Black Dahlia Murder

The Black Dahlia Murder case remains to be one of Hollywood’s longest-running mysteries and one of the most dreadful of the 1940s. On the morning of January 15, 1947, the body of a pretty young woman, Elizabeth Short, was found severed in half in an empty lot on the west side of South Norton Avenue in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. The body was discovered at 10:00 am by local resident Betty Bersinger, as she was walking with her three-year-old daughter. At first, Besinger thought that the body parts were just a discarded store mannequin. She got closer and upon realizing that it was actually a corpse, she ran to the nearest house and called the police.
Elizabeth Short’s two halves were found one foot apart and both halves were posed. A performed
Many true crime novels state that Elizabeth Short inhabited or visited Los Angeles at different times in the mid-1940s and was pregnant. These facts have never been proven to be true and were refuted through investigations conducted by law enforcement officers who worked the case. One of these books was published in 1995 by Janice Knowlton and Michael Newton. Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer tells the story of the murder in the perspective of Janice Knowlton, the daughter of the Black Dahlia murderer. This story takes place in Los Angeles, California and mainly follows Janice as she recovers from her childhood trauma of watching her dad get rid of Elizabeth Short’s body. The first chapter outlined the Black Dahlia murder case and was followed by Janice’s story. It was portrayed as taking place on Wednesday, January 15, 1947 in Los Angeles. This depiction accurately captured the fame and controversy of the case. It included all of the evidence mentioned in the case and occurred in the same setting. Most of the characters in the book were also from the true
The main difference between the actual story and the book was the outcome. The book told a whole story that supported the idea that a man named Frederick Knowlton was the one who murdered Elizabeth Short. This concept is purely fictional because the actual Black Dahlia murder case went unsolved; a murderer was never found. It was also said that the killer suffocated Elizabeth Short when in the actual case she died from blows to the head. Neither characters Janice Knowlton nor Frederick Knowlton were said to have existed in the actual case and therefore could also be fictional. Another difference present was the finding of the body. In the book, it was said that the woman who found the body went home before she even called the police when in reality, she rushed to the nearest house and phoned the police as soon as she could. In addition, the book had a fictional story that did not have any connection with the case. This story was told in the perspective of Janice Knowlton and followed her mental recovery. This part became the main focus for the whole rest of the book and added a bunch of fictional characters that did not exist in the original case. Overall the book was relatively similar to the case. Other than the fictional second part of the story, it depicted the case