The Black Dahlia

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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On January 15, 1947, a young woman was found dead in Los Angeles, California. She was found naked, cut in half, and drained of blood. When the crime was reported in the newspaper, the woman received a nickname, the Black Dahlia. Though the case has been cold for the better part of a century, the murder of the Black Dahlia has remained one of the most well-known true crime cases in America and still fascinates people to this day. Learn about the murder of the Black Dahlia, potential, and the media frenzy surrounding the case on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. ExpressVPN Go to expressvpn.com/EED to get an extra four months of ExpressVPN for free!w Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On January 15, 1947, a young woman was found dead in Los Angeles, California.
0:05.9	She was found naked, cut in half, and drained of blood.
0:10.1	When the crime was reported in the newspaper, the deceased woman was given a nickname,
0:14.5	The Black Dahlia.
0:16.6	Though the case has been cold for the better part of a century,
0:19.1	the murder of the Black Dahlia has remained one of the best known true crime cases in America, instead of the case has been cold for the better part of a century, the murder of the Black Dahlia has remained one of the best-known true crime cases in America
0:24.1	and still fascinates people to this day.
0:27.6	Learn more about the murder of the Black Dahlia,
0:30.1	potential suspects, and the media frenzy surrounding the case
0:33.1	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:37.0	The Black Dahlia, otherwise known as Elizabeth Short, was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January
1:42.6	29, 1924. Short was the third of five daughters
1:46.7	to Cleo Alvin Short Jr. and Phoebe May Sawyer. Elizabeth's father had previously worked in the
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