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September 13, 1963: Woman’s Body Found Behind Wall in Highland Park Home
Note: This is an encore post from 2013. Joseph and Anna Lewis, 2630 Johnston St., Highland Park, had been married for 42 when she disappeared. Not that Joseph, 72, a carpenter, was particularly...
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September 12, 1944: Wife Stabs Venice Man to Death
September 12, 1944 Charles Holdren, 45, lived at 1515 Trolleyway, Venice, with his wife, Ellen, and daughters from a previous marriage: Virginia, 20, Peggy, 18, and Lois, 13. He worked as a fish...
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August 28, 1958: Intruder kills former actress
She is one of those cold cases that leave all kinds of unanswered questions even when the killer is finally caught, convicted and sent to prison. Nothing about it passes the sniff test. We know her...
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August 27,1958: Woman kills husband over singing, Reds win against Dodgers
Was Benjamin John Beynon an abusive husband … or just a bad singer? Ben, 46, and his wife of six years, Anne, lived at 1946 1/2 New England Ave., between Hoover and Vermont just south of Washington....
View ArticleReminder: My Next Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia Case Is August 4
Reminder: Boxie and I will be doing a live Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube. The next Black Dahlia Book Club is August 18, 2026, at...
View ArticleJuly 26, 1947: Son Cleared of Killing Father During Attack on Mother
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. One night in July, Bernard Robert Monday Jr. finally had enough. The violence had been going on at least a decade,...
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Dead Man’s Last Words: ‘Here’s a Good Spot to Shoot, Baby,’ July 25, 1944
Note: This is an encore post from 2014. “Here’s a good spot to shoot, baby” are the probably the last words spoken by William B. Smith, 39, a dental technician (or a shipyard worker, depending on the...
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July 24, 1947: Honor Student Vesta Belle Sapenter, 17, Strangled
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Her name was Vesta Belle and she was 17, an honor student at Jefferson High, a mile and a half from her home at 5320...
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July 23, 2009: Darryl Thomas Kemp, Paroled Sex Killer Strikes Again, Gets...
July 17, 1959: Darryl Thomas Kemp is linked to the killing of Marjorie Hipperson. He killed again a few months after being paroled in 1978. The nylon stocking murder of nurse Marjorie Hipperson, one of...
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July 9, 1947: Rosenda Mondragon Strangled With Stocking
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Here’s a perfect illustration of the difference between The Times and the Examiner, which has a completely different...
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July 2, 1947: Man Held in Strangling of Mary Tate
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. This is, of course, a murder frequently tossed into the Black Dahlia file by crime books such as “The Cases That...
View ArticleReminder: My Next Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia Case Is July 7
Reminder: Boxie and I will be doing a live Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube. The next Black Dahlia Book Club is July 21, 2026, at 10...
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June 25, 1947: L.A. Times Praises Gangland Slaying of Bugsy Siegel
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Gov. Warren is justified in his concern over the growth of gangsterism in California, dramatized by the effective and...
View ArticleBlack Dahlia: Mamie Van Doren Is Hallucinating About Knowing the Black Dahlia
Update: Mamie Van Doren is hallucinating about her alleged “friendship” with Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia.
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Black Dahlia: Mamie Van Doren’s Invented Memories of Elizabeth Short
For several years, because of what she posted on her blog and now what’s in her so-called memoir, people have been badgering me about what Mamie Van Doren (age 95) thinks she “remembers” about her old...
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June 16, 1907: Lawyer Edith Foulkes Handles Her Own Divorce Case
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. June 16, 1907 Los Angeles Despite the old saying—a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client—Edith Foulkes is a smart woman, at least in the...
View ArticleBlack Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, June 2026
In this video, I discussed my work in progress, Heaven Is Here! and Part 3, Decoding the “Detective,” in David Oranchak’s series on Alex Baber. It is a masterpiece of debunking a “true” crime...
View ArticleBlack Dahlia Book Club for May 2026
In this episode of the Black Dahlia Book Club, I look at actor/director/producer Jack Webb and his 1958 book “The Badge.” In the Q&A, I discussed research on Bunker Hill, the film noir “He Walked...
View ArticleBlack Dahlia: Teaser for Video Disproving Alleged Dahlia-Zodiac Link and...
David Oranchak, who helped crack Zodiac’s so called Z340 cipher, has released the teaser for his upcoming video response to claims that supposedly self-taught codebreaker and “perceptionalist” Alex...
View ArticleBlack Dahlia Book Club – Coming May 19, 2026
Reminder, Boxie and I will be doing the next session of the Black Dahlia Book Club on Tuesday, May 19, at 10 a.m. Pacific time on YouTube. In this installment, I’ll be discussing Jack Webb’s...
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