Episode 14 - The Cumbria Massacre - Part 1

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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PART #1 – On June 2nd, 2010 one of the worst-ever gun massacres in UK history occurred. In the space of an eight-hour period, a 52 year old taxi driver named Derrick Bird went on a 25 mile rampage of mass murder throughout the county, indiscriminately shooting passers-by, innocent people going about their everyday business, his own colleagues and acquaintances, and even his own twin brother.

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0:00.0	The Oh, On June 2nd 2010, 2010, children were spending their week off enjoying the lovely weather, the bathe the Lake District
0:36.2	area of the UK County of Cumbria. Many families from all over the UK visit this area all year round, taking in its breathtaking
0:46.1	picturesque scenery.
0:48.4	That summer was no exception, apart from one blemish that will forever stay with the people of Cumbria, indeed with the UK as a whole.
0:58.0	It was on that day of June 2nd that one of the worst gun massacres in UK history occurred.
1:07.5	In the space of an 8 hour period, a 52-year-old taxi driver by the name of Derek Bird went on a 25-mile rampage of mass murder throughout the county.
1:20.0	Indiscriminately shooting passers-by, innocent people going about their everyday business, his
1:26.7	own colleagues and acquaintances, and even his own twin brother.
1:32.7	It would only end when Bird turned the gun on himself in a remote location.
1:38.8	Along with the infamous Hungerford Massacre of 1987 and the Dunblane Primary School shootings in 1996.
1:47.0	It is ranked as one of the worst atrocities in British criminal history.
1:52.0	Please join me. in British criminal history.
1:53.0	Please join me as we explore the shocking events that led 12 families shattered at the
1:59.5	hands of Derek Bird, a man that had come unraveled, leaving an entire country looking for answers. You're not going to be here.
2:13.0	You know.
2:15.0	You know?
2:16.0	You know?
2:17.0	You know?
2:18.0	You know?
2:20.0	You know?
2:21.0	You know? Derek Bird was described by people who knew him in various ways, be it his fellow taxi drivers, drinking partners, or his neighbors from the
2:36.4	tiny village of Roa, all clasped him as affable, friendly, good-natured of a laugh and good
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