All tagged shooting spree

New Podcast Episode: Kill Me if You Can

On July 29th 1999, Mark O. Barton unleashed his paranoid wrath in the form of a shooting spree that targeted his colleagues at two day trading firms in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. The close proximity and similar settings of the two office buildings made for much confusion among authorities and 911 dispatchers, allowing Barton to flee the scene. As a manhunt for Mark ensued, investigators uncovered a history wrought with delusion, and murderous rage.

12 Crimes of Christmas: Santa Robs a Bank

On December 23, 1927, a gun-toting Santa Claus and his three bandits robbed the First National Bank of Cisco, Texas before setting off on a wild, week-long chase with the police. Although the costume was donned by a decidedly young and lanky man, the image of the beloved Christmas hero allowed this Santa to distract the bank patrons while his bandits filed into the building undetected.

New Podcast Episode: Don't Let Bandits Do Your Bidding

You may have noticed a whole lot of very similar headlines in recent years about gunmen kidnapping schoolchildren in Nigeria, and you might recall the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, but what is really happening over there?

This week an assailant with a modified AR-15 terrorized the patrons of a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, claiming 10 victims including a responding police officer.