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194 // Tower of Terror // Charles Whitman Texas Tower Sniper

Talk Murder To Me

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🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman opened fire from the University of Texas, c 31 others. Charles was on the 28th floor (the observation deck) when he began firing, which lasted for 06 minutes.



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0:00.0

Every trained soldier knows that perching at the highest available peak will give you

0:05.6

the best vantage point to see potential targets and incoming threats.

0:10.9

Not only does it give you the best position, but it also gives you a sense of godliness.

0:16.7

Where similar to Zeus, you can send lightning strikes down to the mortals below.

0:21.8

This was the exact mindset of Charles Whitman, the 25-year-old former Marine who held a

0:28.1

Van Detta against life itself.

0:31.1

This Texas Tower Shooter's motto may well have been when life gives you lemons.

0:36.3

Grab a Rimmington 6-millimeter Model 700 Bolt Action Centrifier, Deer Rifle, and shoot

0:41.5

everyone in sight.

0:52.0

I like the episodes where we drink wine.

0:55.8

And one drunk?

0:57.8

Remember the second episode of Murder and Marble?

1:02.3

That is one of my favorite episodes of the time.

1:04.1

It really still is, and I just remember drinking a whole bottle of wine.

1:10.2

Surprise shots, surprise shots.

1:14.0

We don't know what they are because they're a surprise.

1:18.2

You know, the word surprise shot actually goes along quite nicely with our episode tonight.

1:26.1

So, as I said, the word surprise shot goes along perfectly.

1:29.5

And does anyone want to guess what the surprise shot was?

1:32.2

Raspberry Pucker.

1:34.2

Because tonight...

1:35.9

Good old cough syrup.

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