FEB 13, 2009 article about haunted restaurants to dine for Valentine’s Day mentions Monroe and Short.“Today it is said that workers at the Sycamore Inn sometimes will hear strange noises or experience odd sensations, especially in the kitchen and dining room. “Interesting footnote: Marilyn Monroe, the actress, is said to have dined at the Sycamore Inn the week before she died in 1962. Another actress, Elizabeth Short, the “Black Dahlia,” also dined there shortly before her death in 1947, according to local lore.”

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