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Yaaassss 😍 Clare totally nailed it with this package, in love with everything! 💕

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Breakfast Run video, part 2

Eric Jackson said in his interview that they were filming at least part of the video at his house, located at 7259 W Laurel Pl.

Compare the houses:

Dylan running from Eric Jackson’s house to Dustin Gorton’s car from the video:

(What used to be) Eric Jackson’s house:

They then went to Burger King at 6797 W Ottawa Ave.  

First they went down Laurel Place to Fairview Drive, which turns into Webster Street (that’s the suburbs for you!), then turned right onto Ken Caryl Avenue, then left onto Pierce Street, finally right onto Ottawa Avenue to the Burger King.  (This route is fairly obvious from the landmarks seen in the video, if one is familiar with them.)

Turning from Webster St. to Ken Caryl Ave.  Note the big pile of snow on the ground even in late April!

Same approximate location on Ken Caryl Avenue in the summer–pretty dull, really, not much to see but trees and wood fencing…

Turning from Ken Caryl Ave. onto Pierce St.  Note the bank on the corner.

Same corner:

The restaurant is roughly about a mile (1.5 km) from Columbine High School.

After getting their food, they continued north along Pierce St. to Columbine at 6201 S Pierce St.

Columbine is visible on the left.

I hope you enjoyed this tour of the suburban Littleton/Columbine area with your guides Dylan Klebold, Dustin Gorton, Eric Jackson (and me, I guess…).

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Dani Steepleton was 17 at the time of the Columbine massacre.

Daniel had lunch fifth period, and he spent it in the library, where he met up with Makai Hall. He and Makai sat at a table with Corey DePooter, Patrick Ireland, and Austin Eubanks, where they were for about 10 minutes before he started hearing something that sounded like the librarian hammering something into the wall. He looked toward the circulation desk and about that time he heard a woman yell: “Get down! They have guns!”. As he ducked under the table he glanced out the window and saw a group of people running from the school past the soccer field.

While he was hiding under the table he’d ducked under, along with Makai Hall, Patrick Ireland, and a dark-haired girl he didn’t know, he could hear the banging sounds getting closer and felt the floor shake. As the sounds intensified he heard a male voice yell: “This is for the four years of bullshit we had to put up with!” (a later report to another officer said that the gunman yelled: “This is for the four years of bullshit you’ve given us!”). Then one of the shooters yelled: “Everyone with a white hat, stand up!”. At one point he heard one of the gunmen ask someone “Do you believe in God?” and a female voice answer “Yes”. He heard a gunshot afterward and people screaming. He told investigators he could hear a shotgun and an automatic weapon being fired at the same time.

Then he saw them, over by the east end of the computer tables. He described them to investigators: “walking with a bounce, and appearing very happy”. He described the first as being tall, white, wearing a long black coat, black boots, and a black hat on backwards. He had fairly long hair, possibly blond, and was carrying a shotgun and a royal blue backpack over one shoulder. Daniel told investigators he recognized the gunman as a member of a group called the Trench Coat Mafia (he later told investigators that he hadn’t known Dylan previously but had learned his name from news reports was Dylan Klebold). Daniel said he didn’t have classes with any of them and didn’t know the rest of the group well enough to be able to identify them. Daniel described the second gunman as a shorter white male who was wearing a long black coat, black boots, a black baseball cap worn backwards. He had short hair and was carrying an automatic handgun and a royal blue backpack over one shoulder. He told investigators it was his impression this shorter gunman was in charge of what was going on; that it appeared as though the shorter shooter took the lead and the taller one would follow him.

He heard the shorter gunman say: “The cops are outside.” and then both shooters ran toward the west windows, where they began shooting out at the police. As they moved toward the windows, the gunmen lit bombs and threw them. After they shot out the windows, the taller of the two announced: “All the jocks with white caps stand up.” Daniel, who was wearing a white hat, started to stand up — he told investigators that he thought the gunmen had already seen him because the desks had no chairs to hide behind, leaving the people hiding under it mostly exposed. He didn’t want the gunmen to shoot the other people hiding under the table with him but Makai restrained him, telling him: “Don’t move.” Daniel stayed where he was.

The fire alarm was going off and people became very quiet at that time. He could hear the shooters laughing; they began shooting at people again and threw more bombs. Daniel saw them return to the backpacks they’d set on a nearby table - he thought they might be reloading their weapons. Daniel saw Dylan look directly at him, smile, and then lift the sawed-off shotgun he held and fired directly at Daniel’s table. Daniel was hit in the left knee - he noticed it as a sensation of warmth. He also saw that Makai had been hit in the right leg and it looked “torn up”. Patrick Ireland reached over to help Makai and Daniel heard another shot and saw Patrick go down; he had been shot in the head. Both gunmen were shooting at the time so Daniel wasn’t sure who had shot Pat.

Daniel fell to the floor where he lay with his head down, playing dead. As all three boys lay on the floor, unmoving, a small bomb rolled under their table and landed on Daniel’s right upper thigh. The fuse was burning but Daniel was afraid to move as he didn’t want the gunmen to shoot at the table again. Makai grabbed the bomb and threw it out, toward the south wall. It exploded midair, loud enough to shake the floor. Daniel shut his eyes then and kept them closed.

He then heard one of the gunmen say: “Stand up, nigger boy.” and heard them both laughing, but he didn’t look up to see what was happening. He heard another gun shot. He then heard one of them say: “Let me see your kife. I’ve always wanted to do this.” He then heard one of them say: “Oh, that’s gross!” and heard them both laugh again.

It got quiet in the library then; he could still here bombs going off but they sounded further away - possibly in the library. Daniel looked around then and saw people getting up and moving toward the west door. Makai told him “Let’s go.” and he, Makai, and the girl got up and left. Daniel told investigators that he felt bad that he didn’t help Patrick. He knew Pat was still alive when they got up to leave the library. He was treated for a shotgun blast to the leg; he took five pellets to the knee and one to the chin. He was released before April 24, 1999. Daniel graduated Columbine on May 20, 2000.

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One night, probably during junior year, Dylan told me, “Eric’s crazy.”

Sue Klebold (A Mothers Reckoning)

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John Wayne Gacy as Pogo The Clown taken in the 1970’s.

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Serial Killers with the highest numbers of confirmed victims. 

Luis Garavito; 138 confirmed, possibly up to 400. 

Perdo Lopez; 110 confirmed, possibly up to 350.

Daniel Camargo Barbosa; 72 confirmed, possibly up to 150. 

Pedro Rodrigues Filho; 71 confirmed, possibly up to 100.

Yang Xinhai; 67 confirmed.

Andrei Chikatilo; 53 confirmed, possibly up to 56.

Anatoly Onoprienko; 52 confirmed, possibly more.

Gary Ridgway; 49 confirmed, possibly up to 90.

Alexander Pichushkin; 48 confirmed, possibly up to 60.

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Tom and I called Dylan “our little trouper” because of his ability to withstand frustration. He wouldn’t quit until he’d conquered a problem, and he rarely abandoned an idea without seeing it through.

Sue Klebold, A Mother’s Reckoning

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Deaths at Columbine High School

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarked on a murderous rampage at their high school. In the time that Eric and Dylan had spent planning and preparing for the massacre, they had acquired a large arsenal of weapons, many which were hidden in Eric’s bedroom. The massacre at Columbine High School left 15 dead, including the two perpetrators.

• Rachel Scott - Rachel was eating lunch with her friend Richard Castaldo when Eric and Dylan opened fire at the West entrance where she and Richard were sat on the grass. Rachel was hit from a distance and then shot at point blank range when she attempted to get up. She died from gunshot wounds to the head, chest, arm and leg. Rachel had earlier quit smoking at the request of a friend, if she had not quit she would have possibly been in “The Smokers Pit” at lunch instead of at the high school. Rachel was the first of many victims killed and injured in the massacre.

• Daniel Rohrbough - Daniel was walking out of the cafeteria with his friends, Lance Kirklin and Sean Graves, when Eric and Dylan began shooting at them. He was shot in the abdomen and left leg. Eric Harris shot him in the chest at point blank range moments later. Daniel bled to death on the sidewalk outside the school. Daniel’s father knew something was wrong when his son did not turn up at their shop after school as he normally did. The Rohrboughs did not learn of their son’s death from officials, but from the morning news.

• Dave Sanders - When Eric and Dylan began shooting outside the school, Dave Sanders ran to the cafeteria and warned everyone. He helped to save hundreds of students that day. The cafeteria was almost empty by the time Eric and Dylan arrived because of Dave Sanders. He was trying to get students safely hidden inside classrooms when he was shot from behind by Eric Harris. He was hit in the head, torso and neck and bled to death in a science lab while waiting for help.

• Kyle Velasquez - Kyle was sitting at one of the computers when Eric and Dylan entered the library. He was shot in the back of the head by Dylan Klebold as he passed him. Kyle was the first victim to die in the library. Kyle had been attending Columbine for only three months when the massacre took place. He was shy and was only just coming out of his shell when he died. Kyle was mentally disabled and knew what it was like to be an outcast, his last words to his mother were, “Goodbye I love you mom.”

• Steve Curnow - Steve was hiding under a computer desk, near to survivor Kacey Ruegseggwe, when Eric and Dylan began shooting in the library. Steve was shot in the neck by Eric Harris with a sawed-off shot gun. Steve died in the library and was the youngest victim of the Columbine massacre at only 14 years old. Steve was very close with his parents, loved soccer and had dreamed of being a Navy top gun pilot.

• Cassie Bernall - Cassie was hiding under a table, like many students, when Eric and Dylan entered the library. Eric Harris came to the table where Cassie and another girl were hiding. He tapped on the table twice and said, “Peek a boo” to the two girls. Cassie was shot in the side of the head with Eric Harris’ sawed-off shot gun. She was killed immediately. Cassie was a born again Christian as of 1997, previous to this she had fallen in with the wrong crowd. For a long time it had been believed that it was Cassie who had been asked whether she believed in God and then was shot when she answered, “Yes.” However, it has been verified that it was actually survivor Valeen Schnurr who was asked this.

• Isaiah Shoels - Isaiah was studying in the library with his friends, Craig Scott (brother of Rachel Scott) and Matt Kechter, when Eric and Dylan entered the room. The three boys hid under a table together. When Dylan Klebold saw Isaiah hiding under the table, he called Eric Harris over. Dylan made a racist comment towards Isaiah and tried to pull him out from under the table. When he failed to do so, Eric shot Isaiah in the chest at close range, killing him. Isaiah had been a popular student at Columbine, he was also an athlete. Eric and Dylan had had problems with Isaiah previous to the shooting.

• Matt Kechter - Matt was studying with victim Isaiah Shoels and Craig Scott in the library when Eric and Dylan entered the room. He was hiding under the table with his two friends and witnessed Isaiah being shot. Dylan fired at Matt, he was hit in the chest and died later that day in the library. Matt was in the football team and was a weight lifter. He always got good grades at Columbine and was looked up to by his friends. Greg Barnes, a close friend of Matt, took his own life not long after the first anniversary of the massacre.

• Lauren Townsend - Lauren was in the library with some friends when the shooting began. She hid under a table when Patti Nielson, a teacher at Columbine, told everyone to get down. Lauren was behind Valeen Schnurr and put her arm around her, telling her that everything would be okay. Dylan Klebold came to the table she was hiding under and opened fire. She was shot several times by Dylan and then was also shot by Eric minutes later but, at this point she was already dead. Lauren died from wounds to her head, chest and lower body. Lauren had plans to major in biology at Colorado State University when she graduated from Columbine. She has been described by her teachers at Columbine as having a gentle nature and a loving spirit.

• John Tomlin - John often spent his lunch in the library studying and that was where he was when the shooting began. He hid under a table and comforted a girl he didn’t know (Nicole Nowlen) when she became scared by holding her hand. Both Eric and Dylan came to their table and, without even looking to see who was underneath it, Eric opened fire. John and Nicole were both injured from Eric’s shot but, it was a shot to the head at point blank range from Dylan Klebold which killed John almost instantly. John loved Chevrolet trucks and had recently got his driving licence and got an old Chevy pick up, he had been working for it since he was 14. His truck, along with Rachel Scott’s car, became a memorial in the parking lot of the high school, his bible still on the dashboard.

• Kelly Fleming - Kelly was hiding behind a table with some other girls when Eric and Dylan entered the library. It was Eric who shot and killed Kelly. Eric and Dylan both reloaded and moved away from the girls’ table and then later came back. Kelly was shot again by Eric with his sawed-off shotgun, in the back from behind. Kelly was a shy girl who aspired to be a songwriter and author, she wrote many poems and stories. She would often go to the library at Columbine to write some of these stories. Kelly’s mother recalls her coming home from school around two months before the shooting and saying, “I’m not shy anymore.”

• Daniel Mauser - Daniel was in the library when the massacre began. He was hiding under a table when Eric Harris shot him in the face. Daniel died under the table in the library. Daniel’s family described him as a shy and gentle soul. He had attended Ken Caryl Middle School, the same as Eric and Dylan, there is no evidence of them having known eachother though. Daniel’s father was planning on taking him on his first 14,000 mountain hike that summer.

• Corey DePooter - Corey was in the library when the massacre took place. He had been hiding under a table near the window with two others. Dylan Klebold shot Corey, he was killed almost instantly. He died there in the library of gunshot wounds to his neck, chest and left arm. Corey was a former wrestler and loved to fish. He had started a job at a golf club to save up for a fishing boat with one of his friends. Described as an all-American kid, school was very important to Corey. Corey had always wanted to be a marine and at his funeral he was made an honorary marine.

• Eric Harris - Eric also died in the library not long later. Eric fired his shotgun through the roof of his mouth, the shot caused a large amount of damage to his face, also causing his eyeball to fall out. The back of his head was also blasted off. His death was instant. Eric had been a student Columbine High School and had worked at Blackjack Pizza.

• Dylan Klebold - Along with Eric, Dylan committed suicide in the library. He shot himself in the left temple and the bullet sliced through his head. He died right next to Eric, although his death was not instant like Eric’s had been. Dylan had been a student at Columbine High School and had also been an employee at Blackjack Pizza, like Eric Harris.

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I really don’t see why being “good” is often synonymous with being “beautiful.” Cruel, twisted, and dark actions and people can be just as beautiful.

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I have no particular desire to live. I have no particular desire to be killed. It is a matter of indifference to me. I do not think I am altogether right. 

- Albert Fish

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The bizarre aesthetic of vintage crime scene photography

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Am I the only one who’s ever had the thought that maybe Dylan was trying to get Eric excited about the massacre again after he broke his nose, whether consciously or not? It does seem that the two of them really fed off each other’s energy on the day of the attack, so after Eric broke his nose and he got “a bit disoriented” as many witnesses said, it was probably quite the energy suck. Previous to Eric breaking his nose, the two communicated but primarily did their own thing physically, sometimes even splitting up a little. Then Eric breaks his nose and just starts ranting at one of the girls cowering under the tables and not doing much else. It’s during this that Dylan calls him over to kill Isaiah. I always wondered if part of it was that he knew Eric had just done something to himself, since Eric had told him, and he was sort of trying to “ground” him again (and well, Eric did start shooting people again afterward, so it worked, at least temporarily). Honestly, it seems like most of the times the energy died down, Dylan responded by reaching out to Eric in some way. Calling him over to Isaiah, suggesting they knife people, trying to hand Evan Todd off to him… I think as both of their energy died down, it’s possible Dylan tried to re-energize himself by trying to re-energize Eric (or, on a more romantic note, knew what Eric had wanted it to be and was trying to “make it up to him”), while simultaneously trying to hand things off on Eric because he wasn’t energized anymore. Either way, eventually both of them completely lost all of their previous gusto and just left.

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