What is the Black Dahlia Mystery?
For almost 60 years, the Black Dahlia mystery has haunted Los Angeles. On 15 January 1947, the body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was found. Short was an attractive, young girl who had arrived in Los Angeles searching for fame as an actress, just as thousands of others do every year. Her demise was to be one of the most gruesome murders America had ever seen. Elizabeth Short left her hometown of Massachusetts at the age of 16. She arrived in Los Angeles after a few years of drifting from town to town. Short was nicknamed the Black Dahlia because of her jet-black hair and the black clothing that she constantly wore. On the morning of 15 January, Short’s body was found in a deserted lot in South Los Angeles. Her battered torso had been cut in half and sexually assaulted after her death. To date, the mystery has never been solved by the police. As with all unsolved murders, numerous theories and suspects have been thrown into the frame, but the Black Dahlia is still an unsolved murder. A
