Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – January 14 or 15, 1947), known posthumously as the "Black Dahlia", was an American woman who was found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.Her case became highly publicized due to the graphic nature of the crime, which included her corpse having been mutilated and bisected at the waist.

The Black Dahlia. Elizabeth Short mug shots and fingerprint. On the morning of January 15, 1947, a mother taking her child for a walk in a Los Angeles neighborhood stumbled upon a gruesome sight ...

Directed by Brian De Palma. With Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank. Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" murder investigation.

Elizabeth Short, nicknamed 'the Black Dahlia,' was brutally murdered in Los Angeles in 1947. Short's killer was never found, making her murder one of the oldest cold case files in L.A. to date, as ...

The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Josh Friedman, and starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, and Mia Kirshner. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by James Ellroy, in turn drawn from the widely sensationalized murder of Elizabeth Short.

The newspapers nicknamed her the “Black Dahlia” after a film noir murder mystery, The Blue Dahlia, which was released nine months prior to her murder. The Los Angeles Police Department proceeded with a deep and lengthy investigation into Elizabeth Short’s death.

The Sowden House, located in Los Angeles, is a historic landmark more widely known for its ties to something much darker: the possible location of the Black Dahlia murder. Seventy years have passed and the case remains unsolved.

The Black Dahlia, of course, is the nickname given to Elizabeth Short after her grisly death on 15 January 1947.

The Black Dahlia is an overly stylized and disjointed film that lacks focus. Dann M Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews The Black Dahlia Quotes. Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert: The basic rule of ...

The crime scene was teeming with reporters, photographers, and a crowd of curious onlookers. Hansen was furious that civilians and careless officers were trampling the crime scene and destroying evidence, so he ordered the public to immediately clear the area.