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Podcast: Stuff You Should Know

Episode: Short Stuff: The Gaslighting of Martha Mitchell

Description: Martha Mitchell, the wife of Nixon's Attorney General, was well-known to spread a juicy rumor. That's why when Watergate unfolded, she was held captive in a hotel room on her husband's orders and painted as a crazy alcoholic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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