Murder-Mystery Bus Tour: The Real Black Dahlia
The Esotouric Bus - W Avenue 26 (370 W Avenue 26 Los Angeles, CA 90031)
- Full Price:
- $55.00
- Our Price:
- $27.50*
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The last date listed for The Real Black Dahlia Crime Bus Tour was Saturday March 29, 2008 / 1:00pm.
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Lorraine Johnson
It was an ok tour, however, the places visited were not very interesting.Written on Apr 01 2008
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Definitely geared for serious Dahlia fans. Entertaining and knowledgeable speakers, nice bus, interesting locations, especially near the end, but also lots of good stuff in downtown. But in the end you have to be pretty familiar with the Black Dahlia murder to really enjoy it.Written on Apr 01 2008
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Chiaki E.
It was fun and enjoyed the bus tour, but some of the information, especially names, were hard to follow. It would have been a better experience for me if the host of the event had prepared a hand-outs/reference for the participants.Written on Mar 31 2008
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More Information About The Real Black Dahlia Crime Bus Tour
Quotes & Highlights
- "Best of L.A." --Los Angeles Magazine
Description
The Black Dahlia murder in 1947 is the most compelling unsolved crime Los Angeles has ever known. What Jack the Ripper is to London, the Torso Killer to Cleveland, the Black Dahlia is to L.A. And yet unlike those other cases, the name Black Dahlia refers not to the killer, but to the victim. What was it about Elizabeth Short that keeps her the object of obsessive fascination by writers, musicians, artists, filmmakers, cops and readers, more than sixty years after she was slain?
The Real Black Dahlia Crime Bus Tour seeks to answer this question by intimately exploring the last weeks of Elizabeth Short's life, asking not "who killed her?" but "who was she?"
The tour takes us from the human hustle of Main Street to the serene lobby of the Biltmore (the second-to-last place she was seen alive), to the newspaper offices and the Greyhound station where she checked her bags, and concludes at the site where her bisected body was found in Leimert Park and with a little known suspect who lived nearby.
From the few personal possessions she left behind to the friends who scarcely knew her, from the mass hysteria of the investigation with its fruitless leads, wacko suspects and false confessions, the tour reveals all that's known about this enigmatic black-haired girl who reinvented herself at whim, and shows how she came to be the unfortunate symbol of her time and place.
Esotouric's 1947project has quickly built a reputation for the most eclectic and well researched crime history tours in the Southland, with its popular Black Dahlia, Pasadena Confidential and Blood & Dumplings tours, personalized tours hosted by author James Ellroy, and feature stories in The Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Weekly (cover story), LA Alternative Press (cover story), BBC News, Pasadena Star-News, KNX News Radio and a "best of LA" nod from Los Angeles Magazine.
Passengers on this eye-opening, funny and informative tour will leave with a new understanding of the Black Dahlia murder mystery and life in 1940s Los Angeles. It is highly recommended for natives and newcomers, crime and history buffs and anyone who likes to seek out the unexpected.