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Tag Archives: lapd
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.
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged . prune your roses, 1947, Black Dahlia, crime and courts, homicide, lapd
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Black Dahlia: On the Anniversary of Elizabeth Short’s Murder, a Guide for the Hasty Reporter
My Page 1 story on the Black Dahlia case. Now behind the Los Angeles Times pay wall. The full version of the story (expanded by two-thirds) is available on my old, old website. The anniversary of Elizabeth Short’s murder, coming … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, LAPD
Tagged 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Dr. J. Paul De River, George Hodel, lapd, Leslie Dillon
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Black Dahlia: Dec. 23, 1949 — Jury Finds Dr. George Hodel Not Guilty of Molesting Tamar Hodel
The Los Angeles Mirror-News, Dec. 23, 1949. Today is the anniversary of a jury of eight women and four men finding Dr. George Hodel not guilty on two counts of molesting his daughter Tamar. I’ll have more to say about … Continue reading
Posted in 1949, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, LAPD
Tagged 1949, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, crime and courts, George Hodel, lapd, Tamar Hodel
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Black Dahlia: My 24 Years With L.A.’s Coldest Cold Case
UC Irvine professor Miles Corwin, an old friend from the L.A. Times, spent months interviewing me about the Black Dahlia case. Here is Miles’ deep dive, published in the Delacorte Review, into my decades-long journey exploring the life and death … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, homicide, lapd, Piu Eatwell, Steve Hodel, true crime
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‘The Lid Off Los Angeles’ – Liberty Magazine Examines Corruption in the LAPD and at City Hall
On Nov. 11, 1939, Liberty magazine began a six-part series by Dwight F. McKinney and Fred Allhoff on the Harry Raymond bombing and the reform movement of Clifford E. Clinton. Liberty also published a response by Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts. … Continue reading
Posted in 1939, City Hall, LAPD
Tagged #Fletcher Bowron, 1939, City Hall, Clifford E. Clinton, Earle Kynette, Frank Shaw, Harry Raymond bombing, Joe Shaw, lapd, Liberty magazine
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Black Dahlia: ‘The Murder Squad’ Botches the Black Dahlia Case
I have a longstanding aversion to podcasts, especially “true crime” podcasts and particularly when it comes to “true crime” podcasts about the Black Dahlia. “The Murder Squad,” with Billy Jensen and retired Detective Paul Holes, released an episode earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, lapd, Murder Squad, Paul Holes, podcasts, true crime
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Black Dahlia: Zoom Sessions on the Black Dahlia Case
Because so many people are using Zoom to connect in these uncertain times, I thought it would be interesting to host a series of Zoom sessions on the Black Dahlia. I envision weekly meetings with a fairly small group, maybe … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD, Zoom
Tagged 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, homicide, lapd, Zoom
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Black Dahlia: Beware Faked Black Dahlia Picture
Warning: Some clown is circulating a photo on social media that he says shows Elizabeth Short wearing a cameo brooch. And of course, he then produces a brooch just like it. Gosh. Imagine that! At left, the bogus photo and … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, LAPD
Tagged 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Instagram, lapd
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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.
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Crime and Courts, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged . prune your roses, 1947, Black Dahlia, crime and courts, homicide, lapd
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Black Dahlia: Who Can Spot the Mistake?
Every so often, a Black Dahlia researcher cites Morgan Korzik’s blackdahlia.web.unc.edu, presumably on the theory that any source ending in edu is somehow reliable. It’s not. See if you can spot the mistake. ps. You cannot trust anything on the … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, LAPD
Tagged 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, homicide, lapd, Morgan Korzik
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Black Dahlia: Halloween Costumes – Rethink Your Choices
Time for my annual reminder: Dressing up like the victim of a gruesome murder isn’t cool. It isn’t hip, not even ironically. Reconsider your choices; you still have time to be Harley Quinn or Mad Moxxi. Or for a change, … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide
Tagged 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, cosplay, Halloween, homicide, lapd
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Black Dahlia: Asshats on South Norton Avenue — No. 4
Still another person thinks it’s fun to sprawl in the grass near the Black Dahlia crime scene, demonstrating a remarkable lack of taste but also complete lack of information: She’s in the wrong spot. Previously: Asshats on South Norton Avenue … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged 1947, asshats, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, homicide, lapd
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Black Dahlia: Seriously, People? I Mean Really?
This item is listed on EBay. I’m going to report it. EBay usually ignores me because anything goes on EBay. But even so I’ll give it a try.
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Found on EBay, LAPD
Tagged #EBay, 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, lapd
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Black Dahlia: ‘Suspect’ Dr. Adam Fairall — Another Wikipedia Prank
Here we have a purported list of “Black Dahlia Suspects” from Wikipedia. At least as it was of May 20, 2019. Wikipedia, being Wikipedia, this could change at any moment. This list is allegedly the 25 suspects named by Lt. … Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD, Wikipedia
Tagged #Wikipedia, 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Frank Jemison, lapd
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Black Dahlia: ‘Suspect’ Jacob Edward Fisk — Wikipedia Prank Takes on a Life of Its Own
Let’s see what happens when Wikipedia vandalism takes on a life of its own. That would be Black Dahlia “suspect” Jacob Edward Fisk. Never a suspect. It was all just a prank.
Posted in 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD, Wikipedia
Tagged 1947, Another Good Story Ruined, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, homicide, lapd, Wikiepedia
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March 5, 1959: Blinded by Bullet, Officer Shoots Gunman Who Killed Partner
Note: I’m way behind on revisiting old blog posts but here’s one I especially like. It’s a little story about LAPD artist Ector A. Garcia. Garcia also published a paperback “Portraits of Crime” in 1977. It’s a bit hard to … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, Art & Artists, Crime and Courts, LAPD
Tagged 1959, crime and courts, Ector A. Garcia., lapd
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Black Dahlia: Steve Hodel’s Lies on ‘Dr. Phil’; A Case Study
Would you like to see how Steve Hodel lies about things that can be easily checked? Of course you would. This is a graphic that appeared during Steve Hodel’s appearance on “Dr. Phil.” It’s helpful, at least for me, for … Continue reading
Posted in 1950, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged 1950, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Dr. Phil, George Hodel, homicide, lapd, Steve Hodel
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Jan. 5, 1959: LAPD Suspends Officer for – Uh-Oh
Jan. 5, 1959: Chief William Parker suspends Officer Charles Wolf serial No. 4115 for 15 days for … oh dear. Banging “a known prostitute and dissolute person” and letting her get possession of his firearm. This material is from the … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, City Hall, Crime and Courts, LAPD, Libraries
Tagged 1959, crime and courts, lapd, Police Commission, prostitution, William H. Parker
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Jan. 24, 1959: Matt Weinstock ‘The Business of Sex’
Jan. 24, 1959: Matt Weinstock has an item on an Edward R. Murrow broadcast “The Business of Sex.” Murrow said that “For Los Angeles, even though the arrest figure was 212 for the year 1957, the estimates varied from 3,000 … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, Columnists, Crime and Courts, LAPD, Matt Weinstock, Radio
Tagged 1959, broadcasting, columnists, crime statistics, Edward R. Murrow, lapd, Matt Weinstock, prostitution, vice
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January 1959: The LAPD’s Pandora Files
This was a fun post on Pandora’s (later Pandora’s Box), 8118 Sunset Blvd., that I completely forgot. The material is in the agenda packets of the Police Commission. The club was under the jurisdiction of the LAPD’s Hollywood Division Vice … Continue reading
Posted in 1959, Food and Drink, LAPD, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Nightclubs
Tagged 1959, food and drink, lapd, LGBTQ, Nightclubs, Pandora's, Sunset Strip
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