Case #051 - The Kennedy Curse

Welcome to Episode Fifty-One of Do You Dare?

 

This week we taking on part 2 of our mini series by deep diving into America’s royal family, looking at how they came to have the power and influence they created and picking apart the series of unfortunate events that have seeming plagued them for decades.

 

(Trigger warnings: mentions of Intellectual disability leading to lobotomy, plane crashes, car crashes, Assassinations, miscarriage and infant death, drug addiction, drug abuse, accidental overdose, brief mentions of possible child abuse, sex addiction and possible racism and antisemitism, suicide, child death and drowning.)

 

In this episode Em dives into the history of the Kennedy Dynasty and the supposed Kennedy Curse that is said to affect them and those close to them.

 

Follow along as we take a chronological tour of the unfortunate accidents, early deaths, suspicious occurrences and tragic health events that have seemed to touch so many of the individuals in this family.

 

From multiple plane and car crashes to public assassinations to drug related incidents and horrific accidents, this family has really seen it all but is this just an unlucky series of coincidences or something more sinister?

 

Thanks to everyone who has joined us for this week's case and we hope to see you back next episode when Cian finishes out our first year of podcasting by looking at the life and tragic death of a woman who was not only a model and a film star but one of America’s most popular icons who’s legacy and influence is still felt to this day.

 

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Link to NTSB Report of the plane crash of JFK Jr: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateFactualReport/46975/pdf

 

(sources for this episode were: nps.gov, vanityfair.com, britanica.com, jfklibrary.org, people.com, eu.usatoday.com, multiple ati articles, data.tab.gov, multiple people magazine articles, Refinery29.com, edition.cnn.com, Wikipedia and google.)