Introducing Root of Evil

Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia

TNT / Cadence13

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.6 • 18.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

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 TNT's 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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0:00.0	It's homicide file number DR 295771, the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, the Black
0:13.0	Talia.
0:16.4	You may have heard of the Black Talia.
0:18.8	It was the name given to Elizabeth Short, a woman who was savagely killed in Los Angeles
0:24.0	in 1947.
0:26.2	Her body was cut in half and posed to horrifying effect.
0:38.5	The crime scene photos are out there, but a little warning, you can never unsee them.
0:45.3	It's part of the reason that more than 70 years later, it's still the most famous unsolved
0:50.4	murder in American history.
0:53.6	Black Talia stories have been told for decades.
0:57.0	My sister and I have heard them since we were little, because we were told that the killer
1:02.5	was part of our family.
1:06.0	You out there.
1:07.0	You will think you've committed the perfect murder.
1:10.0	Listen, someone's listening to this program is going to bring you to justice.
1:15.4	Her body was his canvas, and his scalpel was his paintbrush.
1:22.5	His uncle, and for 20 years, he's been uncovering evidence, luring him closer to the devastating
1:29.7	truth.
1:30.7	It was just like one of these kind of flash moments where this is it, this is why he did
1:35.9	it.
1:36.9	It was the first time I started thinking like my father.
1:41.9	But this isn't just a Black Talia story.
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