The Black Dahlia Monument
The Black Dahlia Monument
Medford, Mass.
Presented July 29, 1993
Located on Salem Street, Medford, Mass., USA Presented by Kyle J. Wood and the Medford Historical Society
Photo Provided by Kyle J. Wood
“BETTY” SHORT WAS BORN ON JULY 29, 1924 AND LIVED AT 115 SALEM STREET, THE SITE NOW OCCUPIED BY THE INTERSTATE #93 ROTARY. SHE ATTENDED MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL JUNE OF 1940 AND THEN MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD TO PURSUE AN ACTING CAREER. HER STRIKINGLY ATTRACTIVE FEATURES, JET BLACK HAIR AND PENCHANT FOR DARK ATTIRE EARNED HER THE NAME OF “THE BLACK DAHLIA”. ON JANUARY 15, 1947 HER SEVERED AND MUTILATED BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN A VACANT LOS ANGELES LOT. NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MOTION PICTURES AND TELEVISION HAVE CHRONICLED HER STORY. THE SLAYING OF MEDFORD’S “BLACK DAHLIA” CONTINIUES TO REMAIN A MYSTERY.
MEDFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1993
