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Title: Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer : The Identity of America's Most Notorious Serial Murderer--Revealed at Last by Janice Knowlton ISBN: 0-671-88084-5 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 1.6 (48 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: DISTURBING BUT NOT WELL FOUNDED
Comment: I have read the book based on the subject matter, the Black Dahlia murder, which I am very interested in since it was never solved. Although I do believe that Ms. Knowlton was defintely abused by her father, there is no proof that he has committed the Black Dahlia murder or any other. There is no direct evidence that would convince me that has committed the murders that are mentioned in the book. I do feel for Ms. Knowlton and her suffering, however, many of the things that she mentions about Beth Short (the Black Dahlia), do not meet the facts that are known about her. For example, Ms. Knowlton mentions that "Aunt Betty" had sex with her father (George Knowlton)and was a well known prostitute. Beth Short had a deformed sex organ that did not enable her to have intercourse with men. This was a fact that was kept out of the news papers in order to identify the true killer if they ever confessed. the picture that Ms. Knowlton paints of Beth Short is as sadistic babysitter and a tramp, as if to say in indirect words, that the Black Dahlia put herself in a position that caused her death and suffering. The abuse is too well described and I had to put the book down many a time because of its disturbing content. I am sorry to say that this book is not one that I would recommend to people who never heard of the murder of the Black Dahlia. It is full of rumors that could have been overheard over time and facts about the murder that could have been taken out of back issues of newspapers that were printed in January of 1947, when the murder took place. I hurt for Ms. Knowlton, but do not believe that her "facts" are well founded.
Rating: 1
Summary: Daddy was the Black Dahlia Killer: The ID of the America's M
Comment: This book is GARBAGE!!!! The author presents flashbacks but no persuasive evidence! She had no recollection of the events until the 80's and you know what most of the "recollections" of the 80's were...JUNK SCIENCE. I could not believe the items that they provided as persuasive; she had a "Flashback" about a woman named "Elizabeth with black hair"! Can you imagine how many women in that part of the country named Elizabeth in those days??!! I read the book by Detective Hodel and his presentation was far more logical. At least he had some evidence, pictures and addresses that match the Dahlia murder and other like murders. His father was even a surgeon, which makes more sense than Knowlton's father; a hunter and wastral. A very disturbed women in her own right and trying to blame her father for her problems. Hey, get your head straight and leave your parents out of it...there is a thing called, "initiative and self-drive". We are all responsible for how we end up, don't try the, "cop-out".
Rating: 1
Summary: Disturbing/Lousy Read
Comment: I read this book on recommendation of another person, without checking out anything on it prior to purchase. I feel like I wasted my time and money. The book was a lousy, jumbled read. The ideas were haphazardly thrown together to outline a poorly scripted idea (the Dahlia) surrounding the memories of surviving sex-abuse victim. While I have no doubt that Ms. Knowlton endured the abuse described within, it lended little to the story of the Black Dahlia. Both stories leave too many unanswered questions for the reader. The Dahlia tale is confused and befuddled amid a graphic and disturbing tale of abuse. I do not recommend this book to anyone.
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Title: Black Dahlia Avenger: The True Story by Steve Hodel ISBN: 1559706643 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 11 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder by John Gilmore ISBN: 1878923102 Publisher: Amok Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Childhood Shadows: The Hidden Story of the Black Dahlia Murder by Mary Pacios ISBN: 1585004847 Publisher: 1st Books Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.15 |
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Title: The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy ISBN: 0446674362 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Angel in Black by Max Allan Collins ISBN: 0451205170 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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