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Two Minutes Past Nine: Episode 7:  The Phone Call

Episode 7:  The Phone Call

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Leah Sottile looks into Elohim City, a remote Christian Identity enclave in Oklahoma.

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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