Traumatic Reenactment

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

🗓️ 13 March 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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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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0:00.0	Rudevival is a production of C-13 originals, a division of Cadence 13, in partnership with TNT.
0:14.8	This story contains strong language and graphic and potentially disturbing content.
0:21.9	Discretion is advised.
0:23.9	I've never had a problem telling my story.
0:31.9	It's not something I've hid.
0:35.9	I'm not ashamed of it.
0:37.9	And it's actually kind of a little bit of a joke when somebody ever tells me they had
0:43.9	a hard time growing up and I'm like, wait, wait.
0:45.9	I'm worried you can tell you I win.
0:47.9	It is what it is.
0:55.9	It's a lot easier to get stronger from something than it is to dwell in the hate of something.
1:03.9	It's been easier for me because otherwise I'd be really fucked up.
1:11.9	I can say anything to Tamar right now, I would tell her, fuck you.
1:19.9	You know, how dare she treat her children this way?
1:25.9	Break up that radio.
1:29.9	Let me tell y'all a story.
1:31.9	Back in episode three, we told you that George Hadelle named his daughter Tamar after a famous poem with dark themes of incest.
1:39.9	And then when she was 14, he got her pregnant, was brought to trial, and was ultimately acquitted.
1:47.9	For Tamar, nothing would ever be the same.
1:51.9	On this episode, the ripple effect and how our grandmother Tamar Hadelle continued the awful cycle.
1:59.9	This is Root of Evil, the true story of the Hadelle family and the Black Dahlia.
2:07.9	I'm Roche, and I'm Yvette, and we're your hosts.
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