Crystal | Betrayal Weekly

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3.7 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses domestic violence and sexual assault.

Crystal Harris escaped the man who terrorized her, and in the process, challenged the institutions that failed her.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.3	Hi, everyone. It's Andrea Gunning.
0:06.9	Before we start this episode, I want to let you know that we will be talking explicitly about the realities of domestic violence and sexual assault.
0:15.5	So please, be mindful with this episode.
0:22.7	I came up with my plan, which was, I'm going to buy a gun.
0:29.0	That's my way out.
0:31.0	I still remember walking into this gun store, thinking that I cannot believe this is my life. I can't believe this is my life.
1:05.9	I can't believe this is Betrayal, a show about the people we trust the most and the deceptions that change everything.
1:17.6	I have a thick skin. You're not going to be able to offend me. I don't ever give off a vibe of it's okay to mess with me.
1:26.9	That's Crystal Harris. Her story is one of an intimate and personal betrayal, but it's also a story of an institutional one.
1:30.3	Crystal grew up in the 70s in Southern California.
1:33.9	Which at the time was all orange groves.
1:38.0	We lived out in the middle of nowhere, and my parents were hippies.
1:41.5	From an early age, Crystal was confident.
1:46.0	I have pictured myself as an adult since I was little.
1:48.6	I mean, five years old.
1:54.7	And the vision that always came to me was a, quote, businesswoman.
1:58.9	You know, I saw myself with a briefcase and high heels.
2:05.4	She's always been the kind of person who visualizes what she wants and makes it happen.
2:07.9	I had my life all planned out.
2:13.7	Just as I saw myself as a businesswoman, I also saw myself as a wife and mother.
2:17.0	My plan was to graduate at 21. Hopefully I would have met my husband at some point in
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