The full case of "The Black Dahlia"Elizabeth Short's life and death — the complete investigation, every suspect in detail, the specific failures of the Los Angeles Police Department, and why one of the most investigated murders in American history has never been solvedSources consulted for this episode include the original LAPD case file materials as reproduced in court proceedings and press reporting; the Los Angeles County Coroner's original autopsy report as described in contemporary accounts and subsequent scholarly examination; Larry Harnisch's meticulous multi-decade journalism on the case at the Los Angeles Times and subsequently at his own archive; Steve Hodel's "Black Dahlia Avenger" (2003) and subsequent volumes; John Gilmore's "Severed" (1994); Piu Eatwell's "Black Dahlia, Red Rose" (2017); Donald Wolfe's "The Black Dahlia Files" (2005); the scholarship of Miles Corwin, particularly "The Killing Season"; contemporary press coverage in the Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles Times, and Los Angeles Herald Express; and various academic examinations of LAPD history and forensic science history of the 1940s. Where sources conflict, this episode has attempted to represent the conflict honestly rather than resolve it artificially. Where the record is incomplete or disputed, that incompleteness and dispute has been acknowledged rather than papered over. The case of Elizabeth Short deserves no less.CRIME & MYSTERY PODCAST is a podcast about cases that deserve complete treatment. If you have information relevant to any open case discussed on this program, contact the relevant law enforcement agency directly.