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Martha Mitchell
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The woman who told the world the truth about the Watergate scandal before anyone else, but her story sounded so crazy that nobody believed her. Now a major TV series starring Julia Roberts called 'Gaslit', Martha Mitchell was the wife of an important man in President Nixon's administration, which meant she knew too much, and the White House wanted to shut her up. But Martha was right about everything, and the way she was treated ended up in psychologists naming 'The Martha Mitchell Effect' after her, which is basically an official form of gaslighting. (Yes of course this ep includes a mini Just The Gist of what Watergate is. We got you Gisteners.)
Skip straight to the story: approx 10:40
We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:
The Martha Mitchell Effect doco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SYWxQ62AUM
Slow Burn Podcast episode about Martha in their Watergate series: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-ep-1-martha/id1315040130?i=1000395358934
Gaslit TV series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-uyTbsWJw
The Life of Martha Mitchell by Winzola McLendon: https://www.amazon.com.au/Martha-Life-Mitchell-Winzola-McLendon/dp/0394411242
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchell_effect
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
211 episodes
Manage episode 335738726 series 2527701
The woman who told the world the truth about the Watergate scandal before anyone else, but her story sounded so crazy that nobody believed her. Now a major TV series starring Julia Roberts called 'Gaslit', Martha Mitchell was the wife of an important man in President Nixon's administration, which meant she knew too much, and the White House wanted to shut her up. But Martha was right about everything, and the way she was treated ended up in psychologists naming 'The Martha Mitchell Effect' after her, which is basically an official form of gaslighting. (Yes of course this ep includes a mini Just The Gist of what Watergate is. We got you Gisteners.)
Skip straight to the story: approx 10:40
We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:
The Martha Mitchell Effect doco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SYWxQ62AUM
Slow Burn Podcast episode about Martha in their Watergate series: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-ep-1-martha/id1315040130?i=1000395358934
Gaslit TV series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-uyTbsWJw
The Life of Martha Mitchell by Winzola McLendon: https://www.amazon.com.au/Martha-Life-Mitchell-Winzola-McLendon/dp/0394411242
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchell_effect
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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