cover of episode The Tapes, from Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery

The Tapes, from Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery

2024/11/12
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This chapter introduces Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old whistleblower who died under mysterious circumstances while attempting to deliver sensitive documents to a New York Times reporter. It explores the various investigations and theories surrounding her death, highlighting the ongoing mystery and its impact on Oklahoma and the nation.
  • Karen Silkwood was a plutonium plant worker who died in a fatal car crash while driving to meet a reporter.
  • She was reportedly carrying sensitive documents about safety conditions at her workplace.
  • The official narrative suggests she fell asleep at the wheel, but many speculate foul play.

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Sharing an episode of the new podcast Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery. It details the

death of a 28-year-old whistleblower which, 50 years later, continues to haunt Oklahoma and

the nation. The young plutonium plant worker died in a fatal crash while driving to meet a

reporter with The New York Times. She’d agreed to deliver sensitive documents that were never

found. Two reporters who covered the story in 1974 have spent years trying to piece together

what many in Oklahoma speculate: Karen Silkwood may have died for what she knew. Now,

hear newly-discovered investigative tapes, deathbed revelations and long-awaited interviews

reexamining what happened that night. Fifty years later, the story still resonates: nuclear

secrets, threats to the powerful, and why the truth stubbornly refuses to stay buried.

You can listen to more episodes of Radioactive at https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/radioactive-

the-karen-silkwood-mystery/

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