In their last episode, Ashley and Megan talk about George Hodel's obsession with the surrealist art movement, which seemingly dictated his values and how he lived his entire adult life. Mark Nelson, author of The Exquisite Corpse, described surrealism as “an interplay of irrationality, eroticism, and violence…recurring in a broad array of writings and art.” Those sound like excellent themes to live by!

Trigger Warning: Generally explicit material.


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

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• https://giveusmorgue.com/

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-Audio editing by Jennifer Chen.
-Absolutely amazing research assistance by Celi Riojas.
-Sources:

• https://www.sleephealthjournal.org/article/S2352-7218(16)30119-X/fulltext
• https://stevehodel.com/2016/12/29/newly-discovered-man-ray-1969-lithograph-les-invendables-unsaleables-includes-surrealists-minotaur-homage-personal-friend-black-dahlia-killer-dr-george-hill-hodel/
• https://stevehodel.com/2019/09/22/fred-sextons-modernist-painting-death-of-monalita-becomes-fourth-post-black-dahlia-artwork-believed-linked-to-1947-murder-a-sexton-confession-on-canvas/
• https://www.ranker.com/list/120-days-of-sodom-acts/jacob-shelton
• https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/s/surrealism
• Gemma Taccogna: A Fred Sexton Survivor and Artist Extraordinaire
• https://www.britannica.com/art/Surrealism
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/07/marquis-de-sade-120-days-of-sodom-published-classic
• GEORGE HODEL’S EXQUISITE CORPSE(S): BEYOND THE BLACK DAHLIA
• Death of a Dream: The Black Dahlia
• https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203863204574346641329487698
• https://www.crimetraveller.org/2015/07/william-heirens-the-lipstick-killer/
• 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://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Avenger-Steve-2012-03-13/dp/B01JXSPKTA