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Old Posted Jan 9, 2012, 5:13 PM
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Originally Posted by esotouric View Post
A noirish interlude from this theater's long life is the Ginevra Knight case, in which the 18-year-old assistant manager shot dead an attempted carjacker, coming home late one night from work. It was 1947, just months after the Black Dahlia murder. Folks were jumpy.
Of course I had to see if the houses in the story are still there...


Ginger's house at 1515 Courtney Avenue, then and now:

1947project

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...and, across the street, 1524 Courtney:
1947project

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(This Ginger Knight was an interesting character... and a second cousin of Winston Churchill??)
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