‘The Black Dahlia’ was a nickname given to Elizabeth Short, an American woman who was the victim of a much-publicized murder in 1947. ‘The Black Dahlia’ nickname may have been derived from a film murder mystery, ‘The Blue Dahlia’ released in April 1946. Elizabeth Short was found mutilated, her body sliced in half at the waist, on January 15, 1947, in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. Elizabeth Short’s unsolved murder has been the source of widespread speculation, leading to many suspects, along with several books, television and film adaptations of the story. Elizabeth Short’s murder is one of the oldest unsolved murder cases in the history of Los Angeles.
Black Dahlia Murder
