Studio headshot portrait of Elizabeth Short. It’s been over 70 years since Hollywood’s most infamous unsolved murder took place. In the early hours of Jan. 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was ...

The death of Elizabeth Short, aka the Black Dahlia, remains as one of the biggest and most disturbing murder mysteries of the 20th century. Short was born in Boston. After spending her early years in ...

Will we ever know who killed Elizabeth Short — a.k.a. the Black Dahlia? Since the case went cold 78 years ago, it seems… pretty unlikely. But here’s what we do know about this bizarre case. Who is the ...

Though some accounts of Black Dahlia murder victim Elizabeth Short painted her as an aspiring actress, she had no acting jobs during her short life. But the 1947 discovery of her gruesomely posed ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. On January 15, 1947, an aspiring 22-year-old actress ...

January 15 th, 1947: Betty Bersinger was walking with her daughter in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. She saw what she would later describe as a “discarded store mannequin”. When she got ...

Beth Short, who had come to Hollywood with the customary dreams of show-business success, was friendly and attractive. She enjoyed a good time, and she often lied or embroidered the truth, inventing ...

Twenty-five-year-old Beth Short admits that even though Mom and Pop are supportive of her theatrical pursuits, it’s doubtful that they’ll attend her next project. “Ever since they came to a play where ...

It’s been over 70 years since Hollywood’s most infamous unsolved murder took place. In the early hours of Jan. 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was brutally murdered and then left on the side of ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. On January 15, 1947, an aspiring 22-year-old actress named Elizabeth Short was found brutally murdered in a vacant lot near Leimert Park in Los ...

On Jan. 15, 1947, Elizabeth Short’s body was found cut in half and left in an abandoned lot in Los Angeles It’s been over 70 years since Hollywood’s most infamous unsolved murder took place. In the ...