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Markis, Hannah, Devonte, Abigail, Jeremiah, and Sierra Hart—six beautiful black children, ranging in age from 12 to 19—were all adopted by Sarah and Jennifer Hart, both white. On Jen’s Facebook page, it looked as if they were the perfect blended family, even earning the nickname “Hart Tribe” from friends. Then, on March 26, 2018, the family’s GMC Yukon was found belly-up on the rocks below California’s Highway 1. The news of the murder-suicide shocked their friends and made national headlines, leaving many wondering what possibly led to the fatal crash. Could these lives have been saved? Broken Harts, a new podcast from Glamour and HowStuffWorks, investigates this question with more than 30…
Jen Hart's Facebook posts meet the coroner's inquest; you'll want to know what each could not show.
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A funeral outfit becomes a thoughtful look at the rules and judgments around dressing for solemn occasions.
A funeral outfit problem gives this episode a clean, quietly revealing frame: how to dress respectfully when time is short, nothing fits, and the occasion leaves little room for trial and error.
Medication estimates, an unusual blood alcohol reading, and last-minute errands leave the family's final plan unresolved.
Broken Hearts follows a grim uncertainty in the family's final days: whether the evidence suggests a fixed plan or choices still forming. Sarah Hart's estimated antihistamine intake, the calculated dose units for Marcus, Abigail, and Jeremiah, and Jen's 0.10 blood alcohol…
A missing-child investigation reaches a coroner's inquest as hope gives way to evidence.
The search for Devonte shifts from fading hope into the formal grind of official inquiry. Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Ullman no longer treats the incident as an accident, while his team spends eight months searching the coastline for the missing children, reviewing the…
An online gaming friendship exposes the story Jen controlled, and the person she left out.
Broken Harts' "Stone-Cold Narcissist" tracks Jen through an online game where she appears as a forceful, highly competitive presence. Drew remembers that intensity, while another gamer describes clan members kept on a tight leash.
Measured true crime with uneasy questions.
Justine Harman, the former Glamour features director behind Broken Harts, talks with Perry Sametan on What I Wore When about dressing for her best friend’s funeral in DC.
Sarah Hart spent hours asking Google how to overdose, then drove with a blood alcohol level of 0.10.
This episode introduces the story of the Hart family murder-suicide and promotes other true crime podcasts.
The episode explores the murder-suicide of the Hart family and the search for missing children.
This episode introduces the Hart family murder-suicide case, detailing the family's background and the shocking event.
This episode introduces the story of the Hart family murder-suicide and promotes other true crime podcasts.
This episode introduces the podcast Broken Harts, which investigates the murder-suicide of six adopted children and their mothers.
Broken Harts’ “The Perfect People” examines how Jen and Sarah Hart’s carefully curated family image obscured work pressures, adoption challenges, and reported abuse concerns.
This episode introduces the Hart family murder-suicide case, detailing the family's online portrayal and the shocking event.
This episode introduces the story of the Hart family murder-suicide and promotes other iHeart podcasts.