True Crime Stories

I often tease my husband that I read and watch stories about true crimes so I know what not to do if I ever wanted to take him out.  He knows I am joking, and since it is now in print, I am hoping that my readers do also.  This is just such a case in which you have to wonder just how someone ever thought they could get away with this murder.  This case has all of the cliche's that come with crimes.  Hell the perpetrators could have put a neon light over their heads saying they did it and it would not make it more obvious.  Sure there are cases out there that have gone unsolved, but a large majority of them are caused by a bad investigation.  Sometimes things are simply not tested or preserved properly to accurately, or at least in a court of law, to ensure a conviction or even find a credible suspect.  However, it takes a real genius (please note the dripping sarcasm) to commit a crime simply in hopes that their case would fall into this category. ...

In 2002 Clara Harris became a household name.  News stations all over began airing a video taken by a private investigator that Clara had hired to follow her husband showing Clara running down her husband with her car and repeatedly running over him.   When the details started to emerge it divided the country, often by sex, as to what she should face.  There were those who thought she should have walked and that her husband, David, deserved it.  There were others who thought she should have been punished to some extent, many stating because she had David's 17 year old daughter with her in the car, but left off easier than most.  And, then of course there were those who believed "the book" should have been thrown at her.  The fact the crime took place in Texas could have worked for or against her.  Texas is notorious for being hard on criminals and it is said they have "an express lane" to the gas chamber but they also tend to give a lot of considerat...