Christine Chubbuck: The TV Reporter Who Killed Herself Live on Air

Podcast: Dead Famous · Mark Randell

Opublikowano: 2026-08-09

On the morning of 15 July 1974, 29-year-old television journalist Christine Chubbuck arrived at the studios of WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida, ready to present her live morning news programme. Minutes later, viewers witnessed something almost unimaginable. Sitting behind the news desk, Christine delivered a chilling statement to camera before pulling out a gun and shooting herself in the head — live on television. But the shocking circumstances of Christine Chubbuck's death have, for decades, threatened to overshadow the woman she was before that moment. This week on Dead Famous, we go be...