Bitter Harvest
Ann Rule
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1995 · Prairie Village, Kansas
Debora Green & the Farrar children
The story behind Bitter Harvest
A 1995 fire at Debora Green’s Kansas home killed two of her children; another daughter escaped. Investigators determined the fire had been deliberately set and also investigated the poisoning of Green’s estranged husband. Green entered no-contest pleas to murder and attempted-murder charges in a case that exposed violence within a family of physicians.
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Deadly Women — The Sacred Bond (2010)
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Arson, Adultery and Murder: The Story of Dr. Debora Green
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released September 1, 2021. About 105 minutes.
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A Mother's Hate: The Crimes of Dr. Debora Green, Pt 1
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released April 28, 2023. About 42 minutes.
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A Mother's Hate: The Crimes of Debora Green, Pt 2
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released May 5, 2023. About 46 minutes.
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The Doctor of Death : Debora Green
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released July 29, 2025. About 47 minutes.
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KILLER: Debora Green | Prairie Village, KS 1995
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released December 11, 2019. About 66 minutes.
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First, Do No Harm: The Murders of Tim and Kelly Farrar
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released September 5, 2017. About 156 minutes.
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Debora Green
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released June 23, 2019. About 70 minutes.
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True Crime Convos – Debora Green
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released April 23, 2022. About 75 minutes.
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#126 Female Family Annihilators: Debora Green (Attempted)
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released December 1, 2022. About 78 minutes.
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Episode 34 Debora Green and the Story of the Modern Day Medea
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released March 11, 2021. About 63 minutes.
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Dr. Debora Green
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released February 24, 2026. About 65 minutes.
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Episode 38: Debora Green: The Mother Who Murdered
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released March 2, 2022. About 35 minutes.
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#119 Debora Green: "Nie wiem dlaczego go poślubiłam"
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released January 22, 2023. About 45 minutes.
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la cruel venganza de Debora Green.
Podcast coverage of the Debora Green & the Farrar children case. Released September 21, 2023. About 51 minutes.
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Bitter Harvest — Ann Rule (Audiobook)
Mary Beth Hurt narrates Rule’s account of the Debora Green case. Borrowing requires a participating library account; your library determines availability.
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Bitter Harvest — Audiobook
Ann Rule. Related reading for Debora Green & the Farrar children. Check participating libraries for this edition. Borrowing requires an eligible library card; availability and waits vary.
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Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule
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Bitter Harvest
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Search reviewed 2026-09-16. Sources searched: Google Books, Internet Archive, Open Library, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Magazine, The Atavist Magazine, hoopla, Simon & Schuster, Google Books (case/title search), Scribd, Everand, OverDrive and hoopla (combined title search). Search indexing is incomplete; this is not an exhaustive list of the web. Access can change by edition, country and library membership. Library loans may require sign-in or a wait. Everand titles may need a paid subscription; a trial is not permanent free access. Scribd documents are third-party uploads, with uploader details noted where checked. We link to source pages and write our own descriptions rather than reproducing copyrighted books.
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The Kansas City Star · 1996-04-18 · Page 1
Green enters no-contest pleas
Front-page reporting covers Green’s pleas in the fatal house fire and her attorneys’ explanation of the decision.
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Internet Archive · Library record · 1998
Bitter harvest : a woman's fury, a mother's sacrifice
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Forensic Files : CNNW : June 28, 2015 12:30am-1:01am PDT
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Green v. Koerner — habeas appeal order
The Tenth Circuit’s order addressing Debora Green’s request to appeal the denial of federal habeas relief following her no-contest pleas.
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- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
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- February 12, 2009
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Obscura: A True Crime Podcast
S2E13: Debora Green - The Farrar Family
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The Doctor of Death : Debora Green
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