Fifty years ago tomorrow,  Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old plutonium plant worker, died in a fatal crash in Oklahoma. She was reportedly on her way to meet an investigative reporter with The New York Times to hand over documents she’d secretly been collecting at her job. The details surrounding her death and made famous by the movie “Silkwood” starring Meryl Streep, continue to be a mystery that haunts Oklahomans and the nation. 

“Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery” is a gripping new podcast series from ABC Audio that reexamines her mysterious death with brand new reporting, hosted by veteran journalists Mike Boettcher and Bob Sands. It premieres today.