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Episode 7: The Phone Call

Episode 7 of 12

Leah Sottile investigates the story of Elohim City, a secretive Christian Identity enclave remote in the hills hours from Oklahoma City.

25 years on from the largest domestic terror incident in American history, journalist Leah Sottile investigates what made Timothy McVeigh the home-grown terrorist he was.

Two weeks before the Oklahoma City Bombing, the FBI learnt that Timothy McVeigh made a phone call to a secretive Christian Identity compound in the remote hills outside Oklahoma City, a place called Elohim City. Journalist Leah Sottile investigates the story behind the call and the secretive community.

Presenter: Leah Sottile
Producer: Georgia Catt
Editor: Philip Sellars

Narration recorded by Joe Preston
Additional Research by Robbie Wojciechowski

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14 minutes

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Tue 6 Jul 2021 19:45

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  • Tue 29 Sep 2020 13:45
  • Tue 6 Jul 2021 19:45

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