New Season Dives Into the FBI’s Tumultuous Seven-year Investigation of the Deadliest Bioterrorism Attack in U.S. History 

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New York, NY – March 1, 2024 – Sony Music and Campside Media today announced the season premiere of The Anthrax Threat, a new season of Cover Up that explores the FBI investigation of the first lethal act of bioterrorism in October 2001 when letters laced with the deadly powder anthrax began appearing in U.S. mail. The first episode is available today, and subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes now.   

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the FBI reassigned thousands of agents to the counterterrorism unit to prevent another domestic tragedy. Yet just weeks later deadly mail was distributed to prominent journalists, government officials and postal workers and five recipients would end up dead.  

Hosted by journalist Josh Dean, Cover Up: The Anthrax Threat takes listeners along the windy path of a seven-year journey led by the FBI to find out who was responsible for the deadly poisonings, as what started as an unprecedented case turned into an unsettling mystery.  

Through new interviews and archival footage, The Anthrax Threat asks who sent these letters and why. It unveils first-hand recordings of encounters between FBI agents, government staffers, scientists and many more who were involved with this case every step of the way.   

“This case was a national fixation at the time, but it pretty quickly drifted from memory — and so many questions have gone unanswered over the last twenty years,” said Josh Dean. “The Anthrax Threat — a real team effort of reporters and producers — takes listeners inside the sprawling, extremely flawed seven-year investigation into these shocking and heinous crimes.” 

Cover Up: The Anthrax Threat is produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Campside Media. The season is hosted and executive produced by reporter Josh Dean and created by Ben Robbins, who is an Executive Producer on the project. Emily Martinez is the story editor and Emile Klein is the senior producer. Abukar Adan and Natalia Winkelman are producers. Adam Hoff, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Josh Dean and Matt Shaer are Executive Producers at Campside Media. 

Listeners can subscribe to Cover Up: The Anthrax Threat on The Binge today to listen to all episodes, all at once. Anthrax Attacks is also available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. For more information on other Sony podcasts, follow @SonyPodcasts on Twitter and Instagram.