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The Black Dahlia

James Ellroy

The Black Dahlia is a roman noir on an epic scale: a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America's most infamous unsolved murder mystery--the murder of the beautiful young woman known as The Black Dahlia.

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

The book was discussed in relation to the Black Dahlia murder case, and the podcast hosts noted they liked the book more than the movie adaptation.

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So don't read that and we're back

— Episode: Rewind with Karen & Georgia - Episode 7:...

Episode: Rewind with Karen & Georgia - Episode 7: Seven Mur...

The book was discussed in relation to the Black Dahlia murder case, and the podcast hosts noted they liked the book more than the movie adaptation.

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So don't read that and we're back

...there was something I was reading and it was that theory and maybe this was a dramatized version but it was like the theory that they took her to a place to murder her and torture her because clearly she was tortured.

...I've read a lot of his books up into a point where they like got to silly, right? We're like the vernacular. We're just too like beat poet. Yes.

...But before that, I fucking loved his books and I read all of them. They're great.

...it's still a good. This is a good program to watch by yourself and...

Episode: Rewind with Karen & Georgia - Episode 7: Seven Mur...

It was discussed in relation to the Black Dahlia case. A movie based on the book was mentioned, but it was described as stupid.

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don't read that and we're back

It's based on his on James L. Rice book the Black Dahlia which is a really good book movie was stupid but I liked the book a lot yeah

Going West: True Crime

Published in 1987, it's one of James Elroy's books that focuses on a true crime case that he became fixated on as a teenager.

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Over the next few years, he came out with a handful of other homicide detective novels before releasing a book in 1987 called The Black Dahlia.

— Episode: Jean Ellroy // 132

Episode: Jean Ellroy // 132

Published in 1987, it's one of James Elroy's books that focuses on a true crime case that he became fixated on as a teenager.

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Over the next few years, he came out with a handful of other homicide detective novels before releasing a book in 1987 called The Black Dahlia.

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