Contents

Introduction

  1   The Biltmore

  2   Jane Doe Number 1

  3   A Death in the Family

  4   A Voice from Beyond the Grave

  5   Dr. George Hill Hodel Jr., 1907–1999

  6   George and Dorero

  7   The Hollywood Scandal

  8   Gypsies

  9   Subic Bay

10   Kiyo

11   The Dahlia Witnesses

12   The LAPD and the Press: The Joint Investigation

13   The LAPD and the Press: The Avenger Mailings

14   The “Red Lipstick” Murder

15   Tamar, Joe Barrett, and Duncan Hodel

16   Fred Sexton: “Suspect Number 2”

17   LAPD Secrets and the Marquis de Sade

18   Elizabeth Short’s “Missing Week”

19   The Final Connections: Man Ray Thoughtprints

20   The Franklin House Revisited

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

22   Handwriting Analysis

23   More 1940s L.A. Murdered Women Cases

24   The Boomhower—Spangler Kidnap-Murders

25   Sergeant Stoker, LAPD’s Gangster Squad, and the Abortion Ring

26   George Hodel: Underworld Roots—The “Hinkies”

27   Dahliagate: The Double Cover-up

28   The Grand Jury

29   The Dahlia Myths

30   The Dahlia Investigation, 2001–2002

31   Forgotten Victims, 1940s: The Probables

32   Forgotten Victims, 1950s: The Probables

33   George Hodel–Elizabeth Short: Reconstructed Timeline

34   Filing My Case with the District Attorney’s Office

The Final Thoughtprint

Epilogue

The Aftermath

New Investigation: Hard Evidence and Forensics

Author’s Note: 2015 Edition

Acknowledgments

Bibliography