Who Was The Black Dahlia?

Beth Short was born July 29, 1924, in Hyde Park, Mass. As a child, Beth frequently attended movies with her mother. And later, the girl's goal was to work in movies.

At age 19, Beth ventured to Vallejo, Calif., to live with her father, next she moved to Santa Barbara, and finally Los Angeles. One version has her in Florida from 1944 to 1946, but the another version says she was in Los Angeles.

In January of 1947, she is found in a Los Angeles field, cut in half. Some suspects.

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It Had The Mark Of The Mob

Anyone that has dealt with the mob knows this is the way they send a message. Elizabeth had been sodomized, raped, tortured, mutilated, and thrown in a public area. The mutilation of the mouth was the trademark of someone who was about to talk.

Micky Cohen, out of LA, was thought to have a part.

She Was Being Kept By Someone

She was someone's mistress, and it had to be one of Hollywood's elites.

What About A Movie Star?

What could she have said?  That she had an affair with Tyrone Powers. That happened every five minutes in Hollywood.

A movie star wasn't that important.

Hollywood's Golden Age

Talkies began in 1930, and the real glamour began in 1938. Most male stars (Gable, Grant, Wayne, Fonda, Tyrone Powers)  were 35 yrs old in 1943, and females were approx 25 years old.

The Black Dahlia entered the Hollywood scene in 1943, at the peak of Hollywood's decadence.

 

The Truth Lies In San Simeon

The Hearst Castle was 200 miles from LA, totally isolated, and had it's own airstrip. The servants were Europeans, that mostly lived in a small village miles away.

This is where the Jewish Hollywood moguls entertained their masters, the ruling elite from New York, France, Washington, etc. Guests arrived by plane, and private railcars.

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Oppenheimers, Astors, Loebs

Royalty, as they considered themselves, got to indulge in every fantasy imaginable. The indoor pool was like a roman orgy. Hollywood actors were candy for these elite. A Randolph Scott would have been a one night stand for Solomon Guggenheim. Royalty like Alphonse de Rothschild would bed Lana Turner.

Here is where the Blue Dahlia fits in.

 

Short Did Something

Short was brought here on a regular basis, and it is suggested her and Marilyn Monroe were used as a couple. The sex varied, but Short wasn't getting any movie parts.

Short took some pictures of what went on, and threatened her sponsor. Her especially brutal murder was a message for any one with same thoughts.