About this episode
The episode introduces 'American Shrapnel,' detailing the bombings in Atlanta and the subsequent manhunt for Eric Robert Rudolph.
From our sister news site AL.com comes 'American Shrapnel.' The Olympics explode on a July night in 1996. The largest pipe bomb the country has ever seen. A string of bombings shakes Atlanta for the next year. Thousands of photos and videos produce one blurry image of the attacker, a photo so grainy the FBI called him “Blob Man.” Agents zero in on the wrong man, the media follows suit, and the real bomber slips away. Until Birmingham. In Alabama, the Blob Man finally makes a misstep. He detonates another bomb, but this time someone sees something. A college student asks himself a question: Why, when everyone else is rushing to see what happened, is that man running away? That curious student breaks open what was then the largest manhunt in U.S. history: the search for Eric Robert Rudolph. Years pass. No trace. Does he have help? Is he planning more attacks? In American Shrapnel, the latest podcast from the Murrow-winning Alabama Media Group, join 2x Pulitzer Prize winner John Archibald and award-winning journalist Becca Andrews as they track the path of destruction — from the bombings, through the manhunt, and back to the twisted politics that fueled it. You’ll hear the stories…
People in this episode
Hosts: John Archibald, Becca Andrews
Topics covered
- bombings
- manhunt
- true crime
- survivors
- politics
- media
Keywords
- American Shrapnel
- Eric Robert Rudolph
- Atlanta bombings
- 1996 Olympics
- manhunt
- true crime
- survivors
- politics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AL.com
Places: Atlanta, Birmingham
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