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Nov 4
27m 37s

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part T...

Esther Ludlow
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In 1946, Elizabeth Short – the young woman the world would later know as The Black Dahlia – returned to California chasing love, glamour, and a new beginning. Instead, she found herself drifting through a postwar Los Angeles filled with promise, danger, and people who would soon become key figures in one of the most infamous unsolved murders in American hist ... Show More
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Bonus: The First Suspects - The Black Dahlia Files
<p>In this bonus episode, Esther takes listeners back to the earliest days of the Black Dahlia investigation — before the world even knew the victim’s name.</p><p>Detectives faced a gruesome and mystifying crime scene in a quiet Los Angeles neighborhood. Who was the young woman w ... Show More
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<p>In this fourth installment of <em>Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder</em>, we trace Elizabeth Short’s final, mysterious days — the missing week between her last confirmed sightings in early January 1947 and the shocking discovery of her body on January 15th.</p><p>This episode fo ... Show More
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