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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, ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Short liked to wander. Sometimes this wandering was merely in her mind, watching movies and dreaming of a life far beyond her hometown of Medford, Massachusetts. Many times, it was physical; ...

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, ...

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, ...

Elizabeth Short’s body was found mutilated and drained of blood on Jan. 15, 1947 Alex Gurley is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously ...

On January 15, 1947, Elizabeth Short’s body was found — nearly 80 years ago today. The infamous Black Dahlia murder case remains unsolved, but previously undisclosed details are leading armchair ...

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 ...

A report from The Daily Mail said investigative consultant Alex Baber believes he has finally solved both cases using artificial intelligence, newly released census records and classic cryptography.

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 ...

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 ...