Olympic Bomber

The Crimes of Eric Rudolph

De: Mark Stokes

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In the heat of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, a horrifying act shattered the world’s sense of security: a pipe bomb detonated in Centennial Olympic Park, killing one and injuring over 100—an attack by Eric Robert Rudolph, a man driven by extremist beliefs and a twisted mission. Olympic Bomber delves into Rudolph’s calculated campaign of terror, which extended beyond the Olympics to abortion clinics and a gay nightclub—revealing a chilling portrait of violence fuelled by hatred and ideology.

This narrative takes readers from the moment of the blast to the relentless five-year manhunt, as law enforcement wrestled with dead ends, false leads, and the shadowy wilderness where Rudolph hid from capture. Drawing on FBI records, survivor testimonies, and new insights, Olympic Bomber exposes the intensity of the search—a race across rugged terrain, the emotional toll on investigators, and the false suspicion that briefly ensnared hero turned suspect Richard Jewell.

Ultimately, this book offers more than a forensic chronicle—it probes the ideology that transformed Rudolph into a domestic terrorist, his extremist links, and his shocking confession and plea in 2005 that spared him the death penalty. With the drive of a thriller and the rigor of investigative journalism, Olympic Bomber is an urgent reckoning with the price of hate, the pursuit of justice, and how a tranquil moments of celebration became a nightmare etched into American history.