DEATHIVERSARY: THE BLACK DAHLIA (Jan 14 or 15, 1947)

𝙴𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 "𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢" 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 - 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚒𝚊" - 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝟺, 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝟻. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍-𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜'𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚆𝚊𝚛 𝙸𝙸 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚌 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚟𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚝, 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝟽𝟹-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍.

Deathiversary: Black Dahlia (January 15, 1947)

Today marks the deathiversary of Elizabeth Short aka The Black Dahlia. 72 years ago, Short was found dead, severed in half, drained of her blood with a smile carved into her mouth. Her killer has never been found. The grisly murder case remains unsolved to this day. What are some of your theories? Any favorite books on the case?