Episode 79: The Austin tower shooting

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

It was hot that day in August of 1966, so hot you probably could have cracked an egg and cooked it on the sidewalk. Students walking the campus of the University of Texas at Austin did so under the watchful eye of the main building's tower. As noon neared, everyone was looking forward to heading off to lunch. That's when the shooting began. It wouldn't end for another ninety-six minutes.

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1:43.5	shooting episode I will not be using the shooter's name in this
1:47.0	episode. This is a particularly famous incident, so it wouldn't be hard to find it out if you want
1:52.9	to. Just a little Googling, and you'll get the name. However, I don't have to give mass shooters
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