Top 10 Professions favoured by Psychopaths Thank you for the kind words. Immediate Family: Daughter of Charles Eugene Harvey, Sr. and Dorothy Bell Harvey. That child was Fauna . The 1949 sexual abuse trial involving George Hodel's daughter Tamar is what garnered the interest of investigators on the Short homicide. (Thirteen of these crimes were originally investigated and believed serially connected by the San Diego Sheriff's and Police Departments back in the 1930s, but a suspect was never identified.) George is responsible for my middle name. Kathleen K: We know that Fauna since meeting Tamar, her biological mother always knew the truth that her father was A White Italian Male that gave her mother alcohol then raped her in San Francisco. Tamar, was straight with her from the getgo back in the early Seventies. Tamar NOT GEORGE named her second daughter Deborah Elizabeth. Margo: No, Tamar and George did not have a relationship AFTER the trial going forward. Tamar's testimony was perceived as contradictory and attention-seeking. I have seen it reported in at least two different places that he chose the middle name, but that never made sense to me. Childhood & Early Life. Was Fauna Hodel the child of incest, and the catalyst for a sensational trial that left her well-to-do family scarred by scandal, even as the accused sexual predator walked free? whats next? 8: Clergy [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. Yes, Im familiar with the derogatory comments by Larry Harnisch on his website. [2] Their only son, he was well-educated and highly intelligent (scoring 186 on an early IQ test). Id be interested in hearing your thoughts too. She bore, five children. 3. Amnon had to finagle a way to get Tamar to visit him because the king's children dwelled in different abodes. The reason being that her mother Dorothy Anthony Barbe Hodel was originally from Portland, Oregon and married a symphony conductor from that city. He lived overseas several times, primarily between 1950 and 1990 in the Philippines. It actually made me think about a movie that I never watched (and dont intend to) called A Serbian Man. One of these stories was as I have related in BDA, telling me of her going to our father at age 12 and asking him to help her name her the Black haired doll she had just received from her mother for her 12th birthday in late March of that year. They might meet for dinner on rare occasions. Thank you. I expect you would have Mr. Burns go back and edit out all the live footage that clearly demonstrated and used the real-life 1920s and 1930s racist references to lynchings and the use of Nigger and Negro from the script. She said she didnt know. The second project was an eight-part documentary podcast, entitled Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia,[11] a Cadence13/TNT production using archival audio and interviews with Hodel family members. I knew that wasnt the book that I had read (One Day Shell Darken), and now finding out there was also fictionalized material in the book is so disheartening. Plot. Tamar Hodel, who was mad at her father because he wouldn't allow her to get an abortion. A September 2006 episode of Cold Case Files,[7] hosted by Bill Kurtis, illustrates the mixed reaction to Steve Hodel's hypothesis as outlined in his first book, Black Dahlia Avenger (2003). Dawn: Yes, Dangerous Friends is an excellent read and very well written by screenwriter, Peter Viertel, one who KNEW. God bless you ! Geraldine M or Martha J: For much of her life Tamar Hodel struggled to recover from abuse and condemnation. In 1949, Dr. George Hill Hodel was accused of molesting and having sex with his 14-year-old daughter, Tamar. Oh, you people, you people. If they look at it they will have to conclude as I have shown, that LAPDs two greatest heroes, Chiefs William H. Bill Parker and Chief of Detectives Thad Brown, did in fact, participate in a cover-up by not pursuing their known/identified suspect, Dr. George Hill Hodel. I also wish our police personal were honored more for all that they do to keep us safe. They thought there was something fishy. 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. Much appreciated. Man Ray took at least two photographs of George and Dorothy Hodel's children in 1945. 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: Yes, the Franklin/Sowden Hodel residence was the actual crime scene. You may not have realized he was using such language only in quoting another person. Wow! Aloha: Directed by Carl Franklin. When she sought out her birth mother Tamar years later, she found out about her. The book inspired I Am the Night, a 2019 six-episode limited television series starring Chris Pine and India Eisley, directed by Patty Jenkins. Short had suffered gruesome mutilation, notably her body being cut in half at the waist, as well as her mouth being cut ear to ear. Ps. Sadly, that cannot change. I remember reading about her daughters being so glad that her story was finally going to be told on screen after Faunas passing and I was truly disappointed when I finally watched IATN. It has been speculated that Fauna was Tamar's daughter from that incestuous relationship. I was wondering if you are aware of the photo taken of Elizabeth Shorts crime scene that was seemingly taken at night which, presumably would suggest it was the killer who took the photo as she was found in the morning? 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. https://stevehodel.com/2019/04/12/director-screenwriter-david-lynch-reveals-new-old-clue-to-black-dahlia-investigation-in-dinner-with-john-john/, Sehr geehrter Herr Hodel Tamar responded with a photo of herself with her four other children, whom she had after giving Fauna up for adoption daughter Elizabeth (who was also called Fauna II) and sons Peace, Love,. It is a bit eerie having been born in 1951 myself near LA and flashbacks of those real times. At that time she and no one else had a clue that I was investigating our father for suspected crimes. Men like that dont change and remain flat earth believers until the end. )for that specific linkage. Just came out with Book 6, In The Mesquite which details a horrific mother/daughter murder I believe he committed pre Dahlia in 1938. P.S To any who may read this God bless you and your families and the wonderful people who serve us through this crisis ! 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. He usually represents his Daughter as a sexual item in front of his relatives and friends. In fact she spoke of George this way even years after your first book: Black Dahlia Advenger. LAPDs refusal to look at it has I think, all to do with IMAGE. Two of Hodel's biggest opponents were none other than his own children. And I just got a chill upon reading that he told her to name her doll Elizabeth. All Best, Steve. Just as many television shows/movies/books often use terms that are racist and deeply insensitive when referring to anyone who isnt a straight, white, Christian person in order to give an accurate representation of the time and place the story is set. Steve, where in Donegal does your mums family come from ?Im fascinated here in Donegal lol. . It was a fortress from the world," says Tamar Hodel, one of 11 children the doctor had by five different women. I particularly remember she had a picture on her bureau and Im reasonably sure it was her father. This started up again when she married my father Stan Wilson. Tamar Hodel was an incorrigible liar and problem child who made "unfounded complaints" and lodged mass accusations against her father and more than a dozen high school students. Carr whose later position was, I dont know who killed her and Im too busy with other cases to look at Steve Hodels evidence and he then retire.d. You said that, no, George was not the father, and that that pregnancy was terminated. War bestimmt nicht einfach fr Sie zu erkennen was ihr Vater war.. Danke, Translation: In January 2019, the American TV network TNT simultaneously aired two "companion" productions. He is a major character in 'I Am the Night' and is portrayed by Jefferson Mays. I only know what she told me. [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. is there any further movement on the testing of the DNA on the envelope, which your father sealed? Now, in the upcoming Feb. 25 episode, Fauna and Jay will journey to Hawaii to find her. Born August 1, 1951, in San Francisco, Hodel was the first child of 16-year-old Tamar Nais Hodel and the granddaughter of Los Angeles doctor and socialite George Hodel. Martin's letter claimed that both he and "GH" personally knew Springer and that he believed "GH" had also killed her. She had five children. 4. Ex-wife of John Huston and George Hill Hodel, Jr. To manage such an investigation, I suspect youd have to remain as objective as possible. Hi Steve, was the Franklin house where the black Dahlias murder supposedly occurred ever tested with luminol or searched for any DNA? Fauna Hodel was born in August, 1951. Many of my HODEL family members ARE BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL. I was speechless listening to the part about your discovery of the receipts for the concrete and fertilizer. . Thank you Steve for your drive to reveal this sad truth. 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.) 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. She was proud to be to married to a famous recording artist, as her first love (Josh White) was already married. Unfortunately for us, Tamars autobiographies were never completed. Thank you for the clarification, Steve. . As explained on the One Day She'll Darken website, the real Fauna learned about her siblings when she wrote to her mother for the first time. Another book, an autobiography by a daughter of Tamar Hodel who was given up for adoption, is the inspiration for a fictionalized drama mini-series about the Black Dahlia murder by director Patty Jenkins, scheduled to air in 2019. . Tamar and her half-brother, Steve, remember their father's house as a place. 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. George Hodel was a notorious Los Angeles doctor whose sexual proclivities and surgical knowledge have led many to believe that he killed Elizabeth Short. Were doing okay I wish yours had acted sooner.. ( my sister and her family ), Olivia P: 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. DuJour reports that Tamar eventually moved to Hawaii with Debbie (who changed her name to Fauna-Elizabeth), and had three sons. Hodel had two children, Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro. Below is a PDF containing the complete seven pages as included in BDA III Chapter 6, Tamar Nais Hodel. Hodel obtained a degree in psychiatry and counseled prisoners in the Territorial prison in Hawaii for three years, then moved on to the Philippines, where he started a new family, and appears to have remained until 1990, finally dying in 1999 in San Francisco without charges ever being filed. Fauna Hodels 1951 Birth Certificate: Tamar in her own words bda III all seven pages. 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. Thankyou! Simone Y: Tamar Hodel is the daughter of Dr. George Hodel, a major suspect in the horrific torture/murder of Elizabeth Short {"Black Dahlia"}. I also applaud your family for bringing the years of abuse and neglect to light. Tamar Hodel Another person pulled from real life, Tamar had an immensely troubled childhood. My story is very similar. 5: Surgeon I applaud you for continuing to fight for justice for all of Georges victims. She was the mother of five children; Fauna Hodel, Fauna II (born Deborah Elizabeth Wilson), Love, Peace and Joy. Never again. She desperately wanted to be loved. Fauna in the hope of finding some answers about who she is, Jay hoping to find answers about the Hodel story he wrote about that ruined his career. read my books. I admire you for uncovering all this and for answering everyone here. Soon after, the father and daughter were. I Will be publishing The Early Years next year which covers his pre-Dahlia crimes and hopefully that will allow me to get out of the twenty-plus back hole. She had gone to her father at age 12 and asked him to name her doll for her. Wish you a healthy new year. Hard to have a conversation with a serial killer/psychopath and or to get any straight answers from him. 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. He was a copyeditor of the LA Times who had dreams of solving the Black Dahlia Murder with 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". It seems that Tamar's teen angst was too much for her mother . The Martin letter made it clear that "GH" was known and protected by law enforcement officers, and that they "let him go." 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. By confirming my investigation they would confirm that fact, which they apparently decided is not acceptable. 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. 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. I felt a similar response in my body when I first learned about your father. Mom still loved him. Remember, this case came to me, I didnt go to it. Though truth be told it never was. Fauna with her two daughters Rasha, left and Yvette right. 6: Journalist This author suggests your account of your father as The Black Dahlia murderer is nothing more than a series of endless lies. Much appreciated. Again, thanks to you and my many readers for your ongoing confidence and support. 9: Chef Fauna with Jimmie Lee. She is a character in 'I Am the Night' primarily portrayed by Jamie Anne Allman. The name of the school St. Helens Hall never came up in any of my conversations with Tamar, but it is certainly possible. I present strong evidence in my investigation and books that Jean Spangler was very likely a kidnap/murder victim of and by George Hodel. I just wish we knew more about stopping these crimes before they start. Fauna's Daughters Have Given Their Stamp Of Approval,", "New Podcast Explores Black Dahlia Murder: Root of Evil dives into the story of George Hodel, a primary suspect in Elizabeth Shorts 1947 unsolved murder and its told by his great-granddaughters,", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fauna_Hodel&oldid=1133379049, This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 13:52. Clearly, his role as Noah Cross was an indication and I believe a definite reference to what he knew, though, in real life, George was not the father of his granddaughter by way of his sexual relations with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Tamar. Tamar says her father raped her when she was 14, and her . his own suspect, a Dr. Walter Baylety who lived a short distance from the vacant lot. Just put in a keyword or two. 7: Police She gave birth to Fauna in 1951 when she was 16 years old, but immediately gave her up for adoption. Hi Kris: Thanks for the kind words. 1 podcast ranking" in the United States. However, unlike Robert "Red" Manley, Hodel was never considered an important suspect in the case: there is no credible evidence that Hodel even knew Short or had any connection to her homicide. 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. [5][6] Hodel served as the film's executive producer and creative consultant. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Im well aware of what century this is. So, stay tuned. THANK YOU for printing for story in her own words The Tamar Chronicles. T.J. Burks: There were two Faunas. Their term, not mine. In 1947 just months after murdering Elizabeth Short, George told her to name the doll Elizabeth. I feel a lot of truths we were once denied shall no longer have the veil of silence they once possessed. That was created from the fictional mini-series, I Am The Night which is 95% fiction. boarding on being in love. She was the mother of five children; Fauna Hodel, Fauna II (born Deborah Elizabeth . Bless you and know that what you are doing is reaching more people than you will ever know. 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. You and your family ? You are a rare person to rise above a nightmare environment and land grounded. (I believe he was a conductor for the Portland Philharmonic Orchestra.) 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 . Fauna Hodel's daughters host the podcast. [1] Told she was multiracial, Fauna was raised by Jimmie Lee Greenwade (later Faison)[2] and given the name "Patricia Ann Greenwade". I am too busy working on active cases." No, recent DNA testing has eliminated and dispelled the rumor that George Hodel was her father. 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. Point is I was a teenager Not an adult when I became Fauna. Its jarring and can trigger strong feelings to come across outdated and offensive words, but in this case, Mr. Hodel was using such language only in a representative way quoting what was written on a birth certificate. When I did meet my sister I was excited, we were twins. She even addressed Steve Uncle, Not sure the reference, but it may have been from Deborah aka Fauna II? In an interview conducted by the authors on August 16, 2005, Tamar .