This season was A LOT. So many people, places, incidents, etc. to keep track of, especially over the course of a month. Here we've taken out the intros and outros from episodes 2, 3 and 4 so that you can just follow the story straight from start to finish. You didn't ask for it, but we think you'll really enjoy a re-telling in a more straight forward and easy to follow manner! The full four episodes were too long to upload together so we've split it into 2, easy to listen to in a row, episodes.

This season was 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, Ash and Megan, from Give Us Morgue, explored 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 their first episode, Ashley and Megan, dug into the murder of the Black Dahlia and introduced the man who killed her, George Hodel.
Trigger warning for graphic details of sexual assault, torture, and mutilation.

-In their second episode, Ashley and Megan, dug 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.

Listen to the Part II to hear episodes 3 and 4!


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/

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• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/give-us-morgue/id1520089727

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