A Timothy McVeigh Execution Roadtrip Part 01 of 04

Back in 2001 the federal government executed a man for the first time since 1963, Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh killed 168 people when he detonated an explosive device outside of a federal building in Oklahoma City, OK. This senseless act of pre 9/11 terrorism occured on April 19, 1995, exactly 2 years to the day when a standoff between the ATF agents and a relegious sect led by David Koresch resulted in the death of some 80 "cult" members. Innocent men, women, and children were killed in both instances. The final result, one of our very own U.S. soldiers, Timothy McVeigh, a gulf war veteran who was a part of General Schwarzkopf's elite inner circle during Desert Storm, was executed by lethal injection in Terre Haute, Ind. Six of us retraced these steps, from Waco, to Oklahoma City, and finally Terre Haute, in search of understanding on the eve of the McVeigh execution. This is what we brought back.

It features the music of Lou Barlow, Calexico, and Destroyer.

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