Cover Up:

In the wake of 9/11, a series of letters laced with a deadly powder called anthrax appeared on the desks of prominent journalists and politicians in New York City and Washington D.C. Five people were killed, and seventeen more were infected. It was the worst case of bioterrorism in American history, setting off a surge of finger pointing, xenophobia, and fear. But what started as an unprecedented case soon turned into an unsettling mystery. Who had sent these letters? And why?

On season 4 of Cover Up, we trace the FBI’s costly investigation into the attacks, which was stacked with a seemingly endless series of false leads, damaging leaks, and embarrassing blunders. Through revealing interviews with victims, agents, and suspects, we unpack the case in its messy entirety, all with an eye toward the question that remains today: Did the FBI identify the true killer, or is this case still unresolved?

From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, this is Season 4 of Cover Up: The Anthrax Threat.

Credits

Cover Up: The Anthrax Threat is a production of Campside Media, in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment.

Host: Josh Dean

Creator/Executive Producer: Ben Robbins

Writers: Rajiv Golla and Ben Robbins

Senior Producer: Emile Klein

Story Editor/Executive Producer: Emily Martinez

Producers: Abukar Adan and Natalia Winkelman

Sound Design: Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan and Bart Warshaw with support from Emile Klein

Theme Song: Ira Wolf Tuton

Fact Checkers: Jordan Reed and Callie Hitchcock

For Campside Media:

Executive Producers: Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Adam Hoff, and Matt Shaer

Operations Team is Doug Slawin, Ashley Warren, Sabina Mara, Emma Simonoff, Destiny Dingle & David Eichler