In a case that haunts Los Angeles to this day, the naked body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was found lying in a Leimert Park vacant lot on January 15, 1957. Gruesomely, it was initially mistaken for a broken mannequin, as her corpse had been drained of blood and cut in half at the waist. Authorities would discover that her mouth had been cut into a "Glasgow smile" and that chunks of flesh were missing from her breasts and thighs. Local media dubbed her "The Black Dahlia" after the film, The Blue Dahlia (1946) and sensationalized her life and death. The Los Angeles Examiner even lied to Short's mother to bring her to LA and get the scoop on the case. The investigation considered over two hundred suspects and many false confessions, but it remains a mystery, despite countless investigations led by the authorities and amateur sleuths alike.
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