Session 25: R. Budd Dwyer

Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.

 

This session, we are taking you to Pennsylvania, where we discuss R. Budd Dwyer, a State Treasurer whose crimes and public suicide shocked the world. 

 

Sources: 

The Sins of Our Fathers: A Profile of Pennsylvania Attorney General Leroy Zimmerman and a Historical Explanation of the Suicide of State Treasurer R.Budd Dwyer by William Keisling and Richard Kearns

Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer (2010)

The Evening News - Tuesday, June 25, 1985 (Harrisburg, PA)

Press Enterprise - Wednesday, July 24, 1985 (Bloomsburg, PA)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Friday, July 27, 1984

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Friday, March 2, 1984

The Patriot News - Friday, December 19, 1986 (Harrisburg, PA)

The Evening News - Friday, December 19, 1986 (Harrisburg, PA)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/17/A-man-who-federal-prosecutors-say-was-the-mastermind/3255472107600/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy_Zimmerman

https://www.library.pasen.gov/people/member-biography?id=4570

https://dwyermovie.com/AboutBudd.html

https://bunow.com/news-politics/budd-dwyer-lessons-in-politics-and-media/

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/26/us/pennsylvania-aide-focus-of-scandal.html

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/SJ/1987/0/Sj19870202.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/26/us/pennsylvania-aide-focus-of-scandal.html

 

Gavel strike audio by odditonic 

Instrumental intro/outro music by Dmitry Taras