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The Tragic Shooting of Columbine - April 20 2020 - Today in True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com April 20th: Columbine (1999) There are some events, tragic events, that will be remembered forever. Not just the event itself, but the lasting impression and change that it made on our world. On April 20th 1999 the shooting at Columbine occurred. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the Silver Lake section of

0:03.8

We have a weird.

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A weird.

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A weird.

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A weird.

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A cop of a murder.

0:09.4

There are some events, tragic events, that will be remembered forever.

0:16.9

Not just the event itself, but the lasting impression and change that it made on our world.

0:23.2

On April 20, 1999, the shooting at Columbine occurred. So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones

0:31.3

chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:45.2

All of this, the whole tragic story that rocked the world and created a precedent for school shootings, began in 1996 with a private website on AOL.

0:50.3

Eric Harris, 15, created this site to post his own levels for a first-person shooter game,

0:56.4

but it quickly became a place where he would make jokes, often dark ones, about his family, friends, and classmates.

1:03.6

Eric's partner in crime was friend Dylan Claibold, and together the boys would cause mischief,

1:09.4

commit acts of vandalism, and make deadly plans with handmade bombs.

1:13.8

In 1998, the website had new posts, posts about a murderous plot towards those who had wronged the boys,

1:20.8

even calling out one in particular, Brooks Brown.

1:24.5

Brooks's parents got authorities involved, and upon viewing the site and its contents,

1:29.4

a search warrant of Eric's home was drafted but never submitted. The boys were arrested in January

1:35.5

of 1998 after breaking into a van and stealing tools and computer equipment. They were sentenced

1:42.2

and made to attend anger management programs. They were released early

1:46.7

because of how well they were responding. Realizing his sight was getting him into trouble,

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