{"id":7513,"date":"2017-10-03T09:18:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Becomeimmersed.com\/?p=7513"},"modified":"2019-11-20T11:34:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:34:25","slug":"drunken-devil-live-dine-la-dead-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/drunken-devil-live-dine-la-dead-review\/","title":{"rendered":"To Live and Di(n)e in LA: Drunken Devil Hosts a Dinner with the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
You\u2019ve been invited to an exclusive, otherworldly party where echoes of the past hang heavy around you. You sip on sweet liquor and entice your tastebuds with various amuse-bouche as you socialize with other curious diners.\u00a0 <\/span>A beautiful woman with a flower in her hair asks you to dance to a hit 40\u2019s tune floating through the air, telling you she\u2019s always wanted to come to Hollywood, to be a star.\u00a0 <\/span>Her eyes are sad.\u00a0 <\/span>A suspicious man flits through the crowd and stares at the woman\u2014she turns away, clearly uncomfortable.\u00a0 <\/span>Eventually the gentle sound of the music fades as the woman confronts the man, accusing him of having murdered her over seventy years ago.\u00a0 <\/span>You realize you forgot to ask her name, but she announces it: Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia; and he is George Hodel, long suspected as her killer who evaded justice. He appeals to her lust for stardom and she gives in. They leave together as guests beg her not to go.\u00a0 <\/span>The room is briefly silent, thick with horror. You\u2019re about to dine with the dead, and this was just the first course.<\/span><\/p>\n