ABC Audio's new podcast series reexamines the mysterious death of the whistleblower Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old plutonium plant worker who died in a fatal 1974 crash.

Fifty years after the crash that killed Karen Silkwood on a dark stretch Oklahoma's Highway 74, a rekindled effort to get to ...

Documentation of Silkwood's allegations that she was told to bring to the meeting was never found. The story went on to ...

A dramatized account of their relationship is included in the 1983 Academy Award-nominated film SILKWOOD, in which Stephens is portrayed by Kurt Russell. Stephens died at age 45 in a plane crash.

and Silkwood's story gained significant attention in 1983 with the release of "Silkwood," a movie based on her life. In a performance that earned her an Oscar nomination, Meryl Streep portrayed ...