A glaring new Netflix documentary has revealed the shocking but true story of Martha Mitchell - who is credited as the first person to publicly accuse President Richard Nixon of being involved in the Watergate scandal, which resulted in her being held as a 'political prisoner' and smeared as a mentally-ill drunk by White House officials after she spoke out.

The new doc, entitled The Martha Mitchell Effect, hit the streaming service on June 17 - in honor of the 50th anniversary of the highly controversial Watergate break-in which captivated the nation and eventually resulted in President Nixon resigning.

It told the story of the woman who was branded as the 'Mouth of the South', thanks to her outspokenness with the press, and the immense impact she had as one of the first whistleblowers who ultimately helped blow the lid on one of the biggest secrets the U.S. government has ever seen.

Martha, who was 53 at the time of the break-in and married to Nixon's former Attorney General John Mitchell, was a controversial but generally well-liked figure until, in 1972, she began to suspect that Nixon and his re-election committee were responsible for the Watergate break-in.

During the attempted robbery, a group of burglars were caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents from the Democratic National Committee building in the Watergate complex, and although Nixon tried his best to cover up his connection to the crimes, it was later revealed - with the help of Martha and other...

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