The Real Black Dahlia Walk — An Esotouric™ Walking Tour

The Real Black Dahlia Walk — An Esotouric™ Walking Tour

The Record, and the Claim Against Us

• Responding to Steve Hodel’s claim that Esotouric cares about money, not truth
• Red Ink, White Lies — The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles Newspapers, 1920–1962. Rob Wagner, 2000

Joan Renner — Books, Blog and Television

• The First with the Latest! Aggie Underwood, the Los Angeles Herald, and the Sordid Crimes of a City (Photo Friends / Future Studio, 2015) — LAPL exhibit page, archived
• Of Mobsters and Movie Stars — The Bloody ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood, 37 true tales
• Deranged LA Crimes — Joan’s blog
• Joan Renner in City of Angels, City of Death, a serial killer series on Hulu

On Screen

• Kim on Ghost Adventures at the Hotel Figueroa, talking about Beth Short

The Biltmore

• Rendezvous Court, the former lobby — High Tea
• Gallery Bar and Grill, formerly the Gallery Bar and Cognac Room
• Gallery Bar and Cognac Room — Downtown LA listing

Archives and Case Files

• FBI Black Dahlia files
• John Gilmore Papers, UCLA — finding aid
• John Gilmore Papers, UCLA — digital collection
• Did the Zodiac Killer Kill Beth Short Too? Michael Connelly thinks so — New York Times, 26 August 2026