Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Real Estate of Crime: The Black Dahlia Dumped by the Side of the Road 11
6. 2. Mobsters and Movie Stars: Crime, Punishment, and Hollywood Celebrity 50
7. 3. Hollywood Confidential: Crime and Punishment in Postwar Los Angeles 106
8. 4. Hollywood’s Last Lonely Places: The Sad, Short Stories of Barbara Payton and Marilyn Monroe 152
9. Notes 201
10. Index 225