Fall is here and classes back in session. It's a busy time for students and faculty,

and with a new school year comes new adventures, new experiences, and new goals to achieve.

But as much promise and excitement as the fall semester brings,

there can also be a dark side to it, one in which the unthinkable can happen.

I'm Amy Slashberg, and I'm Megan Sachs, and we're the host of the podcast Campus Killings.

As educators and criminologists, we teach, research, write, and podcast about victims,

offenders, and the issues that surround our criminal justice system.

Amy and I have both worked in the field of criminal justice for 20 years.

Myself in law enforcement and Amy in the mental health field.

In Campus Killings, we'll dive into some of the most shocking and tragic murders to happen

on school grounds, and we'll provide our analysis on the cases we cover as both educators

and trained criminologists. We'll discuss what went wrong and what could have been done differently

to prevent the tragic outcome. Campus Killings is available everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Subscribe now so you don't miss a single episode of Campus Killings.

I was going to discover a sea of people just running for their lives.

I saw the man, he had a mask, he was covered in blood, he had a, well looked to be like a big

knife to me.

It was a pleasant summer afternoon in Sydney CBD on the 13th of August 2019.

The area was warming with people, workers carrying out their daily duties,

and walking to and from meetings and choppers trying to find a good bargain.

Just after lunchtime, however, the city was thrown into chaos as a man

brandishing a large bloody kitchen knife, began to run rampant throughout the streets.

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