<p>On April 19th 1995, 26 year old Timothy McVeigh committed the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in American history.</p><p>In investigating the events that led up to the attack, journalist Leah Sottile learned that at the heart of McVeigh’s story were inherently American things: an Army boy. A love of guns. And a version of the great American road trip.</p><p>In the years leading up to the bombing, McVeigh drove across America; touring gun shows, visiting acquantances who would go on to be accomplices, even paying a trip to area 51.</p><p>But there was one place he spent longer than anywhere else, a town way out in the desert of Arizona. </p><p>Journalist Leah Sottile tells the story of Kingman Arizona, a place where the wild west cowboy myth persists.</p><p>Presenter: Leah Sottile
Producer: Georgia Catt
Editor: Philip Sellars</p><p>Narration recorded by Joe Preston
Additional Research by Robbie Wojciechowski</p><p>Archive recordings from Dave Hawkins.</p>