The case of the Black Dahlia has enthralled many true crime fans, because of its toxic brew of sex, murder, power, and a bright starlet who suffered for following her dreams.
The case has only continued to gain notoriety in the decades that followed, as it remains unsolved, and there is a running roster of some 25 men who are suspected of having committed the murder, including some of the city’s most powerful individuals.
Her tormentor also left her with what is commonly referred to as a “Glasgow smile,” – her cheeks were cut open from her lips to her ears. The sad demise of the beautiful girl who wanted nothing more than to be an actress was made all the more gruesome because of the way in which the murderer defaced her loveliness: she was stabbed repeatedly, drained of blood, posing, and sliced in half at the waist. Perhaps one of the most infamous and brutal murders of the 1940s, the shocking discovery of Elizabeth Short’s mutilated body in a vacant lot sent shivers throughout Hollywood’s gilded gates. Although, the truth is still up for grabs. In recent years, amateur sleuths have zoomed in on the image and conducted their own “studies,” coming to the conclusion that the image in question might be that of a crane, or a frail bird, and not a distraught munchkin. As outlandish as the story may seem, the production of The Wizard of Oz was so massive – even by modern standards, with four directors at the helm – that it might be rather difficult to ascertain whether a suicide or accidental death case had indeed occurred. As the story goes, if one looks closely at the trees when Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and Tin Man begin singing and skipping to “We’re Off to See the Wizard,” the swinging body of a hanging munchkin can be seen draping from a branch.Īpparently, the munchkin killed himself onset because he had lost his true love, although other rumors attribute the body to a stagehand who accidently hanged himself while working. Perhaps the most bizarre story that has endured and planted itself firmly within the clutches of urban legend is that of the munchkin who committed suicide, his visage evident in the film’s background. The movie’s magical world contains imagery both beautiful and frightful, giving birth to a number of legends that have continued to affect its legacy. One of the most enduring myths in Hollywood lore originated on the set of the classic 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. But read on for a scare more visceral than anything you’ll see on film. The following are some of the most horrifying and mysterious cases of Hollywood-based myths and legends…some real, some not. And in a business that often encourages the more unsavory traits of human nature – greed, narcissism, megalomania – it is no wonder that some of the most chilling stories in the pop horror lexicon have emerged from the tinsel town’s underbelly.
Something about all the glitz allows for people’s worst compulsions to hide in plain sight. As any lover of popular culture can tell you, beneath the glamorous and carefully cultivated veneer of Hollywood lies a dark, beating heart filled with spooky secrets.
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