Black Dahlia Part 2: The John Sowden House (Los Angeles, CA)

Dark House

House Beautiful/Hearst

Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

With a better understanding of the victim, Elizabeth Short, Hadley and Alyssa set their sights on the Black Dahlia’s suspected killer: prominent California doctor George Hodel. Dr. Hodel lived in the John Sowden House—Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.'s surrealist magnum opus in Los Feliz—from 1945 to 1950, until he abandoned his family and fled the country after the home was bugged by the district attorney's office. Following the trail of a popular theory, the hosts explore the history of Sowden House, from its magnificent Mayan Revival architecture and many former owners to the events and evidence that have led many to believe it was the site of Elizabeth Short’s murder. CREDITS Alyssa Fiorentino - Co-host & Producer Hadley Mendelsohn - Co-host & Producer Jessy Caron - Producer & Audio Editor Jacob Stone - Sound Editor & Mixer To advertise on the show: https://www.advertisecast.com/DarkHouse or email us at [email protected]. RELATED LINKS Sowden House, 5121 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles (PHOTOS): https://bit.ly/3PBihm5 ‘Black Dahlia Avenger’ by Steve Hodel: https://amzn.to/468kDj4 Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia (PODCAST): https://bit.ly/45iciIU Historic American Buildings Survey, Sowden House (PDF): https://bit.ly/3ZwglA1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	In the episode, Fana says that she felt something otherworldly while she was in the basement
0:35.1	and that it just immobilized her.
0:37.2	She kept repeating, I can't move, and that it just immobilized her. She kept repeating,
0:38.0	I can't move, and I know she's here.
0:52.7	Hello, everyone.
0:55.7	Hi, I'm Melissa Farentino.
0:59.3	And I'm Hadley Mendelsohn, and you are listening to Dark House.
1:00.5	We're your hosts.
1:05.6	If you're new here, in each episode, we tell the story of a house that's infamous for one reason or another.
1:10.5	We research who lived there, who died there, and the events that led to the home's infamy.
1:16.0	Last week, we learned about Elizabeth Short's life in 1940s, L.A., through the letters and stories from people who knew the murder victim, aka the Black Dahlia, which also gave us a better
1:21.6	sense of who she was before her death overshadowed the details of her life. We also used
1:26.4	newspapers, census records, and investigative files to piece together Elizabeth's movements leading up to her horrific death. Then we went over some of the many suspects and from there explored why investigators thought a skilled surgeon was the killer, which brings us to today's episode, where we'll meet one of the
1:45.0	DA's most compelling suspects. George Hodel, a doctor who lived in Los Felice. Today, we'll start
1:51.1	by zooming out to Los Felice, one of LA's oldest and most iconic hillside neighborhoods just northeast of
1:57.3	Hollywood, where suspect Dr. George Hodel lived and committed a handful of crimes,
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