Black Dahlia: the unsolved murder that transfixed Los Angeles The cold case of Elizabeth Short has both horrified and gripped the nation for decades.
The case of Short — nicknamed the Black Dahlia — has both horrified and gripped the nation, and the world, for decades.
Short’s murder remains unsolved to this day and became the inspiration behind many books, films, and true crime series.
Betty Bersinger was walking down Norton Avenue one morning in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Leimert Park, pushing her three-year-old daughter in her stroller, when she came across a gruesome sight.
But Bersinger had discovered the body of 22-year-old aspiring Hollywood actress Elizabeth Short, perfectly severed in two.
