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I was 50 feet away from the guy.

He pointed his gun at me and I feared for my life. Welcome to Season 4, Episode 96 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters

are real.

There's a saying that goes, you cannot reason with unreasonable people. And in today's story, we'll explore just how true that is.

We're going to talk about a well-organized group of people on the

internet whose beliefs defy logic and reason, and whose delusions can sometimes turn deadly.

With approximately 42.5 million adults suffering from mental illness such as depression,

schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder, 9.3 million of those experiencing severe mental illness that

impedes their day-to-day lives. You'd think as a society we would be better able to recognize when someone is in crisis

and know what to do. Too often, however, those suffering are alone left to rationalize their

own deteriorating mental state. Today we examine one man's spiral into paranoia and his ultimate

decision that killing would be the best way to bring attention to his cause.

He was alone out front of Stroger and he looked like he had been pacing before and then he stopped and started walking.

I went down the steps. I heard one gunshot. I turned around and he was

sprinting at the other guy and took two more shot. And that's when I turned and ran.

Myron May moved to Wewhichka, Florida in 1995. With a population of less than a thousand,

this was far removed from Dayton, Ohio, where he was born. He lived with his grandmother. He made friends

running track. He found family. His childhood friends, the Taunton's, later took him in, just weeks

before he tries to take the lives of three people on Florida State's campus. Here is David

Taunton from an interview with the Tallahassee Democrat.

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