Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 4
Oct 30, 2023
Deep Throat, Operation Gemstone, two valiant reporters, and a secret 30 years in the making. Watergate was not a single scandal, but rather an avalanche of events and co-conspirators, all engaged in corruption to keep President Nixon in office. The stakes were so high that Nixon’s Special Security Advisor, G. Gordon Liddy, lived under fear of being assassinated, and the wife of Nixon’s Campaign Director & Attorney General was drugged and held captive in a hotel room to keep her silent. What was the “smoking gun” that led to the toppling of this enterprise? Was it the tapes Nixon secretly recorded, and the 18-minute gap, that ultimately pushed Nixon to be the first and only President to resign?
Writer, Host, and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder
Writers and Researchers: Amy Watkin, Mandy Reid, and Kari Anton
Production Coordinator: Andrea Champoux
Links to Full Episode:
Related Links:
- "Smoking Gun": Richard Nixon and Bob Haldeman discuss the Watergate break-in, June 23, 1972
- A visual timeline of the Watergate scandal
- Nixon’s resignation letter
- The subpoena for Watergate documents
- The subpoena for Watergate tapes
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