198: Robbie's daughter was a student at Sandy Hook

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Adam lived in Newtown, Connecticut. He was 20 years old, and had no criminal record. One December morning, before 9:30 am, Adam shot and killed his own mother, Nancy, while she was still in her bed. Her body was later found with four gunshot wounds to the head. Nancy was a gun enthusiast, and had quite a few rifles and handguns. After he killed her, Adam took some of those guns and drove his mother’s car to the Sandy Hook Elementary School. The front entrance doors were locked, but he shot his way through the glass panel. He then carried out one of the deadliest school shootings in US history. 26 people were murdered at the school that day. Six of those were adult staff and faculty. The other twenty fatalities were children. All of them were age 6 or 7. One of those children was Emilie Parker, an amazing 6 year old girl. Today you’re going to hear from Robbie Parker, Emilie’s dad, about what happened to their family that day and afterward. And the famous radio personality that made their grief so much worse. Content warning: this episode includes discussion of child death as a result of a mass shooting If you’d like to contact Robbie, you can do that through his website: https://RobbieParker.net Robbie’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Fathers-Fight-Taking-Jones-Reclaiming/dp/1635769833 Alissa’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Angel-Mothers-Story-Healing/dp/1629722790 Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/198 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Go to bluenile.com to shop Blue Nile, the original online jeweler since 1999! Follow “MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories” on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/WHATWAS and get on your way to being your best self. To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Please consult the episode notes for content warnings about today's episode.
0:07.0	Adam lived in Newtown, Connecticut.
0:12.0	He was 20 years old and had no criminal record.
0:18.0	One December morning, before 9.30 a.m., Adam shot and killed his own mother, Nancy, while she was still in her bed.
0:29.6	Her body was later found with four gunshot wounds to the head. Nancy was a gun enthusiast and had quite a few rifles and handguns.
0:43.3	After he killed her, Adam took some of those guns and drove his mother's car to the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
0:53.3	The front entrance doors were locked, but he shot his way through the glass panel.
1:00.0	He then carried out one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
1:08.0	26 people were murdered at the school that day.
1:13.1	Six of those were adult staff and faculty.
1:16.9	The other 20 fatalities were children.
1:20.5	All of them were age six or seven.
1:25.2	One of those children was Emily Parker, an amazing six-year-old girl.
1:32.1	Today you're going to hear from Robbie Parker, Emily's dad, about what happened to their family that day and afterward.
1:40.9	And the famous radio personality who made their grief so much worse.
1:51.4	Real people in unreal situations.
1:56.4	The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
2:01.9	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
2:04.3	And then I had to tell him, it was me.
2:07.9	There was just blood everywhere.
2:10.9	They're shouting, they're screaming, they're being hit by bullets, they're hitting the ground.
2:14.9	And in that moment, I literally thought this is how I die.
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