Supposedly the only authentic copy of Chubbuck's suicide is in the possession of a lawyer representing her family and the news station. Now apparently there is an "authentic" audio recording of the event which differs from the audio of this video, confirming that its fraudulent. Secondly, the notion that a television studio which broadcasts live news would have a single stationary camera which NEVER change its framing, focus, or POV is ludicrous on its face. Firstly, the only proof for either of those claims is "just trust me bro". As you can see from the bottom of the review chain, the initial argument against the authenticity of this video was that someone who worked for the same network as Chubbuck in 1974 claimed that 1) there was only one camera being used in the studio and 2) the zoom and framing of the shot in this video doesn't match the one used for live broadcasts. The film scene is dramatic and though it depicts a real life event, it isn't real and real death by gunshot wound looks completely different.Īmusing to track the history of the 'arguments' and 'evidence' that people have been presenting to discredit the authenticity of this video since its emergence online. Budd Dwyer committing suicide on live television, that may yet be available and one can see how bodies fall when dead. All of the muscles have gone completely limp so there's nothing to keep anything upright at all. It just collapses downward, not forward or backward. That would be consistent with a body's reaction to sudden, instant death. 38 S&W, shot herself just behind her right ear, slumped back in her chair and then fell to the floor. She made her final statement, pulled out the. You can't see them.įurthermore, in analysis of the film scene, it's not at all what witnesses stated occurred. The actual videos are locked away and not obtainable. It isn't the actual video of her suicide.
#REPORTER KILLS HERSELF ON AIR VIDEO ARCHIVE#
So, the video presented in this archive is a garbled version of the scene from the film about Christine Chubbuck. (partially_found_on-air_suicide_footage_of_television_news_reporter _1974) On February 13th, 2017, the footage seen in NationSquid's video was confirmed fake by Gordon Galbraith, who was the news director of Newswatch program at WXLT-TV (now WWSB-TV) that Christine hosted at the time of her suicide. NationSquid himself never replied to any questions about whether the footage was real or fake, and therefor users on the aforementioned websites came up with theories and analyses in attempts to deliver a verdict on whether the footage was genuine or fabricated. There was a wide debate on websites like 4Chan, the NationSquid Forums and even the Lost Media Wiki forums about the authenticity of the so-called "footage" from NationSquid. Since then, many users on YouTube have since re-uploaded the so-called "footage". It is in black and white, with distorted audio and video. The Christine Chubbuck story is at number 1 on the list.Īt the end of the video, at 8 minutes and 46 seconds, there appears to be footage of the suicide as it happened. On January 31st, 2017, a video titled "Freaky 5 - Lost Footage" was uploaded by a YouTuber called NationSquid, featuring five pieces of lost media that are considered creepy or disturbing.
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