17 - The Dunblane Massacre & Gun Crimes

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

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🗓️ 10 June 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Thomas Hamilton was a loner. He decided to dedicate his life to running boys' clubs to keep kids off the street, but its quite likely he had ulterior motives for this. His strange, erratic and inappropriate behaviour meant that he was not well liked, his his passion, his boys' clubs, came under scrutiny. He also had a persecution complex, and as his life fell apart due to his own actions, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Thomas Hamilton became the man responsible for the Dunblane Massacre, the only school shooting in British History. Find us on Facebook or Twitter! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com. Podcast Promos: This week check out my friends over at The True Crime Enthusiast and M.A.U.L podcasts! Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: The Hon Lord Cullen "The Public Inquiry into the Shootings at Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276631/3386.pdf Mick North, Dunblane Never Forget (Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 2000) Purchase here Bethan Bell, “Hugerford Massacre”, The BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/hungerford_massacre (18 August 2017) Eleanor Steafel, “30 years on from Hungerford - the wounds Michael Ryan left on the town and its people are still raw” in The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/30-years-hungerford-wounds-michael-ryan-left-town-people-still/ (13 August 2017) Office for National Statistics https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2017#offences-involving-weapons-recorded-by-the-police-continue-to-rise (25 January 2018) For a full list of sources, visit our website: www.mensreapod.com

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0:00.0	Hey guys just a quick note before the episode kicks off I just wanted to let you know that on the
0:05.8	16th of June I am going to be at a podcasting meetup with the True Crime Club in London
0:12.1	London London it's on the 16th meetup with the True Crime Club in London. London.
0:13.0	It's on the 16th at the Silver Cross pub in Whitehall.
0:18.0	It starts at 5 p.m.
0:20.0	and there's going to be a number of podcasts there,
0:22.0	Murder Mile Podcast, Red Handed, nothing rhymes with murder,
0:25.7	killing it podcast, Mars some monsters is going to be there.
0:29.2	A whole bunch of excellent podcasts we're all going to meet up, say hello to one another and to listeners, but more importantly, there's going to be a prize draw at that event.
0:40.0	So the prize draw is being organized by the lovely ladies over at Nothing Rimes with Murder,
0:46.2	and it is to raise funds for end the backlog.
0:51.0	And I'm going to put in the show notes the links to enter the prize draw and also to donate for the prize draw,
0:57.0	trying to make it so that it's nice and legal, that we don't fall foul of any gambling laws in any country or state that you might be in.
1:05.3	So basically you just enter the prize draw, do your donation to and the backlog, and you'll
1:11.5	be entered into that draw and you could win all sorts of goodies. There's over 25
1:17.0	true crime podcasts taking part, including myself, but more importantly, the likes of Case File, Generation Y, Insight, True Crime Fan Club,
1:28.0	to name just a few and as I said all the money going to and the backlog so check out the links in the show
1:34.3	notes and hopefully I'll see you on the 16th of June. You were listening to the
1:40.3	Mansorya Podcast and this is the story of the Dunblane Massacre. Oh, The gun laws in the UK have been shaped in response to tragedies that have affected hundreds of people, families and communities.
2:30.0	In this episode we take a look at the events leading up to and those surrounding the first and final school shooting in the UK, the Dunblane Massacre and its effects on British society.
2:43.7	Though Dunblane was still 10 years off, this story has its beginnings a little earlier in the
2:50.8	decade before.
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