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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 74 —The Old Spuriousity Shoppe

Posted on April 15, 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 73 — The Mailbox

Posted on April 15, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I still haven’t received an answer. —– Forwarded Message —- From: Larry Harnisch To: DHWolfe1213@aol.com Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:51:13 AM Subject: The “D” Memorandum Hi Don old pal, Long time … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 72 — How to Fake a Document

Posted on April 14, 2018 by lmharnisch

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 71 — Request Line IX

Posted on April 13, 2018 by lmharnisch

Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 70 — Request Line VIII

Posted on April 12, 2018 by lmharnisch

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 69 — Courtesy Card

Posted on April 11, 2018 by lmharnisch

Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 68 — Request Line VII

Posted on April 10, 2018 by lmharnisch

Black L.A., 1947: 126 Men, 3 Women Arrested in Raid on ‘Wild Stag Party’

Posted on April 10, 2018 by lmharnisch

The former La Vada Apartments, site of a stag party in 1947, via Google Street View. April 10, 1947: Police raided the ballroom of the La Vada Apartments, 249 E. Vernon, arresting 126 men who had paid $1 for admission … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 66 — Request Line VI

Posted on April 8, 2018 by lmharnisch

Black L.A., 1947: Famous Flier James O. Plinton Jr. Visits L.A.

Posted on April 6, 2018 by lmharnisch

April 3, 1947: James O. Plinton Jr., a pioneering African American aviator, visits Los Angeles to buy two Grumman amphibious planes. At the beginning of World War II, Plinton went to the Tuskegee Institute, where he was a flight instructor, … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 63 — Request Line III

Posted on April 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

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Black L.A., 1947: Reward Offered for Leads in Streetcar Conductor’s Killing

Posted on April 3, 2018 by lmharnisch

1117 E. 58th St., where streetcar conductor Harold D. Moon was robbed and killed, March 30, 1947, via Google Street View. April 3, 1947: Harold D. Moon, a conductor on the “U” streetcar, was shot in the back and robbed … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 57 — Lines of History

Posted on March 30, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m 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 is using the “Laura” format, … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 56 — The Lady in Red

Posted on March 29, 2018 by lmharnisch

Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 55 — Evil Genius

Posted on March 28, 2018 by lmharnisch

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 54 — Tell It to the Marines

Posted on March 27, 2018 by lmharnisch

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 53 — Imagine My Surprise

Posted on March 26, 2018 by lmharnisch

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

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 51 — Slinging Hash

Posted on March 24, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob (and were are those pesky thugs, anyway?), the Mogul (missing in action so far) and … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 50 — Trying to Make It Real Compared to What

Posted on March 23, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore from 2006. I’m 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 is using the “Laura” format, in … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 49 — Family Ties

Posted on March 22, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files,” more properly titled “Stuff I Scraped Out of ‘Severed’ Thanks to John Gilmore, Who Calls My Book … Continue reading →