On this day, Jan. 9, in 1947, aspiring actress Elizabeth Short disappeared in what has became known as the Black Dahlia murder case A week later, Short’s mutilated body was discovered cut in half in a vacant lot in Los Angeles.
Newspapers said Short had been known among her friends as the Black Dahlia, a play on a movie title, and because she liked to wear her black hair up like a bouquet.
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