Thanks for the kind words. Regards. {forgive me, Im not trying to flippantly insult your late father. I read Black Dahlia Avenger back in 2008 and I loved itI couldnt put it down. Copyright 2023 Steve Hodel. So, I will do that, as best I can, in my writing, and public speaking and if the muses are willing (How can they not be? Hodel attended South Pasadena High School, graduated at age 15 and entered California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena. Fauna Hodel's daughters host the podcast. Stop using words like negro. They can't prove it now. Grandfather, REALLY twisted her mind & values. Who is Fauna Hodels father? That's in the original newspaper coverage, which most people haven't read. Fauna with her friends from Church in Reno c.1958. Dear Sir, I have immense respect for you. Despite their complicated family history, it seems like today, Gentile and Pecoraro have a good relationship with their aunt and uncles. THANK YOU for printing for story in her own words The Tamar Chronicles. Below is a PDF containing the complete seven pages as included in BDA III Chapter 6, Tamar Nais Hodel. Updated addition. Most assuredly, YES. The DA tapes recorded him saying:[2][4]. Inka: read my books. They thought there was something fishy. Remember, this case came to me, I didnt go to it. Im amazed at your perseverance, working tirelessly to uncover the terrible crimes of your late father. George Hodel was accused of raping his 14-year-old daughter Tamar there in . In 1940, Hodel married Dorothy Harvey, John Huston's ex-wife. The actual facts surrounding Tamars pregnancy and adoption and Tamars motives, are very different from how they have been portrayed by others, so best to hear them told, as they actually occurred, in the very words of Faunas mother, Tamar Nais Hodel. With an address in hand, Fauna (India Eisley) and Jay (Chris Pine) head to Hawaii to find Tamar. Teresa J: They might meet for dinner on rare occasions. Fauna 1 who died in 2017 and Fauna II (originally named Deborah Elizabeth, but changed her name to Fauna as an adult.) To be continued. Their term, not mine. 2: Lawyer 9: Chef All Best, Steve. Tamar and her half-brother, Steve, remember their father's house as a place. I recently spoke with you explaining how I was told that come to be. is there any further movement on the testing of the DNA on the envelope, which your father sealed? In any case, I just wanted to put that out there. Plus, hes a doctor. Tamar was sent to a reformatory, where she later gave birth to Fauna, who was given to a stranger and raised as a mixed child even though she wasn't biracial. The Martin letter, reproduced in full in the chapter "Afterword" in Black Dahlia Avenger III,[8] went on to name "GH" on 17 separate occasions identifying him as a personal acquaintance of Martin's as well as of McCauley's, and named him as the killer of both Short and of a second lone woman, Louise Springer, the "Green Twig Murder" victim. I appreciate, more than you know, your quest. The case was never solved. That is what she told me. They could not allow this to become public so they locked away the DA Secret Hodel Files for fifty-three years, until accidentally discovered by LA Times journalist Steve Lopez, and myself in 2003. When I did meet my sister I was excited, we were twins. Christina M.G. Hes been writing them for 18-years now, ever since my first book, Black Dahlia Avenger published in 2003. George Hill Hodel, Jr. was an American physician who was considered as prime suspect in the murder of an American woman named Elizabeth Short. Tamar is the mother of the five grandchildren of George Hodel interviewed in Root of Evil. Ive fought my whole life for equality of the races in both my thoughts and deeds so before calling this old White guy a racist you might want to take a look in the mirror and examine your own you people thoughts on the matter. Image courtesy of TNT. Jimmie Lee struggled to raise Fauna in Sparks, NV. Tamar had the baby girl at a hospital in San Francisco. The Root of Evil producer Zak Levitt was able to obtain DNA analysis and a review of the results by one of the world's leading experts, which positively eliminated Dr. George Hodel as the biological father of Fauna Hodel. [4] Hodel returned to the United States in 1990. Steve. Now, through never-before-heard archival audio and first-time interviews, the Hodel family opens up to reveal their shocking story. This is the inverse to the scenario of a convicted criminals family member trying to prove the accused innocent. No, all the immediate family (Beths sisters) have passed away so just extended family now. Assume you are referring to the below paragraph. 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. Less impressed was active Detective Brian Carr, the LAPD officer then in charge of the Black Dahlia case which was still officially open. [4], One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel, "The Wild, True Story That Inspired 'I Am the Night': So. Fauna Hodels 1951 Birth Certificate: Tamar in her own words bda III all seven pages. You may not have realized he was using such language only in quoting another person. 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. Short's relatives also disagreed that the photos in Hodel's album were of Short. I have seen it reported in at least two different places that he chose the middle name, but that never made sense to me. Dawn: Yes, Dangerous Friends is an excellent read and very well written by screenwriter, Peter Viertel, one who KNEW. I just watched the episode of Zak on the Black Dahlia murder with Fauna. 5: Surgeon Tamar claimed she had posed for nude photos for Man Ray when she was just a child. https://stevehodel.com/2016/10/29/john-huston-peter-viertel-white-hunter-black-heart-friendship-cold-blooded-premeditated-murder/, Huston having been married to my mother, Dorothy Huston Hodel for seven years prior to marrying George Hodel certainly KNEW and was a regular partygoer to the Sowden/Franklin House at the time of dads arrest for Incest and Child Molestation with my halfsister, Tamar in 1949. If this is true, it astounds me that he had a close enough relationship with her to name her child. She is included in my LA Lone Woman Murders and the circumstantial evidence is quite strong. According to George, A sexual relationship between a father and a daughter is normal. Fauna never met George Hodel and was never in the Sowden/Franklin House until long after her grandfathers death in 1999. Man Ray took at least two photographs of George and Dorothy Hodel's children in 1945. Two years before Fauna was even born, Tamar. When questioned by the police, she said she had left because "her home life was too depressing," on account of "all. That is when he drugged her and took the naked photographs in the hotel room. Fauna Elizabeth: Dear Fauna: In our hundred or more hours of discussions after our fathers death in 1999, your mother, my sister, Tamar told me many personal stories, as I wanted to know as much as possible about what she could recall about our father and his life. Will there ever be closure? I have followed this entire story through my childhood into adulthood and it amazes me how strong and telling you are. [1] Told she was multiracial, Fauna was raised by Jimmie Lee Greenwade (later Faison)[2] and given the name "Patricia Ann Greenwade". Much appreciated. I only know what she told me. But murder is just part of the Hodel family story, one filled with horrifying secrets that ripple across generations. . 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. This is when I fell in love with True Crime. In late 1949, Hodel's teenage daughter Tamar accused him of incestuous sexual abuse and impregnating her. 4: Salesperson (oh crap thats me) Were doing okay I wish yours had acted sooner.. ( my sister and her family ), Olivia P: Steve Hodel, George's son, even claims his father was the Zodiac Killer. The other part of me hates the stronger monster inside him, the evil Mr. You are that spotlight. Photos. Tamar Nais Hodel formerly Anthony Born 24 Mar 1935 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Ancestors Daughter of George Hill Hodel Jr. and Dorothy Grace (Anthony) Barber Sister of Michael Paul Hodel [half], John Dion Hodel [half] and [private brother (1940s - unknown)] [half] [spouse (s) unknown] Mother of Fauna Hodel Its obvious a crime was being committed and that the PD failed to intervene, but curious if the woman has ever been identified? Christina: [5][6] Hodel served as the film's executive producer and creative consultant. In my most recent publication, Black Dahlia Avenger III, I devote an entire chapter on my half-sister presenting as best as I could, both sides, attempting to provide readers with a fuller Nature and Nurture cause and effect, along with identifying some of the failures on her part to assume responsibility for her actions. During our interview with Dr. Oz (or possibly it was Dr Phil, I forget which show) Rasha told the viewing public that she believed her grandmother, Tamar Hodel (my half-sister) was, Pure Evil. I corrected her on the spot and attempted to explain that Tamar was a teenage victim of incest and sexual abuse at the hands of our father, which subsequently caused her to spin out of control and make some major bad choices as she grew from a teen into adulthood. Im sure it wasnt easy for you to figure out what your father was.. Tamar Hodel, the author's half-sister, is a case in point. [3] He was forced to leave the university after one year, due in part to a sex scandal involving a professor's wife. 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. 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. You seem so stabke as a person through all this hell knowledge discovered about your Father. Hyde that won the battles for his psyche. 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? 1. When others listen to Root of Evil my bothers statements bear out mine, as to the warped relationship she keep with George. The podcast also features audio from old interviews with Hodel's biological mother Tamar (who died in 2015), as well as George Hodel's son Steve (Fauna's uncle), who has claimed his father was . His parents, George Hodel Sr. and Esther Hodel, were of Russian Jewish ancestry. She would have been 13 I believe. He had no part in the naming. Have you heard of it? Hi Kris: Thanks for the kind words. Nevertheless, Id have to dive deep into the sea of evidence youve provided before I could feel more confident. But isnt it also true much of what you have put together, at least regarding the Black Dahlia, is also conjecture based on your own theories and no 100% proof so you could call that dramatic effect for your own writing and sales as well. Hodel was effectively a polygamist: in the late 1940s, around the time of the deaths of Spaulding and Elizabeth Short, Hodel was living with "Dorero" and their three children; his first legal wife Dorothy Anthony and their daughter Tamar; and, at times, his original common-law wife, Emilia, mother of Hodel's eldest child (by that time an adult). Having never watched Chinatown, I caught it on cable a few weeks ago. In fact she spoke of George this way even years after your first book: Black Dahlia Advenger. (See full description and details in Tamars own words as to the how and why of it below.). So, for the past twelve or so years, I have chosen just to ignore his rantings. "A former child prodigy, now a brilliant doctor who entertained and inspired a Hollywood salon of the avant-garde in the 40's until a scandal broke and sent his famous friends scurrying." George Hodel is the scion of an . Dear Uncle steve, please correct the information concerning my name Elizabeth, as I believed what my Mother, Tamar, told me. Thank you for the kind words and well wishes to me and my readers. Tamar Hodel . Two years before Fauna was even born, Tamar. 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. Dr. Hodel obtained criminal defense attorney Jerry Giesler and was acquitted after a three-week jury trial. Thanks for the kind words. [7], Hodel had two children, Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro. She tried many times to win back his love and hopefully her inheritance as well. 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. Fauna second row extreme right at her first grade photo shoot. , 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. Yes, DNA has proven that George Hodel WAS NOT her biological father. Cheers. The only way to understand and see how it all fits together is to read all of the books, which are in fact, one ongoing investigation, each adding a significant amount of new evidence to the previous investigation. Also, how this also ties in with the fact that a hobby of your fathers what photography? Supposin' I did kill the Black Dahlia. In fact, George's own daughter, fifteen-year-old Tamar Hodel claimed that she was one of his sexual partners. Based on this the HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES AND PERSONNEL ASSUMED THAT THIS FRIEND (A NEGRO) WAS THE FATHER, and Tamar continued to let them believe the father was black. Theyre listed as retired from the Los Angeles Times and its my impression theyve kept a blog and contributed to an online journal called The Daily Mirror. I cant begin to imagine the complexity of emotions ranging from love to hate for a man that gave you life. Mother of Tamar Nais Hodel. (See full description and details in Tamars own words as to the how and why of it below.). Head Deputy District Attorney Stephen Kay described himself as highly impressed by Steve Hodel's research and conclusions and even went so far as to declare the case had been solved. Homer Faison with Fauna at about 5 years old. I have recently re-listened to your nieces podcast. Aloha: Directed by Carl Franklin. I was speechless listening to the part about your discovery of the receipts for the concrete and fertilizer. Bravo to you and your family. Hi Steve, Tamar Hodel is the daughter of Dr. George Hodel, a major suspect in the horrific torture/murder of Elizabeth Short {"Black Dahlia"}. In my opinion, Fauna chose to let people believe that maybe George was her father for dramatic effect. Same reason she totally invented three fictional letters supposedly written by my mother and sent to her mother which she included in her biography, Some Day Shell Darken. When I queried her after the book was published in 2008 about the invented letters, her response was, Well sometimes a writer has to take creative license for dramatic effect. That was the last time I ever spoke with my niece, Fauna Hodel. [8], Hodel spent much of the 2000s as a motivational speaker, talking about racial equality and human rights. was far more compelling and richly detailed than lmharnischs efforts at debunking your suppositions. Tom Hiddleston Is Officially Returning For 'The Night Manager' Season 2, 'Daisy Jones & The Six' Was Partially Inspired By This Viral Fleetwood Mac Moment, Randy Roth From 'A Rose For Her Grave' Is Still In Prison, Here's When You Can Watch The Final Season Of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel', Get Even More From Bustle Sign Up For The Newsletter. Fauna Hodel's quest to retrace her roots on I Am the Night has become deadly, but she's finally getting close to some answers about her birth mother, Tamar Hodel. Thanks for your thoughtful response Steve. She, when married my father she hoped George would be proud of her, close to her again (as she never meant to tell on him. ) Tamar Hodel Another person pulled from real life, Tamar had an immensely troubled childhood. No, not easty for sure. Tamar Hodel was a girl with a difficult life despite being born in the upper class. Mom still loved him. [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. Keelie K: Tamar watches her father hold a party no child should witness, a full-on Satanic looking sex orgy with George Hodel front and center wearing what looks like an animal skull. I present strong evidence in my investigation and books that Jean Spangler was very likely a kidnap/murder victim of and by George Hodel. It was re-published in 2019 by Graymalkin Media, including an eight-page photo insert from Hodel's personal collection. This meant that Dr. Hodel could have been both Fauna's father and grandfather. Tamar married folk. 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. This has nothing to do with the other Fauna who never met dad in life. In the recent years, he has also been linked to the murders committed by the 'Lipstick Killer' and the 'Zodiac Killer'. Margo: No, Tamar and George did not have a relationship AFTER the trial going forward. 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 I think about your father at length, I feel deeply uneasy. Do you believe that she wanted you to become a police detective in order to uncover the truth about george ? Carr took the position, Could be him? They corroborate your findings surely its more than bad PR? It was through Tamar that Michelle met John Phillips.This week the headline-making news comes from John Phillips's 49-year old daughter, Mackenzie Phillips (whose mother is Susan Adams Phillips,. Carr added that if he ever took a case as weak as Steve Hodel's to a prosecutor he would be "laughed out of the office". Love you Dearly, Fauna Elizabeth Wilson /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. [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. He was a copyeditor of the LA Times who had dreams of solving the Black Dahlia Murder with I am sure Tamar had different stories for different people, so what is the truth of it? YES. After Hodel died in 1999, his son Steve Hodel, a former LAPD homicide detective, started investigating his father as a possible suspect in the Elizabeth Short murder and has written several books on the subject. By around 1928, Hodel was in a common-law marriage with a woman named Emilia; they had a son, Duncan. He was also accused of raping his daughter, Tamar Hodel, but was acquitted for that crime. Elizabeth Short - the Black Dahlia - had been gruesomely . Fauna 2 was born Deborah Elizabeth Wilson. were there any reports from Surrealists at the time? She immediately gave her up for adoption.
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