tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811009139829394786.post2330038622101504863..comments2024-02-01T02:49:44.367-08:00Comments on L.A. Kompany: Black Dahlia Murder Suspect Jack Anderson Wilson aka Arnold SmithBrian Aldrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13104092197262241906noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811009139829394786.post-40238000496534932552020-10-15T04:43:00.303-07:002020-10-15T04:43:00.303-07:00In an interesting coincidence, this exact building...In an interesting coincidence, this exact building can be seen within months of Wilson's death in an early season three episode of the acclaimed Steven Bochco drama "Hill Street Blues".<br /><br />A storyline in episode six of Hill Street's third season, "Stan the Man", follows tenants being evicted from an unnamed building in the Hill Street precinct, as well as a suicidal tenant being talked down from its rooftop. In real life, the scenes were filmed in the westmost wing of 701 Columbia Avenue, Los Angeles.<br /><br />And as it happens, the same building was also home to the Holland Hotel, via a separate entrance at 1404 West 7th Street. In other words, the building we're seeing in the episode is the very same one in which Wilson met his end, just seen from its side entrance.<br /><br />What's really interesting, though, is that the episode first aired on November 4th, 1982, nine months to the day after Wilson's death. Given that the season had started airing just 35 days previously, it seems very likely that these scenes were filmed within at most a few months after the accidental fire -- or perhaps even fractionally before it had taken place.gweilo8888https://www.blogger.com/profile/08858591320284048608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811009139829394786.post-83075496035060899042020-04-23T16:10:36.640-07:002020-04-23T16:10:36.640-07:00I've read everything I could ever find on this...I've read everything I could ever find on this case, not only because it was sensational, but because I stayed at the Holland hotel one summer in 1953 or 1954, I can't quite remember because I was only 14 orson. The Holland at the time was a men's retirement hotel. My dad was loving there for health reasons and I got special permission to stay. I read about Arnold Smith or whoever he was in a book by a man who told the story of the fire. After all these years I feel.more likely that was killed by the doctor. She may have been pregnant and was referred to him by an acquaintance. She seemed to have met a lot of people during her stay in LA. Who knows. RIP<br /><br />Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297440578920917722noreply@blogger.com