# "MY father killed the Black Dahlia!" "No, MY father did it!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801 "2004-12-20T15:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/21 "2004-12-20T17:35:08Z")
[continuation of post had I not hit submit instead of preview :smack:] …had he actually done it. [/continuation of post had I not hit submit instead of preview :smack:] screech (yes, my nickname is “Rosebud”) -owl ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/22 "2004-12-20T19:02:13Z")
My dad killed the Green Dahlia. He’s color blind. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/23 "2004-12-20T19:07:27Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Mine must have been, He left (according to my late mother) 18 months before I was born in 1946, so he had plenty of time to get there. I’m missing something here. 18 months before you were born? Wouldn’t that just make him someone your mom knew, instead of your father? Oh, and my Dad was eleven , but if he would have lived in LA, I wouldn’t have put it past him at that age. He was always getting into one type of trouble or another. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/24 "2004-12-20T19:22:23Z")
Well, my dad was old enough, and he was in the Los Angeles area (Glendale) and he probably could have taken the streetcar downtown to do the deed. But he was probably too busy working and going to Glendale College around that time, so I don’t think he would have been able to fit it into his schedule. 😉 My mom, however, lived in downtown LA at the time. I’ll have to ask her more about what she was doing in 1947 . . . (Seriously, an old friend from church was a policeman for the LAPD and would take pictures of crime scenes. I believe that Black Dahlia case was one he worked on. He doesn’t like talking about that job so we don’t grill him for details.) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/25 "2004-12-20T19:27:30Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > You bastards - my daddy was the Black Dahlia. Ha ha! Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/26 "2004-12-20T19:48:33Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > Couldn’t have been my dad… His first name isn’t George. OMG! :eek: My _Grandfather_ was named George! That means my Grandmother must have killed the Black Dahlia! (She never let my Grandfather do anything himself.) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/27 "2004-12-20T20:01:01Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > That means my Grandmother must have killed the Black Dahlia! (She never let my Grandfather do anything himself.) “Oh, for chrissakes, George, use a _saw_, not an ax—here, outta the way, let _me_ do it.” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/28 "2004-12-20T21:53:37Z")
My dad was Son of Sam. Beat _that!_ ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/29 "2004-12-20T22:05:50Z")
My Daddy was the one-armed man. Despite him having two arms. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/30 "2004-12-20T22:22:15Z")
My father was behind the grassy knoll on November 22nd, 1963. He was hunting for wheels of hansom cabs, and fired off a round to raise them. We don’t talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/31 "2004-12-20T22:37:55Z")
My dad had nothing to do with the Black Dahlia, but he did slap the bejesus out of a woman named Rose in Egypt because he didn’t like her purple dress. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/32 "2004-12-20T23:29:29Z")
Is anyone else reading this thread thinking about the end to _Spartacus_? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/33 "2004-12-20T23:48:51Z")
I love you, Spartacus? ---
**Author:** ![wnorthr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@wnorthr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wnorthr)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/34 "2004-12-21T00:00:34Z")
It wasn’t my daddy because…you see…the dingo ate my daddy. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/35 "2004-12-21T00:45:31Z")
Hm. My daddy killed the Black Dahlia. He lived in West Los Angeles, a mere hop, skip and a jump from Leimert Park. (Seriously. He lived near Fairfax and Pico.) His name isn’t George, but it could’ve been an alias. Oh, wait. He was three when Beth Short was killed. Scratch that idea. And I’m so ashamed. I actually bought Hodel’s book. Anyone want it, holler. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/36 "2004-12-21T01:09:30Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > “Oh, for chrissakes, George, use a _saw_, not an ax—here, outta the way, let _me_ do it.” Oh, so you _knew_ my Grandmother! BTW, I am Spartacus. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/37 "2004-12-21T01:11:46Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > My dad was Son of Sam. So you’re the Grandson of Sam? I dunno, it doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/38 "2004-12-21T01:28:07Z")
The Black Dahlia"? I dunno. My Dad always said “Some Puerto Rican Guy” did it. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/39 "2004-12-21T01:43:23Z")
> [@wnorthr](#): > > It wasn’t my daddy because…you see…the dingo ate my daddy. No, the dingo ate Spartacus. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-the-black-dahlia-no-my-father-did-it/280801/40 "2004-12-21T02:05:26Z")
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