The Black Dahlia - Elizabeth Short's Murder
The 1947 murder of a 22-year-old Hollywood hopeful in Los Angeles has never been officially solved.
Elizabeth Short, known posthumously as the Black Dahlia, was found in an empty lot in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her body was found cut in half at the waist. She had been severely mutilated. There was no blood anywhere, suggesting that the body had been cleaned before being moved. Her murder is one of the most famous unsolved cases in American history. It has been the subject of numerous films, books, and true crime podcasts. The case remain officially unsolved.
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The Black Dahlia FBI page
Wikipedia
A Los Angeles Police Department flyer on Elizabeth Short.
The Zodiac Killer
The murders of 5 people in 1968 & 1969 and a series of cryptic notes terrorized Northern California.
The Zodiac is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969. The Zodiac attacked three couples and a cab driver in Benicia, Vallejo, unincorporated Napa County, and the city of San Francisco. Two of the Zodiac's seven victims survived.
In a series of letters mailed to Bay Area newspapers, the Zodiac took credit for the murders, described details known only to police, threatened bombings and more murders if the newspapers did not print his letters, and included cryptograms with his correspondence. Two of the Zodiac's four cryptograms were decrypted in 1969 and 2020. The Zodiac's last letter was received by the San Francisco Chronicle in 1974. In the letter, The Zodiac claimed to have killed 37 people. The Zodiac's murders, cryptograms, and letters to newspapers have made the case one of the most famous unsolved cases in American history. It has been the subject of numerous films, books, and true crime podcasts. The cases remain officially unsolved.
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The Zodiac Killer FBI page
Wikipedia
San Francisco Chronicle, My Name Is letter, April 20, 1970
