Category Archives: 1947

Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 16

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading! This is the opening of Chapter 16 of Heaven Is HERE! 5,800 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 15

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading! This is the opening of Chapter 15 of Heaven Is HERE! 6,400 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 14

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading! This is the opening of Chapter 14 of Heaven Is HERE! 3,200 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 13

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading! This is the opening of Chapter 13 of Heaven Is HERE! 4,700 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 12

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading!This is an excerpt from Chapter 12 of Heaven Is HERE! 5,800 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 10

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading! An excerpt from Chapter 10 of Heaven Is HERE! 3,500 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 5

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading! This is the opening of Chapter 5 of Heaven Is HERE! 4,000 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 3

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading! This is the opening of Chapter 3 of Heaven Is HERE! 5,000 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 2

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading! This is the opening of Chapter 2 of Heaven Is HERE! 9,200 words.

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Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday: Heaven Is HERE! Chapter 1

Posted on July 29, 2024 by lmharnisch

Viewing of the sample excerpts is now over. Thanks for reading!This is the opening of Chapter 1 of Heaven Is HERE! 5,800 words.

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Black Dahlia: Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday Honored With Selections From ‘Heaven Is HERE!’

Posted on July 28, 2024 by lmharnisch

Dear readers of the L.A. Daily Mirror: Monday, July 29, 2024, will be devoted to Elizabeth Short’s 100th birthday. To mark the occasion, every hour beginning at 1:08 a.m. and continuing to 3:08 p.m., I will be posting 500-word excerpts … Continue reading →

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L.A. Celebrates the Fourth of July 1889 – 1960

Posted on July 4, 2024 by lmharnisch

July 4, 1944: Uncle Sam in a cartoon by Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale for the Los Angeles Examiner and republished in the Milwaukee Sentinel. Note: This is an encore post from 2014. Broken links: FIXED! Here’s a look at how … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, July 2024

Posted on July 3, 2024 by lmharnisch

In the July 2024 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about some of the most influential websites dealing with the murder of Elizabeth Short.

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is July 2

Posted on July 1, 2024 by lmharnisch

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, July 2, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, June 2024

Posted on June 12, 2024 by lmharnisch

In the June 2024 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about the books on Elizabeth Short’s murder.

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is June 4

Posted on June 1, 2024 by lmharnisch

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, June 4, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, May 2024

Posted on May 13, 2024 by lmharnisch

In the May 2024 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about the whether the LAPD of the 1940s was as corrupt as some people claim, citing the Police Commission minutes from the 1940s. As a bonus, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on May 13, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1947 United Artists film The Private Affairs of Bel Ami, with George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee, John Carradine, Susan Douglas, Hugo Haas, Marie Wilson, Albert Basserman, Katherine Emery, Richard Fraser and … Continue reading →

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Reminder – My Next ‘Ask Me Anything’ on the Black Dahlia Case Is May 7

Posted on May 4, 2024 by lmharnisch

Reminder: Boxie (formerly Boxy) and I will be doing a live “Ask Me Anything” on the Black Dahlia case Tuesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. Pacific time, on YouTube and on Instagram. I’ll give an update on the book and … Continue reading →

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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, April 2024

Posted on April 3, 2024 by lmharnisch

In the April 2024 Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, I talk about the recent article in… Popular Mechanics?

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