2006-09-23 17:40:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It's a real case...The brutal murder of a young woman by the name Beth Short. Beth was last seen at her Hotel. She was suppose to meet a gentleman. After leaving the hotel, she was never again seen alive. Then days later her body was found, severed in January 15, 1947.
2006-09-23 17:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by Shyna G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old wannabe actress, spent several years moving around, gaining odd jobs. Her passion for servicemen and aspiration to be famous made her a "different" woman of her time. She reportedly hooked up with a variety of men and women (one reported to having been Marilyn Monroe).
Her name evolved from her black hair and black attire. Some say she was named the Black Dahlia before her murder in January of 1947, others say the name was applied by journalists to sensationalize the crime.
On January 15, 1947, a passerby spotted her nude body in a vacant lot near Hollywood. Her body, cut in half, was bruised and beaten. Grass had reportedly been forced into her vagina, and she had reportedly been sodomized after death. Rumors of henna in her hair and BD carved into her body, as of yet to this outlet, have not been verified.
Upon the release of the murder in the press, several men and women admitted to the crime. But the police could not validate anyone's story. The case, notoriously, attracted several false confessions, and later surfaced more interest when James Ellroy wrote The Black Dahlia in 1987.
To date, according to the LAPD, the case goes unsolved. Though Janice Knowlton has authored a book naming her father as the killer, police have not reported Ms. Knowlton's statements or information as holding any water at all.
http://www.bethshort.com/murder.htm...
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-tzr2.iuib...
2006-09-24 00:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original case is pretty horrifying - even by today's standards. The movie has its moments, but they are few and far between. Scarlet J. and Josh H. are waaaay to young for the roles, and the story goes off on too many tangents. If you really want the story in all its sordid details, read the book of the same name by James [I believe] Ellroy.
2006-09-24 00:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love the case, movie was weak
2006-09-24 00:45:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i haven't seen the movie yet but i really want to. but i kinda think the whole story/plot/case is kinda sad but also interesting cuz it happened so long ago but some people are still trying to work on finding out who really committed the crime. so i really wanna see the movie. i hope its a good movie.âº
2006-09-24 00:49:33 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Tyson Ritter♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't seen the movie but I find the case to be gruesome yet interesting.
2006-09-24 00:42:16 · answer #6 · answered by retrodragonfly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fascinating case but i think the cops bungled it from the start...plus a lot of what's written about the woman and what transpired are purely ficticious...i'd rather read a good book about the case, not a novel or a hollywood depiction of what did or didn't happen....
2006-09-24 00:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by Mario B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The case is pretty freaky - I hope the killer's dead
2006-09-24 00:48:01 · answer #8 · answered by ravenwood4455 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sad! Sad! Hope it helps but with no DNA back then I think it is a lost cause.
2006-09-24 00:43:18 · answer #9 · answered by Cali Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The beginging was good and when it all came together at the end was cool. But over all....Meh!
2006-09-24 00:42:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋