Chapter 37 - Bringing a Nation to its Knees, The Columbine Massacre

The Insidious Agenda

04 April 2022
The Insidious Agenda Podcast
Chapter 37 - Bringing a Nation to its Knees, The Columbine Massacre
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There's no easy way to say this. This episode is tragic, it's sad and the content is hard to get through. This is the story of the Columbine Massacre of 1999 that most are familiar with through Mike Myers' famous Documentary - Bowling for Columbine.
In today's episode, I'll tell you many stories. The background of the assailants, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. The timeline of events that day which was published by Jefferson County Sherriff's Department and, in memoriam, I'll tell you about each of the students and faculty that lost their lives (of which there were 13); the latter part was hard to get through, and you'll hear that in my voice - I left it in, because I believe that the emotion is important.
In the episode you'll hear actual recordings taken during the events at the school. Police Dispatch, calls to 911 and even the call from a teacher taking shelter in the library shortly before she came face to face with Eric and Dylan.
For takeaways, as mentioned in the forword, I'm not using the recent events in Nashville to pick up extra downloads for this episode. I'm doing this episode because these things are still happening. Near 24 years to the day from Columbine and mass school shootings are still taking place. Above all, I want you to feel. The sadness, the heartbreak, the devastation and compassion for those involved.
After all, children should be safe to go to school and one life lost is too many.
Until next week - be safe,
Nick
REFERENCES

1. Lenoir, Andrew. “No Easy Answers. The Full Story of The Columbine High School Shooting.” July 11th, 2021. All That’s Interesting. Columbine High School Shooting: The Full Story Behind The Tragedy (allthatsinteresting.com). (Secondary)

2. Shepard, C. “Victims. Shooters. 4-20-1999 (webpages) and Audio Recordings.” Founded April 21st, 1999. Updated March 29th, 2023. A Columbine Site. 4-20-99 a Columbine site - The Columbine High School shootings (Primary)

3. Jefferson County, Colorado. “The Columbine High School Shootings. Narrative Timeline of Events.” Unknown. CNN. NARRATIVE TIME LINE (cnn.com) (Primary)

4. Cullen, Dave. Columbine. Twelve (Hatchet Book Group)

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