
Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood
From Crime World
Published 1/30/2026
The unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short became known as the Black Dahlia case after the young woman's mutilated body was found in Los Angeles, becoming one of Hollywood's most infamous cold cases. Chloe McPolin speaks to author William J. Mann about his book The Black Dahlia and the case…





