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Mystery week! Host Jeryl Spear covers compelling mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
• Sequestered podcast told from the perspective of juror #11, Sarah Reed, who shares her experience during a high-profile Tennessee murder trial where she was completely isolated from the outside world
• Murder 101 features high school sociology students who solved cold cases that baffled police for decades, challenging stereotypes about Generation Z
• The Unbearable Itch from Mr. Ballen's Medical Mysteries chronicles a woman's horrifying experience with an unrelenting head itch so severe that she required psychiatric hospitalization
• Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery investigates the suspicious 1974 death of nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood with new evidence and recordings
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Speaker 1 (00:21):
Welcome to One Good Thing Media, your official
podcast review channel.
We search the vast digitallandscape on a daily basis to
discover the best shows thatpodcasters have to offer.
Are you ready to discover newfavorites to add to your
playbook?
Stay tuned and listen to hostGerald Spears' latest podcast
reviews.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Hello, lovelies, welcome to One Good Thing Media,
your official podcast reviewchannel, where you can find out
what's hot in this fascinatingmedia landscape.
For those of you who are new toour show, my name is Gerald
Spear and I am the host andcreator of our podcast.
(01:11):
I'm also a self-professedpodcast junkie who spends hours
each day scouring the podcastlandscape to discover, and fall
in love with, a variety of showsthat I love sharing with our
listeners.
Today's episode is all aboutmystery true or fantastical
(01:34):
stories that pique our curiosityand send our minds into
overdrive.
If you love a great whodunit,this episode will prove to be a
goldmine for your playlist ofpodcast mysteries.
I'll be covering a remarkablestory about a group of Gen Z
high school students whoenrolled in a sociology course
(01:57):
only to end up solving a stringof heinous crimes that had
baffled police for decades ofheinous crimes that had baffled
police for decades, plus aninvestigative podcast that
explores the case of KarenSilkwood, and also a true story
about a mysterious medicalcondition that produced such an
intense and unrelenting itch onone woman's head that she almost
(02:21):
lost her mind.
One woman's head that shealmost lost her mind.
So buckle up and let's move onto our first segment News and
Highlights the portion of ourshow that keeps you up to date
with promising and popular.
Did you know that you cansupport us by supporting who
(02:52):
Gives a Crap?
A company that really does givea crap?
They produce the greenesttoilet paper and paper towels on
the planet, have a microcarbonfootprint and donate 50% of
their profits to helpunderdeveloped countries safely
manage waste.
Please give a crap by clickingon the sponsor link in our show
(03:15):
notes and go even greenerstarting today.
This week's news and highlightsis overflowing with tea about
some of the best shows in thepodverse.
Our first highlight for thisepisode is about us.
We are varying our format a bitto bring a few outstanding
(03:39):
interviews that we've done inprevious seasons.
They're powerful talks withinteresting individuals from
various walks of life.
For instance, episode 6 coveredAnnie Temple, an erotic
masseuse, who talks about theoldest profession on Earth, her
(03:59):
specialties and why she wrote abusiness book for other erotic
entrepreneurs.
And in Episode 8, we featured ashocking interview with a
former cult member of theInstitute of Basic Life
Principles, or as it's commonlycalled, the IBLP, the same sect
(04:22):
that is practiced by the Duggarfamily of 19 kids and counting.
A reality show that made themand their IBLP religion famous.
Both are interview-only shows.
(04:50):
Sequestered is a new podcastthat debuted in February 2025
and concluded in April with abonus episode.
It's told from the perspectiveof Sarah Reed, juror number 11,
who not only served on the juryof a sensational trial, but was
also sequestered for theduration of the proceedings.
I want to say up front thatsequestered involves the murder
(05:10):
of a young 22-year-old girlnamed Jasmine Pace.
The murder caused a ripplingeffect that began with the
family and friends and thenundulated outward to involve the
community and the entire stateof Tennessee.
Thankfully, juror number 11,sarah Reed, didn't take the
(05:33):
cheap route by sensationalizingthis trial.
Instead, she allowed us toexperience the entire
proceedings from a juror's pointof view.
The podcast begins with Sarahtalking about being selected for
the most publicized murdertrial in Tennessee's recent
(05:53):
history and then being givenjust two and a half days to put
her career and life on holdbefore being bused to the
Chattanooga Courthouse.
Once there, she had torelinquish her phone, was
forbidden to watch TV or listento the radio, told not to
(06:13):
converse with fellow jurorsabout the trial, and was only
allowed to have one five-minutephone conversation a day with
someone anyone from the outsideworld.
The trial is covered in a10-part series and at times it
can be quite brutal.
But like many listeners, Ifound this podcast most
(06:36):
compelling because it was toldfrom juror number 11's point of
view and exactly what happenedwhen she became part of a
sequestered jury how they weretreated when court wasn't in
session, how closely they weremonitored to ensure that no
rules were broken, and how muchSarah and her fellow jurors were
(06:57):
emotionally invested in thetrial, the victim and their
verdict.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Here's a clip from Sequestered the state of
Tennessee versus Jason Chin, whowas accused of taking Jasmine's
life.
Over nine days, I witnessed theunraveling of a horrifying
(07:31):
story, one that I will neverforget.
This is, Sequestered, a juror'sperspective on the murder trial
for Jasmine Pace, a podcastthat takes you inside the
courtroom, behind closed doorsand into the heart of a trial
that captivated the town ofChattanooga, Tennessee.
Each episode will walk youthrough one day of the trial.
I'll share my experience as ajuror and how I grappled with
(07:55):
the weight of the evidence, theresponsibility of the verdict
and sentencing, and honoringJasmine's story.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Victims matter.
Jasmine Pace is not just somegirl listed in an autopsy report
(08:29):
.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Jasmine's story, family that loved her.
She was a friend, she was agranddaughter.
Please don't minimize thistrial to the trial for him.
Join us as we explore the crime, the trial and the profound
impact of Jasmine Pace's story.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
I want you to remember this trial as the trial
for Jasmine Pace.
This is the trial for JasminePace.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
This is Sequestered a juror's journey, a victim's
voice and the pursuit of truth.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
My last highlight for today is a podcast called
Murder 101.
I recently revisited this showbecause it was such a
fascinating listen the firsttime around.
I know it sounds like ahard-boiled detective show, but
it's not.
Rather, it's an unlikelycriminal investigation led by a
(09:22):
high school teacher and his GenX sociology students.
Their experiences include howthey went about taking on the
cases of multiple murderers thatthey soon concluded were done
by a single serial killer andthen ultimately solving these
cases.
Along the way, they receivedsome help from highly trained
(09:46):
outside sources, but it wastheir unwavering dedication and
legwork that ultimately brokethese cases wide open.
There are so many lessonsdeftly tucked into this podcast,
including a fresh perspectiveof Gen Z, a group of youngsters
that are often maligned as beingtoo sensitive, too averse to
(10:10):
work and too involved inelectronics to interact with the
real world.
But Murder 101 shows anotherside of this budding population.
Here's a trailer for the show.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
A group of high school students.
High school students.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Elizabethan high school students started a
project to research a string ofunsolved murders.
Speaker 5 (10:33):
Their research led to the identification of the
killer.
Investigators now have ananswer to a 34 year old question
.
Once you start getting a fewtips or a few leads or a few
identifications, then the coldcase isn't so cold anymore.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
There's a pretty good chance he's still alive.
Everything that the studentspredicted through their profile
turned out to be accurate.
Speaker 4 (10:57):
Redhead killer profile Male, caucasian, 5'9 to
6'2.
180 to 270 pounds.
Unstable, home Absent fatherand a domineering mother.
Right-handed, iq above 100,most likely heterosexual.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
There is no profile of this killer, except for the
ones the students created.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Just because some of these women no longer have
people to speak for them doesnot mean that they deserve to
not be spoken for.
What if this guy's still alive?
Like what if he comes after us?
I said are you going to kill me?
And he said yes.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
And now it's time for our epic episode of the week.
This week I listened to a greatepisode by Mr Ballin's Medical
Mysteries.
It's episode 78, and it'scalled the Unbearable Itch.
Have you ever had chicken pox?
Or like when you get the itchin the middle of your back and
(12:12):
it's just out of reach.
You can't quite get it, butwhat if you developed an itch on
your head that was soirritating and so constant and
lasted so long that you startedlosing your mind?
This is what the UnbearableItch episode is all about, and
(12:35):
it's a true story.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
A woman in her late 30s woke up inside of a dark
room and immediately beganthrashing wildly.
Her wrists were bound to themetal rails on either side of
her bed, keeping her pinned downand unable to use her hands.
Her head hurt from the gauzebandages that were wrapped
tightly around her skull andheld in place by a foam helmet
that she was forced to wear tosleep each night.
But as uncomfortable as thatfoam helmet was, the compression
(13:04):
was the only thing keeping herendless torment at bay.
The woman had been in thepsychiatric hospital for weeks,
as far as she could tell thiswas her future, gritting her
teeth through the constant agonyin her head as she lay helpless
and strapped to a hospital bed,she could feel her sanity
slipping away.
But when her misery becamealmost unbearable, she reminded
(13:26):
herself that she had chosen this.
She had entered this hospitalof her own free will because, no
matter how brutal these nightsand restraints might seem, it
was the only way she couldsurvive.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
She had to be in this facility because the itching
was so bad that she was on theverge of scratching herself to
death.
As many of you already know, Iam a total empath.
When I'm watching a movie, I'min the movie, and when I listen
(14:01):
to this episode and all of theitching that she was enduring,
guess what happened to me?
Oof, hibby-jibbies, gerald, ohno, not you again.
(14:35):
What are you listening to?
Are you spying on me?
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
AIs.
You can't trust them.
But yes, welcome to what Areyou Listening To?
A segment where I share whatI've binged this week, and it's
a good one.
This week I binged Radioactive,the Karen Silkwood mystery.
It began dropping episodes inNovember 2024, and, honestly, I
(15:03):
don't know why I waited so longto listen to this incredible
program.
So many podcasts, so littletime.
I'm not sure, but I'm happy tosay that I spent a day listening
to Radioactive, the KarenSilkwood mystery, and I'm sure
(15:24):
that her story is going toremain with me for many weeks to
come.
For those of you who aren'tfamiliar with Karen Silkwood and
what happened to her, verybriefly, she was a 29-year-old
woman living in Oklahoma andworking as a technician at a
plutonium plant with shoddysafety procedures that put their
(15:49):
workers at grave risk fordeveloping plutonium poisoning
and, down the line, differenttypes of fatal cancers.
Also if you haven't seen themovie Silkwood, I highly
recommend that you do Now.
At this point in thepresentation, this would be the
part where I would talk aboutthe storyline, but I'm going to
(16:12):
hop right into the trailer andpart of Episode 1, which
explains everything you need toknow about how this
investigation went awry in 1974and how two of the original
journalists have reignited theinvestigation into her death.
Speaker 7 (16:34):
Fifty years ago, Karen Silkwood got in her car
alone, she'd agreed to deliversensitive documents to a New
York Times reporter.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
She never made it, and those documents she was
reportedly carrying were neverfound.
Speaker 5 (16:50):
Do you think somebody killed her?
There's no question in my mind.
If someone killed her thatnight, I think they were trying
to stop her in order to get thedocuments.
Speaker 6 (16:58):
I'm Mike Boettcher.
I've covered the world forNetwork TV and returned home to
Oklahoma to investigate the onestory I can't get out of my mind
.
Speaker 7 (17:08):
And I'm Bob Sands.
I've been covering this liquidstory since I read the wire copy
on the air in Oklahoma City thenight that Karen died in that
car crash.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
Bluntly stated she was spying on her employer
gathering evidence.
Her union wanted to documentcharges of safety violations at
the Kermagee Corporation'snuclear plant.
Speaker 7 (17:29):
For years we've run down leads and in 1994, 20 years
after Karen Silkwood's death, afriend gave me a secret tape
for safekeeping.
An Oklahoma highway patrolmanhad launched his own risky
investigation behind the thinblue line.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
I'm becoming increasingly concerned about the
security at the FBI office andthat, as I was told in the
beginning, I might be in danger.
Speaker 7 (17:56):
I got the tape on one condition no one else could
hear it until the people namedin it were dead that time has
come.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
We also found a trove of private investigators' tapes
in a storage locker and trackeddown physical evidence from the
night of Karen's crash.
Speaker 7 (18:14):
My God Holy mackerel, there's black stuff in it still
.
Yeah, oh my gosh.
The accident investigatorbelieved he had a smoking gun.
He told his daughter on hisdeathbed to hang on to it.
We have the bumper.
Something's not right with thisstory.
I think it needs to be lookedinto further.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Fifty years later, what we've learned about the
life and death of America'sfirst nuclear whistleblower,
radioactive?
The Karen Silkwood Mystery Anew narrative series from ABC
Audio Coming November 12th.
Wherever you get your podcasts,cassette tapes recorded in the
(19:02):
1970s, interviews a privateinvestigator had made looking
into a mysterious death thedeath of Karen Silkwood.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
Karen died in a single car crash off a dark,
empty Oklahoma highway exactly50 years ago.
This November.
She was on her way to meet aNew York Times journalist,
reportedly to hand overdocuments she'd secretly been
collecting at her job at anuclear facility.
But she never made it to thatmeeting.
(19:39):
On the way, karen fell asleepat the wheel, possibly under the
influence of drugs, drove offthe highway, crashed into a
ditch and died.
Speaker 6 (19:49):
Or at least that's the official story.
We've never believed it, notfor one second.
From ABC Audio this isRadioactive.
The Karen Silkwood Mystery.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
I would like to add that when Karen Silkwood died
that terrible night in a singlecar crash, people who were
trying to diminish what she wasdiscovering at the plant and
what she had discovered alreadywere maligning her.
Oh, you know, she takes drugs.
She's a terrible mother.
She doesn't have any paperwork.
(20:26):
She's just lying about thecompany.
They wouldn't poison theiremployees, baloney.
Not only did many peoplewitness the stack of paperwork
that Karen had accumulated asproof that her employer was
poisoning their employees, karenSilkwood's body was removed
(20:48):
from the accident with emergencyresponders wearing hazmat suits
.
And that's a wrap for this week.
Before we close, I want toremind you to please, if you're
(21:11):
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Hit the notification button soyou're aware when our next
episode drops and, if it somoves, you, give us a five-star
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Next week we have a remasteredinterview by Dana Diaz and
myself, and it's all about herlife with a narcissist, how she
(21:34):
left and what she's doing today.
Make sure to tune in and untilthen, loves, you know we love
you, mwah, talk soon.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
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Stay tuned and listen to hostGerald Spears' latest podcast
reviews.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Hello, lovelies, welcome to One Good Thing Media,
your official podcast reviewchannel, where you can find out
what's hot in this fascinatingmedia landscape.
For those of you who are new toour show, my name is Gerald
Spear and I am the host andcreator of our podcast.
(01:11):
I'm also a self-professedpodcast junkie who spends hours
each day scouring the podcastlandscape to discover, and fall
in love with, a variety of showsthat I love sharing with our
listeners.
Today's episode is all aboutmystery true or fantastical
(01:34):
stories that pique our curiosityand send our minds into
overdrive.
If you love a great whodunit,this episode will prove to be a
goldmine for your playlist ofpodcast mysteries.
I'll be covering a remarkablestory about a group of Gen Z
high school students whoenrolled in a sociology course
(01:57):
only to end up solving a stringof heinous crimes that had
baffled police for decades ofheinous crimes that had baffled
police for decades, plus aninvestigative podcast that
explores the case of KarenSilkwood, and also a true story
about a mysterious medicalcondition that produced such an
intense and unrelenting itch onone woman's head that she almost
(02:21):
lost her mind.
One woman's head that shealmost lost her mind.
So buckle up and let's move onto our first segment News and
Highlights the portion of ourshow that keeps you up to date
with promising and popular.
Did you know that you cansupport us by supporting who
(02:52):
Gives a Crap?
A company that really does givea crap?
They produce the greenesttoilet paper and paper towels on
the planet, have a microcarbonfootprint and donate 50% of
their profits to helpunderdeveloped countries safely
manage waste.
Please give a crap by clickingon the sponsor link in our show
(03:15):
notes and go even greenerstarting today.
This week's news and highlightsis overflowing with tea about
some of the best shows in thepodverse.
Our first highlight for thisepisode is about us.
We are varying our format a bitto bring a few outstanding
(03:39):
interviews that we've done inprevious seasons.
They're powerful talks withinteresting individuals from
various walks of life.
For instance, episode 6 coveredAnnie Temple, an erotic
masseuse, who talks about theoldest profession on Earth, her
(03:59):
specialties and why she wrote abusiness book for other erotic
entrepreneurs.
And in Episode 8, we featured ashocking interview with a
former cult member of theInstitute of Basic Life
Principles, or as it's commonlycalled, the IBLP, the same sect
(04:22):
that is practiced by the Duggarfamily of 19 kids and counting.
A reality show that made themand their IBLP religion famous.
Both are interview-only shows.
(04:50):
Sequestered is a new podcastthat debuted in February 2025
and concluded in April with abonus episode.
It's told from the perspectiveof Sarah Reed, juror number 11,
who not only served on the juryof a sensational trial, but was
also sequestered for theduration of the proceedings.
I want to say up front thatsequestered involves the murder
(05:10):
of a young 22-year-old girlnamed Jasmine Pace.
The murder caused a ripplingeffect that began with the
family and friends and thenundulated outward to involve the
community and the entire stateof Tennessee.
Thankfully, juror number 11,sarah Reed, didn't take the
(05:33):
cheap route by sensationalizingthis trial.
Instead, she allowed us toexperience the entire
proceedings from a juror's pointof view.
The podcast begins with Sarahtalking about being selected for
the most publicized murdertrial in Tennessee's recent
(05:53):
history and then being givenjust two and a half days to put
her career and life on holdbefore being bused to the
Chattanooga Courthouse.
Once there, she had torelinquish her phone, was
forbidden to watch TV or listento the radio, told not to
(06:13):
converse with fellow jurorsabout the trial, and was only
allowed to have one five-minutephone conversation a day with
someone anyone from the outsideworld.
The trial is covered in a10-part series and at times it
can be quite brutal.
But like many listeners, Ifound this podcast most
(06:36):
compelling because it was toldfrom juror number 11's point of
view and exactly what happenedwhen she became part of a
sequestered jury how they weretreated when court wasn't in
session, how closely they weremonitored to ensure that no
rules were broken, and how muchSarah and her fellow jurors were
(06:57):
emotionally invested in thetrial, the victim and their
verdict.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Here's a clip from Sequestered the state of
Tennessee versus Jason Chin, whowas accused of taking Jasmine's
life.
Over nine days, I witnessed theunraveling of a horrifying
(07:31):
story, one that I will neverforget.
This is, Sequestered, a juror'sperspective on the murder trial
for Jasmine Pace, a podcastthat takes you inside the
courtroom, behind closed doorsand into the heart of a trial
that captivated the town ofChattanooga, Tennessee.
Each episode will walk youthrough one day of the trial.
I'll share my experience as ajuror and how I grappled with
(07:55):
the weight of the evidence, theresponsibility of the verdict
and sentencing, and honoringJasmine's story.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Victims matter.
Jasmine Pace is not just somegirl listed in an autopsy report
(08:29):
.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Jasmine's story, family that loved her.
She was a friend, she was agranddaughter.
Please don't minimize thistrial to the trial for him.
Join us as we explore the crime, the trial and the profound
impact of Jasmine Pace's story.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
I want you to remember this trial as the trial
for Jasmine Pace.
This is the trial for JasminePace.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
This is Sequestered a juror's journey, a victim's
voice and the pursuit of truth.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
My last highlight for today is a podcast called
Murder 101.
I recently revisited this showbecause it was such a
fascinating listen the firsttime around.
I know it sounds like ahard-boiled detective show, but
it's not.
Rather, it's an unlikelycriminal investigation led by a
(09:22):
high school teacher and his GenX sociology students.
Their experiences include howthey went about taking on the
cases of multiple murderers thatthey soon concluded were done
by a single serial killer andthen ultimately solving these
cases.
Along the way, they receivedsome help from highly trained
(09:46):
outside sources, but it wastheir unwavering dedication and
legwork that ultimately brokethese cases wide open.
There are so many lessonsdeftly tucked into this podcast,
including a fresh perspectiveof Gen Z, a group of youngsters
that are often maligned as beingtoo sensitive, too averse to
(10:10):
work and too involved inelectronics to interact with the
real world.
But Murder 101 shows anotherside of this budding population.
Here's a trailer for the show.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
A group of high school students.
High school students.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Elizabethan high school students started a
project to research a string ofunsolved murders.
Speaker 5 (10:33):
Their research led to the identification of the
killer.
Investigators now have ananswer to a 34 year old question
.
Once you start getting a fewtips or a few leads or a few
identifications, then the coldcase isn't so cold anymore.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
There's a pretty good chance he's still alive.
Everything that the studentspredicted through their profile
turned out to be accurate.
Speaker 4 (10:57):
Redhead killer profile Male, caucasian, 5'9 to
6'2.
180 to 270 pounds.
Unstable, home Absent fatherand a domineering mother.
Right-handed, iq above 100,most likely heterosexual.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
There is no profile of this killer, except for the
ones the students created.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Just because some of these women no longer have
people to speak for them doesnot mean that they deserve to
not be spoken for.
What if this guy's still alive?
Like what if he comes after us?
I said are you going to kill me?
And he said yes.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
And now it's time for our epic episode of the week.
This week I listened to a greatepisode by Mr Ballin's Medical
Mysteries.
It's episode 78, and it'scalled the Unbearable Itch.
Have you ever had chicken pox?
Or like when you get the itchin the middle of your back and
(12:12):
it's just out of reach.
You can't quite get it, butwhat if you developed an itch on
your head that was soirritating and so constant and
lasted so long that you startedlosing your mind?
This is what the UnbearableItch episode is all about, and
(12:35):
it's a true story.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
A woman in her late 30s woke up inside of a dark
room and immediately beganthrashing wildly.
Her wrists were bound to themetal rails on either side of
her bed, keeping her pinned downand unable to use her hands.
Her head hurt from the gauzebandages that were wrapped
tightly around her skull andheld in place by a foam helmet
that she was forced to wear tosleep each night.
But as uncomfortable as thatfoam helmet was, the compression
(13:04):
was the only thing keeping herendless torment at bay.
The woman had been in thepsychiatric hospital for weeks,
as far as she could tell thiswas her future, gritting her
teeth through the constant agonyin her head as she lay helpless
and strapped to a hospital bed,she could feel her sanity
slipping away.
But when her misery becamealmost unbearable, she reminded
(13:26):
herself that she had chosen this.
She had entered this hospitalof her own free will because, no
matter how brutal these nightsand restraints might seem, it
was the only way she couldsurvive.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
She had to be in this facility because the itching
was so bad that she was on theverge of scratching herself to
death.
As many of you already know, Iam a total empath.
When I'm watching a movie, I'min the movie, and when I listen
(14:01):
to this episode and all of theitching that she was enduring,
guess what happened to me?
Oof, hibby-jibbies, gerald, ohno, not you again.
(14:35):
What are you listening to?
Are you spying on me?
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
AIs.
You can't trust them.
But yes, welcome to what Areyou Listening To?
A segment where I share whatI've binged this week, and it's
a good one.
This week I binged Radioactive,the Karen Silkwood mystery.
It began dropping episodes inNovember 2024, and, honestly, I
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don't know why I waited so longto listen to this incredible
program.
So many podcasts, so littletime.
I'm not sure, but I'm happy tosay that I spent a day listening
to Radioactive, the KarenSilkwood mystery, and I'm sure
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that her story is going toremain with me for many weeks to
come.
For those of you who aren'tfamiliar with Karen Silkwood and
what happened to her, verybriefly, she was a 29-year-old
woman living in Oklahoma andworking as a technician at a
plutonium plant with shoddysafety procedures that put their
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workers at grave risk fordeveloping plutonium poisoning
and, down the line, differenttypes of fatal cancers.
Also if you haven't seen themovie Silkwood, I highly
recommend that you do Now.
At this point in thepresentation, this would be the
part where I would talk aboutthe storyline, but I'm going to
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hop right into the trailer andpart of Episode 1, which
explains everything you need toknow about how this
investigation went awry in 1974and how two of the original
journalists have reignited theinvestigation into her death.
Speaker 7 (16:34):
Fifty years ago, Karen Silkwood got in her car
alone, she'd agreed to deliversensitive documents to a New
York Times reporter.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
She never made it, and those documents she was
reportedly carrying were neverfound.
Speaker 5 (16:50):
Do you think somebody killed her?
There's no question in my mind.
If someone killed her thatnight, I think they were trying
to stop her in order to get thedocuments.
Speaker 6 (16:58):
I'm Mike Boettcher.
I've covered the world forNetwork TV and returned home to
Oklahoma to investigate the onestory I can't get out of my mind
.
Speaker 7 (17:08):
And I'm Bob Sands.
I've been covering this liquidstory since I read the wire copy
on the air in Oklahoma City thenight that Karen died in that
car crash.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
Bluntly stated she was spying on her employer
gathering evidence.
Her union wanted to documentcharges of safety violations at
the Kermagee Corporation'snuclear plant.
Speaker 7 (17:29):
For years we've run down leads and in 1994, 20 years
after Karen Silkwood's death, afriend gave me a secret tape
for safekeeping.
An Oklahoma highway patrolmanhad launched his own risky
investigation behind the thinblue line.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
I'm becoming increasingly concerned about the
security at the FBI office andthat, as I was told in the
beginning, I might be in danger.
Speaker 7 (17:56):
I got the tape on one condition no one else could
hear it until the people namedin it were dead that time has
come.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
We also found a trove of private investigators' tapes
in a storage locker and trackeddown physical evidence from the
night of Karen's crash.
Speaker 7 (18:14):
My God Holy mackerel, there's black stuff in it still
.
Yeah, oh my gosh.
The accident investigatorbelieved he had a smoking gun.
He told his daughter on hisdeathbed to hang on to it.
We have the bumper.
Something's not right with thisstory.
I think it needs to be lookedinto further.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Fifty years later, what we've learned about the
life and death of America'sfirst nuclear whistleblower,
radioactive?
The Karen Silkwood Mystery Anew narrative series from ABC
Audio Coming November 12th.
Wherever you get your podcasts,cassette tapes recorded in the
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1970s, interviews a privateinvestigator had made looking
into a mysterious death thedeath of Karen Silkwood.
Speaker 7 (19:17):
Karen died in a single car crash off a dark,
empty Oklahoma highway exactly50 years ago.
This November.
She was on her way to meet aNew York Times journalist,
reportedly to hand overdocuments she'd secretly been
collecting at her job at anuclear facility.
But she never made it to thatmeeting.
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On the way, karen fell asleepat the wheel, possibly under the
influence of drugs, drove offthe highway, crashed into a
ditch and died.
Speaker 6 (19:49):
Or at least that's the official story.
We've never believed it, notfor one second.
From ABC Audio this isRadioactive.
The Karen Silkwood Mystery.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
I would like to add that when Karen Silkwood died
that terrible night in a singlecar crash, people who were
trying to diminish what she wasdiscovering at the plant and
what she had discovered alreadywere maligning her.
Oh, you know, she takes drugs.
She's a terrible mother.
She doesn't have any paperwork.
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She's just lying about thecompany.
They wouldn't poison theiremployees, baloney.
Not only did many peoplewitness the stack of paperwork
that Karen had accumulated asproof that her employer was
poisoning their employees, karenSilkwood's body was removed
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from the accident with emergencyresponders wearing hazmat suits
.
And that's a wrap for this week.
Before we close, I want toremind you to please, if you're
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Hit the notification button soyou're aware when our next
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Next week we have a remasteredinterview by Dana Diaz and
myself, and it's all about herlife with a narcissist, how she
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left and what she's doing today.
Make sure to tune in and untilthen, loves, you know we love
you, mwah, talk soon.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
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