Imagine you're walking through a park one day and you see a suspicious backpack sitting underneath a bench.

You reported to the police and upon investigating they discover two live pipe bombs inside.

You rushed to clear the area before they explode, saving

countless lives and preventing injury. Everyone declares you a hero for a fleeting

moment until everything changes and you're declared the prime suspect.

That was the story of security guard Richard Jewell.

After the Centennial Park bombing killed one person and wounded more than 100

public pressure and a media witch hunt pushed a desperate

FBI to find a suspect.

Despite obvious holes in the case and unethical tactics used by the FBI to get Jewel to confess he was found guilty.

In the newest season of Generation Y, the Olympic Park bombing,

host Aaron and Justin explore the aftermath of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing.

Listen as they delve into the details of the case, the sway of public opinion, and the identity of the real killer, after a years long manhunt was apprehended

through pure luck and was found to be responsible for other bombings across the

United States. I'm about to play a clip from Generation Y, the Olympic Park bombing.

Follow Generation Y on the Wundry app or wherever you get your podcasts. We just went through an Olympics but the case we're talking about today, it involves the 1996 Olympic Games.

And to give you some idea of what was happening at the time,

the first Motorola Flipphone is on the market and the beloved Forensic Files has premiered on television.

And on July 19, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, the world celebrated 100 years of the Summer Olympic Games.

So a week later on July 26th, we have over 50,000 people gathered for this free concert at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park.

It's 21 acres.

The Olympic Park was open to all visitors to walk through and explore and enjoy the music.

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