Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder section with many never before-published photos from the life of Elizabeth Short and from the case, including graphic crime scene and postmortem police photos. The book was well-received upon publication, receiving praise from publisher Larry Flynt, as well as David Lynch, who optioned the book for film rights in 1995; the film eventually fell through. Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder is a 1994 American historical true crime book by John Gilmore. The book details the life and death of Elizabeth Short, also known as "The Black Dahlia,"
Short S.36 for naval officers. The Admiralty was sufficiently impressed by the aircraft to order two similar aircraft to be built, these becoming the Gnome Double Omega-powered Short S.41 and the Gnome Lambda-powered Short S.45. Short S.36 The Short S.36 was a British two-seat tractor biplane, built by Short Brothers for Frank McClean in 1911. It was later developed into the Short S.41 and Short S.45, which were the first of a long series of similar aircraft built for the RNAS and RFC. The origination of a tractor biplane design was due to Cecil Grace, who had flown a Blériot tractor monoplane