The Columbine High School Massacre of April 20, 1999 is an incident which ushered in a horrible new normal of school shootings. But it wasn’t the first, and from the beginning the case has been clouded with myths, mistruths and outright lies.

Today we seek to uncover the facts about Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who they were, what they hoped to accomplish, and how two gifted students and computer nerds became cold-blooded killers.

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RESOURCES:

Columbine by Dave Cullen. Riverrun, February 14, 2009. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1787477094

No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine by Brooks Brown and Rob Merritt. Lantern Publishing & Media, June 10, 2022. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1590566749

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold. Crown, February 7, 2017. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1101902776

The Writings of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold by K. M. Bochin, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Independently published March 13, 2020. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8624278073

The Journals of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris: Columbine Killers Diaries by Murder Journals, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Independently Published January 22, 2019. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1794109933

The Basement Tapes Transcripts: Basement Tapes - quotes and transcripts from Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's video tapes

Denver Post, May 2, 1999 by Bill Briggs and Jason Blevins. The Denver Post Online - Columbine - Tragedy and Recovery

Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold - the Shooters - Columbine High School Shooting Investigation

School shooting - Wikipedia

Columbine High School massacre - Wikipedia

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold - Wikipedia

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Hans Schmidt was many things, a Catholic priest, a mystic and scholar, a forger and counterfeiter, a necrophiliac and sexual deviant, a convicted murderer and suspected serial killer. He was also the only priest in history to be executed in the United States, having been electrocuted in Sing Sing prison on February 18, 1916.

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SOURCES:

Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial and Execution of Father Hans Schmidt by Mark Gado. Prager, March 30, 2006. ISBN-13 : ‎ 978-0275985530

New York Times September 23, 1913 "Schmidt Purposed to Kill For Money – Approached a Physician with His Plan to Get Insurance, Faurot Discovers – State to Use Alienists – Agrees to Examination at Counsel's Request – Boyhood Friend Finds Him Greatly Changed"

The Evening World February 5, 1914 "Hans Schmidt, Slayer of Anna Aumueller, Faces Death Chair"

The Sun December 13, 1914 "Schmidt Tells Tale of Shielding Muret; Confessed Murder of Anna Aumuller, He Says, to Save Dentist"

All That’s Interesting April 22, 2016 by Nickolaus Hines Hans Schmidt: The Story Of The Only Catholic Priest Executed In The U.S.

Hans Schmidt | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderershmidt

Hans Schmidt (priest) - Wikipedia

On Holy Saturday, April 5, 1980, Catholic nun Sister Margaret Ann Pahl was murdered in a chapel in Toledo, Ohio in a ritualistic manner many thought was a human sacrifice to the devil.

There was only one suspect, a moody and brooding priest named Father Gerald Robinson; but, in what many considered an elaborate conspiracy involving police, bishops, prosecutors and church officials, no charges were ever filed and the case went unsolved.

Over twenty years later, as the Catholic Church erupted in sex abuse scandals, the case was reopened, exposing numerous allegations of a cult of Satanic priests, sadomasochistic sex rituals, secret files hidden by church officials to cover abuse and murder, prostitution, and ritualistic killings, culminating in the first conviction of an American priest in the killing of a nun.

Happy Easter. Strap in, and get ready for one hell of a ride.

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Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer

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REFERENCES:

Court TV's complete coverage of Gerald Robinson murder case

Sin, Shame, And Secrets: The Murder of a Nun, the Conviction of a Priest, and Cover-up in the Catholic Church by David Yonke. Contimuum Press 2006. ISBN 978-0826417558

The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime by Michael H. Stone, M.D. & Gary Brucato, Ph.D., Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-63388-532-5.

New York Times, 12 May 2006 "Priest Found Guilty of Nun's 1980 Murder"

NBC NEWS May 11, 2006 Priest convicted of slaying nun

Columbus Dispatch April 7, 2011 by David Yonke Supreme Court Rejects Woman's Lawsuit Claiming Satanic Abuse by Toledo Priest

NBC NEWS April 21, 2006 Prosecutor: Priest’s blade fits nun’s wounds

FOX NEWS May 11, 2006 Fast Facts: Timeline of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl's Killing | Fox News

Porterville Recorder, July 4, 2014 "Priest convicted of killing nun dies in prison".

Murder of Margaret Ann Pahl - Wikipedia

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