I made no review about her book from its publication (2008) until just a few months past, so 11-years of no comment.. Homer Faison with Fauna at about 5 years old. I remember she never came back and we all wondered why. Talk about racist. (Also, FYI, you can search any subject by using the SEARCH BOX under my badge on the Squad Room Blog page. Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Print Reddit Tumblr Loading. In 2021 George Hodel's son, Steve Hodel, published a two-part investigation (The Early Years: The Further Serial Crimes of George Hodel M.D. Yes, the family dynamics have been difficult for me. In the 1930s, he was legally married to Dorothy Anthony, a fashion model from San Francisco; they had a daughter, Tamar. I cant begin to imagine the complexity of emotions ranging from love to hate for a man that gave you life. THANK YOU for printing for story in her own words The Tamar Chronicles. 5: Surgeon So sick. Soil samples confirmed his findings. 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. When I did meet my sister I was excited, we were twins. But, LAPD claimd they are too busy to do any followup. No luminol ever test back then or through the decades. Fauna with Jimmie Lee. These photographs, taken at the Hodel home, picture Kelvin, Michael and Steven Hodel. 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. [5][6] Hodel served as the film's executive producer and creative consultant. is there any further movement on the testing of the DNA on the envelope, which your father sealed? Dear Mr. Hodel As Tamar's half-brother Steve shared on his blog, Tamar died in 2015 at the age of 80. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Unfortunately for us, Tamars autobiographies were never completed. Deborah is Tamars daughter, my niece fathered by Folksinger Stan Wilson, who changed her name to Fauna II some years later. Take care of yourself and stay safe out there! The affair between Hodel and the woman caused her marriage to fall apart.[4]. Did he remain a mystery? Surely you would have seen through her lies relating to age and background with george . Wish you a healthy new year. His "crime spree" would total fifty victims over a nearly fifty-year time period. Involuntarily worldly. Thanks. McCawley" (Sgt. Thanks so much for taking readers on such an intriguing, Byzantine journey, originating with a 1947 gruesome murder in LA. She was the mother of five children; Fauna Hodel, Fauna II (born Deborah Elizabeth . To manage such an investigation, I suspect youd have to remain as objective as possible. (A claim hes made over the past twenty-three years.) 6: Journalist But murder is just part of the Hodel family story, one filled with horrifying secrets that ripple across generations. Id just like to say, I hope this finds you and finds you in good health ? 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? Man Ray took at least two photographs of George and Dorothy Hodel's children in 1945. However, after Tamar kindly accommodated him, Amnon dismissed everyone except her ( 2 Samuel 13:9 ). 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. 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. They might meet for dinner on rare occasions. Faison was told that a mixed race baby was being born and the mother was too young to keep it. 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 Mother said few things that never varied, this is one. Paddy: 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. Again, all about IMAGE. What were all the factors in his childhood that came together to create such a hatred of women and Humanity? Next? 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? 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. And, in the end, it is the same- The fact is the source of your middle name, Elizabeth did come from and at Georges request. He claims to be related to Fauna. Ex-wife of John Huston and George Hill Hodel, Jr. Inka: I can hear you saying "Wait, that's not what Steve Hodel says." Of course not. Tamar Hodel was Fauna Hodel 's mother. 3: Media Television/Radio He had no part in the naming. This meant that Dr. Hodel could have been both Fauna's father and grandfather. When you first realized that, how did you feel? As far as Tamar and Faunas biological father. That's a lie. was far more compelling and richly detailed than lmharnischs efforts at debunking your suppositions. Tamar NOT GEORGE named her second daughter Deborah Elizabeth. He had no part in the naming. Steve Hodel has since produced two additional books on the Dahlia case, and several books on the Zodiac killer and other cases, attempting to link them to his father. In the summer of 1949, the 14-year-old moved into the Franklin Avenue house. Thanks for everything you did to clear this case up. He was acquitted after a widely publicized trial. Mom still loved him. War bestimmt nicht einfach fr Sie zu erkennen was ihr Vater war.. Danke, Translation: Hard to have a conversation with a serial killer/psychopath and or to get any straight answers from him. The case earned major publicity and prompted one of the largest investigations in the history of the Los Angeles Police Department. He was also accused of raping his daughter, Tamar Hodel, but was acquitted for that crime. . But things may get even more complicated for her when she discovers Tamar had other children after giving her up for adoption. I read Black Dahlia Avenger back in 2008 and I loved itI couldnt put it down. So, stay tuned. 16-year-old Tamar Nais Hodel was the mother, and Faison was told that the baby's birth father was Black . Fauna second row extreme right at her first grade photo shoot. Mother of Tamar Nais Hodel. I had the idea that George was her father. Its confusing because of the two Faunas. Hodel's daughter, Tamar, escaped the house in 1949 after accusing her father and others of sexually assaulting her during one of the many parties he would throw at the estate. 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. In 1949, Dr. George Hill Hodel was accused of molesting and having sex with his 14-year-old daughter, Tamar. Statements by Tamar Hodel verify George Hodel's relationship to the artist in 1947, 1948, and 1949. The school itself was Oregon Episcopal School. Childhood & Early Life. No, LAPD nor any other LE agency has never done any testing. )for that specific linkage. Thank you for the response, Steve. This author suggests your account of your father as The Black Dahlia murderer is nothing more than a series of endless lies. Do you believe that she wanted you to become a police detective in order to uncover the truth about george ? Thanks for the kind words. If not George, who was the father of that baby? 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. . After moving to Hawaii, Tamar had three sons: Peace, Love (now a pro surfer), and Joy to the World Hodel. 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. 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 passed away shortly before the DNA results came out? The case was never solved. Christina M.G. However, his son Steve has written that he believes Hodel re-entered the United States multiple times each year from 1958 through 1988 and specifically in 19661969 to commit more murders, and then return to the Philippines.[6]. Even then, I tend to leave room for the story to change, if that makes sense. En el juicio, George Hodel fue absuelto, Tamar fue acusada de ser una mentirosa patolgica -George cont con el testimonio de su esposa que desacredit a su hija- y fue enviada luego a un centro de detencin juvenil, donde entr en contacto con gente de la comunidad negra. They follow the kids to the house and low and behold..out comes Tamar. 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. I imagine they are heartened that someone is working so tirelessly to solve her case. She was eighty years old. In the recent years, he has also been linked to the murders committed by the 'Lipstick Killer' and the 'Zodiac Killer'. 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. In the early years, I chose to respond to his misrepresentations, with just the facts but then came to realize that no amount of evidence would/could change his mind. Even the Doctor who was thought to be Jack the Ripper managed to kill many women and then move to another state continuing to con people out of money as well. You are that spotlight. 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". The three-page letter identified W. Glenn Martin as a paid LAPD police informant working for a "Sgt. It is a bit eerie having been born in 1951 myself near LA and flashbacks of those real times. Dawn: Yes, Dangerous Friends is an excellent read and very well written by screenwriter, Peter Viertel, one who KNEW. Sadly, that cannot change. Also, hope to put together a Documentary, miniseries to tell the full story in six or eight episodes. 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. Oh, you people, you people. Never again. The DA tapes recorded him saying:[2][4]. 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. As indicated in my followup books, Buster a cadaver dog alert to numerous locations for human remains. Yes, DNA has proven that George Hodel WAS NOT her biological father. Plus, hes a doctor. Omg that woman ,Why be offended by something and tell someone off for quoting something someone else in the context of the story has said then go and use that word amongst others themselves their hypocrisy knows no bounds No-one would believe anything bad someone says about you Steve your record speaks for itself , I personally wouldnt put it past that person whos dissed you publicly on their website for 18 + years like LH to pose as a woman S or L on your site to troll you for kicks or attention ( ironic and twisted if true considering GH used to do something similar to people of his former profession as Zodiac ). As to your questions: George Hodel's lawyer ran an all-out smear campaign against Tamar, calling her a promiscuous, incorrigible, pathological liar, and the physician was acquitted. Many believe Dr. George Hodel was the killer, thanks to an investigation by Hodel's own son. I am impressed with your ability to respond to each and every person who has left a note for you thats a rarity. Surely they made links between the imagery? Have gone through many and varying reactions through the years. anyone who can read can tell usually when using quotations that youre quoting what someone else in the past tense has said , ie: your half sister Tamar ,theres a reason people in his profession rank number 3 and 6 in professions favoured by Psychopaths. Have you ever been in touch with Beth Shorts relatives? Best, Steve, Thank you for your ceaseless commitment to the truth, Steve. In 1949, Hodel's beautiful teenage daughter Tamar ran away from the house. Tamar's childhood was no less than a nightmare, as she was first sexually assaulted by her father at 11 years. The blogs go back more than a decade. Also, how this also ties in with the fact that a hobby of your fathers what photography? She gave birth to Fauna in 1951 when she was 16 years old, but immediately gave her up for adoption. Tamar is the mother of the five grandchildren of George Hodel interviewed in Root of Evil. "Things could not get any more weird . or so we thought," Gentile said of the situation. In an interview conducted by the authors on August 16, 2005, Tamar . 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. Their term, not mine. I continue to present my fathers additional crimes and am working on what I hope will be the last book, The Early Years covering his crimes from the 20s and 30s. [8], Hodel spent much of the 2000s as a motivational speaker, talking about racial equality and human rights. Tamar died two years earlier in 2015. https://stevehodel.com/2015/10/19/tamar-nais-hodel-dies-at-80-in-honolulu-hawaii/, Clarification, I have been Fauna since I was 15, never knowing Id meet my sister in my lifetime . Tamar NOT GEORGE named her second daughter Deborah Elizabeth. Margo: No, Tamar and George did not have a relationship AFTER the trial going forward. 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). Writer: I Am the Night. Though the father was. The 1949 sexual abuse trial involving George Hodel's daughter Tamar is what garnered the interest of investigators on the Short homicide. Wishing to distance the family from both George Hodel's trial and Tamar Hodel's alleged interracial romance, Tamar's mother arranged for a black woman to adopt the child. YES. Bless you and know that what you are doing is reaching more people than you will ever know. Nevertheless, Id have to dive deep into the sea of evidence youve provided before I could feel more confident. Thank you for the clarification, Steve. I hope you have love and kindness in your life ?! 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. I just wish we knew more about stopping these crimes before they start. Fauna's birth father was unknown, and the troubled Tamar gave up Fauna for adoption. He lived overseas several times, primarily between 1950 and 1990 in the Philippines. The jury, which included eight women, said no. Hodel came to police attention as a suspect in the Elizabeth Short murder in 1949 after the sexual abuse trial. Have you heard of it? When others listen to Root of Evil my bothers statements bear out mine, as to the warped relationship she keep with George. He didn't kill Suzanne Degnan. Two years before Fauna was even born, Tamar. Born in 1907, the only child of George Hodel, Sr. and Esther Hodel, he was a musical prodigy with an IQ of 187 . Do you happened to know a relative by the name Starr Hodel? She had gone to her father at age 12 and asked him to name her doll for her. Anyway, now they may have figured it out. 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. 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. Fauna did return to the Sowden/Franklin house for an episode on Ghost Adventures, but I believe on false pretext. All Best, Steve. Tamar's mother, Dorothy, gave the baby Fauna to Jimmie Lee, a black maid in a Nevada casino. See blog on it HERE. He asked her if GHH was her father, and other prurient questions. I have read a few times that it was he who gave her second daughter, Fauna, the middle name Elizabeth after Elizabeth Short. Fauna Hodel. FaunaElizabeth Hodel Wilson Thanks for the kind words. The thought has crossed my mind that this is Hustons nod to GHH or at least an indication that he was aware of some of the dark dealings of noir age Hollywood. She was abused by her father, dragged publicly in the press for daring to speak up at 16, and then. Photos. However, authorities at the time interviewed hundreds of suspects and focused seriously on about 25, including Hodel. I just listened to the podcast. Take care, I have always wondered how Tamars relationship with your father resumed after the incest trial. Thankyou! Hi Steve, was the Franklin house where the black Dahlias murder supposedly occurred ever tested with luminol or searched for any DNA? Were doing okay I wish yours had acted sooner.. ( my sister and her family ), Olivia P: Its generally meant to group people together often based on stereotypes and ignorance, to other. He did see her back in the early-mid Sixties and did take Fauna II (Deborah Elizabeth, daughter of Tamar and Stan Wilson, the folksinger) out alone for dinner. [4], One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel, "The Wild, True Story That Inspired 'I Am the Night': So. 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. ), 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/. The late Fauna's two real-life daughters, Gentile and her half-sister, the 40-year-old Rasha Pecoraro, host a podcast, " Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia ,". 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. I just watched the episode of Zak on the Black Dahlia murder with Fauna. I was a bit disturbed when she was on board with the production of the highly fictionalized version of her life. Yes, the Franklin/Sowden Hodel residence was the actual crime scene. My roots on my mothers side go back to County Donegal, Ireland. As Tamar revealed to DuJour, Fauna was the product of a sexual assault. Just put in a keyword or two. 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. T.J. Burks: There were two Faunas. Wishing you and yours continued health in the very difficult times. Earlier we hear the question, Does your husband know youre here? So, Im guessing she was slain, body disposed of like many of the other victims and her husband likely made a Missing Report on his wife, and she became just another lost/missing report in LA which was known as, The Port of Missing Persons. Tamar Hodel is the mysterious and elusive daughter of Dr. George Hodel, whisked away when she gave birth to a child when she was a teenager. The brief accounting I listened to when you appeared on Dr. Did Dr. Hodel molest Tamar? Along the way, she'll meet her half-siblings. [2] Hodel's medical degree also aroused suspicion, given the hypothesis that whoever bisected Short's body had some degree of surgical skill. 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. Elizabeth Short - the Black Dahlia - had been gruesomely . She tried many times to win back his love and hopefully her inheritance as well. (See full description and details in Tamars own words as to the how and why of it below.). [2] Their only son, he was well-educated and highly intelligent (scoring 186 on an early IQ test). Hodel purchased the Sowden House in 1945 and lived there from 1945 until 1950. [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. So, in truth it is way beyond a reasonable doubt which is what you need to convict in a jury trial. That was created from the fictional mini-series, I Am The Night which is 95% fiction.
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