8: SPORTING EVENT TRAGEDY

The Archivist: A True Crime Podcast

Eric Rudolph. On July 27, 1996, the world sat shocked to its core as a crudely made pipe bomb exploded in the middle of the crowded Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta Georgia. 2 people were killed and over 100 people were injured. A bomb exploding in a park is terrorizing enough, but the timing of this bomb, One week into the 96 Summer Olympic games seemed to violate the Olympic spirit. It would take the FBI nearly 7 years to capture the Olympic bomber, and before his capture 3 more bombs would take the lives of 2 more people and injuring many others.
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Sources for this episode:
FBI.gov
Bomb sears nation’s soul by Andrew Martin and Karen Brandon (Chicago Tribune, July 28, 1996)
‘Hero’ guard a suspect (News Journal, Mansfield OH July 31, 1996)
Olympic bombing suspect becoming more optimistic by Mitchell Lansberg (The Anniston Star, Anniston Alabama, August 2, 1996)
Olympic bombing probe plods along. By Pierre Thomas and William Booth (Washington Post. September 22, 1996)
Cautious search for clues begins by Scott Marshall and Kathy Scruggs (The Atlanta Constitution, January 17, 1997)
3 incidents’ connection strengthens by Ron Martz and Kathy Scruggs (The Atlanta Constitution, July 27, 1997)
Getting clued in on clinic bombing by Jenny Cromie (The Anniston Star, Anniston Alabama, January 31, 1998)
Olympic park bombing suspect arrested. (Associated press article, May 31, 2003)
Wikipedia
ADL.org