Black Dahlia Avenger
A Genius for Murder: The True StoryBy Hodel, Steve
Length18h 25m
About this audiobook
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! THIS NEW AND UPDATED EDITION FINALLY PROVES THE SHOCKING IDENTITY OF THE BLACK DAHLIA KILLER—AND THE POLICE CORRUPTION THAT CONCEALED IT FOR SO LONG In 1947, the brutal, sadistic murder of a beautiful young woman named Elizabeth Short led to the largest manhunt in LA history. The killer teased and taunted the police and public for weeks, but his identity stayed a mystery, and the murder remained the most tantalizing unsolved case of the last century. Steve Hodel, a retired LAPD detective, took up the case, reviewing the original evidence and records as well as those of a separate grand jury investigation into a series of murders of single women in LA at the time. The prime suspect had in fact been identified, but never indicted. Why? And who was he? In an account that will remind movie lovers of both LA Confidential and Zodiac, for the corruption it exposes and the insight it offers into a serial killer’s mind, Hodel demonstrates that there was a massive police cover-up. Even more shocking, he proves that the murderer, a true-life Jekyll and Hyde who was a highly respected member of society by day and a psychopathic killer by night, was his own father. This new and updated edition of the book includes an updated introduction from the author as well as new evidence and photographs to once and for all close the case on the Black Dahlia murder.
Audiobook details
GenreTrue Crime
Length18 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 17, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Illustration Acknowledgments
2221 The Watch, the Proof-Sheet Papers, the FBI Files, and the Voice
21 The Biltmore
2322 Handwriting Analysis
32 Jane Doe Number 1
2423 More 1940s L.A. Murdered Women Cases
43 A Death in the Family
2524 The Boomhower—Spangler Kidnap-Murders
54 A Voice from Beyond the Grave
2625 Sergeant Stoker, LAPD’s Gangster Squad, and the Abortion Ring
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65 Dr. George Hill Hodel Jr., 1907–1999
2726 George Hodel: Underworld Roots—The “Hinkies”
76 George and Dorero
2828 The Grand Jury
87 The Hollywood Scandal
2929 The Dahlia Myths
98 Gypsies
3030 The Dahlia Investigation, 2001–2002
109 Subic Bay
3131 Forgotten Victims, 1940s: The Probables
1110 Kiyo
3232 Forgotten Victims, 1950s: The Probables
1211 The Dahlia Witnesses
3333 George Hodel–Elizabeth Short: Reconstructed Timeline
1312 The LAPD and the Press: The Joint Investigation
3434 Filing My Case with the District Attorney’s Office
1413 The LAPD and the Press: The Avenger Mailings
35The Final Thoughtprint
1514 The “Red Lipstick” Murder
36Epilogue
1615 Tamar, Joe Barrett, and Duncan Hodel
37The Aftermath (pt. 1)
1716 Fred Sexton: “Suspect Number 2”
38The Aftermath (pt. 2)
1817 LAPD Secrets and the Marquis de Sade
39New Investigation: Hard Evidence and Forensics (pt. 1)
1918 Elizabeth Short’s “Missing Week”
40New Investigation: Hard Evidence and Forensics (pt. 2)
2019 The Final Connections: Man Ray Thoughtprints
41Author’s Note: 2015 Edition494
2120 The Franklin House Revisited
42Bibliography
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