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. His parents, George Hodel Sr. and Esther Hodel, were of Russian Jewish ancestry. George Hodel was a notorious Los Angeles doctor whose sexual proclivities and surgical knowledge have led many to believe that he killed Elizabeth Short. 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. Despite Fauna's light skin and blue eyes, Tamar claimed her father was black. Fauna later learned her origins, which revealed her connection to the controversial 1949 incest trial of George Hodel on accusations by Tamar as well as George Hodel's connection to the still-unsolved Black Dahlia case. Inka: So sick. Dr. Hodel obtained criminal defense attorney Jerry Giesler and was acquitted after a three-week jury trial. [1] Told she was multiracial, Fauna was raised by Jimmie Lee Greenwade (later Faison)[2] and given the name "Patricia Ann Greenwade". Fauna II's full name is Deborah Elizabeth and she was 18 at the time. In January 2019, the American TV network TNT simultaneously aired two "companion" productions. Ill admit, the expression sets my teeth on edge, as it seems I only ever hear it when some jackass is making a belittling comment to someone, attempting to make the person feel they are other than what is acceptable. She is included in my LA Lone Woman Murders and the circumstantial evidence is quite strong. Remember, this case came to me, I didnt go to it. You are a rare person to rise above a nightmare environment and land grounded. It just seems like itd be difficult to do the things youve insisted he did if the man understood the nature of love and had his humanity intact} Now real linkage or evidence, but then my book, Black Dahlia Avenger came out two years later and presented real evidence and the secret DA files showing George Hodel was the No.1 suspect all along and the top brass all separately and in secret claimed the case was solved and Dr. Hodel did it Harnisch, abandoned by Det. 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. read my books. When others listen to Root of Evil my bothers statements bear out mine, as to the warped relationship she keep with George. Fauna Hodel is likely the child of Tamar Hodel; George may have been her father. 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: I had to talk to him for her sake when she they had a falling out, and only talk to me for her. [9] [10] In 1951, Tamar gave birth to her daughter Fauna at age 16 after being raped by a boy in her neighborhood. 1. That happened. (See full description and details in Tamars own words as to the how and why of it below.). She said she didnt know. My Irish roots are on my maternal grandfathers side. 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. Thanks. Also, how this also ties in with the fact that a hobby of your fathers what photography? My heart felt condolences go out to each one of them. Thank you so much for sharing your deeply personal story with us. Tamar Nais Hodel formerly Anthony 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 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. Faison was told that a mixed race baby was being born and the mother was too young to keep it. In any case, I just wanted to put that out there. A third recanted her earlier testimony and refused to come forward, with one theory being that Hodel threatened her into silence. Fauna was born to a 16-year-old, Tamar Hodel, in 1951. )for that specific linkage. Tamar's mother, Dorothy, gave the baby Fauna to Jimmie Lee, a black maid in a Nevada casino. Were doing okay I wish yours had acted sooner.. ( my sister and her family ), Olivia P: Assume you are referring to the below paragraph. But, by following the evidence I was forced to come to the slow realization that he was in fact guilty of that crime and more to my horror multiple serial crimes in LA. I Do not know if youre religous but it seems there had to be something outside yourself guiding you to keep digging. 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. 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. You wrote you people not in bad faith, but as a result of your misinterpretation. . Its confusing because of the two Faunas. I never visited Ireland, but would love to see it someday. 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. PLEASE CORRECT. They are amazing young women. 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. Perhaps Deborah fell by changing her name to Fauna would help her get more love from her mother? They corroborate your findings surely its more than bad PR? By confirming my investigation they would confirm that fact, which they apparently decided is not acceptable. 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. From hair trends to relationship advice, our daily newsletter has everything you need to sound like a person whos on TikTok, even if you arent. Of course, my niece, Fauna in real life never met my father, nor was she ever at the Sowden/Franklin House until long after his death in 1999. Released from juvenile detention to her mother's house, she got pregnant again after a boy in the neighborhood raped her. Short's relatives also disagreed that the photos in Hodel's album were of Short. According to George, A sexual relationship between a father and a daughter is normal. I imagine they are heartened that someone is working so tirelessly to solve her case. And I just got a chill upon reading that he told her to name her doll Elizabeth. Deborah is Tamars daughter, my niece fathered by Folksinger Stan Wilson, who changed her name to Fauna II some years later. 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. Also, how did he explain the homage to Elizabeth Short? 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. 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. 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. I have always wondered how Tamars relationship with your father resumed after the incest trial. Fauna's story technically begins in 1951, when 16-year-old Tamar Hodel gave birth to a baby girl. This started up again when she married my father Stan Wilson. Tamar and her half-brother, Steve, remember their father's house as a place. Sadly, that cannot change. 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. Hi Steve, Thankyou! But, I guess I would mainly want to pursue the WHY? I just wish we knew more about stopping these crimes before they start. the Black Dahlia. Interesting, compelling, and disturbing. Fauna's birth father was unknown, and the troubled Tamar gave up Fauna for adoption. LAPDs refusal to look at it has I think, all to do with IMAGE. Man Ray took at least two photographs of George and Dorothy Hodel's children in 1945. Just seeing things from both sides. My mother was similar and I suspect there was some atleast emotional incest in her past. She (or he) brought up the question of Tamars possibly incestuous 1949 pregnancy. Christina M.G. Lisa K: I havent watched the miniseries either, the trailer was enough to tell me is is 95% fiction. Hyde that won the battles for his psyche. Homer Faison with Fauna at about 5 years old. I think she lived in the room next to mine. No movement on DNA testing by LAPD. Well, as you know from reading BDA I started out confident I would be able to exonerate my father and easily prove he had no involvement in the horrific crime. 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. They can't prove it now. The other part of me hates the stronger monster inside him, the evil Mr. Death: March 08, 1982 (75) Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA, United States. If nobody is calling you or those you love crackers, then you can see why negro is offensive you disrespectful mutant. Fauna Hodel. Only source on it is Ancestry.com He was a copyeditor of the LA Times who had dreams of solving the Black Dahlia Murder with Statements by Tamar Hodel verify George Hodel's relationship to the artist in 1947, 1948, and 1949. Hard to have a conversation with a serial killer/psychopath and or to get any straight answers from him. Zack, the host of the show, had an agenda different than hers. Amnon had to finagle a way to get Tamar to visit him because the king's children dwelled in different abodes. Again, all about IMAGE. So many suffer for others wrongdoings. I have followed this entire story through my childhood into adulthood and it amazes me how strong and telling you are. As far as the hosts of Root of Evil, I had never actually met my great niece Rasha prior to our appearance on the Dr. Phil Show a few months back and had only met her sister, Yvette on two brief occasions, with her mother Fauna, more than a decade past. Updated addition. Hodel's unique perspective on adoption, race relations, and her family history led her to write the unreleased 1991 film Pretty Hattie's Baby, directed by Ivan Passer and starring Alfre Woodard. [2] The full details of the investigation came to light only in 2003, when a "George HodelBlack Dahlia File" was discovered in archives at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. Hodel was effectively a polygamist: in the late 1940s, around the time of the deaths of Spaulding and Elizabeth Short, Hodel was living with "Dorero" and their three children; his first legal wife Dorothy Anthony and their daughter Tamar; and, at times, his original common-law wife, Emilia, mother of Hodel's eldest child (by that time an adult). Thoughtprint Press) presenting possible crimes committed in Northern and Southern California by George Hodel in the 1920s and 1930s. Hi Joan. Fauna never met George Hodel and was never in the Sowden/Franklin House until long after her grandfathers death in 1999. When you first realized that, how did you feel? Best, Steve, Thank you for your ceaseless commitment to the truth, Steve. It is a bit eerie having been born in 1951 myself near LA and flashbacks of those real times. Again, there's not too much information out there, but at the time. Meagan: No, it happened. Hodel had two children, Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro. 3. George Hodel was incapable of love, real love, to her or anyone. Did Dr. Hodel molest Tamar? If not George, who was the father of that baby? [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. Do you believe that she wanted you to become a police detective in order to uncover the truth about george ? 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. I had the idea that George was her father. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Steve. is there any further movement on the testing of the DNA on the envelope, which your father sealed? Surely you would have seen through her lies relating to age and background with george . Here I was fascinated reading this. I was speechless listening to the part about your discovery of the receipts for the concrete and fertilizer. 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. 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. I know he had Martin's instructions were that his letter was to be opened only in case of harm coming to either of his daughters. In the end, by following the evidence, it took me in the exact opposite direction. At least eight witnesses claimed first-hand knowledge of a 1946 relationship between Short and Hodel, then back in Los Angeles from China. 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. I fear that she was never IDd. 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. Much appreciated. Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Print Reddit Tumblr Loading. Unfortunately there are probably many people who were not convicted due to their standing in the community or being able to buy off officials in those days. That is what she told me. I was a bit disturbed when she was on board with the production of the highly fictionalized version of her life. That true version of her life was dramatic enough in and of itself without going along with the storyline of the miniseries. I admire you for uncovering all this and for answering everyone here. One question I cant get out of my mind: Did anyone ever determine who may have been screaming during the police recording? Tamar Hodel, the daughter in that 1949 case, tells a story that supports the notion that her physician father killed the secretary. 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. Along the way, she'll meet her half-siblings. After moving to Hawaii, Tamar had three sons: Peace, Love (now a pro surfer), and Joy to the World Hodel. Fauna with her two daughters Rasha, left and Yvette right. In the evening, a cook shot himself in the head while inside his hotel room after failing to reconcile with his wife and child. George Hodel was accused of raping his 14-year-old daughter Tamar there in . Best, Steve. Tamar's childhood was no less than a nightmare, as she was first sexually assaulted by her father at 11 years. 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. I remember she never came back and we all wondered why. Maybe I did kill my secretary. 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. Former piano child prodigy Hodel was a physician who served as the Los Angeles County Health Director in the 1940s. Under the pretext of illness, he petitioned their father, King David, to send Tamar and her culinary skills his way. Depravity and lawlessness exuded from the walls of her home, where her father George . No, recent DNA testing has eliminated and dispelled the rumor that George Hodel was her father. That was created from the fictional mini-series, I Am The Night which is 95% fiction. Fauna Hodel was born in August, 1951. Much appreciated. To my knowledge, none of the living relatives ever 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 ). (1947) (This would have been just nine weeks after he murdered Elizabeth Short.) Wishing you and yours continued health in the very difficult times. He had no part in the naming. 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. She took George to trial in 1949 under the accusations that he had raped . I' ve contemplated factors. Aloha: Directed by Carl Franklin. I am too busy working on active cases." 20 Who was Tamar Hodel's biological mother? his own suspect, a Dr. Walter Baylety who lived a short distance from the vacant lot. Im sure it wasnt easy for you to figure out what your father was.. Talk about racist. (1921-1969). It seems that Tamar's teen angst was too much for her mother . I applaud you for continuing to fight for justice for all of Georges victims. I particularly remember she had a picture on her bureau and Im reasonably sure it was her father. If I think about your father at length, I feel deeply uneasy. When I did meet my sister I was excited, we were twins. 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. Involuntarily worldly. He asked her if GHH was her father, and other prurient questions. Sometimes you have to heal the best way you know how and your feelings are very valid. 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.)