What motivated extremists to commit shocking acts of anger and violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021? To begin answering this complicated question, we explore the stories of 2 Americans whose lives were touched by radical ideologies: a former violent skinhead who was radicalized at the infamous white supremacist compound Aryan Nations, and a real estate agent who decided to go on the offensive after her family was ‘doxed’ by followers of a prominent neo-Nazi website.