Budd Dwyer Suicide Video Footage
Budd Dwyer Suicide took place during press conference in front of many people and TV cameras. Not being able to handle his corruption and conviction charges, Budd Dwyer pulled out a .357 magnum hand gun from a paper bag, scaring present media representatives but asked them to calm down or else someone would get hurt. The rest went down very quickly. Budd Dwyer committed swift suicide by putting the loaded gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger immediately. The shot took his life as he slid down leaning against the wall, while the camera zooms in to capture the footage of loads of blood spewing out of his nose and mouth. Budd Dwyer death was recorded in real time and below is the original, uncut video footage of it.
R. Budd Dwyer was actually a successful politician. He was intelligent, started out as a school teacher who loved his wife and kids. The political career became his nightmare and eventually cost his life as he committed suicide on live TV.
As he speaks his last words before he shoots a bullet in his head, Budd Dwyer sounds like a man who simply got pushed on the edge, not quite like an emo kid who likes to cut, talks about death a lot and wants to die by committing suicide. Bud Dwyer wanted to live, but had no other choice but to take his own life.
The exact truth behind Budd Dwyer Suicide may never be known. He took it with him to his grave. He was obviously troubled, maybe confused, and hopeless. He worked hard to achieve something in politics and was about to lose it all due to accusations of corruption.
The bio of Robert “Budd” Dwyer is simple. He was born on November 21, 1939 and became a treasurer for the state of Pennsylvania. Televised press conference during which he committed suicide took place on January 22, 1987 at the state capitol in Harrisburg. Members of media gathered around expecting his to resign form office of treasurer, but instead they saw him put a revolver in his mouth and shoot himself to death.
To the last second of his life, Budd Dwyer claim to be innocent and an honest man. He was facing a up to 55 years in prison and an additional $300,000 fine as he was convicted of receiving kickbacks.
By killing himself before he was released form office, Budd Dwyer secured full survivor benefits for his family - over $1.28 million. Before he pulled the revolver form the envelope, he left his wife a suicide note.
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July 18th, 2008 at 5:03 am
OMG! That has to be one of the freakiest things I’ve ever seen! I was about 17 or 18 when this happened, but I don’t remember hearing anything about it.
August 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am
How very sad. I feel very sorry for Mr Dwyer and his family. It was a terrible situation.
On another note, it was almost fascinating to watch a suicide (as sick as that sounds), it never occured to me blood would come pouring out of someones nose like that.
I think this video is both tragic and interesting.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
that cameraman certainly had nerves of steel
August 25th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
ewe i hate that video
August 29th, 2008 at 6:53 am
I’ve watched this sad video many,many times(Its almost like an addiction watching this) and each time I watch it, I find new things being said each time.(yes I know I’m weird. I was 11 when this happened, and I am now just finding this…
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I’m glad Jenny said that it was “fascinating.” That was my exact sentiment. I knew the Filter song was about a politician, but I did not know who, nor did I have a strong desire to learn. I came across his name completely by accident. I like to WikiPedia a lot of stuff, and I was doing just that. I started off while watching an episode of the Simpsons and came across that. I was on Norm MacDonalds WikiPedia and his name was on Norm’s profile, so I started reading up on him. For a couple of days I decided not to watch the video, but it was eating at me and I had to watch it. I couldn’t describe the need to see it. What is it about a car wreck that makes us stop and stare? When watching NASCAR the most replays over and over again are of car crashes. Hockeys most shown replays are fights. Boxing and MMA is huge, as is wrestling to a lesser extent. Although choreographed, it is still violent nonetheless. We watch television shows and news reports with explicit violence, and on top of that we fork over our money to go to the movies to watch the same thing. It “entertains” us. Why is that? I hope I’m not coming off pompous, I watch the same gory shows and movies as anybody else, but what is it about violence that attracts and “entertains” us? I don’t understand why we are drawn to this. I am currently in school for journalism but I am now thinking about doubling up and studying psychology. Why is our brain, besides the overly simplistic human curiousity, drawn to this? As Jenny said, it is simply fascinating.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Listen to the song “Hey man, man nice shot!” by the band filter.. it is based on this event
September 11th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Man that some creepy as shit man
September 24th, 2008 at 8:21 am
fuck! thanks alot of blood poring out didnt expect that…im shocked
October 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
How horrible for his family…why would he leave for them this legacy….?
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
OMG I watched this when I was 6 and it was haunting then and it is still haunting now I was at my aunts house after her mom Died and me and my cousins were watching tv when the Press conference came on there was no time to change the channel
October 30th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
wow at 1:03 he makes a like laughing noise and closes his eyes for the last time in his life
November 14th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Very sad. And then we find out that the other guy who was sentenced only got a year. Perhaps he may have gotten a year at sentencing. Terrible tragedy
November 16th, 2008 at 11:24 am
that was totally fucking rad!
December 5th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I find interesting this video…
I actually felt some of the sadness that man felt when he was about to kill himself.
I guess some troubles just seem so pitch dark…
I hope he’s on a better place.
I find interesting, that it actually penetrated the respiratory canal, (The canal that conects nose and lungs) blood trhu nose is not common on this kind of suicides…
May he rest in a better place.
December 13th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I was surprised by the amount of blood that poured from his nose… pretty neat.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Budd was a good man. Not many ppl. can secure full survivor benefits for his family - over $1.28 million.
December 18th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
This is the coolest thing ive ever seen
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 am
I think this man was a fuckin soldier. He secured benifits for his family and showed the people that he bealived were wrongly sentencing him, that h plays by his own rules.
December 24th, 2008 at 2:56 am
well he thought that shit all the way out and took his self out! bye bye there buddy! (thanks for the fuckin blood stain and shit spot asshole!)
December 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Awesome, this is badass
December 31st, 2008 at 3:55 am
yes….that was cool. who knows if the filter song is really about this event or cobain’s. the song’s lyrics make sense when placed in cobain’s situation, but not so much dwyer’s. whatever…still badass
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
nice shot
January 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
cant belivee some ppl enjoyed this…i do find it interesting but not in a good way, it was just interesting to see live footage of this and other stuff because the media sugarcoats stuff and this shows you what the world really is like…
January 4th, 2009 at 1:46 am
WOW! I never knew anything about this until I came across it on the net. I’ve been reading about the situation all night…quite interesting! Even more interesting is how Filters song is about Dwyer. Again….WOW