Black Dahlia and L.A. Lone Women Murders 1943 - 1949
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Victim Ora Murray, 7.26.43 “The White Gardenia Murder” Victim Georgette Bauerdorf, 10.11.44 “The Bathtub Murder” Victim Elizabeth Short, 1.15.47 - Day 1 -As unidentified “Jane Doe” Elizabeth Short crime scene, 3815 S. Norton Ave, Los Angeles Mrs. Betty Bersinger (first to discover the body) ran to neighbor's residence, (Dr. & Mrs. Walter Bayley, 3959 S. Norton) where she  called police.   Elizabeth Short LAPD “Wanted Information Bulletin” (Source of “Missing Week Myth”) Black Dahlia Avenger notes/mailings
Black Dahlia Avenger more notes/mailings Black Dahlia Avenger “Surrender Note” (undisguised HW of Dr. George Hodel) Newspaper headline 1.23.47, “Trail of Woman Murders in L.A.” 1947 Black Dahlia Murder- A month of headlines L.A. Examiner, City Editor James Richardson speaks with Dahlia killer and informs public he will never forget his distinctive, “soft, sly, voice.” Victim Jeanne French, 2.10.47 “Red Lipstick Murder” “BD” written on nude body at crime scene Victim Gladys Kern, 2.14.48, Police composite of killer compared to George Hodel (moustache removed for comparison)
Victim Mimi Boomhower, 8.18.49, “Merry Widow Murder” HW note on victim’s purse Victim Jean Spangler, 10.7.49 “Fear New Dahlia Death” Dr. Hodel Incest arrest, 10.6.49 composite of newspaper articles George Hodel Booking Photo for Incest/Child Molestation, 10.6.49 Hodel family residence, “Sowden/Franklin House,” 5121 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood “Three Musketeers”, Steven, Michael, Kelvin Hodel -Franklin House circa 1948 “Unsolved L.A. Crimes Ripped by Grand Jury,: headlined, 1.12.50
DA/LAPD secretly install microphone “bugs” inside walls of Hodel Franklin House on 2.15.50 while Dr. Hodel is being “detained and interviewed” at Hall of Justice Excerpts of Dr. George Hodel’s tape-recorded admissions to murders, abortions and police “payoffs” in Feb-March, 1950. DA HODEL- BLACK DAHLIA FILE- Showing full 146-page Hodel electronic surveillance transcription and DA Lt. Frank Jemison’s March 1950, “To Do” list naming 24 Hodel witnesses/acquaintances, “ to be interviewed.” DA Lt. Jemison’s handwritten notes reactivating the 1945 Ruth Spaulding murder investigation after George Hodel’s Feb 18, 1950 admissions on tape to “The German Baron.” Los Angeles Daily News 3.31.50 article confirming Lt. Jemison’s stalking of suspect and informing readers an arrest is imminent. Los Angeles Lone Women Murders map, showing locations in relationship to Dr. Hodel residence George Hodel circa 1950; Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short circa 1946