The Lost Girls
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Channel: Muirmaiden · 2011 · People & Blogs
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Sorry to all regarding the video I previously uploaded, youtube was giving me nothing but grief as to letting people view it so I had to delete it. Here's a tribute to two young women who sadly became part of two of the biggest unsolved Hollywood mysteries - Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, horribly murdered in 1947, and Jean Spangler, who left her young daughter and sister-in-law for a day of work and shopping and never returned in 1949. Both Short and Spangler had show-business aspirations - Jean was an extra and bit part player and Elizabeth wanted to be a movie star. Sadly, for both the price of the fame they both wanted was far too high than anyone should have to pay. I won't go into too many details (there are sites online for that), but in Jean's case, her purse was found in the middle of Griffith Park with a cryptic note (which is featured in the video). As with Elizabeth's horrible murder, there was no shortage of suspects - Jean's ex-husband, who wanted full custody of their daughter; her ex-boyfriend, who was reportedly abusive; was she silenced by the mafia whom she had some connections due to her past work as a showgirl; a movie star who possibly had impregnated her (Jean revealed to a few close friends that she was pregnant) or was she the victim of a botched, back alley abortion? Who killed Elizabeth Short, and who was behind the disappearance of Jean Spangler? It has been thought at the time and the years since that the two cases may be linked. Their short, sad lives and mystery surrounding them have captured and intrigued the public's attention for decades; The Black Dahlia has inspired films and books, some non-fiction, others, like by James Ellroy, took the facts of the case and put their own fictionalized spin on it and what might have happened. Megan Abbott wrote a book ("The Song Is You") using Jean Spangler's case and wove and interesting story of where it could have gone, putting her own imagination and characters into it.
Will there ever be a definitive answer to these unsolved cases? This much is certain - both of these girls were more than just victims or folklore figures or urban legends. They were flesh and blood people who were loved by others. I hope this video does a good job in trying to present the angles of the cases. Enjoy as always, feedback is welcome!
Music by Three Doors Down
