It started with a backpack at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, a backpack that contain a bomb.

While the authorities focused on the wrong suspect, a serial bomber planned his next attacks. Two abortion clinics and a lesbian bar.

But this isn't his story. It's a human story, one that I've become entangled with.

I saw, as soon as I turned the corner, basically someone bleeding out.

The victims of these brutal attacks were left to pick up the pieces, forced to explore the gray areas between right and wrong, life and death.

Their once ordinary lives and mine changed forever.

It kind of gave me a feeling of pending doom.

And all the while, our country found itself facing down a long and ugly

reckoning with a growing threat.

Far right, homegrown religious terrorism.

Listen to Flashpoint, starting July 25th on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

As promised, here is Status Untraced episode 8. You're listening to Status Untraced, a production of Tenderfoot TV in association with Odyssey.

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are solely those of the individuals participating in the podcast.

This podcast also contains subject matter, which may not be suitable for everyone.

Listener discretion is advised. Malana is a picturesque town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

It is secluded and cocoon in its cultural and social fabric.

However, a midst that beauty lurks a dark secret.

We've heard whispers about this village, Malana.

It's here inside the Parvati Valley,

and known to produce what many say is the finest hashish in the world.

Each of the 350 households in Malana produces 5 kilos of hash.

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