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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 19 – The Las Vegas Shooting

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

themindsofmadness

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.56.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On October 1, 2017, a man named Stephen Paddock began to open fire on a crowd of people attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas. He fired over 1100 rounds from his his Mandalay Bay hotel room, killing 58 people, and injuring another 546. It was a night that not only devastated the city of Las Vegas, it was a horrific act of violence that made headlines around the world.

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Music Credits:
David Hilowitz - Dark Science Sarin - Ocean Burn
Kai Engel - Better Way
The Pangolins - Beneath Dark Clouds
Sarin - Darker Lakes III Glacial
Kevin McLeod - Road to Hell
Sergey Cheremisinov – Fog
Blue Dot Sessions - La Costilla
Blue Dot Sessions – Invernen
Sergey Cheremisinov - Night Snowfall
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The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/

Research & Writing - Laura Urquart

Special Guest:
Douglas MacGregor
https://www.facebook.com/DouglasMacGregorandAssociates @macgregor_assoc

Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/us/marilou-danley-stephen-paddock.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/03/new-details-emerge-about-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-and-girlfriend-marilou-danley/
https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/us/las-vegas-stephen-paddock-deposition/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/20/las-vegas-shooting-police-report-gunman-motive-mystery-stephen-paddock
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/us/marilou-danley-stephen-paddock.html
http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/02/vegas-shooting-massacre-police-audio/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-shooting-unfolded/story?id=50249434
http://abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-shooting-unfolded/story?id=50249434
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/03/new-details-emerge-about-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-and-girlfriend-marilou-danley/?utm_term=.c34d2c67a751
https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/us/paddock-profile-house-cash-fence-invs/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/us/paddock-profile-house-cash-fence-invs/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/us/paddock-profile-house-cash-fence-invs/index.html

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Oh, On October 1st, 2017, a man named Stephen Paddock began to open fire on a crowd of people attending the

0:39.1

Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas.

0:43.0

He fired over 1,100 rounds from his Mandalay Bay Hotel Room, killing 58 people and injuring another 546.

1:02.0

It was a night that not only devastated the city of Las Vegas. It was a horrific act of violence that made headlines around the world.

1:14.3

We've been working on this case for several months and we were hesitant to release in light of

1:19.6

the most recent act of senseless mass murder that reigned down upon a local high school in Parkland,

1:26.0

Florida on February 14, 2018, killing 17 people. But the heartbreaking and bitter reality is that these

1:37.5

abrupt assaults on large numbers of people have become all too familiar.

1:43.8

In fact, as we released our episode about Derek Bird's murderous rampage, the Las Vegas

1:51.2

shooting had just occurred.

1:54.0

Derek Bird was a taxi driver who appeared to have suddenly snapped in Cumbria, England, deciding

2:00.4

to randomly shoot and kill 12 people injuring 11 others.

2:07.0

Sadly, as one of these tragedies begin to slowly fade from the headlines.

2:13.3

There is usually another one, close on its heels.

2:19.5

Following each mass shooting, it is common to see a tremendous amount of debate regarding stricter gun

2:26.1

regulations or how people had failed to notice that the killer had begun to unravel.

2:34.5

While telling these stories of tragedy, we attempt to peer behind the curtain, outlining the

2:40.7

series of events, circumstances, and state of mind of the people who have chosen

2:46.6

to senselessly kill another human being.

2:50.2

We also try to focus on the victims and the people who have been left behind to pick up the pieces forever changed.

3:00.0

Join me now as we look back into the life of Stephen Paddock and try to find clues as to what led

3:07.6

a 64-year-old man from Mesquite Nevada down a dark path to destruction. Stephen Craig Paddock was born on April 9th, 1953 to Patrick Benjamin Paddock and Dolores

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