Was a Mysterious Illness that point everybodys attention highly lethal. And it started to spread people died this was on the heels and nine all over. It was chaos we didnt know who was doing it. [theme music] welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. A suspicious letter arrives in the mail. Inside the envelope, a white powder. The fbi responds because today, thoughts immediately turned to terrorism. That fear was born out of an attack in september 2001. Just one week after the tragedy of 9 11, powderlaced letters began to make their way through the us postal system. The potential of murder by mail gripped the country with fear and launched one of the largest investigations in fbi history. This is how it really happened. [music playing] [people screaming] get out get out look out look out look out today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. It was something that the imagination didnt ca
Sunday. This was a Mysterious Illness that caught everybodys attention. Highly lethal, and it started to spread, people died. This was on the heels of 9 11. It was chaos. We didnt know what was going to happen next. We knew it was intentional but we didnt know who was doing it. [theme music] welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. A suspicious letter arrives in the mail. Inside the envelope, a white powder. The fbi responds because today, thoughts immediately turned to terrorism. That fear was born out of an attack in september 2001. Just one week after the tragedy of 9 11, powderlaced letters began to make their way through the us postal system. The potential of murder by mail gripped the country with fear and launched one of the largest investigations in fbi history. This is how it really happened. [music playing] [people screaming] get out get out look out look out look out today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of
This was a Mysterious Illness that caught everybodys attention. Highly lethal, and it started to spread, people died. This was on the heels of 9 11. It was chaos. We didnt know what was going to happen next. We knew it was intentional but we didnt know who was doing it. [theme music] welcome to how it really happened. Im jesse l. Martin. A suspicious letter arrives in the mail. Inside the envelope, a white powder. The fbi responds because today, thoughts immediately turned to terrorism. That fear was born out of an attack in september 2001. Just one week after the tragedy of 9 11, powderlaced letters began to make their way through the us postal system. The potential of murder by mail gripped the country with fear and launched one of the largest investigations in fbi history. This is how it really happened. [music playing] [people screaming] get out get out look out look out look out today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of delibera