They Stopped the Right Car and Let It Go: The D.C. Sniper Attacks
They Stopped the Right Car and Let It Go: The D.C. Sniper Attacks
For 23 days in October 2002, the Washington, D.C. region lived under a rifle. Thirteen people were shot at gas stations, parking lots, and a middle school, ten died, while schools locked down, stations hung tarps over their pumps, and drivers crouched behind car doors. Why did thousands of officers spend three weeks hunting a white van that never existed? And how many times did police stop the blue Chevrolet Caprice, the actual rolling sniper's nest, and wave it through?
In this episode, we follow the Beltway sniper case from…
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