Ambassador Hotel
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Sep 30, 2026
NikkiHOST
So I got a definition from the Cambridge Dictionary that defined a mainstream candidate as, quote, a person who is not loyal to or who harms their own country or political party because they are under the control or influence of another country or party.
NikkiHOST
So let's talk about CIA at the Ambassador Hotel.
NikkiHOST
Multiple witnesses claimed that there were three men at the Ambassador Hotel that identified themselves as CIA operatives.
NikkiHOST
The theory is that Sirhan Sirhan was programmed by the CIA to commit the murder.
NikkiHOST
Sirhan Sirhan would have been unaware of his actions at the time and had his mind wiped immediately after completing his mission.
Robert F. KennedySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course, and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done, and I feel that I'm obliged to do all that I can.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
Kennedy was at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
After delivering a victory speech in the hotel's embassy ballroom, he planned to leave the hotel through the kitchen pantry area to avoid the crowds.
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Michael R. FischbachGUEST
And the state, and this is true even today, that has the most delegates to the Democratic Party's convention is the state of California.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
And on June 4th, 1968, in a race against another candidate running for the Democratic Party, he, Eugene McCarthy, Kennedy won, and he was at a victory celebration, the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, when he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
So that's a bit about Robert Kennedy.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
He was, at the time of his assassination, very, very popular among various constituencies within the Democratic Party.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
And on June 4, 1968, in a a race against another candidate running for the Democratic Party, Eugene McCarthy.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
Kennedy won, and he was at a victory celebration, the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, when he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
So that's a bit about Robert Kennedy.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
He was, at the time of his assassination, very, very popular among various constituencies within the Democratic Party.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
And on June 4th, 1968, in a race against another candidate, running for the Democratic Party, he, Eugene McCarthy, Kennedy won.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
And he was at a victory celebration, the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, when he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
So that's a bit about Robert Kennedy.
Michael R. FischbachGUEST
He was, at the time of his assassination, very, very popular among various constituencies within the Democratic Party.
Joe FridayVOICE_ACTOR
Did you and your husband go out together much, ma'am?
Martha BorgVOICE_ACTOR
Well, one night last month we went to the Coconut Grove there in the Ambassador Hotel, and we used to go out to the movies pretty regular.
Joe FridayVOICE_ACTOR
Was he in the habit of leaving the house at night alone?
Martha BorgVOICE_ACTOR
No, just when he went out with Francine.
12 MINS LATER
Henry BorgVOICE_ACTOR
She's different.
Henry BorgVOICE_ACTOR
Goes in for fancy clothes, all kinds of fancy food, even anchovies, and I don't like anchovies.
Henry BorgVOICE_ACTOR
Last month, I swear she even made me take her down to the Ambassador Hotel.
Henry BorgVOICE_ACTOR
Imagine me at the Ambassador Hotel.
JoyHOST
Hmm.
JoyHOST
So and then he went at 10:30 down to, like, the Ambassador Hotel.
JoyHOST
Seems to be like this is all a little sketchy on the timeframe, but- Yeah, 'cause I have that he
NikkiHOST
he... went to get, he wanted coffee somewhere, and he ended up at the Ambassador, at, at a party near the Ambassador Hotel, and, like, left this party and got to the hotel around 8:00.
JoyHOST
And I'm not sure what...
JoyHOST
Do we know what... 'Cause, 'cause then at 10:30 he was back at the Ambassador Hotel.
NikkiHOST
Yes.
NikkiHOST
So that is, like, he...
Bill HemmerHOST
Stepping into the chaotic dash for the Democratic nomination was Senator Robert F. Kennedy, building a coalition of working-class Americans, minorities, and anti-war youth who saw him as a leader capable of healing a fractured nation.
Bill HemmerHOST
Just minutes after delivering a crucial victory speech in the California Democratic primary, Kennedy was leaving the Embassy Ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Bill HemmerHOST
To avoid crowds, he was escorted through a crowded kitchen pantry.
Bill HemmerHOST
In the chaos, 24-year-old Sirhan Sirhan stepped forward with a .22 caliber revolver and opened fire at point-blank range.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Another idea of installing sprinkle-like misting systems was also vetoed as too expensive.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Opened on New Year's Day, 1921, the glamorous Ambassador Hotel was a Hollywood landmark, regular home of the Academy Awards and the site of the famed Coconut Grove nightclub.
speaker_0NARRATOR
But on the 5th of June, 1968, it became famous for a more notorious event, the assassination of Robert Francis Kennedy as he walked through the kitchens shortly after claiming victory in the Californian Democratic primary election, a significant step on his way to the presidency.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Bobby Kennedy, shot three times, died the next day at the Good Samaritan Hospital.
JasonHOST
This is the last video that features Steven Adler.
JasonHOST
It was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in LA.
DeeHOST
It's the last video featuring Steven Adler, and he's not even playing.
DeeHOST
That's right.
JasonHOST
Oh, that's so great.
JasonHOST
Do you remember...
JasonHOST
The last time we talked about the ambassador hotel in LA on this podcast,
DeeHOST
um, was it on blade runner?
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