In the November 2024 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about my work in progress, Heaven Is HERE! and my current focus on the coroner’s office.

SPOILER ALERT: I devoted a fair amount of time to discussing fiction vs. nonfiction, and the treatment of the Black Dahlia case in Michael Connelly’s latest novel, The Waiting.

I also discussed:
–Elizabeth Short’s “missing week.”
–Policewoman Myrl McBride’s mistaken identification of Elizabeth Short.
–Ralph Asdel’s potential suspect.
–Elizabeth Short’s hair color when she left the Biltmore.
–Did Elizabeth Short make any phone calls from the Biltmore?
–Leslie Dillon failing the “key questions” in the Black Dahlia case.
–The relationship between the LAPD and newspapers in 1947.
–Robert Manley’s alibi and what became of him after he was cleared in the Black Dahlia case.
–Was Elizabeth Short pregnant and trying to get an abortion?
–How did I develop Walter Bayley as a possible suspect?
–What is the best novel based on the Black Dahlia case?
–The “Glasgow Smile” is contamination from Wikipedia and did not exist in 1947.

Can’t make the live session? Email me your questions and I’ll answer them! The video will be posted once the session ends so you can watch it later.