March 10, 2011 - Steve Hodel - The Black Dahlia Murders
Best selling author Steve Hodel will be discussing his adventure tracking down
AND SOLVING the Black Dahlia murder that had eluded law enforcement for years and captured the entire nation's attention.
During his career at Hollywood Homicide, Steve was promoted to Detective II and in 1983 was the senior field homicide detective.
During his years of service he received more than 75 commendations and handled over 300 separate murder investigations and had one of the departments highest "solve rates."
Steve was promoted to Detective III (the highest attainable rank in detectives) and retired from LAPD in 1986.
COURT TV "Who Killed the Black Dahlia?" Josh Mankiewicz (2003) 1-hr
CBS 48-HOURS "Black Dahlia Confidential" (2004) 1-hr
A&E Bill Kurtis COLD CASE FILES "Black Dahlia" (2006) 1-hr
NBC Universal (France) The Truth About The Black Dahlia (2006) 1-hr
CNN Anderson Cooper-360 "Black Dahlia" (2006) 8 mins
Discovery Channel "MOST EVIL" (2007) 1-hr
Steve Hodel was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
He served four years as a medic in the U.S. Navy, and then joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1963.
After six years in uniform patrol, he transferred to Hollywood Division Detectives where he worked all of the "tables":
Burglary, Robbery, Auto-Theft, Juvenile, Crimes against Persons and was then permanently assigned to the Homicide Detail.
During his career at Hollywood Homicide, Steve promoted to Detective II and in 1983 was the senior field homicide detective.
During his years of service he received more than 75 commendations and handled over 300 separate murder investigations and had one of the departments highest "solve rates."
Steve promoted to Detective III (the highest attainable rank in detectives) and retired from LAPD in 1986.
HODEL INVESTIGATIONS was established in 1986.
Steve has been a licensed California Private Investigator, conducting mainly criminal defense investigations, for the past 23-years.
He worked over six-years as lead investigator on a high-profile international murder case which resulted in an innocent man
(Yoshikuni Okubo) being released from prison in Tokyo, Japan and reunited with his family, after five years of detention.
Steve's first book, Black Dahlia Avenger:
A Genius for Murder published in 2003 with new updated investigative chapters added to the HarperCollins paperback edition in 2004 and 2006.
Black Dahlia Avenger is a New York Times Bestseller, a NYT Most Notable Book and was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category.
Steve's sequel, MOST EVIL: Avenger, Zodiac and The Further Serial Murders of Dr. George Hill Hodel, published by DUTTON - PENGUIN GROUP on September 22, 2009.
March 17, 2011 - Rod Klein - Underwater Photography
Rod Klein is an underwater photographer, web designer and dive & travel author and will be speaking about his adventures below the surface of the ocean.
Rod states--- Dive oriented projects are our specialty but we serve the web and video communities as well.
In addition, we do on site digital photographic workshops.
Recent workshop locations have included: Arenui Liveaboard, Spirit of Solomons Liveaboard, Wakatobi Resort, Indonesia, Naia Liveaboard, Fiji, Beneath the Sea,
and Aggressor Liveaboard vessels: Belize, Cayman, Kona, Palau, Truk.
Our images and articles have appeared regularly in Scuba Diving Magazine, Sport Diver Magazine, Asian Diver Magazine,
Scuba Diver Australia, Alert Diver, Action Asia, UWP Magazine, Fathoms Magazine and Tauchen Magazine. Currently a Senior Writer for EZ Diver Magazine.
March 24, 2011 - Ladies Night - Richard Bangs - Adventure With A Purpose
Explorer
Richard Bangs has often been called the father of modern adventure travel.
He has spent 30 years as an explorer, leading first descents of 35 rivers around the globe, including the Yangtze in China and the Zambezi in Southern Africa.
Author and Producer
Richard has published more than 1000 magazine articles, 19 books, a score of documentaries, several CD-ROMs, and all manner of digital media.
He has lectured at the Smithsonian, the National Geographic Society, the Explorers Club and many other notable venues.
He writes a semi-regular feature for HuffingtonPost.com, occasionally freelances for other print and online publications,
and produces and hosts "Richard Bangs' Adventures with Purpose, as seen on national public television.
He has also served as president of Outward Bound; created the "Well Traveled" series for Slate.com; was founding editor and executive producer of MSNBC's "Great Escapes";
and produced "Richard Bangs Adventures" for Yahoo! He lives in Santa Monica, Calif., with his family.
"Richard Bangs is Indiana Jones with a conscience."
- Rich Barton, Founder of Expedia.com
March 26, 2011 - Exclusive Tour of Cold Steele - 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. OUTSIDE ACTIVITY - non sponsored activity advisory
The Adventurer's Club Members and Guests are invited to an exclusive tour of knife and sword manufacturer Cold Steele at their Ventura facility by president Lynn Thompson.
Last November, our member Bob Zeman, #878, went to Uganda, which has more species of birds than are in the continental United States, Canada and Alaska, combined.
He viewed Murchison Falls, Lake Victoria, Chimpanzee Reserves and Namugungo.
Oddly enough, he also learned more about Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, John Speke and Ernest Hemmingway!
Come on down to the club on this night and hear Bob speak and show great images of Uganda, the "Pearl of Africa."