http://www.bethshort.com/bd Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:31:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the Montecito Journal comes a review of True Confessions, and a photo of a cottage where Beth supposedly once lived. Source: Montecito Journal http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2007/07/12/sparing-crime-interesting-review-on-true-confessions/ This interesting piece of news... crime writer Nick Stone discovered James Ellroy's novel, The Black Dahlia, while working at a publishing company. Source: Sun-Sentinel http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2007/07/10/the-guy-who-discovered-ellroys-book/ In an interview with HeraldNet, author James Ellroy discusses the filming of The Black Dahlia, and talks about the option.He was paid $25,000 in 1986, never knowing if the movie would come to light. Read Full Story http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2006/09/16/heraldnet-ellroy-talks-about-the-filming/ Station: FOX Air Date: Sept 16, 2006 Recap: John Walsh introduces the Black Dahlia case up to request people look in garages and attics - anywhere in the offchance former family members may have been in possession of any evidence. Two former LAPD detectives also appeared to talk about how things were back in ... http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2006/09/16/americas-most-wanted-sept-16/ Walter Bayley LA Times Reporter Larry Harnisch presents a theory by a different approach, relying on archived property records and certified documents. Although by '46 he had been experiencing financial strain, Bayley had previously been chief of staff at the Los Angeles County Hospital, as well as an associate professor of surgery ... http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2006/09/16/walter-bayley/ Station: ABC Show: Nightline Aired: 09/15/06 Recap: The segment focused on the The Black Dahlia film, the murder of Beth Short, and on author James Ellroy's obsession with the case. Ellroy explained that he used the case of the Black Dahlia to deal with his own mother's murder, and that he's been obsessed with it ... http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2006/09/15/abc-nightline-sept-15/ George Hodel Former LAPD Detective Steve Hodel outlines in his book, BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER, collections of evidence he's found in the Black Dahlia case. Hodel's theory points to his father, George Hodel, a surgeon. In 1949, Dr. Hodel was tried for molestation of his 14-year-old daughter, Tamar. He was acquitted of that ... http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2006/09/15/george-hodel/ Jack Wilson John Gilmore's SEVERED was the first book to discuss in detail the life and death of Beth Short. Gilmore wasn't new to the case when he sat down to investigate and write. His father was an LAPD cop at the time of Beth's murder. Having the name Short in is ... http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2006/09/15/jack-wilson/ George Knowlton In DADDY WAS THE BLACK DAHLIA KILLER, Janice Knowlton unweaves a tale about her father, using previously repressed memories of incest and brutality. Years after her father's death, Knowlton said her memory surfaced traumatic experiences, most notably one of the murder of "Aunt Betty." With the aide of famed ... http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2006/09/15/george-knowlton/ Orson Welles Mary Pacios lived near Beth in the '30s and '40s, and wrote a book more focused on portraying Beth as a kind, loving girl. Within the pages lies her theory, and Pacios points at famed director Orson Welles (Citizen Kane). Most armchair detectives lend little weight to the theory, claiming ... http://www.bethshort.com/bd/2006/09/15/orson-welles/