Sep 2020

Episode 2: The Mole

In 1981, the radical cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman -- known as The Blind Sheikh -- inspires the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat at a military ceremony. One of the soldiers present is Emad Salem. He swears revenge against the Sheikh. Cut to: 1990. Salem is retired fr ... Show More

45m 3s

Sep 2020

Episode 3: The Bomb

NYPD Detective Louis Napoli and FBI Special Agent John Anticev fear an attack is coming, but without their mole, Emad Salem, they’re blind to the machinations of the Brooklyn terror cell. Then on February 26, 1993, a bomb goes off in the basement parking garage of the World Trade ... Show More

32m 30s

Sep 2020

Episode 4: The Sheikh

FBI informant Emad Salem is close to not only the Blind Sheikh but his trusted lieutenant, an ambitious terrorist named Siddig Ibrahim Siddig Ali. Salem soon finds himself at the Statue of Liberty with Siddig Ali; their goal is not to enjoy their visit but figure out how to destr ... Show More

40m 9s

Sep 2021

Blindspot: The Road to 9/11

Episode 1: The Bullet. The 9/11 attacks were so much more than a bolt from the blue on a crisp September morning. They were more than a decade in the making. Our story starts in a Midtown Manhattan hotel ballroom in 1990. Shots ring out and the extremist rabbi, Meir Kahane, lies ... Show More

48m 42s

Jun 2025

54. Bin Laden vs the CIA: 9/11 (Ep 4)

On a clear September morning, the American homeland was shattered, revealing a vulnerability unforeseen for nearly two centuries. But, how did Osama bin Laden, soon to become the world's most wanted terrorist, orchestrate the largest mass murder in American history? What was the ... Show More

42m 56s

Sep 2021

9/11 Pt. 1: The Attacks

The morning of September 11, 2001 changed the world. Twenty years later, questions still linger about the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. In this special six-part series, we’re taking a look back at what we do and don’t know about the tragedy that unfolded, starting with ... Show More

36m 27s

Feb 2019

9/11

Where were you on 9/11? Thomas and Aimen use this historic event as a starting point as they tease out how al-Qaeda went from being a small army of jihadists seeking a caliphate in the Middle East to main player, at the centre of the global stage. Listen to exclusive bonus conten ... Show More

1h 12m

Feb 2024

The 2001 Anthrax Attacks

One week after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, someone began mailing envelopes containing a deadly form of anthrax, reigniting a national panic. The FBI spared no expense on the years-long investigation before naming a suspect and closing the case…but not everyone believes they got t ... Show More

52m 50s

Jan 2025

Introducing Bed of Lies: Conflict

A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army.Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Irela ... Show More

2m 11s

Oct 2025

Episode 322

It was a quiet July day in Bellevue, Washington, until a hail of gunfire shattered the calm. Outside an apartment complex, 48-year-old Baron Li lay on the pavement, riddled with nine bullets. As the shooter vanished, an investigation started - one that would unearth a harrowing t ... Show More

1h 9m

Aug 2024

S1 E1: The Galante Assassination

The murder of Carmine Galante sends shockwaves through the underworld, as investigators begin to unravel a web of violence and power struggles hinting at a larger conspiracy among New York’s infamous Five Families.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

41m 40s

Jun 2020

The Rookie And Bin Laden | CIA | Spy Sisters

Hayley Atwell shares what went on during 9/11 inside The Vault, the CIA's top secret bunker, with Tracy Walder, a rookie operative who was there. 9/11 was only the second day of Tracy's first real CIA assignment, and she was tasked with hunting the world's most wanted terrorist, ... Show More

46m 41s