The year is 1941 and the United States teeters on the brink of war. As the horrors of the holocaust and the conflagration in Europe are brought home to America, yet another evil has captured the imagination of the citizens of Cleveland. Stalking the nation's heartland is a vicious serial killer who ritualistically dismembers his victims with brutal precision. Could it be that these "Torso" murders are but the start of a greater Nazi plan that would harness supernatural forces to do their bidding? From Cleveland to war-torn Europe to a Los Angeles flush with victory, Black Dahlia leads the player through an eerie landscape of death, deception, and occult mystery. As the tides of dar deceit threaten to engulf you, the borders begin to blur between reality and fantasy, fact and fiction. You must try to separate the fantastic from the genuine as you work to prevent humanity's greatest nightmare from becoming an unspeakable reality.