The Los Angeles Press Club Presents 'Black Dahlia: The Enduring Legacy of the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles'

The Los Angeles Press Club Presents 'Black Dahlia: The Enduring Legacy of the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles'

LAPC Hosts Reception for Donald H. Wolfe, Author of a New Book on The Black Dahlia Case 'The most credible explanation to date' (Publishers Weekly)

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 15, 1947, the body of young, aspiring Hollywood starlet Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Within days the dark haired beauty who wore a white flower behind her ear became immortalized as The Black Dahlia. The subject of countless books and films, The Black Dahlia case is considered the most notorious unsolved murder in Los Angeles history.

On Thursday, January 12, 2006, almost 59 years to the date of the murder, the Los Angeles Press Club will host a reception for Donald H. Wolfe, author of "The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, The Mogul and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles" (ReganBooks, January 2006). The author will discuss the book, the media coverage that has surrounded the murder, and insight into researching a nearly sixty year old case that is one of the most infamous crimes ever to have taken place.

According to his publisher, Wolfe was allowed access to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office files on the case and "has discovered evidence hidden from the public for over fifty years." Wolfe "assembles all the missing pieces of the Black Dahlia murder puzzle and names the notorious psychopathic murderer who once wandered the labyrinthine corridors of power that crisscrossed the shadowy underworld of the City of the Angels."

The reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. at LA Press Club headquarters and is being underwritten by LAPC and ReganBooks. The conversation will be moderated by former press club President Ted Johnson, editor of VLife Magazine. Following his talk, author Wolfe will take questions from the audience.

Wolfe, author of the best seller "The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe," is also a contributor to the New York Times and Paris-Match.

DATE: Thursday, January 12, 2006
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
PLACE: Los Angeles Press Club, 4773 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
(free parking available in the back)
COST: FREE
CO-SPONSORED: By REGANBOOKS and PR NEWSWIRE
RSVP to: rsvp@lapressclub.org

Source: Los Angeles Press Club

CONTACT: Diana Ljungaeus, Executive Director of Los Angeles Press Club,
+1-323-669-8081, fax: +1-323-669-8069

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