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Solving the Black Dahlia

De: Douglas Laux
Narrado por: Douglas Laux
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In 1947, a young woman named Elizabeth Short was murdered in Los Angeles. The killer bisected her body and placed it on the side of a busy street six miles southwest of downtown. The LAPD questioned an endless line of suspects, some of whom claimed to be the killer. But none proved to know certain critical details about the crime scene. Desperate for a lead, a rogue LAPD team even kidnapped a suspect from Florida and interrogated him to no avail. Police could not identify the killer.

Fast forward 75 years.

Former CIA case officer Douglas Laux boards a bus in Los Angeles for the Black Dahlia tour. Doug, in his early 30s, is whisked to locations around LA related to Elizabeth Short’s murder. He knows virtually nothing about her case. He also isn’t sure why Short’s identity and name have been replaced by a mostly fictional Hollywood narrative of a tragic ingenue called the Black Dahlia who was murdered after visiting the Biltmore Hotel. But the fact that an unsolved murder from 1947 is still popular enough to support its own bus tour tells him there may be a lot of conflicting history to uncover. He’s surprised to discover that there are still many passionately argued different theories about who killed Elizabeth Short. But only one theory can be right, or they are all wrong. Doug decides to find out.

Like many before him, Doug becomes fixated on the case. For eight years he leverages his CIA skillset to try and solve the Black Dahlia murder. Now, he believes he has.©2022 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC Biografías y Memorias Crímenes Reales Histórico
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  • Solving the Black Dahlia Trailer

    Solving the Black Dahlia Trailer
    Jan 12 2022
    In 1947, a young woman named Elizabeth Short was murdered in Los Angeles. The killer bisected her body and placed it on the side of a busy street six miles southwest of downtown. The LAPD questioned an endless line of suspects, some of whom claimed to be the killer. But none proved to know certain critical details about the crime scene. Desperate for a lead, a rogue LAPD team even kidnapped a suspect from Florida and interrogated him to no avail. Police could not identify the killer.

    Fast forward 75 years.

    Former CIA case officer Douglas Laux boards a bus in Los Angeles for the Black Dahlia tour. Doug, in his early 30s, is whisked to locations around LA related to Elizabeth Short’s murder. He knows virtually nothing about her case. He also isn’t sure why Short’s identity and name have been replaced by a mostly fictional Hollywood narrative of a tragic ingenue called the Black Dahlia who was murdered after visiting the Biltmore Hotel. But the fact that an unsolved murder from 1947 is still popular enough to support its own bus tour tells him there may be a lot of conflicting history to uncover. He’s surprised to discover that there are still many passionately argued different theories about who killed Elizabeth Short. But only one theory can be right, or they are all wrong. Doug decides to find out.

    Like many before him, Doug becomes fixated on the case. For eight years he leverages his CIA skillset to try and solve the Black Dahlia murder. Now, he believes he has.
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  • Episode 1: Photo Evidence

    Episode 1: Photo Evidence
    Jan 13 2022
    When former CIA case officer Douglas Laux takes a Hollywood bus tour about the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, aka the Black Dahlia, he knows virtually nothing about the victim, the crime, and the investigation. But when Doug learns just how many different theories there are about who did it, he decides to leverage his CIA skillset to try and solve it once and for all. The first person Doug seeks out is former LAPD detective, Steve Hodel, whose scandalous and personal theory about the case has become a Hollywood sensation.
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  • Episode 2: Ok, But…

    Episode 2: Ok, But…
    Jan 13 2022

    Doug and Steve Hodel meet in Griffith Park near the infamous Sowden House, Steve’s childhood home and where he believes Elizabeth Short was murdered in the basement. Steve shares a wealth of information with Doug. In spite of some loose ends and question marks in the decades old case, Doug finds the retired LAPD detective’s story believable, if not entirely verifiable. It seems clear to Doug that no one knows more about this case than Steve Hodel, until Doug talks with former LA Times reporter, Larry Harnisch, who is ready to blow a hole right through Steve’s theories.
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Go Behind the Scenes of Solving the Black Dahlia

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Douglas Laux
Heather J. Miller
Peter McDonnell
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About the Creator, Writer, and Performer

Douglas Laux is a former case officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, having served undercover in the Middle East and Afghanistan for seven years. Upon leaving the CIA, Doug wrote The New York Times best-selling memoir, Left of Boom, about his experience as a CIA officer in the trenches of the "war on terror," building sources within the Taliban and al Qaeda and uncovering the largest IED network in the world. Doug is fluent in Pashto and speaks Japanese and Spanish. Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden have recognized him for his service. Doug is a creator, executive producer, and on camera investigator in the TV documentary series Finding Escobar's Millions.

About the Executive Producer and Editor

Heather J. Miller is a seasoned writer and producer for audio, scripted and non-fiction shows like Booze Traveler, Deadliest Catch, Hell’s Kitchen, and Exposure on Hulu. She’s a voracious student of the human condition and classically trained vocalist and artist most recently seen at Los Angeles's Eli and Edythe Broad Stage. A native of Houston Texas, Heather now resides in Santa Monica, CA.

About the Executive Producer and Editor

Peter McDonnell is a creator and writer of The New York Times bestseller Evil Has a Name, as well as Call Me God, selected as one of Audible’s Top 10 Listens of 2019, Shootout, Brooklyn North, The Riddle of Emmon Bodfish, A Devil in the Valley, and After the Fall. He’s a co-executive producer of the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary series Pandemic and the NBC documentary series The Forgotten West Memphis Three. Peter runs the audio department at XG Productions. He’s a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and has an MFA from Oregon State University, where he also taught writing. A native of St. Louis, he lives in Los Angeles.

Dear Listener,

What makes my story about this infamous case different, and what do I hope listeners will take away from it?
"It was never my intention to solve the Black Dahlia murder. Instead, my initial interest in the case was based upon the fact that in the 75 years since the murder occurred, so many people have come forward, confident that they had solved it. My story is distinctly different because mine is an investigation of all the previous theories and based on one simple premise: only one of the theories can be right, or else they are all wrong. This led me on an exhaustive, eight-year deep-dive into the case. I researched everything from Black Dahlia autopsy reports to suspect handwriting samples. I conducted interviews with the leading experts on the murder and explored our cultural fascination with the horrific crime. I hope listeners will appreciate the level of research that went into my investigation, but mainly I hope they remember that the Black Dahlia was a young woman who had a life, certainly had a future, and had a real name: Elizabeth Short." – Douglas Laux, writer of Solving the Black Dahlia
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Having read several Black Dahlia books over the years, I was intrigued by this title — and it did disappoint. Over 6 episodes this podcast provides a good summary of the essential facts, and an exposition and critique of the leading “solutions.” The author offers his own, persuasive, and non-sensational conclusion, recognizing that conclusive proof is not possible. A must-listen for an Black Dahlia aficionado, and an excellent overview for true crime fans who somehow are unfamiliar with this cold case.

Excellent, and succinct, wrap-up of the Black Dahlia murder

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Excellent telling of this investigative process of one of the most shocking and intriguing murder mysteries of all time. Highly recommend.

A journey of the evidence

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Well conceived, researched and written. I very much enjoyed this investigative report and will watch for more.

Compelling

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really well written and preformed. Enjoyed very much, look forward to more offerings from Douglas Laux

nice pod cast

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We hear an awful lot of references to Laux’s history as a CIA guy, and so very much repeated information. Maybe some listeners need to be told something a dozen times. This is a great story and some interesting information padded to within an inch of its life. There is about an hours’ worth of insight in these episodes. It’s like the podcast version of the meeting that could have been an email. That said, look at the stars I’m giving it! It’s because the new insight is really interesting, for people who care about the Elizabeth Short story.

Could have been condensed to 2 episodes

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