Watergate Whistleblower: SECRET IDENTITY REVEALED | History's Greatest Mysteries: Solved

In 1974, two journalists brought down President Richard Nixon by uncovering the Watergate scandal. Crucial to their story was a secret whistleblower called "Deep Throat." Over 30 years later, his identity was finally revealed, in this episode of History's Greatest Mysteries: Solved.
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - The Watergate Break In
2:26 - A Whistleblower Brings Down Nixon
4:55 - Who is Deep Throat?
6:56 - Deep Throat's Identity Revealed
8:25 - The Aftermath
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[@mustangmike4078]

And forever after we've had the suffix "gate" added to words to indicate scandal.

[@totalchaos444]

I giggled whenever the narrator says Deep Throat.

[@evancortez2]

I've been to the parking garage where Bob Woodward used to meet up with Mark Felt aka Deep Throat - it's very creepy and spooky down there, I just stayed long enough to do a vlog then I got outta there, the place gives me the willies

[@ericbess9141]

A drop in the bucket compared to what is going on today

[@mikealvord55]

Except that was true then, not like today's BS

[@EYEBALLKLOTT]

It's no different than it was, except that this repeated drama isn't a necessary one.

[@ethanweeter2732]

This is true and showed Nixon was very corrupt.

[@parrotbill9072]

Forest Gump said he was the Whistle Blower, I saw the movie! 🤪👍

[@Kv-pk2st]

RUN FOREST! RUN!

[@thebeldam5823]

"Theres a couple of guys with really bright lights and they're keeping me awake!"

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@thebeldam5823 FORREST WAS INCIDENTLY PRESENT AT SEVERAL HISTORICAL MOMENTS IN USA HISTORY. VERY LUCKY MAN. 😃😃😃

[@evelynntune2219]

I mean truly why choose "Deep Throught" as your code name thats so weird Out anything thats so weird

[@amberslahlize7961]

Deep throat*. I think it's mysterious.

[@Hella-en5dh]

Deep Throat does have a vital role in expelling information from the Oval Office, Monica taught us that.

[@niccbeans2939]

😭😭🤣🤣

[@iCainerzx]

Take the blue pill, the story ends you wake you up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. Take the red pill, and I'll show you how deep the rabbit hole goes - Morpheus

[@dirtygrizzly4219]

I thought that barney said that 🤔

[@SoonMrWick]

You missed a pun.

[@jblechan]

He's only offering the truth, nothing more.

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

I recall those days like yesterday wow

[@jackrusselpupper1979]

The Watergate is nothing in the current state of the criminal conduct by the government people at a highest seat, doesn’t it? Why do these guys have such a long life! Ninety one!

[@mikem.6340]

He came up with the codename 'Deep throat' after spending a 'secret' evening at the Playboy mansion with Heff.

[@Tubbs777]

I still can’t believe he was the 17 year old in Apocalypse Now. He’s so much older and mature now lol

[@ABlackmore721]

I don't think I can ever hear the codename "Deepthroat" and takr it seriously anymore.

[@gunsandmoses8670]

History only repeats itself.

[@rabim106]

“Deep Throat?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johngordon2933]

This "mystery" was never a mystery, and Felt's name came out many years ago.

[@tomloft2000]

He wasn't a whistleblower, he was an information source.the story had been out for a while by then.

[@jamesflorfitch2498]

noun: whistleblower a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity.

[@scarakus]

Deep Throat! lmfao!

[@neilfoster814]

It was Forrest Gump, it's in the movie plain as day!

[@tammygeorge1638]

FUNNY HOW TODAY THIS WHOLE GAME THEY ARE PLAYING IS JUST ABOUT THE SAME!

[@princeedmunddukeofedinburg]

Time is a flat circle, we need a global mass extinction event.

[@SoonMrWick]

@@princeedmunddukeofedinburg I'm finding it difficult to come to a different conclusion about the second half of your statement.

[@darthrevan2410]

Only thing is were awake this time around.

[@darthrevan2410]

@Darth Skeletroll 2.0 Ahhh another Darth who's more Grey then meets the eye.

[@tammygeorge1638]

@Melissa Martin and Nixon was a scape goat for the rest of them.

[@mauricedrew3150]

I doubt that Woodward and Bernstein would have gotten Nixon or the basic truth of Watergate without felt.

[@FERMBUDZZ]

I don't know about a gossip more like a legend

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

One thing for sure I know that I am going to be interested in this video and the reason is because my paternal grandmother was there at watergate and I am also interested because one of my paternal grandmothers childhood friends Mary Jean Eisenhower’s brother David Eisenhower married President Nixon’s daughter Julie

[@treadlightlyorelse849]

Get out of here, also I didn't the Nixons and the Eisenhowers were family

[@tribhuvanss]

it's like two thieves pointing fingers towards each other

[@NoWay-gy4yg]

watching this while it's still the biggest presidential scandal, wont be for long

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

You forgot to mention that Hoover wore women's underwear while PREFORMING HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES, and that he had affairs with the young boys they hired for such purposes.

[@raoul_duke69]

i just took the red pill

[@glenngarygoodell6352]

we have more corrupt people in wash DC that would make water gate look like nothing

[@LarryP248]

What a marvelous array of insights. I read a similar book that left a lasting impression. "The Silent Bridge: Echoes of the Unspoken Past" by Emma Wick

[@bradkeen1973]

So it wasn't Forrest, Forrest Gump?

[@BapyTheSnowman]

Isn’t the whole point of a whistleblower to keep their identity a secret so the government doesn’t find out who did it and retaliate?

[@gaaraxnaru]

He wasn't actually a whistle-blower, butbhe was a secret Informant. By the time he revealed himself, it was decades later and any chance of retaliation would be pointless.

[@JB-vt5sz]

It was Kermit the 🐸

[@dougholliday467]

"The Invencable" lol

[@Daniel_B_23]

Deep Throat lmao

[@BobF510]

This material is a fountain of inspiration and novel ideas. A book I read with comparable themes guided my evolution. "The Silent Bridge: Echoes of the Unspoken Past" by Emma Wick

[@patrickoctaviano9996]

16 mins here almost done with the new video..

[@juniorboyd6974]

I was wrong. I had suspected it was Helms or Gray.

[@js-ny2ru]

Frank Jaeger. We know that already.

[@EYEBALLKLOTT]

Don't take. Quit this society atop us because that's one small thing in a huge list. So that's Mar.

[@dougholliday467]

lol I just KNEW it was him lmb0000000000

[@vanity2496]

Hi mister matrix guy!

[@johnhuber7188]

I still love Nixon 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍

[@rafatrill]

Bruh! This should be a movie

[@jm361]

Laurence (Morpheus) is great for the history channel! Love it!

[@tracestevens1773]

What about Hilary Clinton's role in Watergate? Wasen't she disbarred for her role in Watergate ?

[@silentpotato787]

Could you people try the mystery of mylasain flight 370?

[@119jle]

There never was one. They fell for it.

[@danielefuribe775]

Haaaaaa am early

[@alexvasquez4154]

How old was Hillary at that time and where was she working , oooops deepthrought indeed .

[@siiola258]

Deep throat XD at least dont make it more sus

[@rainieday9474]

He’s not the informant the informant was a woman that womans name was Linda but not the actress Linda in the movie deep throat that woman just played the part of the real actual Linda

[@daddyshome2196]

UMIRAH IRAH Episode 0834

[@json2582]

Or as another commenter might suggest down below - - - Historygate !!!!!!!

[@Tmftvvv]

That is morphius from matrix omg

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

That's cowboy Curtis from pee wee Hernan

[@jesusjozi1990]

To bad the Washington post stop reporting on the real News

[@richarddemuth7077]

"DEEP THROAT" was Henry Kissinger.

[@Elainerulesutube]

Henry Kissinger always thought that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.

[@richarddemuth7077]

@@Elainerulesutube That's because Henry Kissinger WAS "Deep Throat".

[@Henry-cr3io]

Deep throat...?

[@Scorp308]

Yes, Deep Throat. That's all she wrote.

[@elijahhodges4405]

You could tell that Felt was a horrible liar. His giggle after lying, or facing questions is typical. Ask a body language specialist about this guy. All lies.

[@jasonanderson8528]

It was forest Gump

[@alfredawomi2340]

Created "Deep Throat", huh?! Than why would have President Nixon resigned then, huh! Let's be Reasonable!

[@andysummersthxcinemaandmyc7748]

neo there is no deep throat

[@onan-sonofjudahbrotherofer8466]

Forrest Gump

[@Joolius.]

Anyone else childishly laugh at 'Deep Throat'?

[@donskeezy4042]

I sure did

[@butterdeux5619]

If only REPORTER'S STILL DID THERE JOB. WE WOULDN'T HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS WEAK AND SENILE. THIS IS A VERY SAD AND TRUE FACT

[@lukeherrington8555]

impeach biden and kamala

[@marvelfancyrus2847]

I heard Nixon told them not to do it and Nixon was actually a decent president.

[@mikepagliaro2123]

Yeah, you heard wrong.

[@gunsandmoses8670]

Wow that's when news reporters did something besides spew lies

[@sabihatanveer8494]

🎉dt

[@sydnayallen6762]

Plot twist... The source is still unknown and this felt guy just wanted to get famous and get a spot in history before he died.. LUL I wouldn't be surprised

[@larrygrimaldi1400]

Yes, but by that time, Felt was far advanced in Alzheimer's, so of course we believe it.

[@darthrevan2410]

Am I the only one that can't take the story seriously every time I hear deep throat???😓😫😂😂

[@bonjourvietnam007]

😎

[@johnmirbach2338]

😁✌🖖👌👍😎

[@chuchonation]

Bet nothing is revealed and this is just another History Chanel click bait

[@kaylaisjezebel9346]

This was Donald trumps fault

[@richardwilliams2560]

It may as well be. He gets blamed for everything under the sun..by the low IQ morons.

[@nocorruptreligion]

No, it was George Bush fault.

[@shaneclyde8694]

It really is his fault there's pictures of trump in the white house where Nixon once resigned

[@pepperann7467]

@@nocorruptreligion He is the link to all the scandals. i wish he would have made a public deathbed confession. maybe 'w' will tell us

[@arianmino8905]

First

[@glrage]

2nd

[@kali7602]

DEEP THROAT huh 🤔 really all the names out there an ur calling your reliable informant DEEP THROAT wow the disrespect 🤣🤣🤣 I would of rather been called a 🐀🤣🤣🤣

[@briankreezan9500]

I believe in the movie they're to say they used it because it was name of the movie that was popular at the time

[@michaelargenta3856]

1st fake news ??? hahahahahhahaha..

[@nimashasasitharan186]

i first again 😤😤😤😤😤

[@clou3557]

The Watergate In a little-known corner of the Midwest, and the lesser visited state of Missouri, there's a hilly region, an oak and pine woodland wilderness. This Paradise is home to many different types of wildlife, birds, natural springs, riverways. This is the wilderness, vast uninhabited areas of uncharted forest. This little spot on the map is the most important place in the world, because it is watering the entire world. This is the long, lost Garden of Eden. I can prove it, the bible says there is only one river system in the entire world, that does what this one will do. This great mountain that was considered sacred by the Mayans because of the hundreds of natural springs that shoot up through the ground as artesian wells. For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the Earth, and there was no man to till the ground, but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. Genesis 2:5 The Current River is located in the Southeastern portion of the Ozarks of Missouri. It is approximately 184 miles long. Hundreds of fresh water springs feed into the Current River, making Current River the main artery of the world's drinking water. The first magnitude spring that enters the river is Welch springs approximately 14 mi downstream from headquarters, nearly doubling the flow. Other notable springs that add to the current river include cave springs, alley springs, pool tide springs, round springs, Devil's well which is an underground river and the largest river in the state of Missouri. Fifty miles downstream Current River receives its largest tributary, Jacks fork near the small town of Eminence Missouri. Blue springs, another first-magnitude spring, and the biggest spring in the world empties into Current river providing nearly 470 cubic feet of water per second. Once you find the garden of Eden you'll see how the world gets its water. The water comes up out of the ground, in Eminence Missouri at the top of the world. As far north as you can get, Hundreds or possibly thousands of springs shoot ice cold, crystal clear water up out of the ground. All the springs and artesian wells feed into the Current River, so the current river is the main source that feeds all four rivers. •all four rivers must be fed from one single source. •They have to be a tributary four times, which means they have to flow into each other four times. Current River is a tributary to Black River, which is a tributary to White river, which is a tributary to Mississippi River. And from there to the four corners of The four corners of the world North, East, South and West, with the garden located in the North as the beginning and starting point of creation. Human kind started right here in the garden. They evolved over a 6 thousand year period from a divine piece of dirt. Native American Indians are the real Jews! Missouri is in the "heartland" and here you will find the garden of Eden, and how the world gets its water supply. Everything I say, I can prove. I have studied this endlessly for the last 4 years. I asked God to help me find the answers and he did. He put the holy Spirit on me, to guide me and show me the right way. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong on this, and I say this as humble as possible. I don't believe there is anyone out there who has more answers than I do. I would be glad to answer any questions. HERE IS THE AMOUNTS OF WATER THAT COMES FROM RIGHT HERE IN THE OLDEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD. These are just a few, of the hundreds springs that feed current river. Discharge of large Springs in Missouri (gallons per day) Big springs (Carter county) 840,000,000 Greer (Oregon) 583,000,000 Double (Ozark) 150,000,000 Bennett (Dallas) 100,000,000 Maramec (Phelps) 420,000,000 Blue springs (Shannon) 214,000,000 Boiling (Pulaski) 65,000,000 Blue (Oregon) 65,000,000 Montauk (Dent) 79,000,000 HaHa Tonka (Camden) 123,000,000 Round (Shannon) 336,000,000 Hodgson (Ozark) 29,000,000 Estimated Peak flows affected by run off of stream from spring after heavy rain. Missouri is blessed with a abundance of Springs the Ozark contains the highest concentration of Springs and the world. Hundreds of these rivers flow all year (perennial). Springs are vital to life in the riverway, but are very fragile. The specific purpose of the park is “preservation of Springs

[@Vlad__b1401]

Forget to take your schizophrenia meds again ?

[@SoonMrWick]

The fuq kind of joke is this? Government version of Super Troopers Meow? Deep Throat?