i heard this god awful scream. was this an accident? there was absolutely no allegation of evil intent. or something else? i m with more to her dead than i am alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. to outsiders, every marriage is a mystery. some who knew the couple in our story sought to people in love, others a marriage in trouble. but, all agree this husband and wife did have one thing going for them, they both loved hunting. they were also both excellent shots, so good they rarely missed whatever the target. here s keith moore with as darkness fell. twilight, the day going fast now, the meadow, a while in blackwood. what did she know, now as she studied, herself was it hours ago on did she know already back at the camp in the morning? where was it later, much later that they showed her the evidence, and darkness that swallowed them all. they call it the rock, this gorgeous island with this fishing and cove and mile after mile of woods. a place to fall in lo
babysitter, they moved out and got married. you might wonder what mary beth thought about it all. the shooting, the in laws, the accusations. the trial, barry. well of course, we did as well. we met with mary beth as she went about rebuilding life with the kids after spending all of those months in jail awaiting trial. she told us she avoids contact with the harshbarger s now, and for that matter, just about everybody in the towns surrounding her, where the gossip turns as usual. we made a date for an on camera interview so she could tell her side of the story, and then as the date approached, she changed her mind. won t do it, she said. don t care what anybody thinks about me, especially the harshbarger s. who are now only left with memories. the only thing we have left to remind us of mark s family pictures and of course, those two grandchildren, mark s children. lee harshbarger walked the
by this time, with some help from the harshbarger s, pennsylvania media had got wind of mark s death. local gossip feasted on what was a juicy story. accident or not? it would be pretty hard to be mistake a human. forebear mary beth, she kept her mouth shut. or at least in public. though, she did fight heart, eventually, successfully, to pry the very substantial insurance money from firms, which first refused to pay. , she started competing again in the local shooting contests. and, when it came to the kids, mary beth claimed the harshbarger is never asked to see them, but she prevented any contact with those children. and, you lost two grandchildren? yes, it s sad. it s a sad situation. then, finally, on the one year anniversary of mark s death, meredith called a local nbc station, wbrc, talk about a bench she put on her property.