The Black Dahlia

Cold Case Files Season 5 Episode 16

Overview:
Bill Kurtis examines one of the most infamous cold cases in Los Angeles history -- the 1947 murder of actress Elizabeth Short, who was found nude and cut in half in an empty lot. Though charges have never been filed in the case, theories abound, and Kurtis investigates some of the most prominent ones. He talks to a retired LAPD detective whose 3 year investigation led to the stunning conclusion that his own father committed the murder. Kurtis also probes the theory that the killer was a surgeon named Walter Bayley. Kurtis finally explores the possibility that there may have been a police cover-up in the case to protect the real killer.

Genre : Crime, Mystery, Documentary

Actors : Bill Kurtis

Release Date : 2006-09-09

Duration : 60 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 5)

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1. Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer
Finding BTK
2. Finding BTK
Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission
3. Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission
Snatched/A Detective's Promise
4. Snatched/A Detective's Promise
The Sunday Morning Slasher
5. The Sunday Morning Slasher
Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers
6. Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers
On the Case: Nacole's Killer
7. On the Case: Nacole's Killer
Killer on Campus/Bow Hunter
8. Killer on Campus/Bow Hunter
Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream
9. Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream
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10. Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife
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11. A Killer's Skin / Where's Peggy?
Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door
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The Interrogation/The Slide
13. The Interrogation/The Slide
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14. The Taunt / Death in Deadwood
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15. A Child Remembers
The Black Dahlia
16. The Black Dahlia
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17. The Deadly Stroll / Unholy Secret
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18. A Deadly Affair / The Sting Operation
NCIS / Exhuming the Truth
19. NCIS / Exhuming the Truth
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