The Anthrax Murders Part 1

True Crime Creepers

Cloud10

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Three weeks after 9/11, a man in Florida is rushed to the hospital with a mysterious illness. As soon as doctors realize what’s killing him, it sets off one of the largest and most bizarre FBI investigations in U.S. history. Anthrax. In the mail. Targeting the media and members of Congress. And absolutely no one was prepared for what came next. Sources: Amerithrax or Anthrax InvestigationAmerithrax Investigative SummaryAnthrax Bioterrorism: Lessons Learned and Future Directions - PMC2001 anthrax attacks Death of Robert Stevens Hijacker Visited Crop-Duster Airfield - ABC NewsPaul KeimAmerican Airlines Flight 11Ames strain Paul Keim: "We Were Surprised It Was the Ames Strain" | FRONTLINETerror plot feared in anthrax outbreak | World news | The Guardian.Anthrax attacks 2001: Poison panic after contaminated letters sent to Daschle, Brokaw, postal workers.New York Hospital Worker Dies of Inhalation Anthrax | PBS NewsThe investigation of Dr. Shaikh - POLITICO Podcast: Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different.
0:03.6	What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?
0:07.8	Answer, a new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of a chilling true crime story.
0:14.8	Does anyone know what show they've come to see? It's a story. It's about the scariest night of my life.
0:23.2	This is Wisecrack, available now.
0:29.7	Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.5	We have had such a nice welcome back. Yeah, I feel so welcome. Our new episode just dropped today because we're recording a little late.
0:38.7	So last week's episode is dropping the day we recorded.
0:43.2	We are recording.
0:44.4	And I'm really loving all the welcome back.
0:47.0	Yeah.
0:47.9	It is fun to fill mist.
0:49.7	Yes.
0:54.0	Music. Welcome to another episode of True Crime Creepers, where we talk about all the real-life creeps from serial killers to con artists.
1:07.1	I'm Kristen, the true crime fanatic, who loves to tell these stories.
1:10.8	And I'm No Gap, the true crime newatic, who loves to tell these stories.
1:14.0	And I'm No Gap, the true crime newbie who hasn't heard any of them.
1:27.5	Okay. Okay.
1:29.0	Mogab Marco Poloed me today.
1:31.0	And we have been friends for going on 20 years.
1:36.7	Wow.
1:37.4	You make this sound so old.
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