Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder
Ep. 33 | The Most DISTURBING LIVE TV Moments In History
03 Feb 2025
In today's episode, we see where spontaneity meets unpredictability in the TV world. Let's dive in and re-witness these moments together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Live television, a place where spontaneity meets unpredictability. It's a place where human error creates bloopers and unscripted moments that sometimes make us laugh. But occasionally, the unspeakable unfolds. From hostage situations caught on camera to tragic accidents and shocking revelations, these live moments remind us that reality can be far more disturbing than fiction.
These are the most chilling moments ever broadcasted on live television. Crime, conspiracy, cults, serial killers, and murder. All things that I love to consume and I know you do too, you sweet little munchkin, beautiful, intellectually minded freak. In this video, we're diving into some of the most disturbing events ever captured on live television.
Stories that left audiences frozen in fear and forever changed those who lived through them. So viewer discretion is advised. But without further ado, let's unbuckle our seat belts, go Mach 5 down the highway, slam on the brakes, and let's bust through this windshield into these disturbing live television moments together. So first up we have the KNBC TV hostage TV moment.
So one evening on the KNBC Channel 4 news station, something horrible unfolded that shocked viewers and those in the studio alike. On August 19th, 1987, it was a normal day in the studio on the news. And it wasn't until 4 p.m. that day when a man would walk into the studio under the guise of a guest and walk up to one of the live television reporters and put a gun to his back.
And that man was named Gary Stolman. And the reporter was David Horowitz. So for some background on Gary Stolman, he was the son of a former employee named Max Stolman, who had talked about his son's mental health struggles and how he frequently got in and out of mental hospitals. Due to his... Delusions, if you will.
Max Stolman said, I do have a sick son. He has been hospitalized a number of times.
Therefore, he had used his connection with his father to get himself on live television that night. So as David, the reporter, was reporting the news, as you do, he would hear Gary's footsteps behind him and naturally would kind of look behind him to see what was going on because he was live on television at the moment. And when he looked down, he would see a gun pressed up against his back.
Things about shopping by mail order. Pardon me?
And it is kind of crazy how calm David was during this whole interaction. And as soon as he saw the gun, Gary would hand him a piece of paper to read on live television. What is this?
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