The Mercedes Killer

On July 24, 2002, Clara Harris caught her husband in the act of infidelity.

In a violent rage, she takes matters into her own hands, quite literally, mowing him down with her Mercedes-Benz in a hotel parking lot. Though she later claimed she had intended only to hurt, not kill, him, the jury didn’t buy it. They dealt her a cool twenty years behind bars. Her cheating husband, on the other hand, did not get out with his life.

Moral of the story? Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially when she's driving a luxury sedan.

This episode was written for Parcast’s Female Criminals show.

Listen to Part 1 here.

Listen to Part 2 here.