The Indo Daily: From kidnapped heiress to on-the-run terrorist – the Patty Hearst story
Richard Nixon resigns in disgrace following the Watergate scandal.
Muhammad Ali and George Foreman serve up a pugilistic masterclass in the 'Rumble in the Jungle'.
Aspiring horror writer Stephen King publishes Carrie, his first novel.
ABBA storm the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Waterloo'.
And in Hungary, an architect by the name of Erno Rubik invents a multi-coloured cube that would capture the world's attention.
Just a handful of stories that left a still-enduring impression. But not all such events are so easily explained away in the end.
Take the case of Patricia Campbell Hearst; born into immense privilege and seemingly destined for a life of elite exclusivity. However, fate had other plans for Hearst, as did a violent militant organisation that wanted to shake America to its very foundations, with the bright and wealthy college student the perfect target.
Perhaps too perfect, as it turned out...
On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined from New York by Jeffrey Toobin, author of 'American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst', to review a true story that proved to be stranger than fiction.
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