Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery Podcast
1) Ep. 1: The Tapes
Who was Karen Silkwood and why was her death so captivating that it spawned a Hollywood movie? We’ll meet two Oklahoma reporters determined to run down the facts. An investigator’s tapes rediscovered ...Show More
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3) The Crime Scene: Tupac Murder Suspect Speaks Out
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4) Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
Fifty years later, what can that original bumper tell us about the cause of Karen's accident? In our final episode, an accident reconstructionist combs through the original evidence, creates a compute...Show More
5) Ep. 4: The Investigators
Three investigators tried to solve the mystery of what happened to Karen Silkwood on that dark highway the night of November 13th, 1974. An accident investigator hired by the union believed so strongl...Show More
6) Ep. 3: Contaminated
We retrace the final days of Karen’s life: she’s been so badly contaminated by radioactive material that men in hazmat suits show up to inspect her apartment, strip much of it down to the studs, and s...Show More
7) Ep. 2: A Powerful Company
Karen Silkwood worked for Kerr-McGee, an oil and gas behemoth that was expanding into the nuclear power industry. Escalating production quotas lead to more accidents at the plant, and Karen quietly tr...Show More
8) Trailer: 'Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery'
Karen Silkwood’s death 50 years ago this November continues to haunt Oklahoma and the nation. The 28-year-old plutonium plant worker died in a fatal crash while driving to meet a reporter with The New...Show More