Robbie Martin discusses the long memory-holed 2001 anthrax attacks on the 20th anniversary of the first murder, the death of American Media Inc employee Robert Stevens in Boca Raton, Florida (which took place on October 5th, 2001). 4 more would eventually die from inhalation anthrax after envelopes were sent through the US postal service containing terroristic letters attempting to appear Islamic ( 'ALLAH IS GREAT' ) & high-grade weaponized anthrax spores. But what happened with all of those 'hoax' letters that contained fake anthrax? Who were those sent to? Were all these hoax attacks unrelated to the actual murders? Maybe not, as 'hoax' letters were sent from St. Petersburg Florida with eerie and confusing similarities to the real anthrax letters sent by the named anthrax killer. Listen closely as Robbie breaks down the timeline of why these 'hoax' letters and their implications could potentially turn the entire FBI Amerithrax case against Bruce Ivins upside-down.

Note: The original description & content for this podcast incorrectly referred to 3* hoax anthrax letters sent from St Petersburg. There were actually 4* known hoax letters sent from St Petersburg, Florida: 2 postmarked September 20th 2001 delivered to Tom Brokaw of NBC News & the NY Post then 2 postmarked October 5th 2001 delivered to Judith Miller of the NY Times & Howard Troxler of the St Petersburg Times. Audio content on this episode has been revised to correct any previous inaccuracies as of 10/24/21.

Additional Research: Gumby4Christ

References & Files:

ABC News Article abt St Petersburg Letters:

https://abcn.ws/3mkwWn4

St Petersburg Times Archive Article abt Troxler Hoax Letter:

https://bit.ly/3uUrviN

Howard Troxler Editorial abt Letter:

https://bit.ly/3FtAw7l

Raw Photo of Howard Troxler Hoax Anthrax Envelope:

https://imgur.com/ktTJO7c

Real VS Hoax Handwriting Comparison by Robbie Martin:

https://imgur.com/a/Y2pjhCz

Anthrax Timeline Including St Petersburg Letters:

https://anthraxmuseum.tripod.com/theanthraxmysterymuseumtm/id47.html

the Anthrax Cache [main] compiled by Gumby4Christ & Robbie Martin

https://t.co/8qfVxu1JB0?amp=1

the Anthrax Cache addition 1

https://t.co/tM9PIEhBBl?amp=1

the Anthrax Cache addition 2

https://t.co/1iJwv4SUuu?amp=1

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