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<p>In a residential neighborhood on the other side of the city from where the three bombings had struck, a young man parks his truck and strings a wire across the sidewalk. The wire is connected to an explosive device, and the trap is set for random victims. As Austinites descend into panic, law enforcement officials get their first big break in the case.</p>

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Episode 4: The Trip Wire | Austin Bomber

It's finally starting to feel like spring in Austin.

Kayaks and paddle boards fill Ladybird Lake, the body of water that cuts through downtown

The temperature is in the mid-70s, a perfect Austin day, comfortable enough to wear short

sleeves to meander through downtown, which is ideal considering the city is in the middle

Nick Offerman, Tiffany Haddish, Tracy Morgan, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski to name a few.

Hundreds of films, documentaries and TV shows are being screened, like the horror film,

a quiet place, and the Mr. Rogers documentary won't you be my neighbor.

Festival attendees flock to panels with names like How Kpop grew beyond niche and breakthrough

It's nearly 5 p.m. on a Thursday, which means lines snake around bars as excited festival

goers wait to get into the evening's hottest events.

With musical showcases, with Colleed and Old Crow Medicine show, more than 2,000 artists

A current of excitement pulses throughout the city, but underneath that, there's also

It's been 13 days since the serial bombings began in Austin, Texas.

On August 1, 1966, a sniper climbed the steps of the University of Texas at Austin’s 27-story tower. Seventeen people were killed and more than 30 others were injured. Fifty-six years later, mass shootings make headlines nearly every week. And the University of Texas tower looms over campus, a reminder of one of the first mass school shootings in United States history that has long been forgotten.

In season four of “Darkness,” host Sara Kinney walks through the day of the University of Texas Tower shooting and outlines its legacy among the decades-long epidemic of gun violence in schools. Hear from survivors, heroes and family members about their day in 1966, their lives since then and the state of gun control today.

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0:07.0	It's finally starting to feel like spring in Austin.
0:13.0	Kayaks and paddle boards fill Ladybird Lake, the body of water that cuts through downtown
0:18.5	Austin.
0:20.0	The temperature is in the mid-70s, a perfect Austin day, comfortable enough to wear short
0:26.1	sleeves to meander through downtown, which is ideal considering the city is in the middle
0:31.0	of South by Southwest.
0:33.0	It's biggest annual festival.
0:35.7	There are dozens of celebrities in town.
0:38.0	Nick Offerman, Tiffany Haddish, Tracy Morgan, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski to name a few.
0:45.8	Hundreds of films, documentaries and TV shows are being screened, like the horror film,
0:51.2	a quiet place, and the Mr. Rogers documentary won't you be my neighbor.
0:57.7	Festival attendees flock to panels with names like How Kpop grew beyond niche and breakthrough
1:04.5	innovators who changed the world.
1:07.5	It's nearly 5 p.m. on a Thursday, which means lines snake around bars as excited festival
1:13.5	goers wait to get into the evening's hottest events.
1:17.2	With musical showcases, with Colleed and Old Crow Medicine show, more than 2,000 artists
1:23.5	will perform on Austin stages this week.
1:27.1	A current of excitement pulses throughout the city, but underneath that, there's also
1:33.3	a feeling of fear.
1:35.3	It's March 15, 2018.
1:38.4	It's been 13 days since the serial bombings began in Austin, Texas.
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