The Black Dahlia, people called her ... called Short’s mother with the cruel ruse that her daughter had won a beauty contest.

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 had been bathed and drained of blood. As details of her gruesome murder began to emerge, the press dubbed her “The Black Dahlia” for her rumored affinity for sheer black clothes and in ...