Black Dahlia Avenger The True Story

Name: Black Dahlia Avenger The True Story
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ISBN: 9780060589950

ISBN-10: 0060589957

ISBN-13: 9780060589950

Edition: 2004

Authors: Steve Hodel

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A New York Times Notable Book An Edgar Award Finalist In this startling tour-de-force, a professional homicide detective finally solves the case of one of the most shocking murders of the twentieth century in this true-crime page-turner. "Supposin' I did kill the Black Dahlia. They couldn't prove it now. They can't talk to my secretary anymore because she's dead." -- Dr. George Hodel, February 18, 1950, from residential electronic surveillance transcripts in the L.A. District Attorney's files, released to the public for the first time on April 11, 2003 In 1947, the sadistic murder of a beautiful young woman, twenty-two-year-old Elizabeth Short, led to the largest manhunt in Los…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword


Introduction


The Biltmore


Jane Doe Number 1


A Death in the Family


A Voice from Beyond the Grave


Dr. George Hill Hodel Jr., 1907-1999


George and Dorero


The Hollywood Scandal


Gypsies


Subic Bay


Kiyo


The Dahlia Witnesses


The LAPD and the Press: The Joint Investigation


The LAPD and the Press: The Avenger Mailings


The "Red Lipstick" Murder


Tamar, Joe Barrett, and Duncan Hodel


Fred Sexton: "Suspect Number 2"


LAPD Secrets and the Marquis de Sade


Elizabeth Short's "Missing Week"


The Final Connections: Man Ray Thoughtprints


The Franklin House Revisited


The Watch, the Proof-Sheet Papers, the FBI Files, and the Voice


Handwriting Analysis


More 1940s L.A. Murdered Women Cases


The Boomhower-Spangler Kidnap-Murders


Sergeant Stoker, LAPD's Gangster Squad, and the Abortion Ring


George Hodel: Underworld Roots--The "Hinkies"


Dahliagate: The Double Cover-up


The Grand Jury


The Dahlia Myths


The Dahlia Investigation, 2001-2002


Forgotten Victims, 1940s: The Probables


Forgotten Victims, 1950s: The Probables


George Hodel-Elizabeth Short: Reconstructed Timeline


Filing My Case with the District Attorney's Office


The Final Thoughtprint


Epilogue


The Aftermath


Author's Postscript


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index