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Before I write anything else, I want to let everyone know that THIS IS NOT AN EXPLOITATION SITE.  R. Budd Dwyer's suicide is a part of American history, that everyone should know about.  Why?  Not just because of what he did in the end, but because of the events that occurred, leading up to his eventual suicide.  After all, this is a TRIBUTE to R. Budd Dwyer, no matter how morbid it may seem.

Many people who have learned of this incident, have taken it the wrong way.  R. Budd Dwyer was not some corrupt politician who blew his brains out on live T.V. (As many have stated).  Mr. Dwyer was a successful politician, a former school teacher, an intelligent man, and a loving husband and a father, who became the victim of political persecution.  It's truly sad to think that one man's life, along with many other lives can be ruined in an instant, as in this case.  But this just goes to show you just how dangerous and twisted politics can really be.

Listening to his final speech, you can clearly tell that this was not a man who wanted to die.  This was a man who's pain and despair had driven him over the edge. A man who stood to lose everything he worked his entire life for.  All because he earned the wrath of the wrong people.

Confused, feeling hopeless and about to lose everything he worked his entire life for, Pennsylvania State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, sadly took his life, on the cold snowy morning of January  22, 1987, in the middle of a televised news conference (At the state capitol in Harrisburg, PA, crowded with members of the press). This event has become infamous in recent years, due to exploitation videos and even more so with the explosion of the internet.   It has also been the lyrical inspiration of a few songs.  Most notably in rock band Filter's 1996 hit "Hey Man, Nice Shot" (A song that was at first believed to be about rock band Nirvana's late lead singer Kurt Cobain, who too was a suicide victim)

My reason for having the actual uncensored video of his suicide on this site, is NOT to exploit him in anyway.  There are many websites on the internet that have turned this tragic event into a sick joke.   This is NOT one of those sites.  Again, I feel this incident is an important part of American history (As is JFK's assassination, though much more graphic).  It questions whether or not our justice system can be used as a form of persecution.

We may never know exactly why Budd Dwyer chose to take his life in such a violent and public manner.    We do however know that because he died while still in office, his family was still able to receive 1.3 million in pension and insurance benefits, that they would have never received had he been removed from office (Which would have happened immediately as soon as he was sentenced).

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to make us realize some things we often ignore. And Budd Dwyer's shocking suicide changed the face of politics in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in a very big way.   As a result, It still to this day remains a taboo in and around the area (Labeled by some as "The Ghost Of Budd Dwyer").

Suicide is a very very sad (and very final) choice to make.   Although I deeply sympathize and can only image the horrible desperation Budd must have felt in the final moments of his life, I can not say he did the right thing..  In the end, it only overshadowed the injustice perpetrated on him, as well as intensify the agony felt by those who loved truly him.