Slow Burn

Watergate | 6. Rabbit Holes

Jan 9, 2018

38:11

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Watergate Conspiracy Theories

03:45

Scott Armstrong, a Professional Investigator, on the Same Plane as May Brussel

01:46

The Rise of Cynicism About Politics After Watergate

03:17

Introduction

2min

The Queen of Conspiracy

2min

Watergate Was a Conspiracy

3min

Brussel and the Assassination

2min

May Brussel's Watergate

3min

Brussel's Theories About Watergate

3min

Who Killed Daphne

2min

Watergate Conspiracy Theories

4min

Watergate: The Secretive Millionaire Howard Hughes

3min

10.

Scott Armstrong, a Professional Investigator, on the Same Plane as May Brussel

2min

11.

The Rise of Cynicism About Politics After Watergate

3min

12.

The Ballod of May Brussels

2min

13.

Watergate and the Judge Who Presided

2min

14.

Who Killed Daphne

2min

Why were so many Americans ready to believe conspiracy theories after Watergate? How did those beliefs help trigger Nixon‘s downfall? And given what we know about Watergate—what separates a conspiracy theory from just a theory?

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Slow Burn

Watergate | 6. Rabbit Holes

Watergate Conspiracy Theories

Scott Armstrong, a Professional Investigator, on the Same Plane as May Brussel

The Rise of Cynicism About Politics After Watergate

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