AMERICAN HAUNTINGS DINNER AND SPIRITS
80th anniversary of the Black Dahlia’s death!
AMERICAN ODDITIES MUSEUM
7:00 PM | ALTON, ILLINOIS
$48 PER PERSON
DINNER AND PRESENTATION INCLUDED
NEXT AVAILABLE DATE: JANUARY 16, 2027
ABOUT THE NIGHT:
- Doors open at 6:00 PM / Dinner starts at 7:00 PM
- Events held at the American Oddities Museum Located at 301 Piasa Street in Alton, Illinois
- Buffet Dinner, includes two meats, two vegetables, pasta, salad, bread, and drinks
- Private Event in the American Oddities Museum, which will open at 6:00 Pm for browsing by guests before dinner
- American Hauntings Bookstore located in the Museum so books will be available for purchase and can be autographed by Troy Taylor
Join author Troy Taylor for another night of our Dinner & Spirits series of events! This eerie night will include a catered dinner at the American Oddities Museum. After dinner, author Troy Taylor will be presenting THE BLACK DAHLIA: THE TRUE STORY, the events that surround the death of Elizabeth Short, the infamous “Black Dahlia",” and will offer an in-depth look at her murder, which has become one of the most famous unsolved crimes in American history.
Follow in Beth’s footsteps after her arrival in Hollywood and in the footsteps of the detectives who followed the hundreds of leads in pursuit of her killer! Examine the suspects, delve into the rumors, and discover the hauntings that linger in the wake of her death. This is an eerie night you won’t want to miss!
HUNT FOR THE
BLACK DAHLIA’S KILLER!
Los Angeles. Home to Hollywood, sandy beaches, orange groves and movie studios. It’s been called the City of Angels. But there is one lost angel in black that has been haunting the city’s boulevards of broken dreams for decades. Her name is Elizabeth Short and in 1946, she came to Hollywood to make it big and to see her name up in lights.
Instead, after her severed body was found in an empty lot, she was immortalized as the “Black Dahlia,” more famous in death than she ever was in life. Despite the efforts of hundreds of police officers and countless hours of investigation, her brutal murder was never solved.
What really happened to the Black Dahlia?
Was she murdered by a madman, as city officials wanted everyone to believe, or was she the unlucky pawn in a game between corrupt cops, mob bosses and the illicit vice rings that ruled the city? Her tangled trail of death took her into a labyrinth of nightclubs, casinos, brothels and call-girl operations that catered to the Los Angeles elite and she never made it out alive.
On this chilling night, Troy Taylor will trace the last days in the life of Beth Short and present the wild mix of theories and conspiracies that have emerged since her death in January 1947. Discover the many suspects, explore the rumors, and see what happened in the aftermath of her gruesome murder!
After this evening, you’ll never look at this terrifying story in the same way again!
