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 have continued to evolve.
But something changed in 2022. the Guidestones became a flashpoint. One that resulted in a real-world act of domestic terror. It's a mystery that to this day, has never been solved.
This all new podcast from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Goat Rodeo takes listeners to the small town of Elberton and on a wild ride through granite quarries, graves, cults, Confederate monuments, a swatting raid, and A LOT of explosives.
Host Billy Cox shares listener insights into the ongoing investigation of the Guidestones bombing four years later.
28 Apr 2026
Ep 7: Down the Rabbit Hole
The team uncovers glaring red flags unknown to the GBI. The deeper they go, the harder it becomes to understand how they were ever missed.
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17 Apr 2026
BONUS: The Georgia Trust
New episodes of Who Blew Up the Guidestones? drop Tuesdays. In between, we’re taking small detours—stories that echo the mystery in unexpected ways.
In this special episode, we talk to Ben Sutton from the Georgia Trust about whether the Georgia Guidestones should be preserved and how preservationists decide what should be saved.
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14 Apr 2026
Ep 6: Revelations
The AJC locates the long‑hidden remains of the Guidestones. The culture war around the monument erupts, and the team identifies people the GBI should have talked to. The question now is whether they ever did?
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7 Apr 2026
Ep 5: Jesus, Guns and Babies
The AJC uncovers evidence the GBI overlooked. The swatting of Kandiss Taylor reveals blind spots, missteps, and a shocking lack of urgency from the GBI.
Can the team solve this crime on their own? Has too much time passed? A wild hunt of car records leads to a surprising discovery. What we choose to ignore has bigger ripple effects than we understand.
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3 Apr 2026
BONUS: Paradise Garden
New episodes of Who Blew Up the Guidestones? drop Tuesdays. In between, we’re taking small detours—stories that echo the mystery in unexpected ways.
In this special episode, we encounter a self-taught preacher who claims a vision from God, and builds a strange, sprawling paradise in rural Georgia. But instead of becoming a conspiracy figure, he becomes one of the most famous folk artists of the 20th century. Welcome to the world of Howard Finster and Paradise Garden.
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31 Mar 2026
Ep 4: We Bring the Boom
When sources go quiet, the data starts talking. AJC data journalist Charles Minshew follows a hidden trail through records and digital clues—pushing the investigation further than anyone has before.
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24 Mar 2026
Ep 3: Prophets and Fanatics
How did a roadside oddity become a culture-war flashpoint? During the 2022 governor’s race, the Guidestones move from roadside curiosity to political target—and conspiracy theories start becoming marching orders.
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20 Mar 2026
BONUS: Dutchy
New episodes of Who Blew Up the Guidestones? drop Tuesdays. In between, we’re sharing bonus stories from the cutting room floor. Like this one: the first granite Confederate monument to fall in Georgia… and the unexpected reason it came down.
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17 Mar 2026
Ep 2: Monuments Men
The mythology of the Georgia Guidestones begins to crack. As journalists pursue the mysterious man known only as “R.C. Christian,” a hidden past starts to emerge—raising unsettling questions about the ideas that shaped the monument.
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17 Mar 2026
Ep 1: The Granite Capital of the World
A man with a fake name shows up in Elberton, Georgia and commissions six massive granite slabs inscribed with 10 “commandments” for society. Deals are made, The Guidestones appear, and the conspiracies begin…
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2 Mar 2026
Introducing: Who Blew Up The Guidestones?
For decades, the Georgia Guidestones were nothing more than kitschy roadside Americana…a curiosity people visited for fun, intrigue…and the occasional pagan ritual. But something changed in 2022. The Guidestones became a flashpoint. How did a kitschy southern oddity become the site of an act of domestic terrorism?
Tune in March 17, wherever you get your podcasts, to find out.
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BONUS: Four Years Since the Explosion
Published 6 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And he said the headstone was to be inscribed in four ancient languages. I believe they were Egyptian hieroglyphics, Mesopotamian cuneiform, Ancient Greek and Sanskrit. And he had heard that I taught Sanskrit at the University of Georgia, and so he asked me if I would be willing to do the Sanskrit inscription, and that the inscription should translate what in English is, let these be guidestones to an agent reason. And that's where the term guide stone comes from, okay? So that was the inscription. That was what I was asked to translate into Sanskrit. And I told him he didn't know it, but I also happened to know ancient Greek. […]
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