#elizabeth medford

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I made this. I’m not proud but I did make it.

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BUtterfield 8 (Butterfield 8) (1960) Daniel Mann

December 10th 2022

[ladyday93]

(via Black Dahlia: Elizabeth Short’s 100th Birthday Honored With Selections From ‘Heaven Is HERE!’)

I wonder if the local news in Medford, MA where she is from will make any mention of Elizabeth Short. 

[deadpresidents]

Who would you say are some exceptional female historians who've written about the US presidency?

There are scores of great female Presidential historians, so any quick list that I make will invariably leave deserving historians out and I apologize ahead of time. Before I begin the list, I want to give special recognition to one of the very best: Doris Kearns Goodwin's bibliography measures up against the books of any and all Presidential historians. Her first book, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) was originally published in 1976 but, in my opinion, remains one of the greatest Presidential biographies EVER written.

Others, in no particular order: •Margaret Leech •Amy S. Greenberg •Elizabeth Drew •Brenda Wineapple •Candice Millard •Amity Shlaes •Jan Jarboe Russell •Annette Gordon-Reed •Alexis Coe •Lady Bird Johnson (her diaries are priceless first-person accounts of her husband's Presidency and life in the White House) •Joanne B. Freeman •Lynne Cheney (surprisingly to most people, the wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney is a respected historian who has written excellent books on James Madison and the early Presidents from Virginia) •Fawn Brodie •Aida D. Donald •Kate Andersen Brower •Elizabeth Brown Pryor •Peggy Noonan •Nancy Gibbs •Nancy Isenberg •Susan Swain •Margaret Truman •Edna Greene Medford

[kwebtv]

Character Actress

Luana Patten (July 6, 1938 – May 1, 1996) was an American actress who appeared in films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Later in life, she played roles in television.

In 1958, Patten portrayed Elizabeth Buckley in the episode "Twelve Guns" of NBC's Cimarron City western television series.

In 1959, she played Abbie Fenton in the episode "Call Your Shot" of Wanted: Dead or Alive, starring Steve McQueen. In that same year, she played Betty in "The Exploding Book", season 7, episode 21 of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" that aired on March 4, 1959; and she played Ruth in "The Ruth Marshall Story" season 3, episode 13 of Wagon Train that aired on December 30, 1959. In the 1960 Season 2, Episode 13 of Rawhide "Incident Of The Druid Curse", she played a dual role of sisters Maeve and Mona Lismore.  She played saloon girl Lorna Medford in the episode "Credit for a Kill" of Bonanza. In 1966 she appeared on Perry Mason as defendant Cynthia Perkins in "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal". She also played Mindy McGurney in the television series F Troop, as the daughter of a candidate for mayor, season 2, episode 8, "The Ballot of Corporal Agarn" that aired on October 27, 1966. She appeared as various characters in three episodes of Dragnet between 1967 and 1970. She appeared in the Adam-12 "Log 94: Vengeance" that aired March 7, 1970. She then retired from the film and television industry.

(Wikipedia)

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The SustainableEHC green team Oct. 4 was awarded a $5,000 Atlantic City Electric Sustainable Communities grant. From left, AC Electric Director of External Affairs Kristin McEvoy, Egg Harbor City Mayor Lisa Jiampetti, Sustainable Jersey Executive Director Randall Solomon, EHC Chief Financial Officer and green team member Jodi Kahn, SustainableEHC Chairwoman Nanette LoBiondo Galloway, and SustainableEHC volunteers Michael Sheridan, Hazel Mueller and Rick Dovey.

Egg Harbor City awarded $5,000 Sustainable Communities grant

EGG HARBOR CITY – SustainableEHC, the city’s green team, Oct. 4 was awarded a $5,000 Atlantic City Electric Sustainable Communities grant.

The grant was offered to green teams in the Atlantic City Electric coverage area to support the development of environmental, open space and resiliency projects across South Jersey. 

One-time grants of up to $5,000 each, were awarded to 10 municipalities to support nature preservation, safer parks, and enhanced resiliency for local communities. This funding was made available through the Sustainable Jersey program and awarded at a breakfast meeting for grant recipients hosted at the Teamsters 331 Union Hall in Egg Harbor City.

“We are so pleased to help our local communities bring these projects to fruition and to support in ways that will have lasting impacts on not only the community, but the environment as well,” Atlantic City Electric Director of External Affairs Kristin McEvoy said. “We remain steadfast in our climate goals and recognize supporting our communities through these grants will foster a cleaner and safer environment.”

SustainableEHC will use the grant to continue upgrades to City Lake Park by cleaning up the north shore area of the park, restoring the historic Sibbel Shaler gravesite and providing interpretive signage about the cultural and historical significance of the Shaler family.

“In our work to help communities thrive in the face of a changing climate, these funded projects will build local resilience and preserve natural resources,” Sustainable Jersey Executive Director Randall Solomon said. “We're excited to partner with the Atlantic City Electric to produce actionable steps that address the state’s climate challenges and support a sustainable New Jersey.”

This year, Atlantic City Electric and Sustainable Jersey also awarded grants to the following municipalities:

Atlantic City ($5,000) – The grant will be used to support the development of the open space and recreation element of the City’s master plan.

Somers Point City ($5,000) – The grant will be used to update the landscaping and playground at local senior citizen center, including a temperature moderation project.

Commercial Township ($5,000) – The grant will be used to purchase an osprey nature sign at the local park.

Maurice River Township ($5,000) – The grant will be used to construct and install two large shade structures for the Delmont and Port Elizabeth Recreation areas.

Deptford Township ($5,000) – The grant will be used to restore and rehabilitate the Fasola Park steps.

East Greenwich Township ($5,000) – The grant will be used to redevelop Mickleton Park by removing invasive plants and develop a native plant nursey.

Upper Pittsgrove Township ($5,000) – The grant will be used to enhance signage along Elephant Swamp Trail to improve safety and cleanliness of the trail and guide residents to connecting trails and parks.

Medford Township ($5,000) – The grant will be used to develop a weather station and begin the second phase of a lightening detection system in the township to prepare residents for severe weather, save lives and reduce storm damage.

Long Beach Township ($5,000) – The grant will be used to build a resilience and restoration demonstration display.

The Sustainable Communities Grant program is part of Atlantic City Electric’s Climate Commitment, a multi-faceted, action-oriented effort to help the state of New Jersey achieve its clean energy and climate goals. To date, Atlantic City Electric has provided $275,000 in grants supporting environmental, open space and resiliency efforts in the communities it serves.

More information on the Sustainable Communities Grant Program is available at atlanticcityelectric.com/SustainableCommunities.

To learn more about Atlantic City Electric, visit The Source, Atlantic City Electric’s online newsroom. 

[anyeas]

This was like so unexpected but seriously we got to know another side of Lizzie as to how much she really loves Ciel ....oof this scene (more like the movie) was wholesome!

[autumnleavescoffeedreams]

I’ve noticed a pattern

Tumblr users (mostly female) saying that people should support female characters more, then turn around and hate female characters simply because they’re a “threat” to their BoyxBoy ship.

#Equality, I guess?

Note: Because there are those who will probably comment all the other reasons why they don’t like one of the female characters, let me save you the hassle: I’m not interested. I don’t need to know why you do or don’t like someone. I just think it’s childish to hate a FICTIONAL character because she may or may not “ruin” your ship.

[the-artist-of-many-fandoms]

CDawg VA fan art! I drew references from my most favorite of his videos since I found him earlier last year. I highly recommend checking out his channel if you are into: Black Butler, Tokyo Ghoul, OHSHC, or voice acting in general. Videos I referenced from: Black Butler: Butler's against Humanity (1-4) Claude and Alois Disappoint Fans (1-6) (There are more with other characters) Tokyo Ghoul: Anime-play Yandere Simulator (1-4) (Other anime characters included that are not listed) WARNING: CURSING AND FOUL IMPLICATIONS ARE PROMINENT ON HIS CHANNEL. VIEWERS UNDER 13 SHOULD TREAD CAREFULLY. Links will be added at a later date. Please do not steal, claim,etc. Thank you and have a good day!

[goryhorroor]

universal monster movies + leading ladies

helen chandler as mina harker in dracula (1931) mae clarke as elizabeth lavenza in frankenstein (1931) zita johann as helen grosvenor in the mummy (1932) gloria stuart as flora cranley in the invisible man (1933) julia adams as kay lawrence in creature from the black lagoon (1954) patsy ruth miller as esmeralda in the hunchback of notre dame (1923) mary philbin as christine daae in the phantom of the opera (1925) evelyn ankers as gwen conliffe in the wolf man (1941) leila hyams as ruth thomas in island of lost souls (1932) joan medford as virginia grey in house of horrors (1946)

[justforbooks]

Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – January 15, 1947), known posthumously as the "Black Dahlia", was an American woman who was found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her case became highly publicized due to the graphic nature of the crime, which included her corpse having been mutilated and bisected at the waist.

A native of Boston, Short spent her early life in Medford, Massachusetts, and Florida before relocating to California, where her father lived. It is commonly held that Short was an aspiring actress, though she had no known acting credits or jobs during her time in Los Angeles. She would acquire the nickname of the Black Dahlia posthumously (after the owner of a drugstore in Long Beach, California told reporters that male customers had that name for her), as newspapers of the period often nicknamed particularly lurid crimes; the term may have originated from a film noir murder mystery, The Blue Dahlia, released in April 1946. After the discovery of her body on January 15, 1947, the Los Angeles Police Department began an extensive investigation that produced over 150 suspects, but yielded no arrests.

Short's unsolved murder and the details surrounding it have had a lasting cultural intrigue, generating various theories and public speculation. Her life and death have been the basis of numerous books and films, and her murder is frequently cited as one of the most famous unsolved murders in American history, as well as one of the oldest unsolved cases in Los Angeles County. It has likewise been credited by historians as one of the first major crimes in post–World War II America to capture national attention.

On the morning of January 15, 1947, Short's naked body was found severed into two pieces on a vacant lot on the west side of South Norton Avenue, midway between Coliseum Street and West 39th Street (at 34.0164°N 118.333°W) in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. At the time, the neighborhood was largely undeveloped. Local resident Betty Bersinger discovered the body at approximately 10 a.m. while walking with her three-year-old daughter. Bersinger initially thought she had found a discarded store mannequin. When she realized it was a corpse, she rushed to a nearby house and telephoned the police.

Short's severely mutilated body was completely severed at the waist and drained of blood, leaving her skin a pallid white. Medical examiners determined that she had been dead for around ten hours prior to the discovery, leaving her time of death either sometime during the evening of January 14, or the early morning hours of January 15. The body had apparently been washed by the killer. Short's face had been slashed from the corners of her mouth to her ears, creating an effect known as the "Glasgow smile". She had several cuts on her thigh and breasts, where entire portions of flesh had been sliced away. The lower half of her body was positioned a foot away from the upper, and her intestines had been tucked neatly beneath her buttocks. The corpse had been "posed", with her hands over her head, her elbows bent at right angles, and her legs spread apart.

Upon the discovery, a crowd of both passersby and reporters began to gather; Los Angeles Herald-Express reporter Aggie Underwood was among the first to arrive at the scene, and took several photos of the corpse and crime scene. Near the body, detectives located a heel print on the ground amid the tire tracks, and a cement sack containing watery blood was also found nearby.

Short is interred at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. After her younger sisters had grown up and married, their mother, Phoebe, moved to Oakland to be near her daughter's grave. She finally returned to the East Coast in the 1970s, where she lived into her 90s. On February 2, 1947, just two weeks after Short's murder, Republican state assemblyman C. Don Field was prompted by the case to introduce a bill calling for the formation of a sex offender registry; the state of California would become the first U.S. state to make the registration of sex offenders mandatory.

Short's murder has been described as one of the most brutal and culturally enduring crimes in American history, and Time magazine listed it as one of the most infamous unsolved cases in the world.

Short's life and death have been the basis of numerous books and films, both fictionalized and non-fiction. The case was the focus of Season Four, Episode 13 of Hunter, in which the main characters, along with a (fictitious) veteran former police detective (played by Lawrence Tierney), investigated and carried out an arrest of an in-reality fictitious suspect after 41 years. Elizabeth Short was portrayed here by Jessica Nelson. Among the most famous fictional accounts of Short's death is James Ellroy's 1987 novel The Black Dahlia, which, in addition to the murder, explored "the larger fields of politics, crime, corruption, and paranoia in post-war Los Angeles", according to cultural critic David M. Fine. Ellroy's novel was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name by director Brian De Palma: Short was played by actress Mia Kirshner. Both Ellroy's novel and its film adaptation bear little relation to the facts of the case. Short was also portrayed in heavily fictionalized accounts by Lucie Arnaz in the 1975 television film Who Is the Black Dahlia? and again by Mena Suvari in the series American Horror Story in 2011, featuring Short in the plot line of the episode "Spooky Little Girl", and again in 2018 with "Return to Murder House".

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[lauravias]

The Black Dahlia Murder

Elizabeth Short, nicknamed “Black Dahlia”, was an aspiring actress who was brutally murdered in Los Angeles, California, in 1947. 

She was born on July 29, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was the third of five daughters born to Cleo and Phoebe Mae Short. She spent her early life in Medford, Massachusetts, and by the mid-1940s she was living in Los Angeles, California, working as a waitress. She was an aspiring actress, dreaming of her big break into Hollywood; she was nicknamed the “Black Dahlia” after the Blue Dahlia movie out at that time. 

Her corpse was found on the morning of January 15, 1947, lying on the grass in a vacant lot in Leimer Park, by Betty Bersinger and her three-year-old daughter. The body was severed at the waist, and the two parts were about a foot apart, her blood had been drained and left her skin very pale; also, her face had been slashed from the corners of her mouth to her ears, creating an effect known as the "Glasgow smile". The corpse had been "posed", with her hands over her head, her elbows bent at right angles, and her legs spread apart. The body was posed in such a way that Bersinger thought it was a discarded store mannequin. 

Photo of  Elizabeth Short’s murder scene

Autopsy

On January 16, 1947, Frederick Newbarr, the Los Angeles County coroner, performed an autopsy of Short’s body. 

The body had been cut in half using a technique taught in the 1930s called a hemicorporectomy: the lumbar spine was transected between the second and third lumbar vertebrae. Newbarr noticed there was very little bruising along the incision mark, therefore it had been performed after death. There were ligature marks on her ankles, wrists and neck, and irregular lacerations on her right breast, right forearm, left upper arm, and the lower left side of the chest. The lacerations on each side of the face were measured 3 inches (76 mm) on the right side, and 2.5 inches (64 mm) on the left side. The skull was not fractured, but there was bruising on the front and right side of her scalp, with a small amount of bleeding in the subarachnoid space (the space between the arachnoid and the pia mater), compatible with blows to the head. 

Elizabeth Short’s death certificate

The cause of death was determined to be haemorrhaging from the incisions on her face and the blows to the head and face.

Investigation

One week later on January 21, 1947, James Richardson, an editor at the Los Angeles Examiner, received a call from a person claiming to be Short’s killer. The caller also said to "expect some souvenirs of Beth Short in the mail". The person made good on their promise, and four days later a suspicious envelope addressed to "The Los Angeles Examiner and other Los Angeles papers" was found by a postal worker. It contained Short's birth certificate, business cards, photographs, names written on pieces of paper, and an address book with the name “Mark Hansen” embossed on the cover. Despite the efforts to identify the fingerprints found on the envelope, they were compromised in transit and therefore could not be properly analyzed. 

Mark Hensen, the owner of the address book found in the envelope, was a wealthy local nightclub and theatre owner; he was also an acquaintance, at whose home Short had stayed with her friends. One of them, Ann Toth, told investigators that Short had rejected sexual advances from Hansen, and suggested it as a potential reason for the murder; Hansen, however, was cleared of suspicion.

The FBI supported the L.A. police with the investigation by running records checks on the potential suspects and conducting interviews across the nation. Since the starting of the investigation, police received a total of 500 confessions, many of which have been deemed false. One of the main suspects was George Hill Hodel Jr., who was never formally charged with the crime. He was accused by his son, Steve Hodel, of having committed Short’s murder and several other ones. The murderer has never been found, and given how much time has passed, probably never will be. 

For more information here are some of the FBI records on Elizabeth Ann Short, aka “The Black Dahlia”:

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Sources:

Black Dahlia - Wikipedia

The Black Dahlia - FBI

Black Dahlia Murder - Biography

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Arrivals & Departures 29 July 1924 – 15 January 1947 Elizabeth Short [Black Dahlia]

Elizabeth Short known posthumously as the "Black Dahlia", was an American woman who was found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her case became highly publicized due to the graphic nature of the crime, which included her corpse having been mutilated and bisected at the waist.

A native of Boston, Short spent her early life in Medford, Massachusetts and Florida before relocating to California, where her father lived. It is commonly held that Short was an aspiring actress, though she had no known acting credits or jobs during her time in Los Angeles. She would acquire the nickname of the Black Dahlia posthumously (after the owner of a drugstore in Long Beach, California told reporters that male customers had that name for her), as newspapers of the period often nicknamed particularly lurid crimes; the term may have originated from a film noir murder mystery, The Blue Dahlia, released in April 1946. After the discovery of her body on January 15, 1947, the Los Angeles Police Department began an extensive investigation that produced over 150 suspects, but yielded no arrests.

Short's unsolved murder and the details surrounding it have had a lasting cultural intrigue, generating various theories and public speculation. Her life and death have been the basis of numerous books and films, and her murder is frequently cited as one of the most famous unsolved murders in American history, as well as one of the oldest unsolved cases in Los Angeles County. It has likewise been credited by historians as one of the first major crimes in post–World War II America to capture national attention.

[travelingbytastebuds]

LONG ISLAND CULTURAL RESTAURANTS (with some from NYC) I only picked one restaurant for each country, but there may be several for that particular ethnic cuisine. I have not gone to all of these, so I can’t stand by how good their food may be. And since restaurants unfortunately close all the time, please Google them before just showing up to see if they’re still operating (and what hours they are open as well. Afghanistan - Kabul Restaurant Afghani Cuisine - 1153 E Jericho Turnpike, Huntington, NY 11743

Albania - Gurra Cafe - 2325 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458

Argentina - Cafe Buenos Aires - 23 Wall St A, Huntington, NY 11743

Australia - The Australian NYC - 20 W 38th St, New York, NY 10018

Austria - Werkstatt - 509 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11218

Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Grill - 1610 Old Country Rd, Westbury, NY 11590

Bangladesh - Boishakhi - 29-14 36th Ave, Astoria, NY 11106

Belarus - Belarussian Xata - 1655 Sheepshead Bay Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11235

Belgium - BXL Zoute - 50 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10010

Bolivia - Mi Bolivia - 4410 48th Ave, Woodside, New York 11377

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Cevabdzinica Sarajevo - 37-18 34th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

Brazil - Villa Brazil Cafe Grill, 4316 34th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101-1171

Burma - Burmese Bites Food Cart - 5 Ct Square W, Long Island City, NY 11101 Cambodia - Angkor - 408 E 64th St, New York, NY 10065

Chile - San Antonio Bakery - 174 Rockaway Ave, Valley Stream, NY 11580

China - Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant - 555 Route 111, Ste 5, Hauppauge, NY 11788

Colombia - Pollos El Paisa - 989 Old Country Rd, Westbury, NY 11590

Costa Rica - Casa Tica Lounge - 174 E Montauk Hwy, Hampton Bays, Southampton, NY

Côte d’Ivoire - La Savane - 239 W 116th St, New York, NY 10026

Croatia - Dubrovnik Restaurant - 721 Main St, New Rochelle, NY 10801

Cuba - Cafe Havana - 944 W Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787

Cyprus - Mesoyios - 472 Hawkins Ave., Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779

Czechia - Koliba - 3111 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY 11105

Dominican Republic - Dominican Restaurant - 1637, 1019 Front St, Uniondale, NY 11553

Ecuador - Ecuadorian - 41-20 34th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

Egypt - Mombar - 2522 Steinway St, Queens, NY 11103

El Salvador - Las Brisas De El Salvador - 74 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY 11552

Eritrea - Massawa - 1239 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027

Ethiopia - Awash - 338 E 6th St, New York, NY 10003

Finland - Smorgas Chef - 58 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016

France - Le Soir - 825 Montauk Hwy, Bayport, NY 11705

Georgia - Pirosmani - 2222 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY 11229

Germany - The Village Lanterne - 155 N Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst, NY 11757

Ghana - Accra - 2065 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY 10027

Greece - Kavala Estiatorio - 10-07 50th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

Grenada - West Cuisine-Organic Grenadian Cuisine - 916 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203

Guatemala - Tikal Restaurant - 100 Front St, Greenport, NY 11944

Haiti - Mirelle's Restaurant - 170 Post Ave, Westbury, NY 11590

Honduras - El Rancho Catracho - 131 Jackson St, Hempstead, NY 11550

Hungary - Budapest Cafe - 1631 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10028

India - Curry Kebob House - 585 Medford Ave #1, Patchogue, NY 11772

Indonesia - Sky Cafe - 8620 Whitney Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373

Ireland - Sullivan's Quay Restaurant and Bar - 541 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington, NY

Israel - Bar Bolonat - 611 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014

Italy - Branchinelli's Pizza - 555 NY-111, Hauppauge, NY 11788

Jamaica - Island Jerk - 1350 Deer Park Rd, North Babylon, NY 11703

Japan - Hana Traditional Japanese Cuisine - 14 Haven Ave, Port Washington, NY 11050

Korea - Ssambap Korean BBQ - 2350 Nesconset Hwy, Stony Brook, NY 11790

Laos - Khe-Yo - 157 Duane St, New York, NY 10013

Lebanon - Naya - 1057 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10022

Malaysia - Pulau Pinang - 82-84 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY 11373

Mexico - Maria's Mexican & Latin Cuisine - 211 Smithtown Blvd, Nesconset, NY 11767

Morocco - Cafe Mogador - 101 Saint Marks Pl # 1, New York, NY 10009

Nepal - Everest Himalayan Cuisine - 2518 Merrick Rd, Bellmore, NY 11710

New Zealand - The Musket Room - 265 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10012

Nigeria - DF Nigerian Food Truck - http://www.divineflavoredcatering.com

Pakistan - Shaheen Restaurant - 253 S Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801

Paraguay - Sabor Guarani Restaurant Bar - 40-04 Bell Blvd, Bayside, NY 11361

Peru - Las Delicias De Mi Tierra - 1262 Suffolk Ave, Brentwood, NY 11717

Philippines - Kabayan Grill - 1640 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554

Poland - Zagloba Polish Bar and Restaurant - 700 NY-27A, Amityville, NY 11701

Portugal - Churrasqueira Bairrada - 144 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, NY 11501

Romania - Romanian Garden - 43-06 43rd Ave, Long Island City, NY 11104

Russia - Mari Vanna - 41 E 20th St, New York, NY 10003

Senegal - Joloff - 1168 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Serbia - Kafana - 116 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009

Singapore - Chomp Chomp - 7 Cornelia St, New York, NY 10014

Somalia - Safari - 219 W 116th St, New York, NY 10026

South Africa - Madiba - 195 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

Spain - España Tapas & Wine Bar - 655 Middle Country Rd, St James, NY 11780

Sri Lanka - Lakruwana - 668 Bay St, Staten Island, NY 10304

Sweden - IKEA Long Island - 1100 Broadway Mall, Hicksville, NY 11801

Switzerland - Cafe Select - 212 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012

Taiwan - Taiwanese Gourmet - 8402 Broadway, Queens, NY 11373

Thailand - Sawasdee Thai Elevated - 395 S Oyster Bay Rd, Plainview, NY 11803

Trinidad and Tobago - Ali's Trinidad Roti Shop - 1267 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Turkey - Bosphorus Cafe Grill - 138 Shore Rd, Port Washington, NY 11050-2217

Ukraine - Rondel - 2006 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11223

United Kingdom - Jones Wood Foundry - 401 E 76th St, New York, NY 10021

Uruguay - Tabare - 221 S 1st St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Uzbekistan - Taste of Samarkand - 62-16 Woodhaven Blvd, Middle Village, NY 11379

Venezuela - Arepas Cafe - 33-07 36th Ave, Astoria, NY 11106

Vietnam - Saigon Casa - 4747 Nesconset Hwy, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776

Yemen - Yemen Café - 176 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201

[ladailymirror]

Black Dahlia: Purported Movie of Elizabeth Short on V-J Day in Hollywood – FALSE!

Black Dahlia: Purported Movie of Elizabeth Short on V-J Day in Hollywood – FALSE!

Every so often, this clip shows up on social media, purporting to be Elizabeth Short on Hollywood Boulevard during V-J Day celebrations in August 1945. False. Elizabeth Short was in Medford, Mass., on V-J Day and didn’t arrive in Los Angeles until the summer of 1946.

[thehouseofoctober]

The Black Dahlia Murder

Los Angeles, California (1947)

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When Betty Bersinger first made her gruesome discovery on a bleak January morning in 1947, she thought she was looking at a mannequin, because nothing human could possibly look like what was laying among the yellow grass and garbage littering the vacant lot.  The mother and homemaker had been walking with her young daughter past the lot in Leimert Park, a subdivision of Los Angeles, when something unusual caught her attention.  She stepped closer for a better look, and it only took a moment for her to realize that what she was looking at was not a mannequin at all.  Betty let out a scream, grabbed her daughter, and ran to a nearby house to call the police.

The victim, who would soon be known across the nation as the Black Dahlia, was 22-year old Elizabeth Short, a native of Boston, Massachusetts.  Born on July 29, 1924, Short spent most of her childhood and adolescent years living between Medford, Massachusetts, Florida, and Southern California.  In 1946, Short moved to Los Angeles permanently, where she worked as a waitress.  Short is often attributed to being an aspiring actress, though to date she has no known acting credentials; however, that did not stop her from being an extremely popular young woman, especially with the gentlemen.  Her sultry beauty, fair complexion and pension for fine black clothing earned her the nickname “Black Dahlia” from the regulars at a drugstore she frequently visited.

The last known time Short was seen alive was on January 9, 1947.  The man she was seeing at the time, Robert “Red” Manley, dropped her off at Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.  She then used the lobby telephone to make a call, and not long afterward she allegedly went to the Crown Grill cocktail lounge, only half a mile from the Biltmore.  No one could fathom the horrors that awaited for Short in less than six days’ time.

When the police arrived at the crime scene, they immediately knew they were dealing with something no one had ever seen before.  The corpse was completely naked, obviously posed, and completely bisected at the waist.  Her skin was astonishingly white because not a single drop of blood remained in her body.  Her remains were further severely mutilated; ligature marks marred her wrists, ankles and throat; a chunk of tissue was removed from her right breast; her intestines were pulled out of the body cavity and tucked beneath her buttocks; and her once beautiful face was horribly disfigured, her mouth slashed with a knife that carved an exaggerated smile that stretched from ear to ear.  In addition to her blood being completely drained, the murderer washed the whole body before she was moved to the location where she was found, removing any and all physical evidence of who committed the awful deed.  During her autopsy, medical examiners concluded that the immediate cause of death was shock and brain hemorrhaging consistent with a blow to the head and the lacerations on her face.

The story sent the media into an absolute frenzy.  In the week before Short was identified, the afternoon newspaper Herald-Express, which was infamous for giving dramatic names to the murders of beautiful young women, first called the grisley killing “The Werewolf Murder” due to its brutality.  It was not until a reporter named Bevo Means interviewed patrons at the drugstore Short frequented that the crime was renamed the Black Dahlia Murder.  Over the next several months, 750 investigators would interrogate approximately 150 suspects, including acquaintances, colleagues, spurned lovers, even doctors and surgeons from the University of Southern California Medical School.  During that time, about 60 people confessed to murdering Short, but all of them were cleared before ever going to trial.

Amidst the already intense investigation, the LAPD was contacted several times by an anonymous person claiming to be Elizabeth Short’s murderer.  Over the next several weeks, he lead the police in a game of cat and mouse, telling them that he would turn himself in if they made an honest effort to find him first.  He mailed them an envelope containing Short’s personal information, such as her birth certificate and photographs, but nothing to give the investigators any helpful information to his identity.  On January 26, he gave the police the time and location of where he would be waiting to be arrested.  The police arrived on time, but it did not take them long to realize the whole thing was a farce.

Several hours later, the alleged murder contacted the police department, baring  single, chilling message:

Despite the combined efforts of the LAPD and the FBI, the lack of credible witnesses, hard evidence, and false leads, the Black Dahlia Murder was declared a cold case in Spring 1947.  Elizabeth Short was laid to rest at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California, and as of today her murder remains unsolved.