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10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Chappaquiddick: The Death of Mary Jo Kopechne

10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

Joe Kuner

Entertainment News, True Crime, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Throughout your life, you may have heard the saying “There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth” well… this case is no different. In 1969, when Senator Ted Kennedy’s car hurtled off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island and his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne was found dead, the events of that night remain unclear over 50 years later.

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0:00.0

Throughout your life, you may have heard the saying there are three sides to every story.

0:05.4

Yours, mine, and the truth.

0:08.0

Well, this case is no different.

0:10.0

In 1969, when Senator Ted Kennedy's car hurled off a bridge in Chappaquittic Island

0:15.6

and his passenger, Mary Jo Capechnie, was found dead,

0:19.4

the events of that night remain unclear over 50 years later.

0:24.5

Discretion is advised.

0:28.2

This is 10-minute murder, brief and bingeable true crime.

0:48.4

I'm Joe, the host, and thank you for joining today.

0:51.3

It means a lot that you take the time out of your busy day to listen to me ramble on about murder.

0:56.1

Of all the true crime podcasts that are out there, and I haven't counted, but it's probably at least four or five.

1:01.6

You chose this one, and I appreciate it. If you are new to 10-minute murder, welcome. I hope that by the end of this episode, you'll like what you hear and become a subscriber,

1:10.4

and then connect with the podcast on all of the social media places. Links for that are in the episode notes, as well as a link to the 10-minute murder merch store. I'm not asking you to buy anything, but if you do, please send me a picture when you get it, and I'll share it on social media. Unless you don't want me to, in that case, get me a heads up about that as well. Okay, now before we officially start with today's

1:31.4

episode, I need to let you know that despite most of the story involves a very famous

1:35.9

politician, it is in no way political. You could fill two internets with what I don't know about

1:41.8

politics. I mean, I have opinions like everyone else, but that's not what this is about.

1:46.6

It is, however, about the death of a lady.

1:49.2

The name of this podcast is 10-minute murder, but this isn't necessarily a murder.

1:54.1

If you don't already know the basics of the story, that's going to make more sense in a minute.

1:58.4

So let's get to it.

2:12.0

Okay. That's going to make more sense in a minute. So let's get to it. On the evening of July 18, 1969, Edward, or Ted Kennedy, and his cousin, Joe Gargan, were hosting a cookout

2:21.0

and a reunion party at Lawrence Cottage on Chappaquitic Island, Massachusetts.

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