The Investigation Begins: An Interview With Nicky Woolf

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Many journalists have that one story they just can’t let drop. For Nicky Woolf, it was this one. In December 2014, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, horror unfolded at the final night of Midwest Furfest, the world’s largest convention for Furries. There’s an attack. Poisonous levels of chlorine gas sweep through the hotel corridors, nineteen people are hospitalized and hundreds are evacuated. Hazmat teams trace the gas to a stairwell, where they find the remains of a chemical bomb. But almost a decade later, the identity of the perpetrator remains a mystery. Ahead of the launch of the investigative podcast, Brazen co-founder Bradley Hope talks to Nicky Woolf about his determination to unravel this unsolved case, exploring not just the criminal elements but the vibrant subculture affected by this mystery.

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