Monday, May 3, 2010
In the article "Touch of Evil" by Simon Braund, Empire, one of Britain's leading cinema magazines, delves into the theory that Orson Welles could be the killer of Elizabeth Short. (March 2010 issue)
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
United Kingdom now has copies of the updated version of my book Childhood Shadows: The Hidden Story of the Black Dahlia Murder UPDATED CHILDHOOD SHADOWS -- UK
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Advance copies of the updated version of my book Childhood Shadows: The Hidden Story of the Black Dahlia Murder are now available at the publisher's website UPDATED CHILDHOOD SHADOWS -- USA.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Events in Los Angeles January 11 - 16, 2007 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Black Dahlia murder. The series of events called The Lost Weekend will honor Elizabeth Short's memory through an art exhibition titled Her Name Was Elizabeth at the Regency Galleries, the official Los Angeles Premiere of The Black Dahlia Movie directed by Ramzi Abed, a requiem and Project1947.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, December 2, 2006
An updated version of my book Childhood Shadows: The Hidden Story of the Black Dahlia Murder will be released in January of 2007. Look for a change of cover on this web site's home page.
Friday, November 24, 2006
A person who calls himself, Your Favorite Man Ray Crank, offers SOME THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BOOK, EXQUISITE CORPSE
Mountain View Cemetery has removed the permanent flower containers from the graves because of mosquito problems. Temporary cones can be obtained at the office or in specially marked green barrels in placed throughout the cemetery.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Here is a REVIEW of the De Palma film by Samuel Browning
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Comments about the De Palma film from various people: MOVIE COMMENTS
Friday, September 15, 2006
First reports are that the movie is a bomb.
Saturday, September 2, 2006
Check out Larry Harnisch's web VIDEO
Final schedule of TV programs:
Cold Case Files (A&E) will be airing a Black Dahlia program on September 9th at 9 PM Pacific Time.
Americas Most Wanted will be running a Black Dahlia segment Saturday, September 16th at their usual time.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Cold Case Files (A&E) will be airing a Black Dahlia program on September 9th.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
CBS is running a trailer for a Black Dahlia program that will air Tuesday, August 29th on 48 Hours. The trailer has a tie in with the movie, which opens the Venice Film Festival on August 30th.
Americas Most Wanted will be running a Black Dahlia segment Saturday, September 16th, the day after the movie opens.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
The trailer for the dePalma Black Dahlia film has started to appear in theaters. Although the movie and the book its based on are pie-in-the-sky fiction, the trailer mixes actual photos of Elizabeth Short, newspaper clippings, comments from Det. Brian Carr and James Ellroy with a few brief shots from the film, thus giving the false impression that this film is the true story.
Saturday, June 3, 2006
A Black Dahlia segment for A&E's Cold Case Files is in production. The program will be airing in September of 2006.
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Larry Harnisch has finished his analysis of the Wolfe book. Click here for Harnisch's SUMMARY.
Friday, April 14, 2006
Larry Harnisch is now taking requests to analyze specific pages of the Wolfe book. Harnisch's latest entry exposes a fraudulent document in the book and gives a step by step description of how the document was constructed. HOW TO FAKE A DOCUMENT
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
A new posting. Click here to read the 1949 GRAND JURY REPORT
Another recent posting on this website is: FACT VS. FICTION
Monday, March 13, 2006
Just how accurate is the Wolfe book? For a brief outline of Wolfe's suspect and some of the troubling errors in his book, visit BUGSY SIEGEL
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Larry Harnisch is discussing the accuracy of the facts in the Don Wolfe book. Harnisch's comments are a treasure trove of information.
LARRY HARNISCH COMMENTS
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The New York Times ran a feature story about the Black Dahlia murder in Arts&Leisure section on Sunday, February 5, 2006. A sidebar story listed the published books about the crime.
Monday, January 30, 2006
A second film, titled The Black Dahlia is slated for release in the fall. Ramzi Abed, the director, describes the film as more about her legacy as a symbol and even saint of struggling actresses in Hollywood. Says Ramzi, "I was careful not to say that I can solve her case, and more importantly, I believe she was an innocent and someone who deserves respect after her horrific departure from this life."
Thursday, January 19, 2006
The Don Wolfe book is out. A big disappoinment. The research wasn't as rigorous as I expected. Many factual errors—from incorrect names to misinformation about the condition of the body. Where was the fact checker? If all the mistakes were corrected I wonder how his theory would hold up.
Tuesday, January 9, 2006
Delays, delays, delays....The Brian de Palma film based on James Ellroy's book, The Black Dahlia, is not on the list of films to be shown at the Sundance Film Festival. The February 2006 Premiere magazine lists the film for a Fall 2006 release.
Monday, August 27, 2005
A British crew was recently on the west coast filming and interviewing people for documentaries on the Black Dahlia and D.B. Cooper. The programs will air in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland on Sky One, British Sky Broadcasting's flagship TV channel.
