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By 1948, Howard Unruh was unemployed and living with his mother, Freda. He had been a decorated soldier in World War II but had trouble adjusting to life when he returned. Unruh is thought to be the first mass shooter and has been called the Father of Mass Murder by the press.
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss Howard Unruh. He likely had some form of PTSD after the war, and he was diagnosed with mental health illnesses. Howard began to believe his neighbors were talking about him behind his back and he started a kill list.
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0:00.0 | Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or disturbing topics. |
0:05.9 | Listener discretion is advised. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 345 of the criminology podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson. |
0:43.6 | And this is Mike Morford. Mr. Morford. How you doing, buddy? I'm doing good. How you doing? I'm doing great. |
0:49.8 | We've had a wild swing in weather. It was almost 60 degrees for a couple of days, and then we had |
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1:02.0 | And down here, do I wear shorts or sweatpants when I go to my son's football practice? |
1:07.7 | Because sometimes it's a little bit chilly, sometimes it's hot. |
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1:39.1 | All right. We're jumping right in. You know, in the present day, we hear all too often about mass shootings. And sadly, |
1:48.1 | we usually hear about them happening in schools, but they also happen in clubs and movie |
1:53.7 | theaters and casinos. They can happen just about anywhere. And since they tragically happen so often, |
2:00.4 | it's almost something that is part of society. And since they tragically happen so often, it's almost something that is |
2:02.2 | part of society. And in particular, here in America, where we have the most guns. Now, there have been a |
2:09.5 | lot of laws put in place to keep dangerous people from having guns, those who are mentally ill on |
2:16.3 | drugs, have criminal records. And we can debate for hours and days |
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