Atlanta’s Olympic bombing... Introducing ‘Flashpoint’

Culpable

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

On July 27th, 1996, a domestic terrorist bombed the Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta, GA. While the FBI and the media fixated on the wrong man, the bomber planned his next, more overtly political attacks on 2 abortion clinics and a gay nightclub. The bomber would later be identified as a dedicated soldier in the white-supremacist Christian Identity Movement. Through the lens of these 4 bombings, and the victims left to pick up the pieces, Flashpoint explores America's greatest threat, the political and religious radicalization of homegrown terrorists. Available now from Tenderfoot TV and iHeart Podcasts. Click here to listen to the show. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, COBable listeners. This is Dennis Cooper. I have something new to share with you from
0:05.7	Tenderfoot TV and the team behind Atlanta Monster. It's a new podcast called Flashpoint.
0:12.0	Some of you may remember where you were on July 27th
0:15.1	1996 when a domestic terrorist bombed the Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta
0:20.0	Georgia. While the FBI and the media fixated on the wrong man, the real bomber was
0:25.2	planning his next targets. A serial bomber, a manhunt, and the victims left to
0:30.6	pick up the pieces. This is Flashpoint. Check out this trailer.
0:38.0	Welcome to Atlanta's Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the Centennial Olympic Games.
0:44.1	Back in 96, Atlanta was booming with excitement
0:47.4	around hosting the Olympic Games.
0:50.2	For the first time, our city was stepping
0:52.3	into center Sage.
0:54.0	What no one could have predicted is that it would be remembered for something else.
0:58.3	There is a bomb in Centennial Park.
1:01.8	You have 30 minutes.
1:04.0	Two people died that night.
1:08.0	More than 100 injured.
1:11.0	And the bombings, they were far from over.
1:14.0	The two bombs an hour apart that rocked an abortion clinic in Atlanta.
1:17.0	I sat down just for a second and noticed a bright flash and then a tremendous blast.
1:25.0	Two more bottles, this time
1:26.8	at an Atlanta nightclub catering to lesbians.
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