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Today in True Crime

September 14, 1989: The Standard Gravure Shooting

Today in True Crime

Parcast

True Crime, Education, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Eight people were killed and 13 people were injured when Joseph Wesbecker showed up for work at a Kentucky printing plant with an AK-47 and opened fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Tuesday, September 14th, 2021.

0:07.0

On this day in 1989, a lone gunman massacred eight of his co-workers at a Kentucky printing plant.

0:16.0

Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.

0:23.6

Down time can be just fine, plain bangers from the 90s.

0:27.6

Tea break.

0:28.6

Lunt break.

0:29.6

Maybe listen to the outbreak.

0:31.6

Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?

0:34.6

It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your

0:39.6

nan time, go on, play some other time, put your phone down. Tombola, open for fun. Terms apply 18 plus

0:47.8

gambleaware.org. Welcome to today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.

0:56.4

Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised.

1:00.8

This episode includes discussions of mass murder that some people may find offensive.

1:05.7

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

1:09.7

Today we're covering a mass shooting at the

1:12.6

standard grueur printing plant. Let's go to September 14th,

1:17.4

1989, to a busy workplace in Louisville, Kentucky. Joseph Westbecker parked his

1:26.2

car, grabbed his duffel bag, and walked inside the plant.

1:30.3

He wasn't supposed to be there. He'd recently been put on disability because of emotional distress,

1:36.3

but he had a different job to do.

1:39.3

The first person he saw was John Tingle, a co-worker he liked.

1:45.0

Tingle approached Wes Becker gently, asking how he was, clearly concerned with his presence

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