Broken Harts

4.5

(682)

2025

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.

True Crime

Society & Culture

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iHeartPodcasts and Glamour

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Release Date

1/2/2025

Explicitness

Clean

Country

USA

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"Mystery...thought provoking "

Soapbox Stephanie

"Such a terribly sad story. Those poor children. "

Ashley M

"It's all pretty crazy! "

Taylor

"Loved this! I learned about this story on an episode of Atlanta, but this retelling was incredibly detailed! Hosts did such a great job!"

Camra Fuller

"I honestly think it was one of the most horrific things I've ever listened to but an important listen. It shows a MASSIVE lack of oversight in the adoption system and more horrifyingly exposes the real life consequences of "white saviorism" and believing in what you see in social media. You spend the whole podcast hoping you can find a way to build a time machine before it ends so you can find a way to stop this from happening. "

Kat Chapman

"It’s well done and super sad. "

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Nwandimma Ikpeowo

"This was riveting. There is so much to unpack, not just the deaths, but how the family lived with so little oversight or protection for these children."

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Anita waldron

"No...its just a retelling if true events so it's best to just listen to them in order. "