This story has been of interest to me since I first saw and hear about it on Patrick McNee's Ghost Stories. What puzzles me is why they did it. Myself I can not comprehend what could lead someone to kill another person they she was killed. Here's the latest news on the case: http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2013/...d-cadaver-dog-finds-possible-death-scene.html . I hope that it is solved so she can finally rest in peace.
Happy Thursday to YOU.. You posted this on MONDAY and I missed it! Amazing, that! Yeah, this case has fascinated me ever since I first learned about it eons ago, and that it could well be solved is just incredible. I watched a documentary about it a while ago in which this detective outlined the path to the conclusion that his father may well be responsible. Seems there were notes, drawings and diaries involved.. I have to wonder what was going through his mind when he killed her and then risked being discovered as he carefully posed her in full view of anyone passing by, and whether or not there may be others.. M!
May i ask a question please? I apologise acting daft. Thank you. "Why, was Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia"!? I'm most intrigued now. Thank you for sharing this, very interesting article.
Hey, Welshbabe! She was an aspiring and struggling actress who discovered that she looked great in black. She chose to wear black outfits because it set her apart from the ten kazillion other aspiring actresses in Hollywood at that time, and it became part of her identity. She was dubbed 'The Black Dahlia' because she was always in black. M!
Hiya! MurLag. May i thank you, so much for replying back to my query so promptly,. I never knew that. And i thank you. For letting me know. Thank you.
Evidence aside (I think I had the show on in the background but wasn't really watching), I have to wonder what kind of relationship he had with his father to make such a claim. If I suspected one of my parents of an infamous murder, I think I would keep it to myself, not spill my guts to Bill Kurtis or one of the psychic harpies from Long Island they have on Biography now.
Hi Denniston.. Of course I cannot comment on the relationship this gentleman had with his father, but I believe he had not an inkling his father was capable of such atrocious behavior. It was not until he retired from his position as a Los Angeles detective that he stumbled across documents and pictures that raised red flags. And when he could no longer doubt his father's involvement in this case, his detective instincts and training kicked in, giving him no option but to act on them. I think he could not let this crime go unsolved while he had evidence that could solve it. M!
Gotta say "that was interesting" to read about, from time-to-time. If the case is closed, so be it. Works for me.
To me the ironic thing is, that as I watched the show the first time I saw it, I knew the killer was a cop and didn't give it much thought afterwards.
Hi.. The man identified as the killer was a doctor, the father of a retired Los Angeles detective. Check out this link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...lack-Dahlia-murder-my-evil-father-did-it.html M!
Hi.. Do you mean the father brought dishonor to his family, or the son for exposing his father's alleged crimes? M!
Without reading the book (there would have to be a book...), I didn't find the evidence all that convincing. However, as I was googling the case just now I found that George Hodel left the country in 1951 and didn't return for forty years, I am more convinced of his guilt now. http://www.criminalelement.com/blog...true-crime-cold-case-black-dahlia-los-angeles Had it been my father I still would have kept it to myself, not written a book and gone on the true-crime show circuit.
Hi.. I think each of us would handle this situation in our own unique way and until we are faced with it, we can only guess how we would respond. There are no guidelines, no precedence to follow. It is a first, and we would be on our own. I think this gentleman's police training and experience as a detective who has witnessed more horror than most of can imagine, gave him no choice than to follow every lead and treat this as any other crime. Unsolved cases gnaw at this man until they are solved, the perpetrator brought to justice or posthumously recognized. Once the case is closed, the victim can find peace. And no one can deny that bringing this into the public arena was a courageous act, and my hat is off to him. I think it was his only option. Muriel!
