The Black Dahlia LbNA #9493 (ARCHIVED)

So are you ready to play detective? The clues to this letterbox require you to do a little investigating. The questions are all centered on the Black Dahlia Murder. If you’re not sure what that is, then that is definitely where your investigation should begin. I would suggest doing a search and checking out some crime libraries.

Unlike the original investigation, yours can end happily, and you can find the Black Dahlia letterbox, it only takes a little ingenuity to figure out the answers to these questions.

Just as a slight warning to the detectives working this case...some online crime libraries may contain graphic photos of the Black Dahlia Murders, if you do not want to see these photos, or do not want your children to see these photos, you may wish to change your web browswer settings to not display photos while investigating.

1. Where did the Black Dahlia Murder Take Place?
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2. What was the real name of the Black Dahlia?
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3. Where was the Black Dahlia’s body discovered?
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4. What day of the week was her body discovered?
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5. What were the names of the first two officers on scene?
_ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. Who was the Captain of the LAPD’s Homicide Department?
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7. Name the three detectives that were assigned to the case
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8. Where was the Black Dahlia born?
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9. When was the Black Dahlia’s Birthday?
_ _ _ _ 29, _ _ _ _

10. Who is the Author of Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder?
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11. The Black Dahlia was an aspiring Actress who always wore what color?
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12. What was the first name of the Black Dahlia’s Parents?
_ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _

13. Where was the Black Dahlia buried?
Oakland’s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ Cemetery

14. Who was a likely suspect in the Black Dahlia murder that may have also been known as Al Morison and Arnold Smith?
_ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _

( The dashes (-) in the answers are used to seperate words since when I posted this clue it ran all my little blanks together)


Okay Detective! You have done your investigating; now it’s time to solve the puzzle.

In order to do so you must simply fill in the blanks… it’s not that hard really; you have many more leads than the detectives working the Black Dahlia case did.

To fill in the blanks use the following formula (question number – word number – letter number)

*remember a word only counts if you filled it in so when counting words skip any that you were given in the answer*


Find the (1) _ _ _ _ _ (2) _ _ _ _ _ _ Memorial located in the (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Camp Ground area of (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lake. Stand at center stage and face your audience as the aspiring actress might have. You will see a (5) _ _ _ _ _ in the middle of the bench style seating. You will find the Black Dahlia letterbox at the base on the back side under a (6) _ _ _ _.

(1) 6-1-1
1-2-1
13-1-1
2-1-1
1-1-3

(2) 5-1-2
6-1-2
3-3-6
13-1-5
12-2-3
10-2-4

(3) 8-2-1
4-1-2
7-2-3
1-3-4
2-2-1
13-1-3
11-1-2
14-1-2

(4) 12-1-3
14-3-3
3-2-1
9-1-4
10-2-3
5-4-2
12-1-4

(5) 1-1-3
3-4-3
8-3-8
7-5-4
5-2-1

(6) 2-2-4
10-1-2
11-1-4
5-1-5


Good Luck Detectives!
Happy Hunting!
Iron`Bear and pandora{I`B}