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19: Grаndmа Kіllѕ Нuѕbаnd Оvеr Аffаіr… АGАІN?! Тhе Ѕhосkіng Ѕtоry оf Colleen Harris

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The Criminal Makeup

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Hey guys! Today we're in California again for the story of Colleen Harris and there's a good chance that you've probably never heard of this case before. But I was shocked when I found out what she did! Hope you enjoy listening! xoxo

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal Maker podcast.

0:15.4

Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history and today

0:20.2

we're going to be talking about the case of Colleen Harris.

0:23.8

So Colleen Harris was a 73 year old grandma and back in 2015 she went on trial for murder.

0:32.8

And that is pretty shocking isn't it?

0:35.1

You just don't normally think of a 73 year old grandma being a murderer, they're not

0:40.8

exactly your typical murder suspect are they?

0:43.2

So of course as soon as it hit the news that this 73 year old grandma had murdered someone

0:48.3

it did become a little bit of a media sensation.

0:50.9

Colleen was on trial for the murder of her 72 year old husband Bob who she was accused

0:56.1

of murdering after she discovered that Bob was having an affair.

1:00.4

But in a shocking turn of events it turns out that this was not the first time that Colleen

1:06.4

had faced trial for the murder of one of her husbands.

1:09.9

She was also charged with an eerily similar crime almost 30 years before this.

1:16.3

Is that just a really weird coincidence?

1:19.0

It's all suspicious, that is what we're going to be talking about today so let's dive in.

1:30.3

So Colleen Harris was born on the 28th of March 1942 making her an aries.

1:36.8

She was born in San Francisco and she had two siblings and not much is known about Colleen's

1:42.2

childhood and I always like to look into the background the childhood of the criminals

1:46.6

in these stories because I do think that it can shed some light into why they turn out

1:51.6

the way they do and why they commit certain crimes.

1:54.8

So for today's case we don't really know too much but we do know that after she graduated

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