In January of 1947, the mutilated body of young Hollywood actress Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. The press gave her the nickname, "The Black Dahlia," stemming from a popular crime film, and her case gripped headlines when the killer sent handwritten notes to the tabloids. Former Los Angeles Detective Steve Hodel believed his f ... Show More
Feb 2025
A Deeper Dive into the Murder of Elizabeth Short (Part 1)
<p>On the morning of January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her young daughter spotted something pale and white lying in the weeds of a vacant lot. When the woman walked closer to get a better look, she made a horrifying discovery: the bisected body of a young woman, brutally mur ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2025
A Deeper Dive into the Murder of Elizabeth Short (Part 2)
<p>On the morning of January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her young daughter spotted something pale and white lying in the weeds of a vacant lot. When the woman walked closer to get a better look, she made a horrifying discovery: the bisected body of a young woman, brutally mur ... Show More
1h 18m
Dec 2024
The Murder of Cheryl Perveler
<p>When police were called to the scene of shooting at the Castillion Apartments in Los Angeles on April 20, 1968, they assumed the victim, twenty-two-year-old Cheryl Perveler, had been shot in a robbery gone wrong. However, when they began looking into her personal life, they so ... Show More
53m 31s
Aug 2023
Into the Smoke: The Murder of Ronli Ratliff
<p><em>Correction: Ronli Ratliff's body was discovered beside a couch, not atop a couch.</em></p><p>In the early morning hours of April 15, 2004, firefighters discovered a body of a young woman in a house in Indiana's Morgan County. That young woman was 24-year-old Ronli Ratliff. ... Show More
37m 5s
Jul 2021
Hollywood Cold Case: Margaret Gibson Pt. 2
As the investigation into William Desmond Taylor's murder amps up, lead investigator Detective King examines the evidence and begins to suspect three of the most powerful women in 1920s Hollywood: comedy queen Mabel Normand, ingenue Mary Miles Minter, and notorious stage mother C ... Show More
46m 18s
Oct 2024
Introducing: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley
<p>On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Robert Blake. But Bonny, a longtime con artist, had plenty of enemies. She left behind a trail of men she’d scammed, and she had a ... Show More
2m 22s