Listen Now: “Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings”

Suspect

Wondery | Campside

True Crime, Chameleon, Arpana Jinaga, Over My Dead Body, Matthew Shaer, The Shrink Next Door, Exhibit C, Eric Benson

4.2 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Millionaire businesswoman Pamela Hargan and her youngest daughter Helen are found dead in their family home. The strange and haunting crime scene puzzled investigators – was it a murder-suicide or was it staged to look like one? “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant examines the suspenseful case in a new 6-episode series, “Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings”. Detectives try to untangle mixed motives from mother-daughter discord to sibling rivalry, jealousy, and a family fortune. Here’s a preview of the first episode of the series. If you like this clip from “Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings” you can hear the rest of the episode wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hey Tracy Patton here.
0:01.6	Since you liked Suspect, we've got something new to share with you.
0:04.8	It's another podcast that winds through a complex investigation and a web of disturbing evidence.
0:10.3	It's called Blood is Thicker, The Hargan Family Killings, and it's a new limited series
0:15.2	podcast from the team at 48 hours. Host in 48 hours correspondent Peter Van Zann shares the story of Pamela Hargan, a millionaire businesswoman and
0:24.8	devoted mother who seemed to have it all until one day she and her youngest daughter
0:29.3	Helen were found dead in their family home. Blood as thicker unpacks the case of the Hargan killings,
0:35.0	revealing treacherous motives of jealousy, sibling rivalry,
0:38.8	and of family fortune.
0:40.2	I'm about to play you a clip from Blood is Thicker.
0:42.6	While you're listening, follow Blood is Thicker on Amazon Music or wherever you get your
0:46.4	podcast.
0:47.4	Okay, here's the clip.
0:48.6	Peter Van Zant takes us to the devastating scene when the Hargan family learns of Pamela and Helen's violent deaths.
0:55.8	Listen in as detectives share what made this case so unique and horrifying.
1:01.2	I can't believe this is happening, Dad.
1:05.0	Well, honey, we don't know what's happening, okay?
1:10.0	In the early evening hours of July 14th, 2017, Steve Hargan is trying to comfort his
1:16.3	oldest daughter Megan. This is not real. I am just praying to guys this is a
1:21.7	sick joke like the sickest joke ever.
1:25.8	They've received terrifying news.
1:28.5	Gunshots have been fired at the house Megan shares with her mother Pamela Hargan in McLean, Virginia. No one yet knows what has
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