I knew I had to write them down. She never wrote her any letters and never had any contact. To the Oct. 26, 2021, audience at the Council Bluffs, Iowa, Public Library who attended Duffy Hudsons performance delivering the words of Steve Hodel: You should know that virtually everything you heard was a lie. Oh! This is when I fell in love with True Crime. Thanks for the kind words. Yes, a most remarkable woman that like a mother bear did everything possible to protect her cubs. No, recent DNA testing has eliminated and dispelled the rumor that George Hodel was her father. Marie J: Thanks for the kind words and your response to the other comments by Layla. The local lead investigator has held to the notion that this was a thrill kill in the face of everyone else who all search for other answers and are so lost as to how this could happen. Yes, Im well aware of Mr. Harnischs derogatory comments over the past two decades. Black Dahlia: Steve Hodels Lies, Some Old, Some New. My mother when confronted and questioned by LADA Lt. Frank Jemison about George Hodel knowing both Elizabeth Black Dahlia Short and the second photo of Mady Comfort lied and denied knowing either woman. Very sad. This snapshot of Dorothy Hodel's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census. I, myself, am not using the term Negro Im quoting its use as told to me by Tamar when she described her father listed on her daughter Faunas 1952 birth certificate as Negro. Throughout my writings, I also use the term Negro on the physical descriptions of suspects as described by witnesses from the 1940s and LAPD officers. 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. 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.) Steve Hodel crafts his lies, mixed with truths, seemingly with authority. Poetic in itself, really. No, never did ID that victim. Ive been reading it all these years. THANK YOU for printing for story in her own words The Tamar Chronicles. 1. Hodel was also a powerful LA city official clamouring to be part of the upper echelon of. Thank you from all of us who still believe truth and journalistic integrity to be far more essential than the bizarre myth making of Steve Hodel. (1947) (This would have been just nine weeks after he murdered Elizabeth Short.) She (or he) brought up the question of Tamars possibly incestuous 1949 pregnancy. George's sidekick, Sepp, was. When Dorothy Hodel was questioned by investigators in 1950, she was living over a bait shop on Santa Monica Pier. Joe Barrett, a roomer at the Hodel residence cooperated as an informant. Emily S: Thank you for the kind words. She felt she was tricked into telling. Conspiracy theories about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the civil rights movement, relate to different accounts of the incident that took place on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. . Wish you a healthy new year. The reason being that her mother Dorothy Anthony Barbe Hodel was originally from Portland, Oregon and married a symphony conductor from that city. I and my brothers growing up were well aware of her many weaknesses. Yet, it very much is. I know all of this because I had many conversations with the real Fauna, a former gallerist and motivational speaker who, in a tragedy so apt for this irony-strewn true story, died of cancer while this TV series inspired by her life was being made. All his life he was fascinated by boxers. I attempt to examine and present many of the triggers for this in my separate books. SKH Note: Faunas autobiography would not be written until 2008, some five years after the publication of my book, Black Dahlia Avenger and some four years after Tamar wrote and sent me the below account of the facts, to be told in The Tamar Chronicles. Men like that dont change and remain flat earth believers until the end. I just learned of the TNT series. Ive wondered about her for years, but didnt know who or where to ask. News to me! She was self-educated, and a voracious reader whose lifelong passions were Art and love for Nature. Steve, At the same time, I would caution against using the expression you people. What a remarkable spirit your mother had! 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 ). Hodel moved into the "gothic pile" on Franklin and his ex-wife Dorothy and their children soon joined him. All relationship and family history information shown on FameChain has been compiled from data in the public domain. Elon Musk. Informant Lillian DeNorak [Lenorak] has been committed to the State Mental Institution at Camarillo. The fault is not necessarily with Hudson, except for his lack of skepticism. She tried many times to win back his love and hopefully her inheritance as well. I just finished this podcast and had to leave a comment to you and your whole family. (The reason being to hide the fact that a murder was committed during the electronic stakeout and they took no action, made no immediate response to the assault.) Keep your eyes fixed on the Eternal 1: CEO All my best, Steve. Harnisch has been on a childish rant ever since and keeps promising to publish his book any year now. read my books. whats next? Dorothy Hodel was born about 1911. and your heart fixed upon the Son Regards. Its jarring and can trigger strong feelings to come across outdated and offensive words, but in this case, Mr. Hodel was using such language only in a representative way quoting what was written on a birth certificate. Why didnt George quickly leave Philippine after divorce, Did he molest any of his kids with hortensia. Even then, I tend to leave room for the story to change, if that makes sense. Which meant we were living off an on at the Sowden/Franklin House at his pleasure so to speak. He has never had a fashionable practice. Through reading your book I have become so fascinated with all the different layers that become evident as the investigation progresses -the history, the location of places, the people, the family dynamic, the corruption in the LAPD, the lifestyle at that time, the way life moves on but still carries all the good and bad with it. In retrospect, have to love hearing the Gods laughing long and loudly. Thank you for this clarity. Add friend Advertisement Followers & Sources Source (s): Texas Department of State Health Services Other Records ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM Find records of William Hodel Birth records Have you heard of it? Hes been writing them for 18-years now, ever since my first book, Black Dahlia Avenger published in 2003. generally and administrative medicine. (3) to the best of my knowledge he didnt and doesnt know her. (4) i have nothing to tell you that would bear out any idea you may have that he did this. I expect you would have Mr. Burns go back and edit out all the live footage that clearly demonstrated and used the real-life 1920s and 1930s racist references to lynchings and the use of Nigger and Negro from the script. Who said so? Not at all. Thank you for allowing the public to know the truth. No relation to Anjelica. 1926 His mother, nee Dorothy Harvey, was married to director John Hustonand was Huston's first wife. Also, hope to put together a Documentary, miniseries to tell the full story in six or eight episodes. But I cant imagine how Id feel to uncover evidence that my parent had had a second career as a notoriously depraved serial killer. Gained noteriety in death as the subject of the 2003 book (authored by his son, Steve Hodel, a retired LAPD police homicide detective Supervisor) Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder. Here is a letter my mother sent me on my 33, birthday, in 1974. Copyright 2023 Steve Hodel. 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. As to your questions: conquered. Mind yourselves. You have all the respect in the world from me in your endeavors to bring the truth to light. I read Black Dahlia Avenger back in 2008 and I loved itI couldnt put it down. 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. Im well aware of what century this is. I began reading BDA because, like so many, I was always fascinated with the Black Dahlia murder. Dorothy is the owner of phone number (361) 242-1979 (Southwestern Bell). Bravo to you and your family. And I remembered the poem again, which entered my head like a gentle breeze, just like before. There were times when Dorothy Hodel was couldn't afford a residence and she and the children lived at the Sowden House. An end to appearance, facing us with the unavoidability of a body that will no longer enjoy, feel or express itself. Carr took the position, Could be him? 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. Died 12 Oct 1995 . The letter your mother wrote for your birthday (above) is one of the most beautifully written and sense-filled expressions of devotion and love that I have read. Paige: Thank you for very kind thoughts and Cherry Blossom poem. I hope you know that throughout all these years, not one drop of blood youve shed for the cause of goodness and Justice has been in vain. See how beautifully she communicates it here, with poetic elegance. You are a rare person to rise above a nightmare environment and land grounded. Be advised however, that you are every bit the man he knew you had become. 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? She also told me that she always loved George, always. I imagine he will, as I was saying, too, to this individual yesterday, when there is no longer profit or benefit for him to go on, or when the liabilities of lying outweighs the assets. Hodel was the son of a very prominent Los Angeles doctor named George Hodel. 3) Doctor faces accusation in morals case. But life is more complex That existence where people wont question things too much because like farm animals, they desire stability and structure. 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