The black dahlia

Former Los Angeles police department detective Steve Hodel has spent the last 15 years cataloguing evidence that his dad killed Elizabeth Short – and others

The "Black Dahlia" case continues to shock and mystify. The date was January 15, 1947. During the morning hours of a chilly Wednesday--rather grim for Los

Chilling.

Elizabeth Short aka The Black Dahlia in 1946 shortly before her mysterious murder, b&w photo taken in front of Marshall High School in Hollywood CA, colorized by Louise Baranoski.

Photo: Elizabeth Short and a poster reading “Elvira” (1946) on display at the Los Angeles Police Historical Society. The poster in the background could be 'Elvira Pagan': a showgirl who frequently performed in Las Vegas, and starred in a film called 'Vegas Nights'. The building she is standing in front of is possibly 'Earl Carroll's' on Sunset Boulevard. Interestingly, Jean Spangler worked there - she would later go missing in Hollywood, and has never been found.

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