In the July 2025 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about my work in progress, Heaven Is HERE!

I also discussed:

All the books that lie about the Black Dahlia case: Will Fowler’s Reporters, John Gilmore’s Severed, Steve Hodel’s Black Dahlia Avenger franchise, Donald Wolfe’s The Black Dahlia Files, Piu Eatwell’s Black Dahlia, Red Rose and Eli Frankel’s Sisters in Death.

I also discussed Aggie Underwood’s Newspaperwoman, as it was ghostwritten by Foster Goss and advances a number of mistakes and misconceptions about the Black Dahlia crime scene and Underwood being “pulled off the story.”

Not lying, though problematic, are Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer, by Janice Knowlton and Michael Newton, and Mary Pacios’ Childhood Shadows.

I responded to questions about:
–Peter Vetcher’s claims of a one-night stand with Elizabeth Short, as claimed in the FBI file on Black Dahlia case. (Do NOT buy the FBI file on EBay. You can download it for free from the FBI website).
–Whether I’ve read the Police Gazette article on the Black Dahlia case.
–Was Elizabeth Short raped or assaulted?
–Isn’t it possible that Elizabeth Short got on the wrong bus and ended up in San Diego instead of the Bay Area?
–How do you know Matt Gordon killed himself?
–Did Elizabeth Short ever laugh at a soldier? What is the source of that story?
–Is Myrl McBride’s story about meeting Elizabeth Short accurate?
–Why does Patrick O’Reilly keep popping up in the list of suspects?