The Hollywood Reporter

We Know How the Black Dahlia Died, But How Did She Live?

A new book emphasizes the life, rather than the death, of Elizabeth Short, whose 1947 murder reflected a nation on edge. By Gary Baum Senior Writer Author William J. Mann’s 2014 true-crime tome, ...
People

Who Was the Black Dahlia? Hollywood Biographer Set Out to 'Find' the Real Elizabeth Short — and He Thinks He Found Her Killer Too

'Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood' tells the definitive story of Elizabeth Short's macabre murder — and who she really was INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO/Getty Solving one ...
Los Angeles Times

He’s challenging decades of victim-blaming the ‘Black Dahlia’

At 21, wanderlust — that aching desire to escape to somewhere else — took hold of Elizabeth Short. Medford may have been her home, but Los Angeles was salvation, a bustling city the young woman ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Black Dahlia’ and ‘Sisters in Death’: Her End Still Echoes

Nearly 80 years have passed since the gruesome murder of Elizabeth Short shocked a nation recovering from war. Since then, the unsolved case has inspired numerous movies, television dramas and books, ...
The Washington Post

‘Black Dahlia’ suggests a possible solution to the storied 1947 murder

A pitfall lies in wait for the true-crime author who chooses to explore a grisly murder: Describing the killing in lurid detail may seem sensationalist, even sadistic. Yet in writing his new book, ...
Orange County Register

Michael Connelly says same killer committed Black Dahlia, Zodiac murders

After nearly 80 years, hope for answers to the infamous 1947 Black Dahlia murder had faded into nothingness. It was, as best-selling writer Michael Connelly said in 2024, “an unsolvable case.” One for ...
The Hollywood Reporter

The Black Dahlia Blooms Again

Seventy-nine years after the body of Elizabeth Short was discovered in Leimert Park, the mystery of her death continues to generate headlines. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter The ...
The Mirror

Sleuth claims Black Dahlia and Zodiac killers are one and the same

Two of America’s most notorious unsolved murder cases have haunted the public for a long time. The 1947 death of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, and the Zodiac killings ...
New York Post

Zodiac and Black Dahlia killer may have been same man, amateur codebreaking whiz claims: ‘Irrefutable’

An amateur sleuth and self-taught cryptography expert is convinced he’s cracked the notorious unsolved Zodiac and Black Dahlia murders — and that the killer is the same man. Alex Baber — a 50-year-old ...
Newsweek

Were Zodiac Killer and Black Dahlia Murderer The Same Man? What We Know

A self-taught code-breaker says he has identified a single suspect that he believes was behind two of the country’s most infamous unsolved crimes. Alex Baber, who runs a firm called Cold Case ...
The Mirror

Black Dahlia and Zodiac killers 'may have been same man' claims amateur codebreaker

For more than half a century, the Zodiac killer and the butcher of the Black Dahlia have haunted California like twin ghosts. One stalked young couples under the cover of darkness, the other left a ...