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 dyed her hair jet black, matching the funereal hue of the clothes she favored. The Black Dahlia, people called her, ...

Soon after the murder, Ms Short's birth certificate was found in an envelope that read: "Here is Dahlia's belongings, letter to follow" ...

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 ...