Elizabeth Short was born on July 29, 1924, in the Hyde Park section of Boston, Massachusetts, the third of five daughters of Cleo and Phoebe May Short (née Sawyer). Around 1927, the Short family relocated to Portland, Maine, before settling in Medford, Massachusetts (a Boston suburb) the same year. This is where Short was raised and spent most of her life. Short's father built miniature golf courses until the 1929 Stock MarketCrash , when he lost most of his savings and the family became broke.In 1930, her father's car was found abandoned on the Charlestown bridge and it was assumed that he had committed suicide by jumping into the Charleston River Believing her husband to be deceased, Short's mother moved with her five daughters into a small apartment in Medford and worked as a bookkeeper to support them. Follow us on Instagram @rthyntruthshow and follow me on Instagram @billybyrneofficial
