Artifact of the Month
July 2021: Phone Bank from CENTBOM Investigation
As spectators watched the 1996 Summer Olympics, Eric Robert Rudolph planted a bomb in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. The subsequent blast killed one woman and harmed more than 100 other people—and triggered a five-year manhunt for Rudolph.
Before the bomb detonated on July 27, 1996, Rudolph twice called 911 to warn about the bomb. The FBI’s July Artifact of the Month is a phone from the phone bank where Rudolph placed the calls.
The FBI placed Rudolph on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on May 5, 1998. He stayed on the list until May 31, 2003, when a police officer arrested him in North Carolina.
Rudolph pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the four bombings. He is currently serving multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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The FBI's July Artifact of the Month is a phone booth from the FBI's investigation into the bombing at Centennial Olympic Park in July 1996.
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June 2021: Desk Used at Nazi Saboteur Trial
The FBI's June Artifact of the Month is a desk used during the trial of Nazi saboteurs in the 1940s.
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May 2021: Edward Lee Howard Dummy
The May 2021 Artifact of the Month is a dummy used by former CIA officer-turned-spy Edward Lee Howard to elude a special agent who was surveilling him.
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April 2021: The Unabomber's Cabin
The FBI’s April 2021 Artifact of the Month is Theodore (Ted) Kaczynski's cabin, where he was arrested on April 3, 1996 near Lincoln, Montana. It has been reconstructed at FBI Headquarters.
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March 2021: Limousine Piece from Reagan Assassination Attempt
The FBI’s March Artifact of the Month is a piece of the limousine struck during the assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan.
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February 2021: The Silence of the Lambs Business Cards
The FBI’s February Artifact of the Month is a set of business cards—one for Clarice Starling and one for Jack Crawford. They were one of the many small props to bring authenticity to the set of The Silence of the Lambs.
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January 2021: FBI Diver Helmet
The FBI’s January 2021 Artifact of the Month is a diving helmet like the ones FBI divers wear.
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December 2020: Richard Reid's Shoes
The FBI’s December 2020 Artifact of the Month is the pair of shoes Richard Reid—also known as the shoe bomber—tried to detonate in 2001.
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November 2020: Ross William Ulbricht's Laptop
The FBI’s November 2020 Artifact of the Month is a laptop that belonged to Ross William Ulbricht, who ran a darknet market called the Silk Road from 2011 to 2013.
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October 2020: Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd's Death Mask
The FBI’s October 2020 Artifact of the Month is a mask of gangster Pretty Boy Floyd’s face made after his death in 1934.
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September 2020: 9/11 Hijacker's Car
The FBI’s September 2020 Artifact of the Month is the car that carried one or more of the hijackers to Dulles International Airport on September 11, 2001.
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June 2020: Laptop from Operation Ghost Stories
The FBI’s June 2020 Artifact of the Month is a laptop that spy Anna Chapman used to create a private wireless network for communicating with a Russian government official.
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May 2020: Alarm Clocks from 2010 Times Square Bombing Attempt
The FBI’s May 2020 Artifact of the Month is a pair of alarm clocks that were part of a car bomb that Faisal Shahzad planned to detonate in Times Square in 2010.
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April 2020: Special Agent Barry Black's Hard Hat
The FBI’s April 2020 Artifact of the Month is a hard hat Special Agent Barry Black wore while gathering evidence at the scene of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
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The FBI’s March 2020 Artifact of the Month was more than just a toy—it was a tool of espionage tradecraft.
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