On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb ripped through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people — including 19 children — and injuring hundreds more. It was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

In this episode of Stories from the Vault, Kyle Fields takes you inside the FBI’s OKBOMB investigation — one of the largest and most complex cases ever handled on American soil. Using original FBI Vault files, we trace how agents sifted through rubble, pieced together evidence, tracked down the suspects, and brought them to justice.

This is the story of how investigators turned fragments of metal and paper into a case that reshaped American security, law enforcement, and the nation’s understanding of domestic extremism.

🔎 Topics covered in this episode:

• April 19, 1995: The day of the bombing

• The FBI’s immediate response and formation of Task Force OKBOMB

• Forensic breakthroughs: reconstructing the Ryder truck

• Identifying and capturing the suspects

• The trial, convictions, and lasting legacy

• The Oklahoma City National Memorial and lessons learned

📂 All source material is pulled directly from the FBI Vault.