Episode 429: Dorthy Kilgallen Pt. I

This week we explore the incredible life and mysterious death of Dorothy Kilgallen. Once the most powerful female voice in America, with 20 million daily readers, her legacy has been strangely buried by history. We trace her journey from a "scrappy" reporter at age 20 to the only journalist to privately interview Jack Ruby. 

Was her death in 1965 an accidental overdose, or was it the ultimate price for getting too close to the truth behind the JFK assassination?

01:46 – Who was Dorothy Kilgallen? (The most powerful female voice in America).
04:06 – Scooping the Warren Commission and interviewing Jack Ruby.
05:16 – Discovery of the body and the "suspicious" bedroom scene.
18:41 – The Frank Sinatra feud and the "tombstone" threat.
24:10 – Conflicting accounts: Who actually found her?
33:07 – The New Orleans trip and the missing JFK research file.
42:51 – Toxicology breakdown: The "mega-dose" mystery.

 

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