Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unsolved grisly case of Elizabeth Short, the 22-year-old aspiring Hollywood actress, has gripped the nation for decades (The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, a Massachusetts-born woman whose death would be turned into one of Hollywood's ...

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After 79 excruciating years, one of the most unsolved homicide cases in American history may finally be nearing a resolution. And it’s thanks to the tireless work of two filmmakers. On Jan. 15, 1947, ...

A pitfall lies in wait for the true-crime author who chooses to explore a grisly murder: Describing the killing in lurid detail may seem sensationalist, even sadistic. Yet in writing his new book, ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. On January 15, 1947, an aspiring 22-year-old actress ...

Early one winter morning, a mother out walking her young child saw something strange in a vacant lot. She thought it was something bad, and so she hurried to a nearby house and called the police. The ...

Betty Bersinger was walking down Norton Avenue one morning in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Leimert Park, pushing her three-year-old daughter in her stroller, when she came across a gruesome sight.