With new evidence in the mix, Eatwell claims her latest research all but solves the case. Who is the Black Dahlia killer? The latest and most persuasive investigation.īlack Dahlia, Red Rose, Piu Marie Eatwell (2017) Magazine has the full story on the new series and how it came to be.)įor those ready to dive into the world of Black Dahlia investigations, and for those who are already there but need a refresher on the literature and the legacy, we’ve rounded up the many books, fiction and nonfiction, that explore the murder and its dark aftermath. In a genealogical worst-case-scenario, she finds George Hodel, a powerful doctor and member of high society, accused rapist of his own daughter, and one of the foremost suspects in the murder of the Black Dahlia. The new series, adapted from One Day She’ll Darken, a memoir by Fauna Hodel, explores a storyline tangential to the Black Dahlia case, one that delves into racial identity, adoption, incest, and the politics of mid-century Los Angeles’s most powerful, and leads a white woman, raised by adoptive black parents, on a search for her biological grandfather. This week, the Black Dahlia is set to be back in the limelight with the premiere of I Am the Night, TNT’s six-episode limited series starring Chris Pine and directed by Wonder Woman’s Patty Jenkins. While the case is ice cold and probably unsolvable given the lack of evidence and amount of time that has passed, writers and amateur sleuths continue to work over the details looking for new threads, new answers, and some hint of what it all means. The unsolved murder of Short, the aspiring actress who was butchered at the torso and left in a vacant lot, has been obsessively analyzed, belabored and rehashed for nearly three-quarters of a century, immortalized in Los Angeles’ mythos and played out time and again, most famously by James Ellroy, who laid claim to the definitive and eponymous novel about the case.

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