Hollywood Horrors

On the morning of January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her young daughter through a vacant lot in Los Angeles made a discovery that would become one of the most infamous crime scenes in American history. The victim was Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old aspiring actress whose brutal murder shocked the nation and gave birth to one of Hollywood's most enduring legends: The Black Dahlia. In this e...

It is the morning of December 16, 1935. One of Hollywood's brightest stars is found dead inside a locked garage. The engine of her car is still running. Police quickly rule it an accident. Hollywood isn't convinced. The death of Thelma Todd stunned the film industry and ignited one of Old Hollywood's most enduring mysteries. Was it an accidental case of carbon monoxide poisoning, a...

It is the evening of February 1, 1922. Hollywood's most powerful director walks his famous guest to her limousine, blows a kiss goodbye, and steps back inside his bungalow. Five minutes later, he is dead. The murder of William Desmond Taylor shocked a nation and exposed the hidden side of Old Hollywood. A crime scene disturbed before investigators arrived. Evidence that disappeared from polic...