The 1940s were seen as the pinnacle of the “Golden Age” of Hollywood movies bringing in thousands of hopefuls to sunny California in order to make their big break. Elizabeth Short was no different but she would become even more famous in death then she was in life.

The story of the Black Dahlia is the oldest and most notorious cold case in Los Angeles, but there is more to the story than the horrific crime scene and the infamous smile that was carved into Elizabeth’s face. This case is just the beginning of what would be a bloody end to the Golden Age.

Sources:

fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahlia

biography.com/people/black-dahlia-21117617

theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/26/black-dahlia-murder-steve-hodel-elizabeth-short

blackdahlia.web.unc.edu/

rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/has-the-black-dahlia-murder-finally-been-solved-198247/

laweekly.com/arts/in-1947-a-month-after-the-black-dahlia-the-lipstick-murder-shocked-la-7759115

1947project.blogspot.com/2006/03/winters-of-our-discontent.html

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