For decades, the Georgia Guidestones were nothing more than kitschy roadside Americana… a curiosity people visited for fun, intrigue… and the occasional pagan ritual. Nicknamed “America’s Stonehenge,” the Guidestones' arrival was just as mysterious.
As the legend goes, they were commissioned by a secretive funder named R.C. Christian who wanted the stones inscribed with ten commandments for surviving the apocalypse. But a lot of people didn’t believe that story. Wrapped in rumors, the Guidestones became magnets for religious panic, conspiracy theories, political extremism and online rhetoric. Over the years, the stories about the stones continued to evolve.
But something changed in 2022. The Guidestones became a flash point. One that resulted in a real world act of domestic terror. A mystery that to this day, has never been solved…
Who Blew Up the Guidestones is a six-part narrative investigation led by journalist Tyler McBrien, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Goat Rodeo.