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226: CoolSculpting & the Disappearance of Michele Harris


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Supermodel Linda Evangelista was feeling insecure about her body. Her thighs weren’t quite as slim as they used to be. Her jawline wasn’t quite as hard. A new cosmetic procedure called CoolSculpting seemed like the answer to her problems. The procedure was marketed as a non-invasive method for shrinking areas of stubborn fat. So imagine Linda’s surprise when the areas where she received CoolSculpting began to grow.

Then Brandi tells us about Michele Harris, a mother of four who went missing on September 11, 2001. In the months leading up to her disappearance, Michele and her husband Cal were in the middle of a contentious divorce. She’d begun dating other men. She got a part-time job. When she went missing, people suspected that Cal was to blame.

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
“Linda Evangelista is the latest to go to war against this fat-freezing company,” by Andrea Marks for Rolling Stone 
“Back in bloom: The rebirth of the indomitable Linda Evangelista,” by Sarah Harris for British Vogue 
“Linda Evangelista shares first photos of her body since fat-freezing nightmare: I’m done hiding,” by Jason Sheeler for People.com
“Linda Evangelista says she ‘looks forward to the next chapter’ after CoolSculpting lawsuit settles,” by Arielle Weg for Prevention
“What to know about CoolSculpting,” by Rachel Ann Tee-Melegrito for Medical News Today
“Linda Evangelista covers British Vogue after CoolSculpting procedure: ‘Miss my work so much,” by Edward Segarra for USA Today

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
“A Time To Kill” episode 48 Hours
“Disappearance of Michele Anne Harris” wikipedia.org
“9/11 horror limited investigation into upstate N.Y. mom’s disappearance”by David Krajicek, New York Daily News
“Michele Anne Harris” charleyproject.org
“Cal Harris Says Acquittal After 4th Murder Trial Was 'Total Relief,' How He and Kids Are Moving Forward” by Matt Gutman, Marc Dorian, Mike Repplier, and Lauren Effron, ABC News

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