🎙 Episode 95: Clara Harris — “Cracks in the Perfect Wife”
Part 1 of a multi-part series
Before the headlines…
Before the Mercedes…
Before the betrayal that would define her name—
Clara Harris built a life people envied.
In this first installment, host Sidney Smith takes us back to Bogotá, Colombia, where Clara’s story begins—with tradition, ambition, and a vision of the American dream. From top of her dental class to the polished image she curated in suburban Texas, this is the story of a woman determined to hold it all together. Until it started to fall apart.
📍 Location: Bogotá, Colombia → Friendswood, Texas
📅 Key Dates: 1968–1999
👥 Central Figures: Clara Harris, David Harris, Lindsey & Brian Harris
🧠 Themes: Identity, perfectionism, assimilation, family dynamics, emotional repression
📖 Next Episode Preview: Part 2 - "The Other Woman"
📚 Official Sources Used:
– Blood Will Tell: The Murder Trials of Clara Harris by Aimee Maddern
– Court transcripts and sentencing documents (Texas District Court Archives)
– Friendswood PD investigation files and arrest records
– Contemporary news coverage (Houston Chronicle, ABC13, and KHOU)
– National coverage and trial analysis (Dateline NBC, CourtTV, and CNN Archives)
– Retrospective profiles in Texas Monthly and People Magazine
– Oral interviews and background sources cited in Snapped (Oxygen Network)
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🎙 Produced in partnership with Sidney Smith Cre8tiv, LLC and the You Hear Good Things podcast network
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