437: Whack-Gate: The Kerrigan-Harding Olympic Scandal

With all the recent Olympic chatter, I thought this week we’d take a look back at one of the most notorious scandals in Olympic history…enter Tonya Harding, who skated her way to infamy.  Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary Merch! Merch! Merch!: wonderyshop.com/cultliter Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: [email protected] Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/851/1476/1622192/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/movies/tonya-harding-i-tonya-nancy-kerrigan-scandal.html https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/06/sports/figure-skating-lines-blur-for-kerrigan-and-harding.html https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nancy-kerrigan-attacker-tells-his-side-story-doc-trailer-1086525/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_021894.htm https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tonya-harding-admits-some-prior-knowledge-before-1994-nancy-kerrigan-attack-1074223/ https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/let-the-cult-begin-20120721-22gxf.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/jeff-gillooly https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/14/sports/figure-skating-gillooly-sentenced-to-2-years-in-jail.html https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/a-fact-checked-guide-whats-true-and-whats-not-in-i-tonya.html https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-cult-of-tonya-harding.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_of_Nancy_Kerrigan https://web.archive.org/web/20180713135832/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.