Some Things Are Better Left Unknown

I'm reading Black Dahlia Avenger by Steve Hodel. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Black Dahlia I'm going to give you the super watered down version: Black Dahlia is the nick name given to Elizabeth Short after her dead body was found bisected (cut in half with surgical precision) and mutilated on January 15, 1947. (Very watered down. If you are curious you can go on http://www.photobucket.com/ and put Black Dahlia into the search and it will bring up crime scene photos, I warn you, they're gruesome.)

This case has not been solved by the LAPD. As a matter of fact, they have conveniently lost evidence and interviews of certain witnesses. Got to love the crooked cops covering for their buddies.

Steve Hodel is a retired homicide detective that took the case after he found pictures of Elizabeth Short in his dad's private photo album. (He was given the photo album after his father had died.) Steve Hodel has actually collected quite a bit of compelling evidence that points to his father as her killer. After he collected all of this he wrote his book.

I've really enjoyed this book so far, there's a lot of interesting information in it. However, yesterday what I read was a bit too much for me. (That's saying a lot.) He described in detail what her killer(s) did to her while she was still alive and I was totally shocked by their brutality. Seriously, if there was any way that I could have the memory of what they did to her taken from my mind, I'd go for it. It amazes me what horrible creatures we human beings can be.