 85 — Request Line XIX

Posted on April 25, 2018 by lmharnisch

Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 84 — Request Line XVIII

Posted on April 24, 2018 by lmharnisch

Posted in 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, Donald Wolfe, History, Hollywood, Homicide, LAPD | Tagged 1947, Abortion, black dahlia, Books and Authors, cold cases, crime and courts, Donald H. Wolfe, lapd | Leave a comment

Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 83 — Notes on L.A. Abortions in the 1940s

Posted on April 23, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Let’s have some fun, shall we? Since we’re talking about abortion and abortion rings, protection, etc., here are all the news stories involving arrests or patients’ deaths in Los Angeles between 1940 … Continue reading →