EP. 95 TEXAS - The University of Texas Tower Shooting (PT 2)

Murder In America

Blood In The Sink Productions

True Crime

4.8 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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In last week’s episode, we talked about the life of Charles Whitman, the 25-year-old ex marine and architect student at the University of Texas at Austin. After murdering his wife and mother in the early hours of August 1st, 1966, Charlie loaded his vehicle full of his weapons and supplies that he needed that day, and then he made his way over to the University of Texas at Austin. From there, he would go to the top of the UT tower, and commit one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. This is part 2 of the story of the UT Tower Shooting, and you’re listening to Murder in America. - Try HelloFresh today- America's #1 Meal Kit! Just go to https://www.HelloFresh.com/state21 and use code STATE21 for 21 free meals plus free shipping! - Get up to 55% off your subscription when you go to babbel.com/MIA. - Find your inner detective and download June’s Journey, available on Android and iOS mobile devices, as well as on PC through Facebook Games! - Stay Connected: Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Warning. The following podcast is not suitable for all audiences.
0:04.0	We go into great detail with every case that we cover and do our best to bring viewers even deeper into the stories by utilizing disturbing audio and sound effects.
0:12.0	Trigger warnings from the stories we cover may include violence, rape, murder, and offenses
0:17.1	against children.
0:18.4	This podcast is not for everyone.
0:20.7	You have been warned.
0:23.0	In last week's episode, we talked about the life of Charles Whitman, the 25-year-old
0:28.4	ex-marine and architect student at the University of Texas at Austin. After getting married to his wife Kathy
0:35.6	and moving his mother to Austin, Texas, Charlie started to experience violent intrusive
0:41.1	thoughts, thoughts that were telling him to go to the top of the
0:45.0	University of Texas's tower and kill as many people as he possibly could.
0:50.1	In the months before the massacre, Charlie's mental health was quickly declining, so he sought
0:56.6	out multiple doctors to try and help him.
0:59.8	But nothing seemed to work.
1:01.7	So instead, he decided to act on his violent thoughts.
1:06.7	In the early hours of August 1, 1966, Charlie murdered his wife and mother by stabbing them to death inside of their homes.
1:16.3	In his suicide note, he claimed that the reason for their murders was so that they wouldn't
1:20.9	have to face what he was about to do.
1:24.1	And that's where we left off in part one of this story.
1:28.0	After murdering his wife and mother, Charlie loaded his vehicle full of weapons and supplies that he needed that day and then he made his way over to the University of Texas at Austin
1:39.8	From there he would go to the top of the UT Tower and commit one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.
1:48.0	Now, this massacre is often referred to as the first school shooting in America, but that's not the case.
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