629 // Black Dahlia w/ William J. Mann

Missing

Crawlspace Media

Society & Culture, True Crime, News

3.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna discuss the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, aka, The Black Dahlia with best selling author William J. Mann. William is a Hollywood historian, and professor of popular culture, as well as an author. William's latest book is titled, Black Dahlia, and it's available wherever you get your books. This episode was previously published on January 21st, 2026. Pick up your copy here: ⁠https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-dahlia-william-j-mann/1147559⁠. ⁠https://bookshop.org/p/books/black-dahlia-murder-monsters-and-madness-in-midcentury-hollywood-william-j-mann/c2b36bd25ceaf44e. Check out William's website: ⁠https://williamjmann.com/⁠. Follow William: ⁠https://x.com/WilliamJMann⁠. Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at ⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. X: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447. Follow Crawlspace: IG: https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast. X: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340. Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The In today's episode, we speak with New York Times bestselling author William J. Man about his new book, Black Dahlia, murder, monsters, and madness in mid-century Hollywood.
0:53.1	Lance, what did you think of this conversation?
0:55.3	I loved it as a continuation of this unintentional series
0:58.5	that we suddenly got going on the Black Dahlia on Elizabeth Short.
1:02.5	Elizabeth Short, as most people are aware of, is known as the Black Dahlia,
1:06.3	unfairly known as the Black Dahlia, by the way.
1:08.5	And we get into that nickname, that moniker in this conversation,
1:12.3	but she was unfortunately murdered in 1947. So if we're doing some quick math here, we're coming up on 80 years
1:21.2	of this particular cold case. And it's always stood the test of time, not always in a good way,
1:27.3	but William has delivered one of the best of time, not always in a good way, but William has
1:28.3	delivered one of the best accounts, and we've had a lot of really, really good accounts on
1:32.9	the Black Dahlia.
1:33.9	This is right up there with one of the best accounts of this brutal, brutal.
1:37.6	I thought this is a great conversation.
1:39.3	Can't wait to hear what the audience thinks as well.
1:41.8	What did you think?
1:42.6	Yeah, same.
1:43.3	I loved the journalism
1:44.6	that he applies to this story because it is a familiar story, but some of these myths that have
1:52.1	sort of grown over the years about this case, he can dispel them. So we get into that a little bit.
1:57.9	I think this was a great conversation. And also just a quick note
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