What is the Black Dahlia?

the Black Dahlia...i know it's a movie but it's based on a true story... i know it was a murder but what else?what is it about? details plz!

What is the Black Dahlia?
I believe The Black Dahlia Murder is also a band.





Of course, I could be mistaken.
Reply:The Black Dahlia was an aspiring actress named Elizabeth Short who was found murdered in 1947. Her body was severed in half at the waste and dumped in a field. Although there were several suspects, her murder is still unsolved. Report It

Reply:The Black Dahlia was Elizabeth Short who was killed in Hollywood in 1947. In addition to being brutalized, she was sawed in half! I believe her nickname was from the contrast of her pale white skin and dark hair. Google her name but be forewarned, there is a photo of her corpse naked and in two pieces.





There's a movie coming out this year with Scarlette Johanssen.
Reply:The Black Dahlia was a girl who lived in Los Angeles in the '40 or '50s. She was very pretty and her body was found somewhere but no one knew what her name was.





I'm pretty sure I have several details wrong. Sorry.





There is a book by a former police officer who believes that his father, a doctor, was the one who killed her. I don't know the name of the author but your local library should be able to help you find it. It's a good read.
Reply:It is one of the most famous murders of a star. I believe it is unsolved.
Reply:about a murder
Reply:it was an upcoming actress that got cut half and put on the street, and the murder still hasn't been solved.
Reply:http://www.bethshort.com/dahhome.htm
Reply:THE BLACK DAHLIA WAS A BEAUTIFUL SMALL TOWN GIRL OF 22 NAMED ELIZABETH SHORT,SHE PARTIED WITH THE MORE WEALTHY MEN IN L.A. SHE WAS FOUND MURDERED AND CUT IN HALF AT THE TORSO,ONE OF THE MEN SHE DATED WAS A SURGEON WHO WAS VERY HIGH ON THE SUSPECT LIST BUT THEY COULD NOT PROVE IT!
Reply:Have you checked it out on the internet? It's about a young woman in the 1940s who went to Hollywood to be discovered. Ended up a party girl and was murdered and left on a vacant lot. Nobody was ever arrested. She liked to wear black.
Reply:About the murder of Elizabeth Short
Reply:The murder of Elizabeth Short remains unsolved. Her body was found in a vacant lot at 39th %26amp; Norton Streets in South Los Angeles, California on 15 January 1947. The torso was severed cleanly in two, and the body parts washed of blood. A fingerprint check with the F.B.I. soon determined the identity of the victim as Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old fashion model and aspiring actress, known as Betty to her family in Massachusetts, but as 'Beth' in California.





As mentioned above it is also a 1940's movie. Also two bands go by that name an emo/metalcore band, The Black Dahlia and the badass death metal band, The Black Dahlia Murder.
Reply:ITS ABOUT MURDER,,and mystery of a woman
Reply:Try here:





http://www.bethshort.com/
Reply:The murder of Elizabeth Short has intrigued, mystified, even disgusted the city of Los Angeles for more than half a centruy.





Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old wannabe actress, spent several years moving around, gaining odd jobs. Her passion for servicemen and aspiration to be famous made her a "different" woman of her time. She reportedly hooked up with a variety of men and women (one reported to having been Marilyn Monroe).





Her name evolved from her black hair and black attire. Some say she was named the Black Dahlia before her murder in January of 1947, others say the name was applied by journalists to sensationalize the crime.





On January 15, 1947, a passerby spotted her nude body in a vacant lot near Hollywood. Her body, cut in half, was bruised and beaten. Grass had reportedly been forced into her vagina, and she had reportedly been sodomized after death. Rumors of henna in her hair and BD carved into her body, as of yet to this outlet, have not been verified.





Upon the release of the murder in the press, several men and women admitted to the crime. But the police could not validate anyone's story. The case, notoriously, attracted several false confessions, and later surfaced more interest when James Ellroy wrote The Black Dahlia in 1987.





To date, according to the LAPD, the case goes unsolved. Though Janice Knowlton has authored a book naming her father as the killer, police have not reported Ms. Knowlton's statements or information as holding any water at all.
Reply:The Black Dahlia Murder


Discovered January 15, 1947





The murder of Elizabeth Short has intrigued, mystified, even disgusted the city of Los Angeles for more than half a centruy.





Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old wannabe actress, spent several years moving around, gaining odd jobs. Her passion for servicemen and aspiration to be famous made her a "different" woman of her time. She reportedly hooked up with a variety of men and women (one reported to having been Marilyn Monroe).





Her name evolved from her black hair and black attire. Some say she was named the Black Dahlia before her murder in January of 1947, others say the name was applied by journalists to sensationalize the crime.





On January 15, 1947, a passerby spotted her nude body in a vacant lot near Hollywood. Her body, cut in half, was bruised and beaten. Grass had reportedly been forced into her vagina, and she had reportedly been sodomized after death. Rumors of henna in her hair and BD carved into her body, as of yet to this outlet, have not been verified.





Upon the release of the murder in the press, several men and women admitted to the crime. But the police could not validate anyone's story. The case, notoriously, attracted several false confessions, and later surfaced more interest when James Ellroy wrote The Black Dahlia in 1987.





To date, according to the LAPD, the case goes unsolved. Though Janice Knowlton has authored a book naming her father as the killer, police have not reported Ms. Knowlton's statements or information as holding any water at all.


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ABOUT THE MOVIE





The Black Dahlia is set in 1940s Los Angeles. Two cops, Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and his partner, Lee Blanchard, investigate the death of Elizabeth Short, a young woman found brutally murdered. Bucky soon realizes that his girlfriend had ties to the deceased, and soon after that, he begins uncovering corruption and conspiracy within the police department.
Reply:she was killed on Jan 15, 1947. Her body was cut in two