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In the 25 years between William Desmond Taylor's murder in 1922 and the case of the Black

Dahlia in 1947, Hollywood changed dramatically. Silent films were a relic of the past, and the

movie business had become a full-blown industry. Hollywood had firmly established itself as the

world's epicenter of Glitz and Glamour. The biggest movies opened with star-studded premieres on

Hollywood Boulevard or Sunset Boulevard, two streets that were becoming as famous as the movies and

the stars. What hadn't changed was the steady stream of hopefuls who came to town with dreams of

being the next carry grant or Clark Gable, Catherine Hepburn or Olivia DeHavland, Humphrey Bogart

or Jimmy Stewart or Lana Turner. After all, if a 16-year-old high school student named Judy could be

discovered simply by walking into a cafe and then become a movie star overnight and change her

name to Lana, it could happen to anyone, couldn't it? Unfortunately, the cold, hard truth for these

star-struck hopefuls was that making it big in Hollywood was a lot harder than they had imagined.

For most, their dreams of stardom gradually receded as they embraced the reality that it wasn't

going to happen, and they found new dreams to pursue. But for a tragic few, their dreams became

nightmares. That was the case with a beautiful young girl from New England who had jet black hair

and piercing green eyes. She went to Hollywood hoping she might catch a lucky break like Lana

Turner had in 1937. Lots of people told her she had the looks for it, so why not give it a try?

And why not dream for the full package? While she was chasing a career as a movie star,

maybe she would meet Mr. Wright along the way, and they would have the happily ever after ending

she had seen in the movies. Sadly, for the young woman with the black hair and the green eyes,

a monster lurked in Hollywood that was worse than anything conjured up by the film industry

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