The Blue Dahlia. This 1946 film inspired the nickname “The Black Dahlia” for a young 22 year-old woman named Elizabeth Short. Short earned the sobriquet for her jet-black hair and predilection for black clothing. Her live became short-lived when she was found mutilated in an empty lot in Los Angeles California. Elizabeth Short was a Boston native who spent the majority of her life in Massachusetts and Florida. In 1930, her father was presumed dead was his car was found abandoned on a bridge, which led his family to believe he committed suicide. Twelve years later, Short’s mother received an apology note that her husband was in fact alive and now residing in California. This shocking news gave Elizabeth a chance of opportunity to pursue her
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Doctor George Hodel first came into police scrutiny when he was indicted for molesting his 14 year-old daughter named Tamar Hodel (Korzik). Already on trial, police wanted to see if George Hodel would produce any insinuation of being involved in Short’s murder by putting him on surveillance and installing microphones in his household (Korzik). Horrific evidence was soon then found causing Hodel to be put on trial for murder of his secretary. It is believed that Hodel killed his secretary to prevent her from speaking on potential secrets Hodel could’ve been hiding. This shows that Hodel is a very violent and exudes a very grotesque mindset. George died years later in 1999. Four years later, George Hodel’s son, Steve Hodel, wrote and published a book called Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius For Murder (Korzik). In the novel, “he claims that his father had committed the Black Dahlia murder and other unsolved murders at the time. Steve Hodel says that he started his investigation into his father when he saw two photographs in his father’s photo album that resembled Elizabeth Short” (Fitts). This soon struck Steve’s interest in the case. Being a cop, Steve Hodel began finding evidence anywhere from matching his father’s handwriting to homicide notes to making a connection of his father to the infamous Zodiac Killer. Other evidence that justifies George Hodel as being her killer is that “crime scene photos showed that Short had been given a hemicorporectomy, a procedure that slices the body beneath the lumbar spine, the only spot where the body can be severed in half without breaking bone. It was taught in the 1930s, when George had been in medical school” (Fitts). Steve Hodel was very devoted to discovering whether his father was the Black Dahlia killer or not. He has presented very valid evidence that could
Doctor George Hodel first came into police scrutiny when he was indicted for molesting his 14 year-old daughter named Tamar Hodel (Korzik). Already on trial, police wanted to see if George Hodel would produce any insinuation of being involved in Short’s murder by putting him on surveillance and installing microphones in his household (Korzik). Horrific evidence was soon then found causing Hodel to be put on trial for murder of his secretary. It is believed that Hodel killed his secretary to prevent her from speaking on potential secrets Hodel could’ve been hiding. This shows that Hodel is a very violent and exudes a very grotesque mindset. George died years later in 1999. Four years later, George Hodel’s son, Steve Hodel, wrote and published a book called Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius For Murder (Korzik). In the novel, “he claims that his father had committed the Black Dahlia murder and other unsolved murders at the time. Steve Hodel says that he started his investigation into his father when he saw two photographs in his father’s photo album that resembled Elizabeth Short” (Fitts). This soon struck Steve’s interest in the case. Being a cop, Steve Hodel began finding evidence anywhere from matching his father’s handwriting to homicide notes to making a connection of his father to the infamous Zodiac Killer. Other evidence that justifies George Hodel as being her killer is that “crime scene photos showed that Short had been given a hemicorporectomy, a procedure that slices the body beneath the lumbar spine, the only spot where the body can be severed in half without breaking bone. It was taught in the 1930s, when George had been in medical school” (Fitts). Steve Hodel was very devoted to discovering whether his father was the Black Dahlia killer or not. He has presented very valid evidence that could