Episode 2c "These Thoughts are Too Much"

In this episode, the conclusion of our three-part series on deaths that led to social change, I look at the 1966 clocktower shooting at the University of Texas in Austin, and the life of its perpetrator, Charles Whitman. One of the earliest mass shootings in America, it introduced a new kind of violence into American life. Music in this episode is courtesy of musopen.org and archive.org.  Our primary source for this episode is "The Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders" but Gary Lavergne. Other sources: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1016&context=cus_pubs https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ You can support the show on Patreon, where for $5 a month you will receive monthly bonus episodes. The first of these has already been released, "The Murder of Charles Bravo." You can follow us on Twitter at SynodusPod and on Instagram at SynodusHorrendaPod