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The Black Dahlia

  • Episode aired Oct 10, 1999
  • 47m
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Case Reopened (1999)
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When Elizabeth Short came to Hollywood she was not unlike thousands of other young women, hoping her good looks and a little bit of talent would propel her into the world of the rich and fam... Read allWhen Elizabeth Short came to Hollywood she was not unlike thousands of other young women, hoping her good looks and a little bit of talent would propel her into the world of the rich and famous. Short did earn notoriety, but in a horrifying way that would come to chill even the m... Read allWhen Elizabeth Short came to Hollywood she was not unlike thousands of other young women, hoping her good looks and a little bit of talent would propel her into the world of the rich and famous. Short did earn notoriety, but in a horrifying way that would come to chill even the most seasoned investigators. Within weeks of her murder, 37 innocent men and women had conf... Read all

  • Director
    • P.K. MacCarthy
  • Stars
    • Joseph Wambaugh
    • Josh Drennen
    • Jamie Lynn Hines
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    • Director
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      • Josh Drennen
      • Jamie Lynn Hines
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    Joseph Wambaugh
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    Robert Lodge
    • Joseph Wambaugh
    Larry Strauss
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    Should be on DVD

    This episode was paired w/Lawrence Block's "Zodiac" episode which were aired back to back in 1999 ,highly recommended ,both episodes should be intensely interesting to either "Zodiac" or "Dahlia" afficianados .Many reanactments & consulting w/experts in both of these cases including interviews w/ Zodiac experts Tom Voigt & Mike Butterfield .Also opens up some new insights into the Dahlia case including some intriguing new revelations involving this case .Joined w/ Block's sometimes enigmatic behaviour makes for an interesting view .Some interesting revelations here including Butterfield's "MT. Diablo" expose - I'll say no more .Amazed this has not been put on DVD .

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      Portrays the same real events at the core of the fictionalization of Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia (2006), True Confessions (1981), Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975), that were also fundamental for the development of The Devil's Muse (2007), I Am the Night (2019), The Black Dahlia (1988), influenced Black Dahlia (2006) and Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991), portrayed in other documentaries like The Black Dahlia (1998), The Black Dahlia (2006) and inspired the name of the band The Black Dahlia Murder.

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      • October 10, 1999 (United States)
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      • Los Angeles, California, USA
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