Episode 3: The case of Sunshine
Summary
The episode focuses on Josephine "Sunshine" Overacre, an Earth Liberation Front member who has evaded the FBI for over 17 years, and the agent dedicated to her capture. It explores the deeply divided opinions surrounding eco-terrorism, interviewing former activists, local victims of ELF arsons, and FBI agents. The narrative also examines how the 9/11 attacks dramatically redefined the perception and prosecution of domestic terrorism, highlighting the controversial and subjective application of the "terrorist" label to actions involving property damage rather than loss of life.Episode description
More than fifteen years ago a woman, authorities call an eco-terrorist, slipped through the fingers of the FBI and vanished. Leah Sottile meets the agent she evaded, who’s made it his mission to see her caught before he retires.
CREDITS Presenter: Leah Sottile Producer: Georgia Catt Written by: Leah Sottile and Georgia Catt Fact Checking: Rob Byrne Music and Sound Design: Phil Channell Music including theme music by Echo Collective, composed performed and produced by Neil Leiter & Margaret Hermant; recorded, mixed and produced by Fabien Leseure Artwork by Danny Crossley with Art Direction by Amy Fullalove Script recorded and mixed by Slater Swan at Anjuna Recording Studio Series Mixing and Studio Engineer: Sarah Hockley Editor: Philip Sellars Assistant Commissioner: Natasha Johansson Commissioner: Dylan Haskins
Featuring footage from the FBI
Burn Wild is a BBC Audio Documentaries Production for BBC Sounds and Radio 5 Live.