The iconic aspiring actress who met a terrible end in Los Angeles, early 1947. When a housewife came across her body, she thought she was looking at a mannequin. Most of us are familiar with this crime, so we dug a little bit deeper to bring lesser known facts and some perspective on who Elizabeth was to those who knew her. Then we cover the usual suspects, and one pretty strong case that claims to have unmasked the killer.

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Show notes:

Black Dahlia Avenger, Steve Hodel 

Black Dahlia (Treasury of XXth Century Murder), Rick Geary

https://vault.fbi.gov/Black%20Dahlia%20%28E%20Short%29%20/ - FBI Freedom of Information documents

https://stevehodel.com/2014/03/02/forensic-expert-reports-test-results-analysis-soil-hollywood-sowdenhodel-residence-show-human-specific-opinion-human-remains-near/

http://blackdahlia.web.unc.edu/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/26/black-dahlia-murder-steve-hodel-elizabeth-short

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/elizabeth-short-the-black-dahlia/crimes