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Tag: mass murder

  • My Lai Massacre (2010)

    My Lai Massacre (2010)

    The ‘My Lai Massacre’ refers to the worst atrocity in American military history – the 1968 Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam by United States Army soldiers of “Charlie” Company…

  • The Columbine Killers (2008)

    The Columbine Killers (2008)

    Aired for the first time on Crime & Investigation Network in South Africa, “The Columbine Killers” is a fascinating documentary that aims to investigate the reasons behind the tragic murders of 12 high school students and a teacher at Columbine High School in 1999, by teenage killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

  • Going Postal: 15 Shocking Acts of Violence (2008)

    Going Postal: 15 Shocking Acts of Violence (2008)

    E! takes a look at some of the most horrific acts of violence in American criminal history. Cases include: The Jonesboro Middle School Massacre, The New Life Shootings, The Atlanta Day Trader Murders, The Dunblane School Massacre, The San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre, The Texas Tower Shootings, and many more

  • Deranged Killers: Charles Whitman (2009)

    Deranged Killers: Charles Whitman (2009)

    When he was 12, Charles J. Whitman became the youngest eagle scout in America… when he was 25, after brutally stabbing to death his mother and wife, with rifle and ammunition in tow, he traveled to the top of the University of Texas Tower and proceeded to shoot dead 13 people and wounding 32 others…

  • Playing Columbine (2008)

    Playing Columbine (2008)

    “Playing Columbine” is a terrific documentary that traces the controversial development of the 16bit video game “Super Columbine Massacre RPG!.” in which players experience the Columbine High School massacre through the eyes of the killers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold…

  • Montreal Massacre: Legacy of Pain (1999)

    Montreal Massacre: Legacy of Pain (1999)

    On December 6, 1989, Marc Lepine, a deranged anti-feminist, walked into a classroom at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, ordered the women to one side of the room and began shooting. When the rampage was over, 14 young, female students lost their lives.

  • Terror on the Beach (2015)

    Terror on the Beach (2015)

    Brilliant episode of the UK documentary series, Panorama, that details the horrific events of the day through the eyes of those that were there. Reporter Jane Corbin revisits that beach in Tunisia and talks to the brave Tunisian locals that tracked and filmed the killers movements and the fortunate survivors that recall how heir lives…

  • Mind of a Rampage Killer (2013)

    Mind of a Rampage Killer (2013)

    Fascinating look into the scientific work that is being conducted today to better understand the mental make-up of a mass shooter / spree killer … Noted cases mentioned in the documentary include: Charles Whitman (The Texas Tower Sniper); Charles Andrew Williams (The Santana High School shooter), Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold (The Columbine Killers); Adam…

  • Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA (2015)

    Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA (2015)

    From the assassination attempt on US President Ronald Reagan, to the school shootings at Columbine, Sandy Hook, or Virginia Tech, to countless other mass shootings that occur every year, there has always been two constants in the United States: American citizens calling for gun-control legislation and the NRA’s (National Rifle Association) political attempts to thwart…

  • The Killer at Thurston High (2000)

    The Killer at Thurston High (2000)

    On May 21, 1998. expelled student Kip Kinkel first murdered his parents before engaging in a school shooting at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon that left two students dead and 25 others wounded. He is serving a 111-year sentence without the possibility of parole at the Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem, Oregon.

  • Elliot Rodger: The Virgin Killer (2014)

    Elliot Rodger: The Virgin Killer (2014)

    On May 23, 2014, near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Elliot Rodger, a 22 year-old, self-professed ‘virgin’, went on a killing spree that would take the lives of 6 students while wounding 13 more before eventually taking his own life..

  • Killing Spree: Columbine Massacre (2014)

    Killing Spree: Columbine Massacre (2014)

    In 1999, students Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold would embark on a massacre that would make American criminal history.. the terrific “Killing Spree’ documentary series takes a look back at the tragic events & the people that were directly impacted on that fateful day..

  • Killing Spree: Horror at the Mall (2014)

    Killing Spree: Horror at the Mall (2014)

    Documentary about the 2011 assassination attempt that was made on US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona. In just 17 seconds, this killing spree claimed six lives and left 13 other people seriously injured. This programme investigates the background and motivation of the killer, 22-year-old local resident, Jared Lee Loughner…

  • The Hunt for the Boston Bombers (2014)

    The Hunt for the Boston Bombers (2014)

    Brilliant documentary by National Geographic that tells the inside story of the five days of terror in Boston, told with unique access to the FBI, Boston Police Department, victims of the marathon bombing and those who were caught up in the manhunt…

  • The Brothers Who Bombed Boston (2013)

    The Brothers Who Bombed Boston (2013)

    BBC’s Panorama documentary series examines the events surrounding the Boston Marathon Bombing with added focus on the mysterious identities of the Tsarnaev brothers and what possible motivations may have drove them to perpetrate such a horrific act of violence…

  • The Act of Killing (2012)

    The Act of Killing (2012)

    Powerful documentary by Joshua Oppenheimer that challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to re-enact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and even lavish musical numbers…

  • Children of Beslan (2005)

    Children of Beslan (2005)

    On September 1, 2004, a group of heavily armed rebel extremists stormed into School No. 1 in Beslan, Russia…more than a thousand children and adults were held hostage in a sweltering gymnasium, denied food and water, and forced to keep their hands over their heads. The harrowing siege ended on September 3 with a series…

  • The Moscow Theatre Siege (2004)

    The Moscow Theatre Siege (2004)

    In October 2002, Chechen terrorists took a thousand people hostage in a Moscow theatre and threatened to kill them..Three days later Russian special forces stormed the theatre using a secret gas to knock everybody out… 129 hostages died …

  • The Erie Massacre (2007)

    The Erie Massacre (2007)

    … On December 3, 1997, Frank Dosso, Diane Patisso, George Patisso, and George Gonsalves were found shot execution-style at the Erie Manufacturing plant in Bartow, Florida… Although there was no clear physical evidence at the scene to link anyone to the crime, relatives of the victims immediately suspected Nelson Serrano, another partner in the business…

  • Raising Adam Lanza (2013)

    Raising Adam Lanza (2013)

    In the wake of the mass killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, FRONTLINE investigates a young man and the town he changed forever.. fascinating documentary looks for answers to the central – and so far elusive – question: Who was Adam Lanza?..