Karen Silkwood

[RadicalModerate]

Yeah . . . It was Bigfoot . . .
Yeti . . . Sasquatch . . .
Under a Crescent Moon . . .
That's the ticket . . .

You want a villain? . . .
You got one . . .
It certainly wasn't . . .
ME! The Nuclear Power Industry!!!
ACTING! on their behalf . . .
(bwah-hah-hah-hah)

[Bunty]

So is it well accepted as true that Silkwood's fatal car accident was set up?

[Bill Robertson]

So is it well accepted as true that Silkwood's fatal car accident was set up?

I certainly believe it was. I even have a gut feeling, nothing I could ever prove though, that I worked with the person responsible during part of the time I worked for K-M.

[micesu]

Some useless trivia, the son of the Silkwood family attorney that helped get the family a large financial settlement is a starting offensive lineman at OU. Nice guy and nice family.

[bombermwc]

Well regardless of what Hollywood did to the story, i actually liked the movie. So while i know a lot of it is crap, it's at least still entertaining.

Sort of like The China Syndrome. EXTREMELY unlikely to ever really happen that way, but hey, still a good movie....a bit cheesey, but good.

[Spartan]

I certainly believe it was. I even have a gut feeling, nothing I could ever prove though, that I worked with the person responsible during part of the time I worked for K-M.

Oh wow. This is really dark OKC history, IMO.

[decepticobra]

The story of Karen Silkwood is timeless, especially here in Oklahoma. I recently watched a documentary on Netflix "Mysteries at the Museum" and an episode revisited her story...especially that her actual purse is on display at The Museum of The Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, TX. ....I searched on here and found an informative thread from 2006 which is now closed. I've watched the movie, and always Karen lived in some house in Crescent (from what the movie depicts)...but someone was saying she also had an apartment just east of UCO. ...Ive also always wondered where she's buried at. .....and with sooo many years now gone by, I wish this cold case could be formally reopened.....especially given the advent of new advances in forensic technology that could unravel possible new leads in finding out information previously unknown.

[Mel]

Karen Gay Silkwood (1946 - 1974) - Find A Grave Memorial

[RadicalModerate]

The story of Karen Silkwood is timeless, especially here in Oklahoma. I recently watched a documentary on Netflix "Mysteries at the Museum" and an episode revisited her story...especially that her actual purse is on display at The Museum of The Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, TX. ....I searched on here and found an informative thread from 2006 which is now closed. I've watched the movie, and always Karen lived in some house in Crescent (from what the movie depicts)...but someone was saying she also had an apartment just east of UCO. ...Ive also always wondered where she's buried at. .....and with sooo many years now gone by, I wish this cold case could be formally reopened.....especially given the advent of new advances in forensic technology that could unravel possible new leads in finding out information previously unknown.

Yup. And now we have Ebola Unleashed.

[Questor]

Wow, 40 years next month.

[cxl144]

I've been told that the area of Highway 74 where the Silkwood "accident" occurred was covered with asphalt and restriped the day after the accident. Might be an urban legend though.

[bombermwc]

CX, if it were true, then you should find that part of ODOT that works that fast, and have them work elsewhere in the state....sounds like bull to me. Conspiracists love stories like this, but knowing people that worked in this case, the evil empire KM was made out to be, just doesn't add up with the science of it. Stories like this start from threads of truth, so I'm sure there were things going on that maybe weren't up to snuff. But just remember that it is a movie, and being such, it's quite stretched to make it sell better. She was far from being a "well liked" person among the employees too.

[RadicalModerate]

CX, if it were true, then you should find that part of ODOT that works that fast, and have them work elsewhere in the state....sounds like bull to me. Conspiracists love stories like this, but knowing people that worked in this case, the evil empire KM was made out to be, just doesn't add up with the science of it. Stories like this start from threads of truth, so I'm sure there were things going on that maybe weren't up to snuff. But just remember that it is a movie, and being such, it's quite stretched to make it sell better. She was far from being a "well liked" person among the employees too.

Having met her roommate, in real life, a long, long time ago, I would have to aver that your perception of the situation is fairly close to right . . . in the sense of accurate/correct.

Can you imagine how confusing this all would have been had there been cellphones texting in traffic on narrow, two lane highways?

It would have been nearly as confounding as . . . Renegade/Rogue Ebola patient bicycling through a park with all the newshounds gathered to record the event.

Well . . . wouldn't it?

[ljbab728]

Having met her roommate, in real life, a long, long time ago, I would have to aver that your perception of the situation is fairly close to right . . . in the sense of accurate/correct.

Can you imagine how confusing this all would have been had there been cellphones texting in traffic on narrow, two lane highways?

It would have been nearly as confounding as . . . Renegade/Rogue Ebola patient bicycling through a park with all the newshounds gathered to record the event.

Well . . . wouldn't it?

That sounds much too dangerous to me. Someone might get hurt.

[RadicalModerate]

I've been told that the area of Highway 74 where the Silkwood "accident" occurred was covered with asphalt and restriped the day after the accident. Might be an urban legend though.

Not too late to redecorate for Halloween . . . is it?
There is no "area" of Highway 74. It was a culvert. To the left . . . And it glows to this very day.
(geez, louise)

[RadicalModerate]

That sounds much too dangerous to me. Someone might get hurt.

What do you mean, might? =)

[Buffalo Bill]

40 years ago today.

[traxx]

KWTV 9 has been teasing a piece that they're doing on Karen Silkwood tonight at 10. I'm gonna try to remember to DVR it. I don't know how indepth it'll be, though, if it's just a regular news piece during the 10 o'clock news.