When Pamela Hargan and her youngest daughter Helen were found dead in their home, it was a shock of the highest order. From the outside looking in, Pamela, a millionaire business woman, and her close knit family had it all. But as investigators puzzled over the bizarre crime scene, a very different picture would emerge.

Journalist Peter Van Sant sheds light on this American tragedy in his hit podcast Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings.

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