Fauna Hodel's daughters host the podcast. Negro is absolutely offensive and disrespectful when used flippantly, without care for the hurt it causes so many. 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. This started up again when she married my father Stan Wilson. 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. [8], Hodel spent much of the 2000s as a motivational speaker, talking about racial equality and human rights. As indicated in my followup books, Buster a cadaver dog alert to numerous locations for human remains. Sadly, that cannot change. If not George, who was the father of that baby? Dear Uncle steve, please correct the information concerning my name Elizabeth, as I believed what my Mother, Tamar, told me. 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. She had gone to her father at age 12 and asked him to name her doll for her. Tamar's mother, Dorothy, gave the baby Fauna to Jimmie Lee, a black maid in a Nevada casino. Fauna's strange story of Fauna Hodel starts in Reno, Nevada, when a woman offered Jimmie Lee Faison a child in the bathroom of a casino. Next? "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 . The six-episode series is loosely based on Hodel's 2008 memoir "One Day She'll Darken." Her daughters, Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro, continued the project and together, have been working. This meant that Dr. Hodel could have been both Fauna's father and grandfather. Martin's letter claimed that both he and "GH" personally knew Springer and that he believed "GH" had also killed her. The structure, built in 1926 by Lloyd Wright (son of the noted American architect Frank Lloyd Wright), has since been registered as a Los Angeles historic landmark. Do you believe that she wanted you to become a police detective in order to uncover the truth about george ? 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. 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. Meagan: No, it happened. Only source on it is Ancestry.com The school itself was Oregon Episcopal School. He lived overseas several times, primarily between 1950 and 1990 in the Philippines. She was the mother of five children; Fauna Hodel, Fauna II (born Deborah Elizabeth . Good Morning Mr Hodel, But, no relationship and he went out of his way to avoid any contact with Tamar. Soon after, the father and daughter were. 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. Sorry, not sure where exactly. 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. Mom still loved him. Mother said few things that never varied, this is one. Steve, Steve, 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: 6: Journalist Though truth be told it never was. I particularly remember she had a picture on her bureau and Im reasonably sure it was her father. 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. With Chris Pine, India Eisley, Jefferson Mays, Leland Orser. 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. However, authorities at the time interviewed hundreds of suspects and focused seriously on about 25, including 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. But murder is just part of the Hodel family story, one filled with horrifying secrets that ripple across generations. This is fascinating. I cant imagine the shock you have gone through when you found your first proofs. C. Crow. Thankyou! 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 George Hill Hodel Jr. (October 10, 1907 May 17, 1999) was an American physician and suspect in the murder of Elizabeth Short, a.k.a. Jamie anne allman as tamar hodel - aloha (2022) - imdb. 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. With an address in hand, Fauna (India Eisley) and Jay (Chris Pine) head to Hawaii to find Tamar. I felt a similar response in my body when I first learned about your father. That happened. So it appears to the very same outcometo please George, so she indirectly was telling the truth. Although the Los Angeles Times reported that he was rushed to the Receiving Hospital with a slim chance of survival, death records reveal that he died that same evening. I fear that she was never IDd. Tamar Hodel . Now, in the upcoming Feb. 25 episode, Fauna and Jay will journey to Hawaii to find her. Then I read the word negro, and now Im done. 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. 1: CEO Outraged by the audacity of their daughter and the stigma attached to a mixed-race child within their midst, her mother quickly arranged to have the baby permanently given away to Jimmie Lee, a black maid in a Nevada casino. He was enamored of the darker side of Surrealism and the decadence surrounding that art scene, befriending photographer Man Ray, film director John Huston and their associates. Who knows what evil lurks in Men and what drives them . Nevertheless, Id have to dive deep into the sea of evidence youve provided before I could feel more confident. She tried many times to win back his love and hopefully her inheritance as well. Dr. Hodel obtained criminal defense attorney Jerry Giesler and was acquitted after a three-week jury trial. Tamar married folk. [2] Hodel's medical degree also aroused suspicion, given the hypothesis that whoever bisected Short's body had some degree of surgical skill. 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. 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. I hope you are okay. Cath B: Thanks for the kind words and your response to the other comments by Layla. Depravity and lawlessness exuded from the walls of her home, where her father George . Because her father was listed on her birth certificate as an "unknown Negro", Fauna ended up with an African-American family in Reno, Nevada. Grandfather, REALLY twisted her mind & values. Yes, Im familiar with the derogatory comments by Larry Harnisch on his website. was far more compelling and richly detailed than lmharnischs efforts at debunking your suppositions. I could not continue to be Deborah, to abused, to damaged, even after being lent overnight to wealthy men finally stopped Tamar kept abusing me in every way possible, I was so brainwashed it was many years to realize what she was doing to me still. The viewing/listening/reading public needs to know what is FACT and what is FICTION. 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 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? 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. Its a shame because it seemed she cared so much about GHH victims. Tamar Hodel. Id be interested in hearing your thoughts too. [9] [10] See also The Huston Letters chapter in BDA II that documents correspondences between my mother and John during and after the incest arrest. Cath. 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. It couldve easily been edited as well. She was a bit of a mystery to all of us at the school. Thank you for allowing the public to know the truth. Thank you for clarifying. More than 70 years later, it remains America's most infamous unsolved murder. Tamar NOT GEORGE named her second daughter Deborah Elizabeth. Point is I was a teenager Not an adult when I became Fauna. She never stopped loving him and always hoped that love would be reciprocated by him. (On his blog site Harnisch informs his readers that he hasnt and doesnt read my books.), My father had a total lack of empathy for anyone. As Tamar revealed to DuJour, Fauna was the product of a sexual assault. That's in the original newspaper coverage, which most people haven't read. 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. That's a lie. [2][4] He was also prone to taking temporary lovers; a witness later suggested such a relationship between Hodel and Short.[4]. Carr took the position, Could be him? Im a little confused about a response you gave another poster. Spoilers aside, as it is such an old film, part of the impact of the last few scenes has to do with the fact that Noah Cross gets away with it. George Hodel was a notorious Los Angeles doctor whose sexual proclivities and surgical knowledge have led many to believe that he killed Elizabeth Short. In fact, George's own daughter, fifteen-year-old Tamar Hodel claimed that she was one of his sexual partners. were from Ireland, but dont have anything further information? [citation needed], Hodel died of breast cancer at age 66 on September 30, 2017. Many. 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. Two weeks ago today, my half-sister, Tamar Nais Hodel, passed away in her sleep. 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. George Hodel was accused of raping his 14-year-old daughter Tamar there in . The Martin letter made it clear that "GH" was known and protected by law enforcement officers, and that they "let him go." Its generally meant to group people together often based on stereotypes and ignorance, to other. [2] Their only son, he was well-educated and highly intelligent (scoring 186 on an early IQ test). He usually represents his Daughter as a sexual item in front of his relatives and friends. Its really suspicious for me to see a comment from Fauna herself in May 24, 2019 when she supposedly passed in 2017. Thanks for the kind words. 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. When did Tamar die? 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. So, very possible she was at that school prior to coming down for the fateful events that occurred in the Summer of 49? He was a musical prodigy as a child and performed as a solo pianist in several concerts at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. 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." No, LAPD nor any other LE agency has never done any testing. I read Black Dahlia Avenger back in 2008 and I loved itI couldnt put it down. Hi steve Best, Steve. For you, thank you for giving your readers and podcasts listeners a glimpse into such a traumatic time into your life as you fought to uncover such an ugly truth about your own father. When Elizabeth Short, also known as The Black Dahlia, was brutally killed in 1947, it gripped the entire country. At the same time, I would caution against using the expression you people. 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. Thank you for this clarity. By around 1928, Hodel was in a common-law marriage with a woman named Emilia; they had a son, Duncan. Yes, the surrealists of that day, specifically, Man Ray, Duchamp and William Copley KNEW at least after the fact, and acknowledged it in their later artworks.
