Black Dahlia was the nickname given to Elizabeth Short after her gruesome murder that arrested a lot of attention. The naked body of the young woman was found on January 15, 1947 in an open field in Los Angeles. The body was slain in two in the torso and the face was ripped from the ends of the mouth to the ends of the ears. The brutal murder made a lot of buzz in the the media and whenever it seemed that the attention of the society was being diverted from the murder, someone would come up with a claim that he or she was the murderer. Over the years more than 50 men and women have claimed to be the killer of the young lady just because of the sheer fame that revolves around the murder. The real killer and his/her motive, however remains in dark till date and the crime is one of the oldest murder mysteries in LA.