Killer Cocktails: The Black Dahlia

Before her death, The Black Dahlia was known as Elizabeth Short, as an aspiring actress living in LA. Her body was found on 15th January 1947 in a vacant lot on the west side of South Norton Avenue in the Leimert Park area. Her body had been cut in half at the waist and drained of blood and her mouth had been cut to her ears in a ‘Glasgow Smile’. Her body had been washed before being placed on the ground, her upper body a foot away from the lower body, her hands posed over her head and her legs spread and intestines tucked neatly behind her. Elizabeth’s killer was never found. You can read more about Elizabeth here.

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