Note: This episode was posted Tuesday 3/14, but we apparently accidentally set it to "private" sometime during the week. If you already listened to "Ep. 2: George Hodel" last week, please disregard this message. If you haven't yet listened to it, please listen to it before you listen to "Ep. 3: Tamar and Fauna Hodel", as much of episode 3 won't make sense without having listened to the second episode.

This season is based on one of Ashley's favorite podcasts of all time, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia. As the title explains, the podcast is about the murder of Elizabeth Short (aka "the Black Dahlia"), as well as the Hodel Family.

In this season, we'll explore the man behind the mystery of who killed Elizabeth Short, George Hodel, and the generational wake of terror and destruction that he left, causing members of his own family to name the podcast the "Root of Evil" after him.

In our second episode, Ashley and Megan from Give Us Morgue, dig further into Elizabeth Short's murderer, George Hodel. Hodel was a genius, with an IQ one point higher than Einstein- he was literally an evil genius. A highly regarded doctor who allegedly raped and murdered multiple women.


Trigger warning for sexual assault and incest.

Special thanks to Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile for allowing us to tell their family's story. We respect the hell out of these incredible women.

Find the podcast that this season is based on, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia, here:

• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-of-evil-the-true-story-of-the/id1450277129

Find Rasha and Yvette's current podcast, Facing Evil, here:

• https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-facing-evil-98407485/

Find Megan from Give Us Morgue here:

• https://giveusmorgue.com/

Follow Give Us Morgue on:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giveusmorgue/

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-Audio editing by Malissa Coulson.
-Absolutely amazing research assistance by Celi Riojas.
-Sources:

• https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/elizabeth-short-the-black-dahlia
• https://hodel17.rssing.com/chan-41230136/all_p9.html
• https://pleasekillme.com/black-dahlia/
• https://nexttribe.com/tamar-and-fauna-hodel/
• https://stevehodel.com/biography/
• https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Avenger-Presenting-Investigation/dp/0983074445
• https://www.amazon.com/Exquisite-Corpse-Surrealism-Dahlia-Murder/dp/B000WZTZOU
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-of-evil-the-true-story-of-the/id1450277129
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root-of-evil-the-true-story-of-the/id1450277129
• https://la.curbed.com/2015/10/28/9906764/sowden-house-george-hodel-black-dahlia