The Black Dahlia - the Long and "Short" of it

As Universal Pictures presents "The Black Dahlia" in theatres on September 15, journalistic news shows and writers 
jump on the bandwagon.

Discovered in Los Angeles, CA, on January 15, 1947, Elizabeth "Bette" Short was found in a vacant Hollywood lot. Nude, 
cut in half, bruised and beaten, the Elizabeth Short case remains Hollywood's most famous unsolved murder.

Although it brings to light a number of possible solutions, movies such as this often raise more questions than they answer.

We also can't forget JonBenet Ramsey, as John Mark Karr's bizarre claims throws this famous unsolved murder back in the forefront of the news.

The true tragedy, however, lies in the unsolved murders that don't have the press coverage of the minds and money of Hollywood producers.

Perform a search on any search engine for "unsolved homicides" and thousands of pages appear. Sure, some of them are personal pages but the majority are state sites.

At any given time, there are unsolved murders in every state. Are they given the press coverage they deserve? Movie rights? Are books and articles written about them? Sadly, the answer is, usually not.

Is it because these unknown cases aren't as heinous as the famous ones?