Cian and Ali return to the American Militia miniseries, and take a look at the life and crimes of Timothy McVeigh, a man who was inspired by the events of Ruby Ridge and Waco to strike against the federal government himself, committing the terrible Oklahoma City Bombing. We cover:
-the Turner Diaries
-the conspiracy that McVeigh was a patsy and was never executed
-McVeigh’s military experience
-McVeigh’s gun fixation
-Racism in the world of the militia movement
-details of the bombing
-McVeigh’s interest in numerology and Star Trek
NOTES:
patreon.com/wideatlanticweird
American Terrorist, Lou Michel, Dan Herbeck
https://books.google.ie/books/about/American_Terrorist.html?id=_kPdAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
Aberration In The Heartland, Wendy Painting
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23281022-aberration-in-the-heartland-of-the-real
Racist Foundation Of Oregon, Oregonlive.com
https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2020/06/oregons-founders-sought-a-white-utopia-a-stain-of-racism-that-lives-on-even-as-state-celebrates-its-progressivism.html