Presenting: American Criminal

About this episode

This episode explores the early life of Eric Rudolph, a notorious criminal known for his bombings and extremist views.

Presenting an episode of American Criminal, a podcast that takes a deep dive into the stories of America’s most fascinating, devious and shocking criminals. The show is currently running a special five part season on Eric Rudolph. He’s the guy who planted a bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and you may not know this but he also bombed an abortion clinic and a couple of gay bars before hiding out in the Appalachian wilderness for five years. In this episode host Jeremy Schwartz looks back at Rudolph’s early days to try to understand how he became a bigoted anti-government extremist. You can listen to the whole series as well as many other great episodes of American Criminal wherever you stream podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Schwartz

Topics covered

• crime
• criminals
• Eric Rudolph
• bombing
• extremism

Keywords

• Eric Rudolph
• Atlanta Olympics
• criminal history
• anti-government
• bombing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Criminal

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