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Outlore with Eleanor Neale

53: Drained of Blood and Cut in Half: The Black Dahlia

Outlore with Eleanor Neale

Eleanor Neale

True Crime

4.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is on the infamous Black Dahlia murder in 1940s Los Angeles. 22 year old Elizabeth Short was found dead and dismembered, in a case that has left detectives stumped for over 75 years. Since the murder, there have been multiple suspects - but to this day, nobody has been convicted. Trigger Warning: sexual assault, abuse, suicide, incest, abortion, gore, mutilation Resources:  https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.5

The Black Dalia is one of the most infamous unsolved murders in history. Almost a century ago,

0:36.8

Elizabeth Shaw's dead body was found chopped into two

0:40.3

complete halves and totally drained of blood. Her killer had enacted their darkest, most

0:46.3

depraved desires onto this woman, including cutting a permanent smile into her face, and

0:53.3

then they left the evidence on the roadside for everyone to see.

0:57.0

So today we're going to discuss the details of the murder and then we're going to analyze all of the suspects and the theories that still stand to this day

1:06.0

and hopefully by the end of this video you'll be able to make your own mind up on who you think killed the Black Dahlia.

1:14.6

Quickly, before we get into the case, I just want to give my usual disclaimer that I mean absolutely no disrespect to anyone that I talk about in this video.

1:22.6

This video is for educational purposes and everything that I'm about to say is publicly available

1:28.0

information that myself and my team have found online and compiled into this video.

1:33.2

This video will cover especially sensitive topics including but not limited to sexual

1:38.7

assault, abuse, suicide, incest, abortion and descriptions of very gory scenes and mutilation.

1:47.0

And while we make every effort to fact-check our sources and make sure that all of our information is correct,

1:53.0

no action should be taken in reliance upon the information in this video.

1:58.0

And I want to take this opportunity to remind you all that these are real people's lives that we're talking about.

2:03.6

So please keep things kind and respectful in the comments section.

2:07.6

All opinions stated in this video are mine and mine alone. And with that being said, let's get into the case.

2:14.6

So today's case is a vintage Hollywood true crime story from the 1940s.

2:20.8

Probably one of the most infamous true crime cases ever.

2:24.8

I feel like everyone has heard about the Black Dahlia case.

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