
Black Dahlia Avenger
The True Story
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Narrado por:
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Kevin Pierce
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Steve Hodel
For 56 years, the Black Dahlia murder case remained one of the most notorious and high-profile unsolved crimes of the 20th century. Now, Steve Hodel, a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, believes he has finally solved the case. On January 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short - "The Black Dahlia" - was found dead in a vacant lot in Los Angeles, her body horribly mutilated, bisected at the waist, and posed in a bizarre manner. The horrific crime shocked the country and commanded headlines for months as the killer taunted the police with notes and phone calls. Despite the massive manhunt, the murderer was never found.
Hodel began working on the case after he retired from the LAPD when he chanced upon an intriguing piece of evidence that led him on a trail that he had no choice but to follow - since it pertained directly to him. As he dug deeper, he came to believe that the killer was also responsible for over a dozen other unsolved murders in the Los Angeles area around the same time. He also found copious evidence of corruption at the LAPD, leading him to accuse the department top brass of covering up the Black Dahlia murder in order to conceal a deeper conspiracy involving crooked politicians and gangsters.
Despite a lack of physical evidence (which had been destroyed), Hodel is able to connect numerous dots and make a plausible case, complete with lurid tales of wild orgies that were attended by celebrities such as the artist Man Ray, the director John Huston, and a host of other Hollywood elites. He also discloses his killer’s obsession with the Marquis de Sade and Jack the Ripper and how he modeled his own crimes on their behavior. In particular, there is a disturbing connection between the work of Man Ray and the horrific circumstances of Short’s murder. It is doubtful that this will be the final word on the Black Dahlia murder - too much myth surrounds it and much of his evidence is circumstantial - but Hodel’s labyrinthine tale adds much to this intriguing case.
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The 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short led to an exhaustive and fruitless manhunt in Southern California, and the Black Dahlia case still stands as one of the most famous unsolved murders in American history. Retired LAPD detective Steve Hodel, however, has uncovered evidence that may reveal the mysterious killer's identity: his father George.
Kevin Pierce gives a striking edge to Black Dahlia Avenger, evoking the no-nonsense style of classic LA noirs like Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard. But Hodel's work is all too real, even as the gory and byzantine details of this riveting case seem like a Hollywood tall tale.
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great book
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Thorough!
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CAn we say horrid?
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Real life super villain.
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Fascinating story!
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1. I do find it strange in audio books when narrators mispronounce something and either they or an editor doesn't stop and correct it. However, I have no idea how these things are recorded or if it's just a narrator at home with a mic and computer.
2. Several times I would find myself thinking - "Wait, I swear I've already heard this exact part." because he was repeating some paragraphs from earlier chapters, verbatim
Bonus: The funniest thing though, and this was a first for me, is at the 10:58:15 mark he stops narrating for about 2 seconds and there are three taps in a row that sound like him banging on a keyboard 😆. I know it's not relevant to the actual story... It was just so bizarre.
compelling book punctuated by hilarious foible 😂
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Incredible but..
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Steve Hodell
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Overall very interesting
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If you’re not familiar with the crime, a woman with her child going to the store one afternoon in the late 1940s in Los Angeles, CA, came across a gruesome sight: a nude woman’s body was cut in half and displayed in a vacant lot. It was the body of Elizabeth Short and the body was completely drained of blood, her mouth was slit open at the corners giving her face a permanent grin. Autopsy reports revealed that she was tortured before she was murder and beaten about the head and face. To this day the case has not been solved.
Dr. George Hodel was a suspect in the crime and was the author’s father.
Anyway, there’s too much stuff to get into here so just listen to the audible version.
I knocked off one-star because Audible doesn’t provide you with additional downloads like pictures, diagrams, news clippings etc., that are described in the narration. I’m not sure if the physical book has those things in it but it should since the narrator refers to them during one chapter.
Enjoyable and Intriguing
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