After years of Christine Chubbuck death, the suicide tape is going viral on Reddit. Here is the detail.
She was an American television news reporter. The reporter worked for WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida.
Her suicide shook the television team as she was the first person to commit suicide on a live television broadcast.
Christine Chubbuck Death Video – Exclusive Reddit Tape
Reddit shared a video on Christine’s death. The link doesn’t work, however.
On the morning of 15 July 1974, a host WXLT, Christine looked into the camera and then drew a .38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver from her desk and shot herself behind her right ear.
5 years ago Reddit posted ‘Christine Chubbuck on-air suicide in 1974 Video has been located.’ It seemed the station was having a copy.
The broadcast went out to many people but no tape of it was found for long. There were two films made about her story.
His family seemed to be the one to prevent the tape from release.
Why did Christine Chubbuck commit Suicide?
Christine was having drugs and in 1970 she overdoses herself. She spoke about her depression and suicidal tendencies to her family.
Later her mother said, “her suicide was simply because her personal life was not enough.” Christine told her coworkers that she is a virgin.
But her brother Greg confirmed that she had dated several men but had trouble building relationships with them.
Greg even recalled her trying to commit suicide in her teens. He remembers how Tim told him they will not have her for long.
Christine Chubbuck Wikipedia: More On The Television Reporter
Christine Chubbuck is featured on Wikipedia. She was born on August 24, 1944. She was born in Hudson, Ohio, United States.
She died on July 15, 1974, in Sarasota, Florida, United States. She was born to the father George Fairbanks Chubbuck and the mother Margaretha D.
She attended the Laurel School for Girls in Shaker Heights. She attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio to get further education.
She studied for one year with a major in theater arts. Then went to Endicott College in Beverly.
There she earned a degree in broadcasting at Boston University in 1965.
Where Are Chubback’s Family and Husband Today?
Her siblings are Greg Chubbuck and Timothy Chubbuck, two brothers. Her parents were divorced.
She had a close relationship with her family, mostly with her mother and brother Greg.
The reporter was not married or dating anyone either. Even this could be the reason for her to go into depression.
She has mentioned this in brief to her coworkers and mother that she couldn’t develop a relationship till she turned 30.
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