Federal, state, and local police, as well as dozens of satellite trucks and numerous reporters, flood the little, charming hamlet of Murphy, North Carolina, as soon as Birmingham police officer James Blanton files a BOLO for a truck registered to Eric Rudolph.
However, agents discover a Goldilocks scenario when they break inside his trailer. Although the inhabitant has left, the stove is still warm, if not the oatmeal. Just before a huge task force arrives, he sneaks into the mountains. This marks the start of the biggest manhunt in American history.
A severed hand, a would-be Rambo, gunfire directed at federal investigators, and a region of the world where many people cheer “Run, Rudolph, Run” are just a few of the strange incidents that we follow as the proof is uncovered.
Alabama Media Group’s eight-part series is called American Shrapnel. The largest pipe bomb the FBI had ever seen is where it all began. The biggest manhunt in American history ends in a garbage. This is the tale of the emergence of American anger and Eric Rudolph. accessible on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and other podcasting platforms.
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