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This Day in History: The Black Dahlia murder happened on this day in 1947. Elizabeth Short's mutilated body (and bisected at the waist) was found in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was found by a mother and her 3 year old daughter out for a stroll. Despite the mutilation, there was no blood at the scene. The LAPD had over 150 suspects (and perhaps 500 confessions) but the murder remains unsolved to this day. Some think it may have been related to the Cleveland Torso Murders a decade earlier.
Short's murder has been described as one of the most brutal and culturally enduring crimes in American history, and Time magazine listed it as one of the most infamous unsolved cases in the world.
I've found gruesome photos of the murder online, and I wish I hadn't.
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