But heres a few tidbits: Update: Steve Hodel claims George Hodel ran an abortion ring. This is fascinating. I just wish we knew more about stopping these crimes before they start. thanks, I present this to you humbly, just for the simple reason that I hope you enjoy these words, which I cannot fully claim ownership of. It is confusing. Dear Steve, So, for the past twelve or so years, I have chosen just to ignore his rantings. Paige: Thank you for very kind thoughts and Cherry Blossom poem. Dorothy is a seventy-one-year-old. To this day a part of me loves the Dr. Jekyll, the good doctor, the man who gave me being and whose blood flows through my own. And Dorothy (who started going by Dorero, or "Dorarro," as Fauna spells it in her memoir) did do her best to caution Jimmie Lee and Fauna about George's sordid ways. Steve. She had gone to her father at age 12 and asked him to name her doll for her. Good evening, Mr. Hodel, Its confusing because of the two Faunas. He has a fine record as a doctor and is a dedicated man. My mother died of a heart condition/heart attack at age 76. Your email address will not be published. No, never did ID that victim. The first time he tried to tell me about all this, he was 19 years old. I only know what she told me. If the term mad genius applies to anyone, it applies to George Hodel. 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. Speechless. . Will there ever be closure? Your mother was all things including the most fantastical poet. I hope that the light of that truth genuinely fills you up. Best to you and yours. Hi steve Be respectful. In The Mesquite New Clue Revealed: A Reader Discovers the Killers Taunting Purloined Letter Clue Lying in Plain Site, A Sharp-Eyed Reader Discovers a Major New Thoughtprint Further Linking George Hodel to the IN THE MESQUITE 1938 Double Murders of Hazel and Nancy Frome. Best, Steve. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing these deeply personnel rememberances of your mother, Dorthey. I encourage you to keep pressing on, because you are the beauty rising from the ashes. steve. Hi Kris: Thanks for the kind words. 2. Am I correct that your mother was the ex wife of John Huston? I will continue to wear the dual masks of Drama (Thalia God of Comedy and Melpomene God of Tragedy). Do you happened to know a relative by the name Starr Hodel? Hi Steven! You honor her memory by telling her story truthfully and with a sons love. Your wonderful mother was blessed to have her sons and you all were blessed to be her sons. Thank you for the kind words and well wishes to me and my readers. 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 I think she may well have been addicted not just to alcohol, but possibly drugs too. Deborah is Tamars daughter, my niece fathered by Folksinger Stan Wilson, who changed her name to Fauna II some years later. I fear that she was never IDd. Sixth Surrealist Secret Revealed -1950 Sketch Pays Further Homage to and Again Links, Close Friend, Dr. George Hill Hodel to the 1947 Black Dahlia Murder. Tamar, was very clear with everyone that she only had sexual relations with her father that one time, in July 1949. Below is a PDF containing the complete seven pages as included in BDA III Chapter 6, Tamar Nais Hodel. Of course, this can often lead people down a more sadistic, evil path, but for others it can be used for good educational insights. Boris Johnson. Enter retired LAPD homicide detective Steve Hodel. As for Elizabeth Short being interested in the murder everybody was. Steve Hodel is a New York Times bestselling author. Thanks for your response!! She lied about Georges rapidly deteriorating mental health to Lt. Jemison after writing multiple letters to her ex-husband John Huston in a full-blown panic describing her fear and terror that George was going insane and she feared for her and her childrens safety. God bless you ! Tamar late 1951 or early 1952 (age 16) in Mexico with her mother, Dorothy Barbe (wearing sunglasses left). But truly: fact-checking Steve Hodel would be a lifes work. Hon medverkade ocks i musikaler som Trollkarlen frn Oz och West Side Story i hemstaden. Hodel was the son of a very prominent Los Angeles doctor named George Hodel. I appreciate, more than you know, your quest. It is unconscionable on his part, and quite sad, as well, and I wish he would stop. Dorothy Hodel was born about 1911. 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. Yes, Tamars first pregnancy was aborted in 1949 and George Hodel was in Hawaii. 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/, Hodel Investigations Adds New Partner to Detective Agency: Rima, a Detective Trainee Will Be Working the Phones and Data Searches Starting Mid January 2023, Surrealist Artist William Copley Reveals Black Dahlia Clew Number 7- Man Rays Lovers Lips. Yes Did her children suffer due to her alcohol and drug addictions? Wishing you and yours continued health in the very difficult times. So says her family. I did mean to notate the scripture differently at the bottom. Dillon was a 27-year-old bellhop, aspiring writer, and former mortician 's assistant who became a suspect when he began writing to Los Angeles Police Department psychiatrist Dr. J. Paul De River in October 1948. steve. but if grace befalls the blossom, I wanted to ask about something you mentioned in a reply above that though your parents divorced in 1945, you didnt learn of it until your investigation 50 or so years later. C. Crow. Death comes quietly, Dole was born Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Mary Ella (ne Cathey; 1901-2004) and John Van Hanford (1893-1978).. Dole attended Duke University and graduated with distinction in Political Science, on June 2, 1958.She was a finalist for an Angier B. Duke scholarship, a full-tuition award given to outstanding applicants who . To protect her three sons who bore the Hodel name which would have marked them with their fathers crimes when they were so young and helpless. 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. He was also accused of raping his daughter, Tamar Hodel, but was acquitted for that crime. Did you feel like he was going to come back for his family? This photograph would have been taken shortly after the birth and adoption of her first child, Fauna Hodel, who was born August 1, 1951. 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. Yes, I have always believed Tamar and her testimony as to events that occurred at the Franklin House with the three adults in July 1949. Thanks for your thoughtful response Steve. For one of the few times in my life, Im left speachless and deep in contemplative thought after reading this, youre latest post. Copyright 2023 Steve Hodel. I imagine it must have been so hard for you, many times throughout your life, to keep up faith in what is good. Also, how this also ties in with the fact that a hobby of your fathers what photography? 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. Bless you and know that what you are doing is reaching more people than you will ever know. Her dream was to follow in the footsteps of her literary heroes and write "the great American novel." Helen Mirren (1996) Jennifer Beals (1997) Angelina Jolie (1998) Linda Hamilton (1999) 2000s. Doreen has 3 different addresses, the most recent of which is in New York, New York. 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. Do you feel that George had ever forced cohoursed woman at his sex parties, if they ever existed? What lovely ideas! Her alcoholism, her dark side when on binges, her arrests for child neglect. Far from a perfect woman and a serious victim to Stockholm Syndrome. Did she have character flaws? Dear Uncle steve, please correct the information concerning my name Elizabeth, as I believed what my Mother, Tamar, told me. Tamar Hodel's father was George Hodel Jr Tamar Hodel's step-mother is Dorothy Huston. 3) Doctor faces accusation in morals case. Oh! Christina M.G. Never happened. I have followed this entire story through my childhood into adulthood and it amazes me how strong and telling you are. Best, Steve, Do you think Dr. Hodel had anything to do with Jean Spanglers disappearance? Here is a letter my mother sent me on my 33, birthday, in 1974. My mother, Dorothy Huston Hodel, was, in my mind, the personification of The Good, The Beautiful, and The True. steve. Lot of new chapters. Most Respectfully Yours, Updated addition. But, we three boys knew nothing of the earlier divorce. All Best, Steve. Id be interested in hearing your thoughts too. She is missed. Hodel reportedly beat his sons there and drove his daughter to run away. Sabrina G: When I did meet my sister I was excited, we were twins. I also wish our police personal were honored more for all that they do to keep us safe. All I know is that he is not the sort of man that would psychologically be the kind to do it. She had prepa Thank you for sharing her with us here. 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. Was your mother Tamars mother? Tamars mother was not and took the position that her daughter was a pathological liar and did not believe her when she made the claim of incest. Plus, hes a doctor. It is believed to be correct at the . trying to take advantage of a sensational case. KPFK (90.7 FM) is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves Southern California, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet.It was the second of five stations in the non-commercial, listener-sponsored Pacifica Foundation network.. KPFK 90.7 FM began broadcasting in April 1959, twelve years after the Pacifica Foundation was . And, by all means, stick to the facts. Also, what other crimes did he commit not mentioned or found by me? Sorry, not sure where exactly. Just came out with Book 6, In The Mesquite which details a horrific mother/daughter murder I believe he committed pre Dahlia in 1938. Her first marriage was to actor and film director, John Marcellus Huston, on 16 October 1926 in Los Angeles County, California. 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. What a lovely keepsake. I dont know if it was ever asked and answered but why did the second daughter change her name to Fauna 2. Fauna Hodel never met her grandfather George Hodel in life and was never at the Sowden/Franklin House until long after his death in 1999, and then only to visit the new owners briefly. Emily S: Thank you for the kind words. Yes, Im familiar with the derogatory comments by Larry Harnisch on his website. Robert: No question about it. his own suspect, a Dr. Walter Baylety who lived a short distance from the vacant lot. My mother and father were divorced in 1945, but we lived together as a family until he fled the country in 1950. Im amazed at your perseverance, working tirelessly to uncover the terrible crimes of your late father. Maybe this is not as relevant to the story, but I am interested in her way of thinking in those days. Assume there was DNA left at Elizabeths crime scene? Lots of social cocktail parties with the rich and famous and others, YES. Thank you for the response, Steve. Thank you. That was created from the fictional mini-series, I Am The Night which is 95% fiction. This is just my opinion, but I think that higher intellectual people often want to explore and learn about human nature and aspects of life that are outside the generic norms. No, I had nothing to do with the production of the fictional miniseries, I Am The Night. Thanks. Joan J: Join Facebook to connect with Dorothy Hodel and others you may know. 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. I felt a similar response in my body when I first learned about your father. I began reading BDA because, like so many, I was always fascinated with the Black Dahlia murder. Monica S: No, my mother never had contact with Faunas adopted mother. You are in my prayers. Let me take a moment to say on the one hand, I wish you comfort, love and peace for some very tough experiences in your life path where you were in the front row seat. When he remarried June did you think think it was not a valid union because of believing him to still be married to your mother? And, of course, 95% of the material in the IATN miniseries is fictional. Starring Chris Pine and India Eisley, the series tracks the mysterious past of Fauna Hodel, a teenage girl in 1960s Los Angeles desperate to discover where she comes from and who her parents are. She was born on November 20, 1925 in Roanoke, Ill., to Silas and Caroline (Huber) Hodel. While Fauna Hodel died in 2017 (two years before "Root of Evil"), her daughters found her meticulous journals and reference Fauna's own book One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel to tell her story. Poetic in itself, really. What year did your mother and George Hodel divorce? Im a little confused about a response you gave another poster. It was such a different feeling from all the gray clouds swirling around me at the time. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Home conquered. Tamar Hodel. I just watched Ken Burns wonderful documentary on JAZZ from the 1920s forward. She married Marvin Schmidgall on November 26, 1950, in Roanoke, Ill. George's sidekick, Sepp, was. boarding on being in love. George is a monster to an unimaginable degree but the good he gave this earth came in the form of you, your siblings, nieces and nephews. Steve Hodel is a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department and, as a Homicide Detective Supervisor, handled over 300 murder investigations in its Hollywood Division before retiring in 1986. Teresa J: Zack, the host of the show, had an agenda different than hers. blooms for only a few days each spring Dorothy, Hodel's wife at the time of the Dahlia murder investigation, told authorities, "All I know is that he is not the sort of man psychologically to be the kind to do it. Fauna Hodel was born in August, 1951. All for Steve Hodel. Time to channel Mary McCarthy: Every word he utters is a lie, including and and the.'. Do you and Angelica have different mothers? You wrote you people not in bad faith, but as a result of your misinterpretation. War bestimmt nicht einfach fr Sie zu erkennen was ihr Vater war.. Danke, Translation: Unless mom, Tamar told YOU differently then what I am saying. Everything is revealed in the light of eternity. I and my brothers growing up were well aware of her many weaknesses. Although the Hodel family has many more skeletons than other families, you all are dealing with this by acknowledging, acceptance and healing. Best, Steve, Why didnt George mass killing in Philippines, Can you give pictures of hortensia and Dorothy Anthony. Suzi F: No, not really. Im about to write a book myself on the life and murder of my best friend Christine who was tortured and murdered by 3 so called friends in 2011 in San Bernardino County her body was located buried in a shallow grave, Sherry T: Steve Hodel has also returned to his claim that his father probably killed Geneva Ellroy, mother of author James Ellroy. He comes to transform the blossom See BDA II (2014 ed. At the time, though they resonated with me, I did not fully understand their meaning. 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