Severed by John Gilmore
The first and still the best book on the strangest of all officially unsolved murders in the annals of modern crime January 1947. LA. Elizabeth Short, aka 'The Black Dahlia', a small-town beauty queen, is found murdered on wasteground. She has been badly mutilated. Her body bisected...John Gilmore, who has spent thirty-five years investigating the case, here tells the story of Short's tragically futile life and reveals the tangled inside story of the police investigation, which never resulted in a conviction. But most shocking of all, he recounts the startling circumstances and gruesome details of the killer's indirect confessions to him and the circumstances of his death.
"'Only with author John Gilmore's Severed do we get previously undisclosed information from police files, never-before-published photos and a look at the probable murderer--and why he escaped prosecution' Larry Flynt"
John Gilmore was born and raised in Hollywood. His varied career included a spell as child actor, poet, screenwriter, low-budget film director, and a journalist, until he found his calling as a true-crime writer and novelist. He currently divides his time between his native Los Angeles and New Mexico.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781862076914 |
| ISBN 10 | 186207691X |
| Title | Severed |
| Author | John Gilmore |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2004-05-20 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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