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. Dear Sir, I have immense respect for you. George Hodel was a notorious Los Angeles doctor whose sexual proclivities and surgical knowledge have led many to believe that he killed Elizabeth Short. (That pregnancy was aborted in 1949.). Grandfather, REALLY twisted her mind & values. Fauna 2 changed her name from Deborah to Fauna I believe to honor Fauna I and because her mother, Tamar always expressed a fondness for her unknown long ago adopted first child. You said that, no, George was not the father, and that that pregnancy was terminated. Best Regards, Steve, https://stevehodel.com/author-books-suggested-reading-order/. Tamar Nais Hodel (1935-2015) - Find a Grave Memorial 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. Its an extremely dark and disturbing movie thats actually banned in the US, and simply watching the preview (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ddwrbcMmzlc) or reading the synopsis on Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serbian_Film) is enough to send shivers down my spine. 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. Craig: Thanks for the kind words. Truth being, Law Enforcement solved the case 70 years ago, and were about to arrest him when he fled the country. [7], Hodel had two children, Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro. Much appreciated. 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. The file revealed that in 1950, Hodel was a suspect of the Dahlia murder. Maybe I did kill my secretary. 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. You and your family ? Other than that, if at all possible, I wish you peace of mind !! His Hollywood residence was electronically bugged by an 18-man DA/LAPD task force between February 15 and March 27, 1950. 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. Mother of Tamar Nais Hodel. I appreciate, more than you know, your quest. Meagan: No, it happened. Hi steve Tamar Hodel was 16 when she gave birth to Fauna. It seems that Tamar's teen angst was too much for her mother . Michelle Phillips on the Secret History of the Mamas and the Papas I hope Tamar Hodel, Fauna's birth mother, gets to write her own book. Jimmie Lee struggled to raise Fauna in Sparks, NV. I dont know? Bravo to you and your family. She took George to trial in 1949 under the accusations that he had raped . Known or suspected sex criminals in the area were being investigated for the Short case, and it had come out in that trial that Tamar had allegedly claimed her father was the Dahlia killer. 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. Yes, Tamars first pregnancy was aborted in 1949 and George Hodel was in Hawaii. He didn't kill Suzanne Degnan. Released from juvenile detention to her mother's house, she got pregnant again after a boy in the neighborhood raped her. Who Is Fauna Hodel From I Am the Night? | POPSUGAR Celebrity Much appreciated. You are that spotlight. Negro is absolutely offensive and disrespectful when used flippantly, without care for the hurt it causes so many. 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. https://stevehodel.com/2015/10/19/tamar-nais-hodel-dies-at-80-in-honolulu-hawaii/, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ddwrbcMmzlc, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serbian_Film, https://stevehodel.com/2016/10/29/john-huston-peter-viertel-white-hunter-black-heart-friendship-cold-blooded-premeditated-murder/, https://stevehodel.com/2019/04/12/director-screenwriter-david-lynch-reveals-new-old-clue-to-black-dahlia-investigation-in-dinner-with-john-john/, Sad, Sad, Sade-The Surrealists Divine Marquis and Publication of his Writings in 1904 The 120 Days of Sodom or the School of Libertinage was the Probable Inspiration for Many of Dr. George Hill Hodels Serial Murders, Malcolm Hillgartners Audiobook Narration of The Early Years Part II The Further Serial Crimes of George Hill Hodel M.D. Now Available (Includes Downloadable Copy of Full Text and Graphics), Kelvin Kelly Hodel- My Irish Twin Brother-A Short Introduction and Bio on His Remarkable Life, Inference Poem Written and Published By 18-Year-Old George Hodel Describes Himself as Conceived in Sin..Somber Skys Darkened Dismally, and I Was Born, New Evidence In 1949 Suspected Black Dahlia Murder of Victim Lucille Hodges-Hannibal Lector Meets LA Confidential in Chinatown. is there any further movement on the testing of the DNA on the envelope, which your father sealed? BLACK DAHLIA MURDER | Retired LAPD detective reveals new evidence Get it? Involuntarily worldly. That true version of her life was dramatic enough in and of itself without going along with the storyline of the miniseries. 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 will continue to wear the dual masks of Drama (Thalia God of Comedy and Melpomene God of Tragedy). I Do not know if youre religous but it seems there had to be something outside yourself guiding you to keep digging. Thanks for the kind words and your response to the other comments by Layla. Its generally meant to group people together often based on stereotypes and ignorance, to other. It was a fortress from the world," says Tamar Hodel, one of 11 children the doctor had by five different women. Steve, The Bravery and Heartbreak of Tamar Hodel: Was Her Father - HubPages Scenes for the series were shot on location at Dr. Hodel's 1945-50 residence, the historic Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.-built John Sowden House at 5121 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, California. When she sought out her birth mother Tamar years later, she found out about her. Dear Uncle steve, please correct the information concerning my name Elizabeth, as I believed what my Mother, Tamar, told me. Black Dahlia Confidential - CBS News Were doing okay I wish yours had acted sooner.. ( my sister and her family ), Olivia P: At the same time, I would caution against using the expression you people. read my books. 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 . Thank you for the kind words and well wishes to me and my readers. Lisa K: I havent watched the miniseries either, the trailer was enough to tell me is is 95% fiction. La verdadera historia de George, Tamar y Fauna Hodel Tamar Hodel, the daughter in that 1949 case, tells a story that supports the notion that her physician father killed the secretary. More than 70 years later, it remains America's most infamous unsolved murder. Plus, hes a doctor. 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. While I provide much of what I believe to be the motive and crime signatures to his crime, (the method for his madness) separate from that is: physical evidence connecting the crime scene to the body dump location (cement sacks), police tape-recorded admissions and confessions to multiple murders, including Dahlia, as well as police payoffs and to performing abortions, police reports documenting they knew and dated each other prior to the murder, handwriting expert analysis confirming authorship of the Avenger Letters were written by GHH, four top original law enforcement officers independently corroborating each others statements that the case was solved and Dr. George Hodel did it; witness statements connecting him to the crime, and on and on. No, LAPD nor any other LE agency has never done any testing. In 1949, Dr. George Hill Hodel was accused of molesting and having sex with his 14-year-old daughter, Tamar. . C. Crow. California Dreamgirl | Vanity Fair They follow the kids to the house and low and behold..out comes Tamar. 6: Journalist Fauna Hodel's Daughters Are Helping To Tell Their Mom's Story - Bustle 2: Lawyer 4: Salesperson (oh crap thats me) I Am the Night vs the True Story of Fauna Hodel and the Black Dahlia Point is I was a teenager Not an adult when I became Fauna. Here, the story of the suspect who got away, the policeman son who proved his guilt and the hidden legacy of his daughter, the girl who knew too much. I' ve contemplated factors. She also told me that she always loved George, always. At that time she and no one else had a clue that I was investigating our father for suspected crimes. Fauna Hodel From 'I Am The Night' Wasn't Tamar's Only Child - Bustle Steve- Ive recently finished reading DANGEROUS FRIENDS which has a lot of background on John Huston, who as you know, was well connected to Fred Sexton. 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 na's birth father was unknown, and the troubled tamar gave up fauna for adoption. That is when he drugged her and took the naked photographs in the hotel room. 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 ,". So was George in Hawaii then, thousands of miles away, when Tamar got pregnant? Tamar Hodel | The Alienist Wiki | Fandom . In the summer of 1949, the 14-year-old moved into the Franklin Avenue house. I attempt to examine and present many of the triggers for this in my separate books. (1947) (This would have been just nine weeks after he murdered Elizabeth Short.) Also, how this also ties in with the fact that a hobby of your fathers what photography? Thanks. Ive wondered about her for years, but didnt know who or where to ask. If so, I want to believe that wherever she is, she now knows the truth. 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. Two years before Fauna was even born, Tamar. This author suggests your account of your father as The Black Dahlia murderer is nothing more than a series of endless lies. Again, thanks to you and my many readers for your ongoing confidence and support. Cath B: I only know what she told me. Tamar Hodel is the daughter of Dr. George Hodel, a major suspect in the horrific torture/murder of Elizabeth Short {"Black Dahlia"}. Fauna Hodels 1951 Birth Certificate: Tamar in her own words bda III all seven pages. Hard to have a conversation with a serial killer/psychopath and or to get any straight answers from him. Fast forward to the birth of Deborah and Tamar, again NOT GEORGE chose to give her the middle name of Elizabeth most likely to honor the play doll suggestion from her father many years earlier. . So it appears to the very same outcometo please George, so she indirectly was telling the truth. (See full description and details in Tamars own words as to the how and why of it below.). Along the way, she'll meet her half-siblings. [3] He was forced to leave the university after one year, due in part to a sex scandal involving a professor's wife.
