Were red flags ignored before Ethan Crumbley turned a gun on Oxford High School?

True Crime Society

True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Ethan Crumbley was a troubled teen. His parents were called to Oxford High School on November 30 to discuss some drawings that Ethan had made. He drew photos of guns and blood with the words ‘the thoughts won’t stop help me.’

His parents left Ethan at school following the meeting. A few hours later, Ethan went into the bathroom and emerged with a gun that his father had purchased in a Black Friday sale.

Ethan murdered four students on November 30, and many more were injured. Since the shooting, Ethan’s parents James and Jennifer have each been charged with involuntary manslaughter. This has been a somewhat controversial topic - do you believe they should have been charged?

In this week’s episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we talk about the Oxford High School shooting and the failing of the Crumbley family. We discuss -
A timeline of the shooting
Ethan’s childhood and the Crumbley family dynamics
The attempted escape and consequent arrest of James and Jennifer Crumbley
The victims of the Oxford High School shooting

You can read our deep dive blog on this case here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/01/22/the-oxford-high-school-shooting-and-the-failing-of-the-crumbley-family/

You can listen on Apple here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/were-red-flags-ignored-before-ethan-crumbley-turned/id1504300714?i=1000549130552

Listen on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5m7wmvX4ORXZcSciQ4EZJ5?si=IaXgw2ZSTmSFgXfevz4niQ

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0:00.0	Welcome back, too!
0:01.1	I'll be the answer!
0:03.0	Two pizzas, a good fella's stone-baked pepperoni pizza costing £3.00 at Tesco
0:07.6	and Aldi's which best by Carlos Stone-baked pepperoni pizza costing just £139.
0:13.4	So where can you save over 50% on your pizza?
0:16.6	Can't stop that!
0:18.4	Time's up! You're right! Aldi's the answer!
0:21.2	So come on down to Aldi, which cheapest supermarket of the year?
0:24.8	Other supermarkets may sell on-brand products at different prices
0:27.2	for full details, see Aldi.co.uk forward slash what?
0:47.2	What's up guys? Welcome to another episode of the True Crime Society podcast
0:50.8	with Stephanie and Olivia. It is Thursday, January.
0:56.2	20th here. It is Friday for Olivia, but doesn't really matter. That's Friday.
1:01.5	She's on vacation. The vacation queen is back.
1:06.1	We got our Christmas disaster vacation redo right now, early way for a few days, but
1:12.0	we made it. Everyone's well for now. It's all been nice to finally get away for a few days
1:17.2	after our Christmas disaster. Yeah, jealous.
1:21.4	Yeah, so I'm recording in a new little spot today which is nice and something different.
1:26.1	Sounds good. Hopefully, hopefully. Nothing exciting with me.
1:32.0	That on vacation. Just suffered through miserable day of work, as usual.
1:36.7	And it's snowy and gross out, so. It's actually been a little bit cooler here
1:40.9	the last few days that we were just commenting yesterday about how nice it is
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