An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th (2024)

Homegrown terrorism decades in the making.

This documentary looks at the surge in political violence through the story of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, showing the roots of anti-government sentiment and its reverberations today, along with the emotionally charged warnings of those who suffered tragic losses in the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history.

Cast (40)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

K

Kathy Sanders

Self

N

Nancy Shaw

Self

M

Marsha Kimble

Self

B

Bud Welch

Self

L

LaDonna Battle-Leverett

Self

D

Daniel Coss

Self – Former Oklahoma Police Officer

Mike Boettcher

Self – Investigative Reporter

B

Bob Sands

Self – Investigative Reporter, NBC

Bill Clinton

Self – U.S. President (1993-2001)

D

Danny Coulson

Self – Former FBI Special Agent

Bob Ricks

Self – Former FBI Special Agent

D

Dan Herbeck

Self – Co-Author, 'American Terrorist'

Kerry Noble

Self – Former Extremist

S

Stuart A. Wright

Self – Author, 'Patriots, Politics, and the OKC Bombing'

S

Stephen Jones

Self – Attorney

Asa Hutchinson

Self – Former U.S. Attorney - Arkansas

K

Kathleen Belew

Self – Author, 'Bring the War Home'

S

Steven Snyder

Self – Former Assistant U.S. Attorney

L

Lou Michel

Self – Co-Author, 'American Terrorist'

M

Mollie McDermott

Self – Childhood Friend of Timothy McVeigh

Jeffrey Toobin

Self – Author, 'Homegrown'

M

Michael Liwicki

Self – Former FBI Special Agent, Buffalo

A

Aitan Goelman

Self – Former Assistant U.S. Attorney

B

Beth Wilkinson

Self – Former Assistant U.S. Attorney

C

Carol Howe

Self (archive footage)

C

Clark Brewster

Self – Attorney for Carol Howe

R

Richard Reyna

Self - Investigator for McVeigh's Defense Team

William Luther Pierce

Self (archive audio)

Rush Limbaugh

Self (archive audio)

G. Gordon Liddy

Self (archive audio)

Katie Couric

Self (archive footage)

Timothy McVeigh

Self (archive footage)

M

Michael Fortier

Self – Friend of Timothy McVeigh (archive footage)

J

Jim Ellison

Self – CSA Leader (archive footage)

Richard Butler

Self – Aryan Nations Leader (archive footage)

L

Louis Beam

Self – KKK Leader (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Randy Weaver

Self (archive footage)

T

Terry Nichols

Self (archive footage)

A

Andreas Strassmeir

Self (archive footage)

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