Severed : the true story of the Black Dahlia murder

Offers A Documented And Reasoned Solution To One Of The Strangest Of All Unsolved Murders In The Annals Of Modern Crime, The Murder Of Aspiring Starlet Elizabeth Short In Los Angeles In 1947. John Gilmore. The Black Dahlia murder hit post-War Los Angeles like a bombshell and this impenetrable mystery was the haunting crown jewel of LAPD's unsolved murders. Even before her savage death, beautiful 22-year old Elizabeth Short, an aspiring starlet and nightclub habitu, was known as the Black Dahlia. Since her horrible demise, she has become a magnetic icon in American pop culture, a mythical symbol of noir Hollywood. In this new, expanded edition, John Gilmore plumbs to the dark core of this terrifying story that he argues can never be truly solved and delivers to us the real Elizabeth Short, the girl who became the enigmatic Black Dahlia. He ushers the reader into her world and her life in intimate, searing, explosive, first-hand revelations. "The most satisfying and disturbing conclusion to the Black Dahlia case. After reading Severed , I feel like I truly know Elizabeth Short and her killer." David Lynch "The most uncanny evocation of LA during and after the war... His portrait of Elizabeth Short as a strange, unknowable somnambulist sleepwalking through that unique junction of time and space is permanently haunting." Gary Indiana The Black Dahlia murder hit post-War Los Angeles like a bombshell . . . an impenetrable mystery—the haunting crown jewel of LAPD's "unsolved" murders. Even before her savage death, beautiful 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, an aspiring starlet and nightclub habitué, was known as the Black Dahlia—now a magnetic icon in American pop culture, an almost mythical symbol of noir Hollywood. In this expanded edition, John Gilmore plumbs the dark core of this terrifying story that he argues can never be truly solved. Here is the real Elizabeth Short—the enigmatic Black Dahlia. Kindle edition includes exclusive new photos. "The best book on the Black Dahlia — in fact, the only reliable book." — Colin Wilson "The most satisfying and disturbing conclusion to the Black Dahlia case." — David Lynch.