11 episodes
Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia TNT / Cadence13
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- True Crime
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4.5 • 11 Ratings
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When Elizabeth Short, also known as The Black Dahlia, was brutally killed in 1947, it gripped the entire country. More than 70 years later, it remains America's most infamous unsolved murder. Many believe Dr. George Hodel was the killer, thanks to an investigation by Hodel's own son. But murder is just part of the Hodel family story, one filled with horrifying secrets that ripple across generations. Now, through never-before-heard archival audio and first-time interviews, the Hodel family opens up to reveal their shocking story. In this eight-part documentary series, sisters Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile, the great grand daughters of George Hodel, take a deep dive into their family history to try to figure out what really happened, and where do they all go from here? Root of Evil is the companion podcast to TNTs limited series I Am the Night. Inspired by the true story of the Hodel family, the series stars Chris Pine and comes from acclaimed Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins.
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Saved By The Ghetto
Fauna Hodel, a biracial girl living in Sparks, Nevada, finds out the truth about who she really is, where she came from, and her terrifying family history.
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A Skilled Surgeon
Former LAPD Homicide Detective, Steve Hodel, explains the identity of the Black Dahlia, the circumstances of her murder in 1947 Los Angeles, and how the LAPD's profile of her killer fit Steve's own father, George Hodel.
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George's Gift
A deeper look into the life of George Hodel and his children; his interests, his parties, and the horrifying incident in 1949 that would reshape the Hodel family forever.
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The Minotaur
Steve Hodel receives a phone call that pulls him out of retirement to investigate the Black Dahlia, a murder that had been ice cold for more than 50 years. The deeper Steve gets, the more he comes to accept his father was a sadistic killer.
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Traumatic Reenactment
The vicious cycle of family trauma continues as George Hodel's daughter, Tamar becomes a mother. Her children tell the heartbreaking story of growing up in a shockingly toxic environment.
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Supposin' I Did Kill The Black Dahlia
Steve Hodel uncovers a pile of evidence connecting his father, George Hodel, to the Black Dahlia murder.
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Customer Reviews
No evidence, a lot of drama
As a look into a deeply dysfunctional family, it’s an interesting listen. So many manufactured memories, rumours treated as facts and gaps in information filled with theories that serve the end result best. It’s like a soap opera.
But this was the podcast that made me realise the case for Hodell having killed Elizabeth Short is less than weak. There is zero proof. It does seem like the man was a piece of work, but even the more extreme sides of his supposed evilness come from a teenager who claimed she was raped by 18 men and then claimed to have raped her own brother who has no memory of it. By the time they started claiming the posing of Short’s body was in fact a homage to an artist the Hodell distantly knew (and the podcast makes it sound like they were close friends), I checked out. Absolute garbage.