editrix
01-11-2006, 11:15 PM
"The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles" (Regen Books) by Donald H. Wolfe contains extensive passages taken word-for-word from my 1947project (http://1947project.blogspot.com) colleague Larry Harnisch's 1997 "L.A. Times" feature on the Black Dahlia case, and from his Heaven is Here! (http://www.lmharnisch.com/) website.
Below you will find comparisons from a single page of Wolfe's book between Wolfe's and Harnisch's writing. Wolfe's book cites John Douglas' "The Cases That Haunt Us" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671017063/qid=1137038861/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2323964-4910565?n=507846&s=books&v=glance) as the source for this material, but if you "search inside this book" on Amazon, none of the quotes appear in Douglas.
Plagiarism is bad enough, but to also warp the content of the D.A.'s files in order to call a defenseless murder victim a prostitute--an allegation that is categorically refuted by the D.A.'s files, copies of which are in my possession--is especially distressing.
sincerely,
Kim Cooper
1947project
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Larry Harnisch says:
"Mogul" has lifted material directly from my Los Angeles Times story and my website without permission or acknowledgement, word for word. I refer to "Mogul" Page 295 and my story of Jan. 6, 1997.
Example:
"Mogul," Page 295, published 2005.
"He was a white man, no younger than his late 20's and possibly older, with a high school education."
"A Slaying Cloaked in Mystery and Myths,"
Los Angeles Times, by Larry Harnisch, 1997:
"He was a white man, no younger than his late 20s and possibly older, with a high school education."
"Mogul," P. 295
He lived alone, made his living working with his hands rather than his brains, was adept with a knife, and was comfortable wallowing in blood. The killer was familiar with prostitutes."
Larry Harnisch,1997
He lived alone, made his living working with his hands rather than his brains, was adept with a knife and "was comfortable wallowing in blood"
(This is added on my website version of the story): The killer was familiar with prostitutes.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
Below you will find comparisons from a single page of Wolfe's book between Wolfe's and Harnisch's writing. Wolfe's book cites John Douglas' "The Cases That Haunt Us" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671017063/qid=1137038861/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2323964-4910565?n=507846&s=books&v=glance) as the source for this material, but if you "search inside this book" on Amazon, none of the quotes appear in Douglas.
Plagiarism is bad enough, but to also warp the content of the D.A.'s files in order to call a defenseless murder victim a prostitute--an allegation that is categorically refuted by the D.A.'s files, copies of which are in my possession--is especially distressing.
sincerely,
Kim Cooper
1947project
***
Larry Harnisch says:
"Mogul" has lifted material directly from my Los Angeles Times story and my website without permission or acknowledgement, word for word. I refer to "Mogul" Page 295 and my story of Jan. 6, 1997.
Example:
"Mogul," Page 295, published 2005.
"He was a white man, no younger than his late 20's and possibly older, with a high school education."
"A Slaying Cloaked in Mystery and Myths,"
Los Angeles Times, by Larry Harnisch, 1997:
"He was a white man, no younger than his late 20s and possibly older, with a high school education."
"Mogul," P. 295
He lived alone, made his living working with his hands rather than his brains, was adept with a knife, and was comfortable wallowing in blood. The killer was familiar with prostitutes."
Larry Harnisch,1997
He lived alone, made his living working with his hands rather than his brains, was adept with a knife and "was comfortable wallowing in blood"
(This is added on my website version of the story): The killer was familiar with prostitutes.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point.