The Truth about Black Dahlia
The Truth about Black Dahlia

The Truth about Black Dahlia

2007-06-13 | 52 min

The unexplained deaths of Elizabeth Short, a.k.a "The Black Dahlia", in 1947 and of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy in 1958, had a profound impact on the psyche of James Ellroy, today's greatest crime writer. Steve Hodel, a retired LAPD cop, reveals everything about Georges Hodel, his own father as well as the perpetratror of those two unsolved murders, the most notorious ones in 20th century America. Steve Hodel retraces this amazing investigation in which genius and horror, Hollywood and the Marquis de Sade, incest and surgery, are blended into the grimmest of scenarios.

Genres

Documentary Crime

Cast

Elizabeth Short

Elizabeth Short

George Hodel

George Hodel

Steve Hodel

Steve Hodel

Tamar Hodel

Tamar Hodel

Man Ray

Man Ray

Paul Teetor

Paul Teetor

Stephen Kay

Stephen Kay

jeanne french

jeanne french

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