Veronica Lake was one of the hottest stars of the 1940s, known for her femme fatale roles in classic noirs films such asThis Gun for Hire and The Blue Dahlia and her signature peek-a-boo hairstyle and ...

Elizabeth Short's mutilated body was found on the sidewalk in a Los Angeles neighborhood in 1947 Liza Esquibias is an Editorial Intern at PEOPLE. She is a rising senior majoring in Journalism at ...

When Johnny comes home from the navy he finds his wife Helen kissing her substitute boyfriend Eddie, the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. Helen admits her drunkenness caused their son's death.