Missing Watergate Minutes | Investigating the Biggest Presidential Scandal in American History

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True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Looking at the puzzling investigation into who erased 18.5 minutes from Nixon's White House Tapes as we cover the Missing Watergate Minutes. Support us directly: https://www.redwebpod.com In 1973, investigators requested tapes that could help unravel one of the most powerful political scandals in American history. When the recordings arrived, one contained a mysterious gap, with nearly twenty minutes of silence during a key conversation. The contents of that missing audio have never been recovered. Today, we examine the Missing Watergate Minutes. Our sponsors: Shady Rays - Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code REDWEB to get 35% off polarized sunglasses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1973, investigators requested tapes that could help unravel one of the most powerful political scandals in American history.
0:14.1	When the recordings arrived, one contained a mysterious gap with nearly 20 minutes of silence during a key conversation.
0:22.2	The contents of that missing audio have never been recovered.
0:25.6	Today, we examine the missing Watergate minutes.
0:29.6	This is Red Web.
0:41.2	Welcome back, Task Force, to your mom's favorite podcast.
0:45.6	All about unsolved mysteries, true crime, and the unknown.
0:51.6	I'm your resident mystery enthusiast, Trevor Collins, joining me hearing this case for the very first time.
0:53.0	Alfredo Diaz. I love that tagline, but it's true. Yeah. It holds weight to it. I don't know nothing about this scandal. I'll be honest. I know how it's led past me. I just know that the, what, the Waterloo scandal, Nixon was involved, etc. 20 minutes. I'll let it ride. Waterloo. Is it Waterloo?
1:11.9	It's Watergate.
1:12.6	I'm just late.
1:13.3	Watergate.
1:14.0	There you go.
1:14.7	We're going to let it ride.
1:15.6	I know.
1:17.1	This is why the mystery is presented to me.
1:20.5	Yeah, the Watergate scandal.
1:21.9	So, yeah, I know really nothing about it.
1:25.3	20 minutes of audio is, I'm assuming there's audio before the missing 20 minutes of audio.
1:28.6	I'm assuming there's audio before the missing 20 minutes
1:30.8	and after the missing 20 minutes.
1:32.8	And so it's like,
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