Chappaquiddick | The Black Sheep | 1

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

When Ted Kennedy takes a vacation in the summer of 1969, it’s supposed to be a chance to blow off steam and get away from the crushing pressure of being a Kennedy. But one crashed car and a dead woman later, his trip turns into a scandal that threatens to ruin his family’s legacy. This season, we’re digging into the tragic saga of Chappaquiddick. In this episode, Ted Kennedy goes from baby brother to senator to potential presidential candidate. He flourishes in public, but in private, he flounders.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to even the rich ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:04.5	Download the app today.
0:05.8	Heads up, we're going to be swearing in this episode.
0:08.9	I think they know that by now.
0:10.6	Okay.
0:11.6	It's a little after eight in the morning on Saturday, July 19, 1969.
0:25.0	And Jim Marina is in his office, getting ready for what will probably be another boring
0:29.6	day.
0:30.6	Marina works on Martha's Vineyard, which is this little vacation island about seven miles
0:35.3	off the coast of Massachusetts.
0:37.6	He's the local chief of police, which sounds like a big job, but it really isn't.
0:42.9	There's maybe a couple burglaries a year on the vineyard or an occasional bar fight.
0:47.2	There isn't even really a police station.
0:49.2	It's just two rooms in the town hall.
0:51.6	Marina's killing time.
0:52.9	I'm picturing him hanging a bunch of string off a bulletin board, trying to solve an
0:56.8	unsolvable crime or something.
0:59.3	And there's a knack on the door.
1:01.1	It's a police woman.
1:02.5	She starts telling him someone saw a car floating near a bridge on Chapacwittic.
1:07.1	Chapacwittic is a small island across from the vineyard.
1:09.8	She asked him if he wants to send somebody over there.
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