The body had been surgically bisected at the waist and the victim’s mouth was slashed from ear to ear, forming a ghoulish “smile.” The press dubbed her the Black Dahlia, and the case would ...
Elizabeth Short's mutilated body was found on the sidewalk in a Los Angeles neighborhood in 1947 Liza Esquibias is an Editorial Intern at PEOPLE. She is a rising senior majoring in Journalism at ...
She dyed her hair jet black, matching the funereal hue of the clothes she favored. The Black Dahlia, people called her, ...