This is the Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case for October 2026.
The Black Dahlia Book Club will meet October 27, 2026. The next Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case will be November 3, 2026.
I am auctioning for charity a signed first edition of Michael Connelly’s The Drop starting today and ending with the Black Dahlia Book Club on October 27. The winner will donate the bid amount to a charity of their choice in memory of Elizabeth Short. Send me proof of the donation, and the book will be in the mail.
Send bids to LMHarnisch@Gmail.com with “The Drop” in the subject field. I will post the bids (if any) once a day.
Reminder: Do NOT dress up like the Black Dahlia for Halloween.
In this episode, I discussed Killer in the Code and Team Connelly’s scam in suppressing evidence that clears their suspect. And as for “Everybody counts or nobody counts,” does Elizabeth Short count except as fuel to propel the solution? How about the Zodiac victims? And Georgette Bauerdorf? These are just empty words on a coffee mug.
I also discussed:
–AI slop on the Black Dahlia.
–The purported “movie” of Elizabeth Short celebrating V-J day on Hollywood Boulevard.
–Killer in the Code’s “evidence.”
–Killer in the Code minimizing antisemitism in America after World War II
–The movie “Gentleman’s Agreement” and its depiction of antisemitism.
–Red Manley’s psychological evaluation.
–Marvin Margolis being transported to a hospital ship off Okinawa.
–Killer in the Code’s fanciful claim that Marvin Margolis could have “driven up to Hollywood” from Camp Pendleton.
–The “note” turned over to police in the Bauerdorf case, Rick Jackson calling it a “holy shit” moment.” Team Connelly suppressed evidence showing the date the note was found (September 1945) when Marvin Margolis was hospitalized at Great Lakes Naval Training Station in *Chicago.*
–Frank Jemison’s report on Marvin Margolis stating that “victim slept on the sofa,” in contrast to Killer in the Code’s claims that Elizabeth Short was Margolis’ “live-in girlfriend.”
–What would I be researching if I weren’t doing the Black Dahlia case?
–Why didn’t Elizabeth Short get a job in California?
