![]() She’d been seeing a psychiatrist who really didn’t feel that she was that serious about not wanting to live. ‘Hi, how are you, won’t you come have a cup of coffee with me,’ and you say ‘no,’ but you don’t say ‘Won’t you come have a cup of coffee with me,’ that sort of thing, in her personal relationships, and it really got to her. She was very sensitive and she tried and she would reach out, you know. ![]() She was a spinster at 29 and it bothered her. No close friends, no romantic attachments or prospects of any. But she had nothing else in her social life. She said constantly that if it ended tomorrow she would still be glad she had had it. “She was terribly, terribly, terribly depressed. While doctors were trying to save Chubbuck’s life at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital, her mother said the following to a reporter: She was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where she remains in critical condition.” Christine Chubbuck The news story on Christine Chubbuck’s death, J(Source: ) “TV 40 news personality Christine Chubbuck shot herself in a live broadcast this morning on a Channel 40 talk program. Mike Simmons, the news director, discovered a report Christine authored on her own condition among Chubbuck’s blood-stained documents. Viewers who witnessed the horrible incident summoned an ambulance, and Christine was brought to the hospital. WXLT-astonished TV’s crew darkened out the screen and ran a movie. “In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in ‘blood and guts’, and in living color, you are going to see another first - attempted suicide.” Christine ChubbuckĬhubbuck stumbled forward, collapsing on the floor after collapsing on the desk with her head. Christine Chubbuck Suicide Footage Tape – J(Source: Internet Archive) ![]() Here is the original footage of her Live Suicide. Christine then faced the camera, delivered her terrible final words, reached behind her desk for a.38 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol, and shot herself behind the right ear. She asked and was granted permission to report on a couple of major news stories as well as a local bar shooting. Chubbuck was the host of “Suncoast Digest,” a community affairs talk program, and he usually got right into it, but not on this particular day. Her coworkers later commented on her abnormally pleasant mood. July 15, 1974įor no particular reason, she chose July 15, 1974. ![]() As most cases, people say that it was due to depression, but the cause of her depression is not exact. It is also strange as she left no notes or a diary describing why she committed suicide. She even tried different types of therapy before committing suicide, but as history shows none of them worked. A few days later, Christine said to her brother: “I’m thinking about killing myself, and I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do.” “Well, I thought it would be a nifty idea if I went on the air live and just blew myself away,” she jokingly said before Smith changed the topic. One week before she ended her life, Chubbuck told Rob Smith, the night news editor, that she had bought a gun. Christine was very critical of herself and refused to accept praise. Making matters worse, her crush on coworker George Peter Ryan was only one-sided. ![]() Her first love was killed in a vehicle accident, and she then had another romance that ended because her boyfriend was Jewish and her father disapproved of him.įurthermore, Chubbuck’s right ovary was removed one year before her suicide, and she was advised she only had 2-3 years to get pregnant because it would be nearly impossible to conceive later. She was 29 years old and had no close friends, boyfriend, husband, or children. Suicidal TendenciesĬhristine struggled to connect with others and build deep, meaningful relationships. Chubbuck’s sadness was caused by her personal life, not her job or income. Christine’s family was aware of her suicidal tendencies, but her mother chose not to inform WXLT management of her daughter’s condition for fear of losing her job. She even attempted a pill overdose in 1970. Chubbuck had been dealing with melancholy and suicidal thoughts for years at that time in her life. The only recorded and known Live TV suicide in history took place in 1974, performed by American news reported Christine Chubbuck.Ĭhristine Chubbuck was 29 years old in 1974, lived in sunny Sarasota, Florida, and worked as a news reporter for WXLT-TV. What no viewer would expect is to see a live suicide performed by the report. A lot of viewers expect to hear about gruesome crimes or in some cases, suicides. Ertain News channels that report live have quite a huge following that wants to hear what are the latest news. ![]()
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