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Guide Note:
The Black Dahlia Case is a legendary unsolved 1947 murder of aspiring actress Elizabeth "Becky" Short. -
Fast Facts:
- Name of Victim: Elizabeth Short
- Born: July 29, 1924
- Found Murdered: January 15, 1947
- Black Dahlia (1987): Book adaption by James Ellroy
- The Black Dahlia (2006): Film adaption, directed by Brian DePalma
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The Mystery
On January 15, 1947, the body of Elizabeth Short was found in Leimert Park in Los Angeles, California. The aspiring actress and waitress's body was found surgically cut in half at the midsection, and her face was slashed from her mouth to her ears. The murder immediately turned into a media frenzy. In the weeks that followed, police had many suspects, and many deranged individuals confessed to the crime. In addition, the police began receiving messages from someone who appeared to be the killer, who sent them some of Short's personal effects and short messages composed of individual characters cut from newspaper headlines. Despite a massive manhunt, no killer was ever found or identified, and no motive for the grisly crime could ever be determined. -
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The Black Dahlia Case on Amazon
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Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer: The Identity of America's Most Notorious Serial Murderer--Revealed at Last - $7.99
It is one of the most enduringly fascinating crimes in American history. On January 15, 1947, passersby made a grisly discovery in a vacant lot in Los Angeles: the body of a naked young woman, cut in two, and savagely mutilated. The victim ...
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The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles - $15.95
In 1946, Elizabeth Short traveled to Hollywood to become famous and see her name up in lights. Instead, the dark-haired beauty became immortalized in the headlines as the "Black Dahlia" when her nude and bisected body was discovered in the ...
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Case Reopened: The Black Dahlia with Joseph Wambaugh [VHS] - $19.95
"As with Jack the Ripper, it was the press who gave the Black Dahlia her unforgettable moniker." -Author Joseph Wambaugh on the Black Dahlia When Elizabeth Short came to Hollywood she was not unlike thousands of other young women...
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LovecraCked! The Movie - Ltd. Edition - $9.99
From BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions ("The Voice Inside"), this horror-comedy anthology, inspired by author H.P. Lovecraft ("Re-Animator", "Dagon"), follows in the tradition of George A. Romero's "Creepshow" and "Tales From The Crypt". Featurin...
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Black Dahlia Avenger: The True Story - $15.95
In 1947, California's infamous Black Dahlia murder inspired the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history. Despite an unprecedented allocation of money and manpower, police investigators failed to identify the psychopath responsible for the sa...
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