Audible launches new podcast The Debutante hosted by Jon Ronson
A new Audible Original podcast from award-winning journalist and filmmaker, Jon Ronson has been launched.
The Debutante follows the story of a Tulsa debutante who, as a result of a series of unlikely and often very bad life choices she made in the ‘90s, found herself in the midst of one of the most terrible crimes ever to take place in America.
This investigative original podcast uses rare court tapes, diary entries, undercover ATF surveillance audio, and interviews, to explore the mystery of Carol Howe, a high-society debutante who joined the neo-Nazi movement responsible for the OKC bombings in 1995 and then became a government informant soon after.
Thirty years ago, award-winning journalist Jon Ronson stumbled on the mystery of Carol Howe—a charismatic, wealthy former debutante turned white supremacist spokeswoman turned undercover informant. In 1995, Carol was spying on Oklahoma’s neo-Nazis for the government just when Timothy McVeigh blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.
Ever since then, Carol has haunted the imaginations of survivors and investigators because of a rumour that had begun to swirl: If her information had only been listened to, she could have prevented the worst domestic terrorist attack in US history.
The question mystified Ronson. In The Debutante, he embarks on an investigative journey to seek the truth about the woman who grew up in a world of privilege and opportunity and whose teenage rebellion spiralled out of control, leading her to extreme radicalisation.
The Debutante is available now exclusively on Audible.