Mayhem

The 1970s You Never Knew

In a world filled with scandals and secrets, economic chaos reigns. Revolution is in the air. War ripples at home and abroad, as America unravels into the decade of defiance.

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Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 12

It was supposed to be a picturesque and luxurious sightseeing tour over Antarctica. One filled with wonder and awe, in a tour that had cultivated a reputation for giving passengers the “trip of a lifetime.”

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 11

“You are now leaving Iranian air space!” It was a moment that dozens of hostages and their loved ones longed for with bated breath, for 444 days. Freedom. To be released and returned home. The Iranian hostage crisis captured the attention of the world, but how did we get there?

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 10

A religious leader with a raging drug addiction who led his following to a tragic end. A President with the hope of finding peace between Israel and Egypt. And a politician who was pivotal to the early LGBTQ+ rights movement, and lost his life in the process.

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 9

Did you know that Star Wars almost started a war in real life, over a sand crawler model? Would the film have been so wildly successful if someone else had been cast in the role of Han Solo, such as – let’s say – Christopher Walken?

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 8

A happenstance introduction to Charles Manson. Assassination attempts against President Ford– a man who was never elected to the vice presidency or presidency. And the kidnapping of college student and newspaper heiress, 19-year-old Patty Hearst, that rocked the nation.

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 7

Draft dodging. When did the draft lottery begin for the war in Vietnam, and who among America’s youth was hit the hardest? It was an un-winnable war, and thousands of high school graduates and college students refused to comply. What sparked these explosive protests nationwide?

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 6

A cover up that cost Nixon's presidency, a pardon that cost Gerald R. Ford his election, and a friendship dating back to the 1940s. It was the first time a President had been impeached, and the only time in U.S. history that a President resigned from office.

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 5

The right to privacy, a 22-year-old who went by the pseudonym “Jane Roe,” and one of the most famous court cases in United States history. We learn what happened leading up to Roe v. Wade, the fate of Norma McCorvey following the Supreme Court’s ruling, & how this piece of history echoes today.

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 4

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.

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 3

“The week that changed the world.” Was it a chance encounter at the World Tennis Championship in 1971, “Panda diplomacy” between the U.S. and Communist China, or a break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters by a team of 5 burglars, that drastically altered the trajectory of world history?

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 2

Secret Police, CIA operatives, The Pentagon Papers, and The Most Dangerous Man in America. There was a time in the not-so-distant past, when the nightly news changed the game in how Americans felt about the war in Vietnam, the first “television war.”

Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 1

Welcome to our new series, Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a journey through the Decade of Defiance, with all its scandals and secrets. As the decade devolved, Apollo 13 flew high above earth with the hope of landing safely on the surface of the moon.