14 episodes
Broken Harts iHeart True Crime
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4.3 • 10.3K Ratings
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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 never-before-heard interviews. Cohosts and Glamour editors Justine Harman and Elisabeth Egan and reporter Lauren Smiley follow the family’s journey from South Dakota through Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington, and finally to that 100-foot cliff in California.
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"Fear"
In March 2018, two white moms and their six black kids drive off a California cliff. What are they running from?
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"If Not Us, Who?"
Jennifer and Sarah Hart adopt two sets of siblings in three years. Chaos ensues—with an undercurrent of something else. Something sinister.
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"The Perfect People"
Welcome to the fantastical world of the Harts. What's real? What's imaginary? And how does a private family end up in so many incredibly public moments?
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"My God, There's Six of Them"
The Harts' neighbors don't know what's going on with the family on the other side of the driveway. Until one day, Devonte Hart starts begging for food.
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"Owies"
The trouble starts when a teacher notices a bruise on Hannah Hart's arm. It follows Jen and Sarah Hart across three states, to the blue house in Woodland, Washington, where they're supposed to get a fresh start.
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"Beautiful Black Boys"
The Hart kids are "crack babies." Developmentally-delayed. The victims of racist attacks. There are so many family stories, but each one has the same theme: Jen and Sarah are saviors.
Customer Reviews
So many ads
A very interesting and tragic story, well researched and thoughtful.
Two quick cons: I totally understand why podcasts need advertisers but it’s really a lot in these short episodes. I also wonder a bit about the title “broken harts”? Is it worth the pun given this painful story?
Puzzling Telling of a Horrific Tale of Child Abuse
I found the editorial voice of this podcast disturbing. Referring to these two white women who adopted six black children and exploited and abused them as “their mothers” bothered me. These children had mothers and African American relatives who wanted to care for them.
These adoptive parents were narcissists who used these children to create an imaginary life as saintly figures meanwhile starving and abusing these kids. These black children were not Sarah and Jen’s children. They were not their mothers.
Shame on the cops and social workers who failed to protect these children and on the New Age festival goers who ignored all the signs of abuse and naively bought their fake narrative.
Seems poorly researched
Read a book that came out that talked about how poorly done this podcast was and it is. The document I saw was better researched I found.