This podcast details true crime cases.

It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

It is not intended for children.

Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. For this month's series titled

Schools Out Forever, I'll detail crimes that occurred on school campuses, one at

a high school campus, one at a high school campus,

a middle school, and one connected to a college campus.

In the second episode in the series,

a middle school in Washington State

becomes the unlikely setting for a horrendous act of violence.

In 1996, school shootings were still rare, even in the United States.

The infamous school massacre that would happen at Columbine High School

was still three years in the future. So when 14-year-old Barry Lucidus entered

his eighth grade math class and opened fire.

It would shock the community and spark a nationwide debate about violence in the media,

school bullying, mental health, and gun control.

But what was the real reason Barry Luchitis decided? health and gun control.

But what was the real reason Barry Lukitis decided to bring terror to his school campus?

We'll attempt to unravel that question in this episode.

This is chapter two in the series schools out forever

Barry Lucitis and the frontier middle school shooting. Many of us can point to our pre and early teen years as the most awkward and

uncomfortable of our lives. And it's no wonder because so many changes take place

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