Wondery Presents Even the Rich: The Kennedys

The Murder In My Family

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🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Wondery Presents Even the Rich: The Kennedy's

On July 19th, 1969, Senator Edward Kennedy, scion of the greatest political dynasty in modern America, drove his Oldsmobile into a pond. He escaped. But his passenger, a woman named Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned. In the days that followed, he leveraged the Kennedy political machine to shield himself from scrutiny and safeguard his presidential aspirations. As the investigation progressed, his story about the events leading up to the crash started to fall apart. Soon he faced accusations that not even the Kennedys could overcome. This season of Even the Rich tells the story of Chappaquiddick, listen now at wondery.fm/murderinmyfamily_ETR

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0:35.0	Although we're in between episodes of the show, I wanted to share this preview with you for a
0:39.1	podcast I think you'll really enjoy.
0:41.7	It's from Wundery, and it's called Even the Rich, the
0:44.1	Kennedy's. There's one family name that is synonymous with American culture,
0:48.8	the Kennedy's. They became a quintessential symbol of the all-American family of the 21st century, but as they cemented their place in history, the pressure to remain picture perfect became undeniable, and in the end it proved to be deadly.
1:05.0	As a young senator Ted Kennedy mysteriously drove his car off the road into a lake.
1:10.0	He survived the crash that those passenger, did not. Fearing that his presidential bid
1:16.8	would be tarnished. Ted waited 10 hours to report the fatal incident.
1:21.4	As the investigation progressed, his story... report the fatal incident.
1:22.6	As the investigation progressed, his story about the events leading up to the crash started
1:27.2	to fall apart and were the deadly accident spread quickly.
1:32.2	Soon he faced accusations that not even the
1:34.6	Kennedy's could overcome. You're about to hear a preview of the newest season of
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