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Podcast: Hitched 2 Homicide
Episode: The Scarsdale Diet Murder: Jean Harris and the Death of Dr. Herman Tarnower | Part 2 of 2
Description: Send Kris and Rob a Text Message!In Part Two of The Scarsdale Diet Murder, we pick up where the gunshots left off. Dr. Herman Tarnower—the cardiologist behind The Scarsdale Diet—was dead, and his longtime lover Jean Harris was in handcuffs. But the real battle had just begun.What followed was a 14-week media-frenzied trial, filled with courtroom theatrics, handwritten, ten page love letters, prescription drugs, and a defense that teetered between suicide attempt and emotional collapse. Prosecutors painted Jean as a jealous, calculating killer. The defense claimed she was a broken woman, unra...