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Some sources attribute the Black Dahlia name to the 1946 film noir The Blue Dahlia, starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd (pictured). [157] According to newspaper reports shortly after the murder, Short received the nickname "Black Dahlia" from staff and patrons at a Long Beach drugstore in mid-1946 as wordplay on the film The Blue Dahlia (1946).
The origins of Short’s Black Dahlia nickname date back to long before her murder. ... she was reportedly given the name as a play on the 1946 film The Blue Dahlia and as a tribute to Short’s ...
A newspaper reporter learns that Elizabeth Short was known at a diner as the Black Dahlia, due to her black hair and habit of always wearing black clothes. The name is used in news stories, numerous people confess to killing the Black Dahlia, but none of the self-proclaimed killers can tell three facts about the case that are being kept from ...
The case of Short — nicknamed the Black Dahlia — has both horrified and gripped the nation, and the world, for decades. ... Police later discovered the names of 75 men in her alleged address book.
The Black Dahlia Murder is an American melodic death metal band from Waterford, Michigan, formed in 2001. Their name is derived from the 1947 unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, often referred to as Black Dahlia. Currently, the band consists of lead vocalist Brian Eschbach, bassist Max Lavelle, drummer Alan Cassidy, and guitarists Brandon Ellis ...
The Black Dahlia Files notes that the LAPD questioned comic actor Arthur Lake, who starred in the Blondie film series, regarding both the Black Dahlia murder and the 1944 killing of oil heiress ...
George Hill Hodel Jr. (October 10, 1907 – May 17, 1999) was an American physician, and a suspect in the murder of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia. [1] He was never formally charged with the crime but, at the time, police considered him a viable suspect, and two of his children believe he was guilty.
Though the case was never solved, the home is thought to be the location of the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short a.k.a. the "Black Dahlia", as investigators called her.