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Elizabeth Short, aka "The Black Dahlia"
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Victim of One of Los Angeles' Most Infamous - and Unsolved - Murders
     Elizabeth Short is better known as "The Black Dahlia," victim of a murder that remains unsolved . . . at least officially . . . until today.
     The Sowden house became associated with the Black Dahlia through former cop Steve Hodel.  Hodel came across information that lead him to believe that his father, George Hodel, mudered Short while Daddy Dearest was living at 5121 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.
The Sowden House, 5121 Franklin Avenue
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Former Home of George Hodel

     Elizabeth Short's murder has haunted Los Angeles as the name of Frank Lloyd Wright has haunted American Architecter for decades.
     They come together in the Sowden House, according to former cop Steve Hodel.
     Maven has collected material for background material of the crime:
 

PROLOGUE:  The Black Dahlia Web Site:  Who was Elizabeth Short? 

http://www.bethshort.com/about-beth.php

 

Elizabeth Short’s Murder:  (WARNING!  GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING PHOTOGRAPHS!)

http://www.bethshort.com/the-murder.php

 

THE MURDER . . . “Black Dahlia Confidential”:  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/23/48hours/printable657318.shtml

 

Black Dahlia Avenger:  A Genius for Murder by Steve Hodel:

http://books.google.com/books?id=fqd1pBG8KokC&dq=Black+Dahlia+House&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=11&ct=result#PPA9,M1

Black Dahlia Avenger:  The True Story by Steve Hodel:

http://books.google.com/books?id=a7Te2BbKW7oC&dq=Black+Dahlia+House&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=12&ct=result

A rebuttal to Steve Hodel’s accusation that his father was Short’s murderer:  http://www.lmharnisch.com/home.html

 

     And about the house?!  Read on:

Black Dahlia Avenger:  A Genius for Murder by Steve Hodel:

http://books.google.com/books?id=fqd1pBG8KokC&dq=Black+Dahlia+House&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=11&ct=result#PPA9,M1

Black Dahlia Avenger:  The True Story By Steve Hodel:

http://books.google.com/books?id=a7Te2BbKW7oC&dq=Black+Dahlia+House&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=12&ct=result

 

History:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sowden_House

 

For more about the house iteself:

THE SNOWDEN HOUSE

  

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