James Ellroy

There are people out there who are only aroused when they're killing. She met someone like that.

There are people out there who are only aroused when they're killing. She met someone like that.

Reports recommending whether or not to file charges to the district attorney were on sale for 500 bucks a pop. The detective bureau was a repository of drunks and cronies of high-ranking LAPD officers. At the time of Elizabeth Short's death, it was a very corrupt institution.

Reports recommending whether or not to file charges to the district attorney were on sale for 500 bucks a pop. The detective bureau was a repository of drunks and cronies of high-ranking LAPD officers. At the time of Elizabeth Short's death, it was a very corrupt institution.

Portrayed as a prostitute. It isn't true. Portrayed as a movie mad girl who got parts in a lot of movies of the time, including Casablanca. It certainly isn't true.

Portrayed as a prostitute. It isn't true. Portrayed as a movie mad girl who got parts in a lot of movies of the time, including Casablanca. It certainly isn't true.

Your father's got a lust for blood. You don't know anything about your father. And there's how we revise our own memory. I never dreamt that Dad could be an actual suspect of this crime. This is Steve O'Dell's journey through his most forbidding memories.

Your father's got a lust for blood. You don't know anything about your father. And there's how we revise our own memory. I never dreamt that Dad could be an actual suspect of this crime. This is Steve O'Dell's journey through his most forbidding memories.

A roamer, a sweet kid. She's a ghost in a blank page to record our fears and desires.

A roamer, a sweet kid. She's a ghost in a blank page to record our fears and desires.

I think Steve Hodell is a good and noble guy. I think he solved the Black Diat murder case.

I think Steve Hodell is a good and noble guy. I think he solved the Black Diat murder case.

A post-war Mona Lisa in L.A. quintessential.

A post-war Mona Lisa in L.A. quintessential.

A body in a vacant lot and an apparition called the Black Dahlia.

A body in a vacant lot and an apparition called the Black Dahlia.

It's divine providence that the mad doctor spawns a son who becomes an LAPD homicide detective who sees photographs that are not even of Elizabeth Short, and it turns out that his old man did the job anyway. I dig it.

It's divine providence that the mad doctor spawns a son who becomes an LAPD homicide detective who sees photographs that are not even of Elizabeth Short, and it turns out that his old man did the job anyway. I dig it.

Nothing stays buried forever. Nothing. It's the great L.A. murder. And L.A. 's had some doozies.

Nothing stays buried forever. Nothing. It's the great L.A. murder. And L.A. 's had some doozies.

It's LA on VJ day. Revelers pour down Hollywood Boulevard. Girls lean out of cars. Soldiers and sailors run up and grab kisses. There's a pretty dark haired girl caught in close up. It's Betty Short. She's young, she's vibrant, she lives. The crime scene looked like this. We'd covered lots north to south. The body on the west side, mid-block.

It's LA on VJ day. Revelers pour down Hollywood Boulevard. Girls lean out of cars. Soldiers and sailors run up and grab kisses. There's a pretty dark haired girl caught in close up. It's Betty Short. She's young, she's vibrant, she lives. The crime scene looked like this. We'd covered lots north to south. The body on the west side, mid-block.

There are people out there who are only aroused when they're killing. She met someone like that.

Reports recommending whether or not to file charges to the district attorney were on sale for 500 bucks a pop. The detective bureau was a repository of drunks and cronies of high-ranking LAPD officers. At the time of Elizabeth Short's death, it was a very corrupt institution.

Portrayed as a prostitute. It isn't true. Portrayed as a movie mad girl who got parts in a lot of movies of the time, including Casablanca. It certainly isn't true.

Your father's got a lust for blood. You don't know anything about your father. And there's how we revise our own memory. I never dreamt that Dad could be an actual suspect of this crime. This is Steve O'Dell's journey through his most forbidding memories.

A roamer, a sweet kid. She's a ghost in a blank page to record our fears and desires.

I think Steve Hodell is a good and noble guy. I think he solved the Black Diat murder case.

A post-war Mona Lisa in L.A. quintessential.

A body in a vacant lot and an apparition called the Black Dahlia.

It's divine providence that the mad doctor spawns a son who becomes an LAPD homicide detective who sees photographs that are not even of Elizabeth Short, and it turns out that his old man did the job anyway. I dig it.

Nothing stays buried forever. Nothing. It's the great L.A. murder. And L.A. 's had some doozies.

It's LA on VJ day. Revelers pour down Hollywood Boulevard. Girls lean out of cars. Soldiers and sailors run up and grab kisses. There's a pretty dark haired girl caught in close up. It's Betty Short. She's young, she's vibrant, she lives. The crime scene looked like this. We'd covered lots north to south. The body on the west side, mid-block.