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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

28: The 1947 Black Dahlia Murder (Part One) w/ Steve Hodel - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

No case in Los Angeles crime history has been more discussed and speculated about than the January 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, aka The Black Dahlia. My guest, Steve Hodel, is a private investigator, former LAPD homicide detective, and author of Black Dahlia Avenger. In his book he documents his investigation into the murder, implicating his own father, George Hodel, in the process.


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1:00.0

Welcome to the Most Notorious Podcast, I'm Eric Rivenes.

1:18.1

Our episode today is about the most notorious murderer in Los Angeles history.

1:23.8

The subject of countless books, movies, theories, lots of intense speculation.

1:29.8

The victim is a woman who has gained far more infamy in death than she ever hoped to achieve

1:35.2

in Hollywood.

1:36.5

Not only was her life taken in the most horrible way possible, and her name and reputation

1:41.4

slandered, but her mysterious killer has been almost glorified in American crime mythology.

1:48.6

Well, my guest today has put together formidable evidence that makes a stunning argument

1:54.7

for who the killer really was.

1:57.0

His father.

1:58.0

I'm excited to be speaking to Steve Houdell, a private investigator and former Los Angeles

2:03.6

homicide detective.

2:05.6

He is also a New York Times and international bestselling author.

2:09.4

His book, Black Dahlia Avenger, was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America as best-facked

2:15.4

true crime book.

2:17.1

It's a great pleasure to have him with me here today.

2:19.9

Thank you so much for your time.

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