Sisters Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile are carrying their mother's torch shining the light on the darkness after coming to terms with the fact that their great grandfather George Hodel was the prime suspect in the most notorious unsolved murder of the 20th century.

Their mother Fauna Hodel always told them: "You are not this supposed evilness that we come from. You are pure love and light because you come from me."

TW: Some material may not be suitable for young ears.

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vespoli is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Learn more about Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile on our website 2lives.org.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. Episode transcripts are posted on our  website.

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vespoli is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. 

Sisters Rasha Pecoraro and Yvette Gentile have dedicated their lives to shining a light in the dark because that is what their mother deeply ingrained in them after she broke the shame cycle.

They’ve just released the second season of their podcast “Facing Evil.” The sisters are better known for their first true crime podcast “Root of Evil,” where they open up about their great grandfather’s connection to the Black Dahlia murder. 

I think you’ll agree that 2 Lives and Facing Evil are kindred podcasts. I’m so excited to share their story with you in season 7 of 2 Lives coming up April 18.

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vespoli is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. Episode transcripts are posted on our  website.

A nurse teaches health professionals how to orchestrate a death after her two year old son died. She learned she had to experience his death with all her senses before she could accept and believe it.

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vespoli is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. Episode transcripts are posted on our  website.

Find out more about Jessica Diefenbach and Project 660 at our website 2lives.org.

Michelle Grua is a woman of science. As a pediatric anesthesiologist, for many years she believed only what she could see, hear, and touch. She trusted data and research. But when her dead husband reached out from beyond the grave in ways she could not deny, she had to reconcile science with the super natural. 

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vespoli is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions and in this episode two songs courtesy of Michelle and Kenton Grua.

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TW: Mention of suicide. The national suicide prevention lifeline is 988.

Czarina Salido helps Native girls get to space camp because as a child she found solace in the stars but no one looked like her in her math and science classes.

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vespoli is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. Episode transcripts are posted on our  website.

Find out more about Czarina Salido and Taking Up Space on our website 2lives.org.

After hating her body for 35 years Adiba Nelson became a burlesque performer celebrating her curves and scars to show her daughter, who was born with a disability, how to embrace her own body.

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vispoli is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. 

Find out more about Adiba Nelson and her books at 2lives.org. Episode transcripts are posted on our website.

This season is supported by the Women's Foundation for the State of Arizona.

Stephanie Keeler raises her two boys with fierce honesty after her own mother hid her depression. But it took facing her own suicidal ideations before understanding how her mom got to such a dark place.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 988. Go to 2lives.org for more resources.

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vispoli is the assistant producer. Annie Gerway is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. Episode transcripts are posted on our  website.

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

Kiersten Parsons Hathcock became a reluctant medium after she discovered an unexpected psychic talent. Today Kiersten helps investigators around the country solve missing children cases, and the spirits have helped Kiersten uncover and heal from her own traumatic past.

TW: We mention an incident of sexual abuse in this episode.

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vispoli is the assistant producer. Annie Gerway is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. Episode transcripts are posted on our  website.

Find out more about Kiersten Parsons Hathcock and the Women's Foundation for the State of Arizona at our website 2lives.org

2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.” Stories of transformation.

Just a few months before her baby was due Maria del Carmen’s own mother died. Still grieving the loss of her mom after her daughter’s birth she spiraled into postpartum depression. It was in a moment of despair that she realized she needed two things: to connect with other mothers and her mother’s recipes.

2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales, story edited by Ruxandra Guidi. Lauren Vispoli is the assistant producer. Annie Gerway is our illustrator and web designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Become a 2 Lives patron at https://www.patreon.com/2lives

Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. Episode transcripts are posted on our  website. Learn more about Maria Del Carmen Parra Cano, the Cihuapactli Collective, and the Arizona Women's Foundation for the State of Arizona at our website 2 Lives.org