On the morning of January 15, 1947, a mother taking her child for a walk in a Los Angeles neighborhood stumbled upon a gruesome sight: the body of a young naked woman sliced in half at the waist.  For over 70 years the mystery of who killed The Black Dahlia has perplexed the police, the FBI and  arm chair detectives and website warriors alike. Armed with the LAPD and FBI files we begin  part one of our 3 part series, where we focus on the victim. A girl just 22 years old who lost her life in the most vile and violent way. We want to give her name back, remind everyone that the Black Dahlia wasn't just a moniker or a sensation, she was a girl, a real life person who didn't deserve what happened to her in life or after death. Meet Elizabeth Short.

Elizabeth in high school around age of 15/16

Elizabeth's High School photo age 16

Elizabeth in Florida near the age of 20
Elizabeth with Matt Gordon

Mug Shot taken in Santa Barbara, do you agree with Cat that her eyes are so haunting in this photo?
 

https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Shadows-Hidden-Dahlia-Murder/dp/1585004847
Book Tress is reading, written by a childhood friend and neighbor of Elizabeth Short and the Short family

 

None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to the story told. 
 
At times when reporting facts regarding a true crime, (and photos) multiple sources  use the same wording. Every effort is made to avoid any copyright infringements and no single work  was intentionally plagiarized when reporting the facts of the crimes. 
Below is a  list of resources  used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) 
The Black Dahlia parts 1-3
Resources

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahlia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/black-dahlia
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1867198_1867170_1867291,00.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/26/black-dahlia-murder-steve-hodel-elizabeth-short
http://blackdahlia.web.unc.edu/
https://stevehodel.com/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/has-the-black-dahlia-murder-finally-been-solved-198247/
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/the-black-dahlia-murder/
Documentaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FlqnCf1LZs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKEfFfFBKo
https://www.insideedition.com/black-dahlia-murder-true-story-50461
https://www.horrorgalore.com/true-story/horrifying-mystery-black-dahlia-documentary
Books
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Avenger-True-Story/dp/0061139610
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-James-Ellroy/dp/0446618128
https://www.amazon.com/Severed-Story-Black-Dahlia-Murder/dp/187892317X
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Red-Rose-Corruption/dp/1631492268
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Files-Transfixed-Angeles/dp/0060582502
https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Shadows-Hidden-Dahlia-Murder/dp/1585004847
https://www.amazon.com/Exquisite-Corpse-Surrealism-Dahlia-Murder/dp/B00WZTZOU
http://www.piueatwell.com/black-dahlia-red-rose

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org
 
 
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On the morning of January 15, 1947, a mother taking her child for a walk in a Los Angeles neighborhood stumbled upon a gruesome sight: the body of a young naked woman sliced in half at the waist.  For over 70 years the mystery of who killed The Black Dahlia has perplexed the police, the FBI and  arm chair detectives and website warriors alike. Armed with the LAPD and FBI files we begin  part one of our 3 part series, where we focus on the victim. A girl just 22 years old who lost her life in the most vile and violent way. We want to give her name back, remind everyone that the Black Dahlia wasn’t just a moniker or a sensation, she was a girl, a real life person who didn’t deserve what happened to her in life or after death. Meet Elizabeth Short.



Elizabeth in high school around age of 15/16



Elizabeth’s High School photo age 16



Elizabeth in Florida near the age of 20


Elizabeth with Matt Gordon



Mug Shot taken in Santa Barbara, do you agree with Cat that her eyes are so haunting in this photo?


 



https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Shadows-Hidden-Dahlia-Murder/dp/1585004847


Book Tress is reading, written by a childhood friend and neighbor of Elizabeth Short and the Short family

 

None of the photos on this page belong to Haunting History Podcast. No copyright infringement intended and are only used as enhancements to the story told. 
 
At times when reporting facts regarding a true crime, (and photos) multiple sources  use the same wording. Every effort is made to avoid any copyright infringements and no single work  was intentionally plagiarized when reporting the facts of the crimes. 
Below is a  list of resources  used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) 

The Black Dahlia parts 1-3


Resources

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahlia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/black-dahlia
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1867198_1867170_1867291,00.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/26/black-dahlia-murder-steve-hodel-elizabeth-short
http://blackdahlia.web.unc.edu/
https://stevehodel.com/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/has-the-black-dahlia-murder-finally-been-solved-198247/
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/the-black-dahlia-murder/
Documentaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FlqnCf1LZs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKEfFfFBKo
https://www.insideedition.com/black-dahlia-murder-true-story-50461

https://www.horrorgalore.com/true-story/horrifying-mystery-black-dahlia-documentary


Books


https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Avenger-True-Story/dp/0061139610


https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-James-Ellroy/dp/0446618128


https://www.amazon.com/Severed-Story-Black-Dahlia-Murder/dp/187892317X


https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Red-Rose-Corruption/dp/1631492268


https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Files-Transfixed-Angeles/dp/0060582502


https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Shadows-Hidden-Dahlia-Murder/dp/1585004847


https://www.amazon.com/Exquisite-Corpse-Surrealism-Dahlia-Murder/dp/B00WZTZOU


http://www.piueatwell.com/black-dahlia-red-rose

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org


 


 


This presentation is protected by US & International copyright laws. Reproduction & distribution of the presentation without written permission of the sponsor is prohibited.