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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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June 9, 1995: Oklahoma City Bombings

Jun 9, 1995
2h 54m
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Art Bell dives deep into the Oklahoma City bombing investigation with explosive new developments from KFOR News Channel 4 in Oklahoma City. A private investigator working with reporter Jayna Davis reveals that multiple credible eyewitnesses have identified a man they believe to be John Doe Number Two through extensive photo lineups, all captured on videotape from start to finish. The suspect, reportedly a former Iraqi military serviceman who fought under Saddam Hussein during Desert Storm, has been under independent surveillance since days after the April 1995 attack.

The investigator details how witnesses placed the suspect with Timothy McVeigh at local establishments before the bombing, and a new eyewitness came forward placing him behind the wheel of a brown Chevy pickup, speeding away from the blast site seconds after the explosion. All evidence has been turned over to the FBI, who neither confirmed nor denied its significance but raised no objections to the broadcast.

A gripping real-time account of an investigation that challenged the official narrative and raised serious questions about possible international connections to the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in American history.

Key Moments

  1. Mike confirms KFOR identified John Doe 2 as Iraqi national: Mike, a private investigator subcontracted to KFOR, confirms the on-air identification matched the FBI composite and that the suspect is of Iraqi descent.

  2. Eyewitness places John Doe 2 fleeing bomb site in brown Chevy pickup: Mike describes a witness who came face-to-face with John Doe 2 driving a brown Chevy pickup at high speed seconds after the blast, the only moving vehicle while everyone else froze.

  3. Tattoo on left arm captured on KFOR surveillance video: Mike says KFOR finally got close-up video of the suspect in a tank top showing the tattoo on his upper left arm, matching the FBI's profile composite.