ELIZABETH SHORT --THE BLACK DAHLIA

WHO KILLED THE BLACK DAHLIA?

The Tragic Life & Death of Elizabeth Short

"The investigation into the Black Dahlia’s murder was the highest profile crime in Hollywood of the 1940’s. The police were constantly harassed by the newspapers and the public for results. Hundreds of suspects were questioned. Because it was considered a sex crime, the usual suspects and perverts were rounded up and interrogated. Beth’s friends and acquaintances were questioned as the detectives tried to reconstruct her final days and hours. Every lead that seemed hopeful ended up leading nowhere and the cops were further hampered by the lunatics and crazed confessions that were still pouring in."

An unsolved murder mystery from the 40s, the Black Dahlia case, still causes much speculation and new books that claim to solve it. I recently saw a re-run of a documentary* on her, that told the story of a man who suspects his own father, Dr. George Hodel, of being the killer.

An interseting tale that will probably never be solved.

Other resources:

*CBS news documentary

FBI files

Crime Library

Black Dahlia Solution

Black Dahlia Info