The much-awaited docuseries of Netflix- The Anthrax Attacks is all set to release on the OTT platform on September 8, 2022. The Anthrax Attacks trailer was released on August 22 and ever since then Americans as well as people around the world are eagerly waiting for the upcoming docuseries. The Anthrax Attacks has been created by Oscar-nominated director Dan Krauss made under the production of BBC Studios. Netflix's docuseries have been one of the most watched shows on the OTT platform. Especially in 2022, Netflix has produced multiple documentaries namely- The Tinder Swindler, Bad Vegan, and White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch. Filmmaker Dan Krauss has been known to come up with mind-boggling stories and The Anthrax Attacks trailer has spiked fans' hope on a high. Now, the question arises whether The Anthrax Attacks is a true story or The Anthrax Attacks a real story or not.
The answer to this question is Yes. The Anthrax Attacks is a true story based on one of the worst biological attacks in American history that took place in 2001. Being in docudrama or a docuseries, it is said that The Anthrax Attacks is a real-life story. The Anthrax Attacks focuses on the FBI investigation of what has become known as one of the worst biological attacks in American history. The Anthrax Attacks indeed took place in 2001 killed 5 Americans and infected 17 people. To be precise, The Anthrax Attacks tells the story of the week after September 11, 2001, when five Americans were killed, and at least 17 people fell ill from anthrax that was sent through the mail.
For the unversed, Americans were terrorized over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001 a week after the '9/11 terror attacks' after letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and to Democratic Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy, killing five people and infecting 17 others. The FBI had called the 2001 Anthrax Attacks investigation as 'one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement'. Netflix's The Anthrax Attacks will show how the Americans from authorities to common people were in panic mode at that time. The documentary show that no one knew who was responsible or who would be the next person to receive a letter with anthrax inside. The documentary will further show, how the Anthrax letters increased the fear among Americans who were still haunted by the 9/11 terror attacks which took place on September 11, 2001.
Divulging more details in the 2001 Anthrax Attacks case, a bio-defense scientist named Bruce Edwards Ivins who worked at the US government's biodefense labs at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland came under FBI's radar. In fact, on April 11, 2007, Ivins was put under periodic surveillance and an FBI document stated that he was "an extremely sensitive suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks". However, Ivins died by suicide on July 29, 2008, after an overdose of acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Coming to The Anthrax Attacks 2022 star cast, the documentary film will feature Clark Gregg, a star of Marvel, during the scripted reenactments and other actors' name has not been disclosed by Netflix.