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Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c. January 14–15, 1947), known as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947.
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder is a 1994 American historical true crime book by John Gilmore.The book details the life and death of Elizabeth Short, also known as "The Black Dahlia," an infamous murder victim whose mutilated body was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles in 1947, and whose murder has remained unsolved for decades.
Before she was The Black Dahlia, she was Elizabeth Short. She was born July 29, 1924, in Massachusetts, to parents Cleo and Phoebe Mae Short. She was born July 29, 1924, in Massachusetts, to ...
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.
A possible break in the decades-old "Black Dahlia" murder case puts the spotlight back on the John Sowden House in Los Angeles, the home where 22-year-old Elizabeth Short (pictured below with a ...
In a 1944 flashback 19-year-old Elizabeth is arrested for underage drinking, and in 1947 her fingerprint records allow the murder victim to be identified. 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.
A photo of Elizabeth Short, aka the Black Dahlia murder victim. Album / Alamy Stock Photo By 1946, Dr. Hodel and Dorothy were divorced, but she and their sons still continued to live in the Sowden ...