Black Dahlia

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Question 1

What was the real name of the twenty-two-year-old aspiring actress known posthumously as the 'Black Dahlia'?

Question 2

In what neighborhood of Los Angeles was Elizabeth Short's bisected body discovered on the morning of January 15, 1947?

Question 3

What distinctive forensic finding regarding Elizabeth Short's body indicated to investigators that the perpetrator possessed medical knowledge?

Question 4

What 1946 film noir crime movie starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake inspired the media's 'Black Dahlia' nickname?

Question 5

Which historic downtown Los Angeles hotel was the last place Elizabeth Short was seen alive in the lobby on January 9, 1947?

Question 6

What sensational package was mailed to Los Angeles newspapers on January 24, 1947, by someone claiming to be the killer?

Question 7

Which prominent Hollywood physician and surgeon was investigated by LAPD bugging his home in 1950, named by his detective son as the killer?

Question 8

What unethical trick did Los Angeles Examiner reporters pull on Elizabeth Short's mother, Phoebe, after her body was identified?

Question 9

Why did hundreds of ordinary citizens come forward to the LAPD over the years falsely confessing to the Black Dahlia murder?

Question 10

Which celebrated crime author wrote the definitive 1987 neo-noir novel 'The Black Dahlia,' launching his L.A. Quartet?

What was the real name of the twenty-two-year-old aspiring actress known posthumously as the 'Black Dahlia'?