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that's what's going on here today.

That's probably the last bit of light humor we're going to have all hour.

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I will not be using the name of the shooter in this

episode or at least as little as possible. If you'd like to know his name, you can certainly

find it in the source materials. And finally, I would like to issue a series of trigger warnings

for this episode. This episode not only features descriptions of violence, it also features

the deaths of children. There will also be a very detailed description of a police video

in great detail, in great detail, at a certain point in this episode. And I'm going to be warning ahead of time for that

in case you want to skip that sort of thing. So that way you can skip ahead three or four minutes

and you should be good to go. With all of that taken care of, I would like to thank you all

for listening as per always. and welcome to disaster area.

Episode 39, the San Asidro McDonald's Massacre, July 18, 1984. 21 deceased, 19 injured.

In the 1993 movie Falling Down,

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