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Black Dahlia: Asshats on South North Avenue
Asshats like this are one reason I quit giving tours of the Black Dahlia crime scene. I don’t know which operator was responsible for this tour, but whoever it was, you need to do a better job riding...
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Black Dahlia: Asshats on South Norton Avenue — No. 2
Sprawling on the ground at the Black Dahlia crime scene has apparently become a thing. Here’s another asshat. People like this are one reason I quit giving Black Dahlia tours. Also: Black Dahlia:...
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Black Dahlia: Asshats on South Norton Avenue — No. 3
And in our continuing coverage of people being asshats at the Black Dahlia crime scene, we have today’s entry. Really, folks, does this seem like a good idea? Also: Black Dahlia: Asshats on South...
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Black Dahlia: Piu Eatwell’s ‘Black Dahlia, Red Rose’– A Bad Beginning
Given the brevity of human life, I don’t plan to do a line-by-line debunking of Piu Eatwell’s upcoming book “Black Dahlia, Red Rose.” Longtime readers may recall my labors over Donald Wolfe’s “The...
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Black Dahlia: Piu Eatwell’s ‘Black Dahlia, Red Rose’– A Name to Remember
Donald Freed in Piu Eatwell’s “Black Dahlia, Red Rose.” There are many names and many claims in Piu Eatwell’s new book, “Black Dahlia, Red Rose,” but the most important for our purposes is that of...
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Black Dahlia: ‘Horror at the Cecil Hotel’
Just a quick reminder, since Investigation Discovery aired the first episode of “Horror at the Cecil Hotel” last night. There is nothing to show that Elizabeth Short (“the Black Dahlia”) ever set foot...
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Black Dahlia: YouTube Makeup Tutorials for Halloween – Seriously?
Apparently YouTube tutorials on Black Dahlia makeup are a thing. Please reconsider your choices. We think Harley Quinn or Mad Moxxi are much better Halloween costume options rather than dressing up...
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Black Dahlia: The Biltmore Hotel, Ghost Hunting and Another Good Story Ruined
I think we have found one presumably young and aspiring reporter who apparently believes in doing absolutely no research whatsoever. According to Rowan Born of the Daily Trojan, Elizabeth Short was...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging “Black Dahlia Files” Part 26 — Missing Man Formation
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Our story so far: I am blogging—in real time—as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files.” It’s been slow going and this is an especially tedious part...
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Black L.A., 1947: Husband Suspected of Killing Mary Tate
Feb. 27, 1947: Terry Tate, of 123 N. San Pedro Street, is arrested in the death of his wife, Mary, at 107 Weller Street, described by the Sentinel as a rooming house or hotel. Tate was strangled and...
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Feb. 27, 1907: Downtown Fire Kills Secretary Who Stopped to Call Boss
Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 27, 1907 Los Angeles A thick cloud of smoke from a raging fire in the basement swept through the Germain building on South Spring Street at lunch hour,...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 27 — The Pinata Collecting...
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. The two-minute executive summary: In analyzing Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles,” we...
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Feb. 28, 1907: Edison Crew Cuts Down 300-Year-Old Oak to Keep Power Line...
Note: This is an encore post from 2007. Feb. 28, 1907 Los Angeles An old and massive California live oak used to mark the division between three Spanish land grants lies in pieces on the ground...
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March 1, 1907: L.A. Businesses Running Out of Space to Dump Garbage
Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 1, 1907 Los Angeles Downtown businessmen are at a complete loss over what to do with the garbage from their operations and want the city to either take it...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 29 — Wreck of the Old 97
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Uh-Oh. All I had to do was read the opening line in this section of Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 30 — Tick, Tick, Tick
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Page 39 We’re blogging Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” Yesterday, one sentence....
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March 3, 1907: L.A. Public Library Welcomes Young Readers
Note: This is an encore post from 2007. March 3, 1907 Los Angeles Stroll into the Los Angeles Public Library on Central Avenue with me for a moment, over to the children’s section. The librarian says...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 31 — Phoning It In
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” So far we have...
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Black Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 32 — Foxy Grandpa
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. I’m blogging in real time as I read Donald H. Wolfe’s “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles.” We’re at the part...
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