Linda Silkwood Vincent
Appearances
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'Radioactive' - Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
It's a tough spot, and the family's not, we're not trying to put you in that. I mean, everybody wants, you want a bad guy. You know, we want to point to a bad guy and say, this guy did it, that guy did it. And it's hard to hear that it may have been a single car accident. Whether that's what we're stating or not, I mean, it's just a fact. It could have been a single car accident.
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'Radioactive' - Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
So it's tough for the family to hear, you know. have trouble believing that there wasn't someone there intimidating her because of her skills behind the wheel. And I never thought she was asleep. It doesn't sound like you believe that she was asleep. So obviously that piece of the puzzle is ruled out. We'll never know whether there was a second vehicle or not.
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'Radioactive' - Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
I'm kind of after seeing your video recreation in the boat that maybe the concrete wall and the record did create that low of a dent. I mean, that's a very real possibility. Maybe there was no contact, but maybe there was another vehicle there doing some intimidation. There's a lot of what ifs that we have to run through.
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'Radioactive' - Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
I mean, there's just so many scenarios that could have happened in that case. And we appreciate all the work that you've done. But it's, you know, as a son or a sister, we're looking forward. For that aha, you know, here's the bad guy we want somebody to point to. So we appreciate all your work, whether we got the answers that we were looking for or not. I mean, your team did an amazing job.
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'Radioactive' - Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
For a woman, you know, five foot four, 102 pound woman to stand up to a corporation in 1974 is almost impossible to wrap your brain around. You know, it just didn't occur.
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'Radioactive' - Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
The whistleblower story has never stopped occurring. Mom was one of the first to be brought into light, but it occurred before Mom. It's occurred after Mom. It just never stops. It's a cycle that repeats itself.
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Dirty Little Secret
After finding out Carrie died, I had talked to my sister Kay. I just kept saying, there's no way. Carrie would never take her own life. And then that's when she told me about a visit she got from Joanne.
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Dirty Little Secret
My sister Kay and I, we all started talking, not around Linda. We all were sitting there going, what are we going to do? Because we knew so much about Matt. We worked at a church camp together.
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Dirty Little Secret
I mean, I think you said calling all angels, but... We all went over to your house. You said, we need to get together and talk.
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Dirty Little Secret
She was marrying a Baptist minister. How good is that? You couldn't pick a better guy than Matt Baker. Can you say Merry Christmas?
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Dirty Little Secret
We love each other, and we knew Carrie did not take her life, and we weren't gonna sit back until somebody would listen to us.
Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery
Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
It's a tough spot, and the family's not, we're not trying to put you in that. I mean, everybody wants, you want a bad guy. You know, we want to point to a bad guy and say, this guy did it, that guy did it. And it's hard to hear that it may have been a single car accident. Whether that's what we're stating or not, I mean, it's just a fact. It could have been a single car accident.
Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery
Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
So it's tough for the family to hear, you know. have trouble believing that there wasn't someone there intimidating her because of her skills behind the wheel. And I never thought she was asleep. It doesn't sound like you believe that she was asleep. So obviously that piece of the puzzle is ruled out. We'll never know whether there was a second vehicle or not.
Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery
Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
I'm kind of after seeing your video recreation in the boat that maybe the concrete wall and the record did create that low of a dent. I mean, that's a very real possibility. Maybe there was no contact, but maybe there was another vehicle there doing some intimidation. There's a lot of what ifs that we have to run through.
Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery
Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
I mean, there's just so many scenarios that could have happened in that case. And we appreciate all the work that you've done. But it's, you know, as a son or a sister, we're looking forward. For that aha, you know, here's the bad guy we want somebody to point to. So we appreciate all your work, whether we got the answers that we were looking for or not. I mean, your team did an amazing job.
Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery
Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
For a woman, you know, five foot four, 102 pound woman to stand up to a corporation in 1974 is almost impossible to wrap your brain around. You know, it just didn't occur.
Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery
Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle
The whistleblower story has never stopped occurring. Mom was one of the first to be brought into light, but it occurred before Mom. It's occurred after Mom. It just never stops. It's a cycle that repeats itself.