My mom left me to get sexually abused and she was abusive in other ways. Two weeks ago today, my half-sister, Tamar Nais Hodel, passed away in her sleep. Talk about racist. I am sure Tamar had different stories for different people, so what is the truth of it? Hodel, the younger's investigation presents four (4) potential crimes committed in the 1920s and nineteen (19) crimes believed committed in the 1930s. She never stopped loving him and always hoped that love would be reciprocated by him. ", "BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Retired LAPD detective reveals new evidence pointing to prime suspect his father", "Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia", "Anatomy of a Podcast: Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia- DNA Test Answers Question of Fauna Hodel's Paternity", "A Rare Tour of Dr. George Hodel's Whimsically Weird Childhood House", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Hodel&oldid=1140979512, Michael, Steven, and Kelvin Hodel, sons by Harvey, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 19:11. Surely they made links between the imagery? Its confusing because of the two Faunas. [12][citation needed], Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 19:11, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia, "George Hill Hodel Jr (Deceased), South Pasadena, CA California", "Introduction: A death and its aftermath", "Does this old letter finally solve the mystery of the Black Dahlia? Thank you for telling your story! Steve Hodel, George's son, even claims his father was the Zodiac Killer. Tamar's Real Story In 1949, two years before Fauna was born, 14-year-old Tamar visited her father, Dr. George Hodel, at his home in Hollywood. Much appreciated. Tamar and her half-brother, Steve, remember their father's house as a place. [2] After another four children, they divorced in the 1960s; she was later a member of the Philippine Congress as Hortensia Starke. Hodel left the United States in March 1950 for Hawaii, then a U.S. territory, where he married an upper-class Filipino woman, Hortensia Laguda. I wanted to let you know that I just finished Root of Evil and I thought your work on it was amazing! When did Tamar die? Mom still loved him. They remained in touch with each other as long as I can remember.. her reasons to win his love and hopefully gain financial support as well. Born in 1907, the only child of George Hodel, Sr. and Esther Hodel, he was a musical prodigy with an IQ of 187 . Springer was garroted on June 13, 1949, just two blocks from where Short's body was found in 1947.[9][10]. 2: Lawyer She stated she wanted to be involved in the seance with the intention of having the medium free any spirits of victims remaining in house. Although Corinna Hodel, the ex-wife of Fauna's grandfather, George, told her that Tamar was dead, Fauna discovered her birth mother is alive and living in Hawaii during the Feb. 18 episode. Thank you for the clarification, Steve. Tamar Nais Hodel, the girl on the witness stand at Hollywood's criminal court, was 14 years old in December 1949, but she seemed older. You have more than enough sense. Martin's letter claimed that both he and "GH" personally knew Springer and that he believed "GH" had also killed her. As far as the Black Dahlia investigation is concerned it is way beyond my personal conjecture and theories. But, one has to read the material and see all the linkage. In 1949, Hodel's beautiful teenage daughter Tamar ran away from the house. (1947) (This would have been just nine weeks after he murdered Elizabeth Short.) But, LAPD claimd they are too busy to do any followup. No luminol ever test back then or through the decades. Steve, I believe I knew Tamar years ago. [8], Hodel spent much of the 2000s as a motivational speaker, talking about racial equality and human rights. Thoughtprint Press) presenting possible crimes committed in Northern and Southern California by George Hodel in the 1920s and 1930s. Dear Steve, In January 2004 some nine months after the publication of my first book, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder, (Arcade 2003) Tamar wrote and emailed me the below six-page Overview of the Tamar Chronicles. This was a summary of what she intended to be her autobiography in three parts. My point in using the term is to show exactly how Faunas unnamed father was described on the 1951 birth certificate, which reads, information withheld concerning Father, Color or Race of Father Negro. These are not MY words they are the words used by the hospital to describe her father. That's a lie. When you first realized that, how did you feel? The blogs go back more than a decade. I felt a similar response in my body when I first learned about your father. This author suggests your account of your father as The Black Dahlia murderer is nothing more than a series of endless lies. At least eight witnesses claimed first-hand knowledge of a 1946 relationship between Short and Hodel, then back in Los Angeles from China. 10: Civil Servant, the guy LH has a clock on his site saying how many years/months/days/hours/mins/secs since the movies rights have been bought for your book (hes that petty and sad), Kate: Hodel was also interviewed as a suspect in the nearby June 1949 murder of Louise Springer, the "Green Twig Murder", though evidence to support this accusation was not publicly available until July 2018. He had no part in the naming. Negro is absolutely offensive and disrespectful when used flippantly, without care for the hurt it causes so many. 5: Surgeon Teresa J: On the cold, sunny morning of Jan. 15, 1947, a woman walking her 3-year-old daughter in the Leimert Park neighborhood found the mutilated corpse of Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia." Thirteen miles away from the crime scene is where many experts believe Short's murderer lived and possibly where he killed her. Joan J: Wish you a healthy new year. Thank you so much for sharing your deeply personal story with us. It isnt a reflection of his age or his inability to keep up with the times. Tamar always maintained that the father was An Italian in San Francisco that got her drunk and took advantage of her. See the below link to the full story. To be continued. No, never did ID that victim. ), https://stevehodel.com/2019/05/31/the-hollywood-reporter-perpetuating-the-myth-tnt-executives-continue-to-remain-silent-on-the-fact-they-obtained-dna-analysis-proving-george-hodel-is-not-biological-father-of-fauna-hodel/. Yes, Im familiar with the derogatory comments by Larry Harnisch on his website. Tamar had the baby girl at a hospital in San Francisco. In 1951, Fauna Hodel, the white daughter of a prominent California family, was given away at birth to a young black woman who worked as a restroom attendant in a Nevada casino. Birthplace: 711 12th Avenue, New York, New York County, NY, 10019, United States. Paddy: These photographs, taken at the Hodel home, picture Kelvin, Michael and Steven Hodel. As far as the hosts of Root of Evil, I had never actually met my great niece Rasha prior to our appearance on the Dr. Phil Show a few months back and had only met her sister, Yvette on two brief occasions, with her mother Fauna, more than a decade past. The book inspired I Am the Night, a 2019 six-episode limited television series starring Chris Pine and India Eisley, directed by Patty Jenkins. Fauna Hodel's daughters host the podcast. Their term, not mine. I have seen it reported in at least two different places that he chose the middle name, but that never made sense to me. Id just like to say, I hope this finds you and finds you in good health ? I Am The Night airs Mondays at 9 p.m. Taken as an infant from her teenage mother, Fauna was placed in the care of a working-class black woman, who raised the white child as her own. They might meet for dinner on rare occasions. Do you believe that she wanted you to become a police detective in order to uncover the truth about george ? It seems that Tamar's teen angst was too much for her mother . C. Crow, C. Crow: Soil samples confirmed his findings. And I just got a chill upon reading that he told her to name her doll Elizabeth. But murder is just part of the Hodel family story, one filled with horrifying secrets that ripple across generations. Hodel graduated from Berkeley pre-med in June 1932. The podcast includes many of the actual investigative findings and linkage of Dr. George Hodel to the Black Dahlia murder, establishing that according to secret police records he, in fact, knew and had dated the victim in the 1940s. Fauna with her friends from Church in Reno c.1958. Yet, it very much is. Do I think that she gave you the middle name of Elizabeth to show her ongoing love for her father and to do as he wished and name her little doll, (this time a living doll) to please her father and fulfill his seven-year-old request, to name her Elizabeth? George Hodel was accused of raping his 14-year-old daughter Tamar there in . She (or he) brought up the question of Tamars possibly incestuous 1949 pregnancy. trying to take advantage of a sensational case. Hi Steve, was the Franklin house where the black Dahlias murder supposedly occurred ever tested with luminol or searched for any DNA? No movement on DNA testing by LAPD. She also told me that she always loved George, always. Bless you and know that what you are doing is reaching more people than you will ever know. I just listened to the podcast. I only know what she told me. I know youre old, and probably still stuck in the olden times, but it is 2021. I understand this story is a part of your history (and it sounds like your childhood was difficult in many ways) so it gives me pause to describe it as a captivating and fascinating mystery. It has been speculated that Fauna was Tamar's daughter from that incestuous relationship. The viewing/listening/reading public needs to know what is FACT and what is FICTION. Ill admit, the expression sets my teeth on edge, as it seems I only ever hear it when some jackass is making a belittling comment to someone, attempting to make the person feel they are other than what is acceptable. Tamar always loved her father and felt affection towards him, but post incest trial in 1949 they never again had any kind of relationship and dads position toward Tamar with the rest of his family was always, Lying Tamar. (He did see her on a few occasions one being a meeting of Tamars good friend, Michele Phillips when The Mamas and Papas were doing debut singing in the Sixties as he was passing through San Francisco. Wow! My story is very similar. Two years before Fauna was even born, Tamar. I just watched Ken Burns wonderful documentary on JAZZ from the 1920s forward. But, now, with all the publicity first with the I Am The Night fictional miniseries followed by the podcast, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia I have been called upon to keep it real. (The only reason I agreed to do the interviews on the national television shows.) Thanks for the kind words. Stay safe. , In this opening introduction, Tamar presents me with the details of her teenage pregnancy and exactly how it happened and what followed during her placement in an unwed mothers home., Tamar gives us the true story of how once she was hospitalized, a very kind and loving Black man offered to help meoffered to marry me, but authorities refused. I admire you for uncovering all this and for answering everyone here. Yes, I am aware of the photo and am conviced it was taken by my father, just before daybreak at the scene to immortalize his surreal masterpiece. See link discussing it here. Fauna with Jimmie Lee. Thanks for everything you did to clear this case up. [4] In February 2019, it was announced that Gentile and Pecoraro were producing a podcast, Root of Evil, which delves further into the book, the miniseries adaptation, and their family history. Now real linkage or evidence, but then my book, Black Dahlia Avenger came out two years later and presented real evidence and the secret DA files showing George Hodel was the No.1 suspect all along and the top brass all separately and in secret claimed the case was solved and Dr. Hodel did it Harnisch, abandoned by Det. What were all the factors in his childhood that came together to create such a hatred of women and Humanity? I Do not know if youre religous but it seems there had to be something outside yourself guiding you to keep digging. Thank you for allowing the public to know the truth. Are you investigating your fathers activity in Asia? You are that spotlight. Under the pretext of illness, he petitioned their father, King David, to send Tamar and her culinary skills his way. I suppose thats a normal reaction when pondering a sociopathic ghoul who hates women and is incapable of feeling compassion, warmth, or tenderness for fellow human beings. (1921-1969). {forgive me, Im not trying to flippantly insult your late father. Fauna Hodel. And, of course, 95% of the material in the IATN miniseries is fictional. I understand the way youre using it is in reference to bigoted people who refuse to make the effort to learn and do better, you did so out of frustration after misunderstanding the intent of the author. [4] Hodel returned to the United States in 1990. She immediately gave her up for adoption. If so, I want to believe that wherever she is, she now knows the truth. Born on October 10, 1907, George Hill Hodel Jr. was raised in Los Angeles, California by his parents, George Sr. and Esther Hodel, who were of Russian Jewish ancestry. Tamar NOT GEORGE named her second daughter Deborah Elizabeth. [2][4] He was also prone to taking temporary lovers; a witness later suggested such a relationship between Hodel and Short.[4]. He was a musical prodigy as a child and performed as a solo pianist in several concerts at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Then I read the word negro, and now Im done. Theyre having so much fun!) In fact, George's own daughter, fifteen-year-old Tamar Hodel claimed that she was one of his sexual partners. She had gone to her father at age 12 and asked him to name her doll for her. As Gentile explained in the podcast, her uncles were three, five, and seven when she met them and their full names are Peace on Earth, Joy to the World, and Love. Mr. Hodel, if Fauna past away in 2017 from cancer, how could she write you asking for a correction regarding her middle name in May 2019? Shock, anger, hatred, and now just a terrible feeling of sadness for his undeniable psychopathy and the recognition he was in truth a real life Jekyll and Hyde. Thanks so much for taking readers on such an intriguing, Byzantine journey, originating with a 1947 gruesome murder in LA. Its obvious a crime was being committed and that the PD failed to intervene, but curious if the woman has ever been identified? Were lucky, we have had a Great Leader emerge whose gallantry, honesty and valour has Captained our ship with great transparency ! The jury, which included eight women, said no. Harnisch has been on a childish rant ever since and keeps promising to publish his book any year now. George Hodel's lawyer ran an all-out smear campaign against Tamar, calling her a promiscuous, incorrigible, pathological liar, and the physician was acquitted. Two separate victims from the 1930s cases (unrelated to each other) attended school (one in high school and one in college) with George Hodel and the suggested motive, as in many of his crimes, was his hatred of being rejected by them in his youth. Dear Mr. Hodel For your information, this old guy doesnt have a racist bone in his body thanks to my mothers teaching and raising me and my brothers to love and respect ALL RACES from our childhood. [5] Two witnesses to the alleged abuse testified at the trial. were from Ireland, but dont have anything further information? The case was never solved. "Things could not get any more weird . or so we thought," Gentile said of the situation. As the Daily News reported in 1949, Tamar had leveled charges of incest against her father George, an act that she claimed occurred during a deviant, hypnotic orgy at his home. In 1949, George Hodel had been arrested and tried for incest by LAPD; his 14-year-old daughter Tamar accused him of raping her, resulting in a pregnancy she aborted. Good Morning Mr Hodel, Im about to write a book myself on the life and murder of my best friend Christine who was tortured and murdered by 3 so called friends in 2011 in San Bernardino County her body was located buried in a shallow grave, Sherry T: Thanks for the kind words. Unless mom, Tamar told YOU differently then what I am saying. On January 15, 1947, the naked body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was discovered in an empty lot in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. If nobody is calling you or those you love crackers, then you can see why negro is offensive you disrespectful mutant. Jimmie Lee struggled to raise Fauna in Sparks, NV. boarding on being in love. I have not read your books (yet) as I just stumbled onto your site after googling about the I am the night series after recently watching it. No, not easty for sure. Steve, Steve, All Best, Steve. I am impressed with your ability to respond to each and every person who has left a note for you thats a rarity. [9] [10] Jay Singletary (Chris Pine) and Fauna Hodel (India Eisley) are on the hunt for Tamar Hodel in "Aloha". Depravity and lawlessness exuded from the walls of her home, where her father George . In my young mind it was my way to be New, loved, a person not sexually abused!! Along the way, she'll meet her half-siblings. I dont know? However, Fauna never knew her grandfather, as her mother, Tamar Hodel, gave her up for adoption in 1951, four years after the Black Dahlia's murder, when Tamar was only 16. C. Crow. In July 2018, Sandi Nichols of Indianapolis, Indiana, while going through her recently deceased mother's personal effects, discovered a "Dying Declaration Letter" written by her grandfather, W. Glenn Martin, dated October 26, 1949. Thanks. An only child, George was well educated and highly intelligent, becoming a musical prodigy and playing solo piano concerts at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. I hope many are encouraged by you who have also lived twilight zone lives no fault of their own. She is included in my LA Lone Woman Murders and the circumstantial evidence is quite strong. The first, a six-part limited television miniseries titled, I Am the Night, is a fictionalized drama focusing on the life of Fauna Hodel and her discovery that her grandfather, Dr. George Hill Hodel (played by actor Jefferson Mays) was the prime suspect in the Black Dahlia Murder (in real life, Fauna Hodel never met her grandfather in person, though they had one phone conversation in which George informed Fauna of Tamars residing in Hawaii). Their aunt, Fauna II, also contributed to the first episode of Root of Evil, and they indicated that their uncles will share their stories on the podcast in the future as well. Tamar claimed she had posed for nude photos for Man Ray when she was just a child. She was a bit of a mystery to all of us at the school. I was speechless listening to the part about your discovery of the receipts for the concrete and fertilizer. Hes been writing them for 18-years now, ever since my first book, Black Dahlia Avenger published in 2003. Well, as you know from reading BDA I started out confident I would be able to exonerate my father and easily prove he had no involvement in the horrific crime. [4], After the success of his medical practice and becoming head of the county's Social Hygiene Bureau, Hodel was moving in affluent Los Angeles society by the 1940s. Many believe Dr. George Hodel was the killer, thanks to an investigation by Hodel's own son. [2] With Ray and some other Surrealists, he shared an interest in sadomasochism; with the young men of the Hollywood scene, he shared a fondness for partying, drinking, and womanizing.[2]. Tamar married folk. She took George to trial in 1949 under the accusations that he had raped . Thank you for clarifying. I know he had Thank you. He immediately afterward enrolled in medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and received his medical degree in June 1936. Perhaps Deborah fell by changing her name to Fauna would help her get more love from her mother? See BDA II (2014 ed. Oz/Phil(?) 20 Who was Tamar Hodel's biological mother? That isnt my opinion as I havent read your books; I think my only exposure to your story was a segment I caught on one of the daytime talkies. Oh please spare me with the, you people comment. [3] He was forced to leave the university after one year, due in part to a sex scandal involving a professor's wife. Two daughters, Fauna and Fauna II (Deborah Elizabeth), and three sons, Peace, Love and Joy. Its generally meant to group people together often based on stereotypes and ignorance, to other. That was created from the fictional mini-series, I Am The Night which is 95% fiction. Ich bewundere Sie , dass Sie das alles aufgedeckt haben und hier jedem Anwort geben. It couldve easily been edited as well. Here I was fascinated reading this. So, stay tuned. George is a monster to an unimaginable degree but the good he gave this earth came in the form of you, your siblings, nieces and nephews. 7: Police five brothers all who were coal miners in PA, and my grandfathers parents Keelie K: I recently appeared on several nationally televised talk shows, Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz with my two great-nieces, Rasha and Yvette, who are the daughters (different fathers) of my niece, Fauna Hodel, who passed away from cancer in 2017. When Elizabeth Short, also known as The Black Dahlia, was brutally killed in 1947, it gripped the entire country. He described his activities as working undercover for LAPD detectives to help them identify and arrest corrupt police officers; in his words, " it was to try and see if other officers could be inveigled into crime." Elizabeth Short - the Black Dahlia - had been gruesomely . Did he remain a mystery? I cant begin to imagine the complexity of emotions ranging from love to hate for a man that gave you life. 4. Man Ray took at least two photographs of George and Dorothy Hodel's children in 1945. Secrets and lies have permeated the Hodel family for far too long and finally the spotlight zeros in on the truth as it should. He was a copyeditor of the LA Times who had dreams of solving the Black Dahlia Murder with (Her father was folksinger, Stan Wilson.). Thanks to books from Hodel's own children and a successful adaptation of one of them as the TNT mini-series "I Am the Night" starring Chris Pine, Hodel has been accepted by many as the leading suspect in the Dahlia murder. Tamar Hodel was Fauna Hodel 's mother. (A claim hes made over the past twenty-three years.) Have you ever been in touch with Beth Shorts relatives? But life is more complex As I indicated, after my niece Fauna came out with her creative license for dramatic effect as relates to inventing fictitious letters supposedly written by my mother, in her autobiography, I just ignored it. his own suspect, a Dr. Walter Baylety who lived a short distance from the vacant lot. So sick. I remember she never came back and we all wondered why. But thanks to Tamar's surviving children and grandchildren, Fauna's incredible life story is being told and this family has managed to stay bonded through it all. Hyde that won the battles for his psyche. Former piano child prodigy Hodel was a physician who served as the Los Angeles County Health Director in the 1940s. But, I guess I would mainly want to pursue the WHY? He usually represents his Daughter as a sexual item in front of his relatives and friends. Just put in a keyword or two. And on I Am the Night, Fauna will learn that she's not Tamar's only child when she travels with Jay to her birth mom's home in Hawaii. Dee: I have recently re-listened to your nieces podcast. [7], Her memoir One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel[1] (written with J. R. Briamonte) was published by Outskirts Press in 2008. Christina M.G. Ps. He claims to be related to Fauna. Now, in the upcoming Feb. 25 episode, Fauna and Jay will journey to Hawaii to find her. Have you heard of it? I do have a question, if you believe that your sister Tamar had no relationship with your father after the trial, does that mean you think Fauna lls story about George Hodel photographing and molesting her is made up? You seem so stabke as a person through all this hell knowledge discovered about your Father. However disgusting and disturbing A Serbian Film might be, I think there are some striking parallels between the madness of the main antagonist and George Hodel, so I encourage you to watch the preview and read the Wikipedia article. The Martin letter made it clear that "GH" was known and protected by law enforcement officers, and that they "let him go." Though truth be told it never was. Plus, hes a doctor. It was a fortress from the world," says Tamar Hodel, one of 11 children the doctor had by five different women. Because her father was listed on her birth certificate as an "unknown Negro", Fauna ended up with an African-American family in Reno, Nevada. Included in the letter was the fact that LAPD, after being informed that "GH" knew victim Springer, brought "GH" in to be "grilled about the Springer murder." So many suffer for others wrongdoings. Fauna's story technically begins in 1951, when 16-year-old Tamar Hodel gave birth to a baby girl. T.J. Burks: There were two Faunas. Hi Kris: Thanks for the kind words. I present strong evidence in my investigation and books that Jean Spangler was very likely a kidnap/murder victim of and by George Hodel. In 1961, at 17, Phillips followed Hodel to San Francisco, where her friend bought her a fake ID and a black cocktail dress, taking her to clubs to meet comedians like Lenny Bruce and Dick Gregory. Im sure it wasnt easy for you to figure out what your father was.. Although the Hodel family has many more skeletons than other families, you all are dealing with this by acknowledging, acceptance and healing. I would like to see you write and produce a series based on real facts and information you have on George Hodel. I started out convinced my father would be incapable of committing such a crime and was sure I would be able to clear him of any suspicion. In 1940, Hodel married Dorothy Harvey, John Huston's ex-wife. I appreciate, more than you know, your quest. I can hear you saying "Wait, that's not what Steve Hodel says." Of course not. He had impregnated the woman and wanted to raise their child together, but she refused. The other part of me hates the stronger monster inside him, the evil Mr. In October 1949, Hodel's name was mentioned in a formal written report to the grand jury as one of five prime suspects in the Short murder, but none of the named suspects were submitted to the grand jury for consideration for indictment, as the investigation was still ongoing. Steve, He was planning his own book naming a Dr. Walter Bayley as the killer and has been promising his readers to publish the proofs for the past twenty-four years. Steve. Zack, the host of the show, had an agenda different than hers. His parents, George Hodel Sr. and Esther Hodel, were of Russian Jewish ancestry. I recently spoke with you explaining how I was told that come to be. Hello, Mr Hodel. My heart felt condolences go out to each one of them. Thankyou! Meagan: No, it happened. Ive just finished the podcast, havent watched the miniseries Nor do I intend to . Ive wondered about her for years, but didnt know who or where to ask. With an address in hand, Fauna (India Eisley) and Jay (Chris Pine) head to Hawaii to find Tamar. She had gone to her father at age 12 and asked him to name her doll for her. Sadly, that cannot change. Yes, Tamars first pregnancy was aborted in 1949 and George Hodel was in Hawaii. That is when he drugged her and took the naked photographs in the hotel room. Childhood & Early Life. As Tamar revealed to DuJour, Fauna was the product of a sexual assault. The show ran for eight consecutive weeks and attained a "No. Assume there was DNA left at Elizabeths crime scene? I just finished this podcast and had to leave a comment to you and your whole family. Tamar Hodel was Fauna Hodel 's mother. However, after Tamar kindly accommodated him, Amnon dismissed everyone except her ( 2 Samuel 13:9 ). Amnon had to finagle a way to get Tamar to visit him because the king's children dwelled in different abodes. LAPD at that time was actively investigating the Springer and Black Dahlia murders and had publicly identified them as "probably connected". Again, thanks to you and my many readers for your ongoing confidence and support. SKH Note: Faunas autobiography would not be written until 2008, some five years after the publication of my book, Black Dahlia Avenger and some four years after Tamar wrote and sent me the below account of the facts, to be told in The Tamar Chronicles.
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