Richard Booth | The Libertarian Institute

The Oklahoma City Bombing Archives: An Introduction & Recommended Reading List

When I began compiling material for what eventually became “The Oklahoma City Bombing Archives,” I was simply doing background research for a book. Over a period of several years I used commercial databases, libraries, and services that allowed me to scan newspaper and magazine reports, transcripts, and other sources for relevant material. In addition to standard news media sources, the scope of this research archive expanded after contacting several researchers on this subject and asking for their advice and any materials that might be useful. A number of other researchers contributed...

Timothy McVeigh, Suspects, Visit Strip Club in Weeks Before Bombing

Saturday, April 8th, 1995, Timothy McVeigh and two other men paid a visit to a Tulsa strip club called Lady Godiva's. The three men were reportedly there for several hours, from around 8 or 9 until around midnight. The club's owners were Floyd Radcliffe and his wife, Julie. They had an audio/video security system in the dancer's prep room and the surveillance system captured a cocktail waitress, Tara, talking to a dancer about her encounter with Timothy McVeigh that very night. On video, Tara can be overheard telling the dancer all about it: "One of them said, 'I'm a very smart man.' I...