In the April 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.

In this session, I discussed two forthcoming books, both of which claim to “solve” the Black Dahlia case. One is by Hollywood biographer William Mann and the other is by Eli Frankel, which presumably names Carl Balsiger as the killer. I’ve dealt with Balsiger in a previous video and only talked about him briefly this time.

(I resisted requests to do an April Fools Day episode on the Black Dahlia case — I don’t kid around about it. But I did make fun of influencers by noting my lovely new flannel shirt from Land’s End, Carrera sunglasses from FramesDirect.com and regular Flexon frames from FramesDirect.com. Also Boxie as a Stor/File 703 from Office Depot).

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

I also discussed:
–Autopsy surgeon Frederick Newbarr.
–Morgue photos of Elizabeth Short.
–Is the murder of Elizabeth Short officially solvable?
–Is it possible that a woman killed Elizabeth Short?
–Is it true that Elizabeth Short’s family dislikes the memorial plaque to her in Medford?
–What became of Elizabeth Short’s organs after the autopsy?
–Were the halves of Elizabeth Short’s body reattached before she was buried?
–Can you discuss the various appearances at the crime scene before the police arrived? The man dumping yard clippings? The “Boy on the Bicycle?” The man road-testing his car after a tune-up?
–Why did the killer send Elizabeth Short’s belongings to the newspapers?
–What boxes does Walter Bayley not check in terms of being Elizabeth Short’s killer?
–How long did Frederick Newbarr work at the Los Angeles County coroner’s office?
–Did Elizabeth Short attend Virginia Short’s wedding?
–Did Brian Carr go through the Black Dahlia files?
–Did I ever interview Frederick Newbarr’s relatives?
–Did the killer actually call Jim Richardson of the Examiner?