Who was this Blob Man agents now believed had bombed the Olympics, two abortion clinics and a lesbian bar? He was a chameleon, a Bible thumper when it suited him, but one who used that holy text to justify murder. He was a soldier who washed out of the army, a Holocaust denier as early as high school and an admirer of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Rudolph’s primary talent, we come to find out, was growing potent marijuana on government land near his home and spreading it through Nashville.

The story, told through unsealed federal task force interviews, defense lawyers, prosecutors, his former sister-in-law, and testimony from former friends and family, reveals a dangerous, contradictory man. And his secrets.

American Shrapnel is an eight-part series from Alabama Media Group. It starts with the biggest pipe bomb the FBI had ever seen. It ends in a dumpster, after the largest manhunt in U.S. history. This is the story of Eric Rudolph and the rise of American rage. Available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.