In the March 2025 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about my work in progress, Heaven Is HERE! and my current focus on the autopsy of Elizabeth Short.

Has AI solved the Black Dahlia case? No.

TRIGGER  WARNING: In this segment, I discuss autopsies and dismemberment/mutilations.

In this session, I also discussed:

–The case of Marion Parker.

–The date of Elizabeth Short’s death.

–The contents of Elizabeth Short’s stomach.

–Elizabeth Short’s “missing week.”

–Why did Elizabeth Short go to Indianapolis?

–What became of the cement sacks found at the crime scene?

–Did Elizabeth Short ever express any opinions about politics?

–The pages torn out of Elizabeth Short’s address book.

–The mutilations inflicted on Elizabeth Short and the brown stains on her feet.

–Did Elizabeth Short call Mark Hansen from the Biltmore?

–Any idea whether Elizabeth Short’s killer was right-handed or left-handed?

–Have I ever spoke with retired LAPD homicide Detective Mitzi Roberts?

–Do I think the killer had help in bisecting Elizabeth Short’s body?

–Wikipedia entries on the Black Dahlia case.

–Did the LAPD ever bug anyone else in the Black Dahlia case?

–Why was Elizabeth Short buried in Oakland?

–Why didn’t Elizabeth Short look for a job?

–Was the killer personally angry at Elizabeth Short?

For further reading:

Hooper, Jody, et al, Eds. “Autopsy in the 21st Century.” Switzerland: Spring Nature, 2019.

Hutchins, Grover, Ed., “Autopsy Performance and Reporting.” College of American Pathologists, Northfield, Ill., 1990.

Rajs J et al., “Criminal Mutilation of the Human Body in Sweden — A Thirty-Year Medico-Legal and Forensic Psychiatric Study.” Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 43, No, 3, May 1998. PP. 563-580.

Ross, Ann, et al. “Dismemberments: Perspectives in Forensic Anthropology and Legal Medicine.” London: Academic Press, 2019.

Schmitt, Aurore, et al. “Forensic Anthropology and Medicine.” Totowa, NJ.: Humana Press, 2006.

Shennahn, Theodore. “Post Mortems and Morbid Anatomy.” London: Constable and Company, 1912.

Farber, Sidney. “The Postmortem Examination.” Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1937.

“Symposium Held at the Milwaukee Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, June 1933.” American Journal of Clinical Pathology, January 1934.