Charles Whitman Went on Shooting Rampage killing 16 in 1966
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- Charles Whitman went on a shooting spree at the University of Texas in 1966 ending up killing a total of 16 people before being shot dead by police. How and why could a young married man commit such atrocious acts? In this video, we go to the location of the shootings as well as Charles' mother's house.
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For those of you who are new to my channel, I attempted to make a few videos like this several years before I decided to do crime videos as my main videos. So in other words, this video could have been done a lot better than my newer ones. So keep that in mind but I hope you enjoy.
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Charles lived in a nice house, even by today's standards. I watched 👀 the shooting on the late news that very night. I remember the puffs of smokes from the gun shots, I'll never forget it either. The next day I told my brother about this, that I had seen it on TV, but for some reason he didn't believe me. Back then, these types of shootings never happened; this was the first one. I became interested in these types of events then and still am today. How time flies! Nice video 📹 👍
Harlin you are doing a great job...dont forget that...much better than me...lol...I put a shout out to you on both the videos I've managed to do...so I hope I can get you more viewers..but I probably have to learn how to do the videos right...much love to you..
I remember this event being broadcast while it was happening. Thanks for sharing!
You find the most interesting documentary items. Thank you sad and interesting .
From what I've learned about this case is that he was shooting just below that large clock,from the front,straight down at people. He would kind of go back and forth shooting as he moved left to right. I don't believe he went around to the rear. He stayed mainly in the front. Terrible tragedy. He was very intelligent. He just couldn't overcome his inner demons.
If you ever needed a reason to change those dumb laws in America, the motive for the tragedy was suicide, crazy incidents, couldn't cope with life, although it occurred years ago, this should remind us that there is something wrong with society, terrible sadness for all those affected, some mental issues blamed,don't let these sick people wipe humanity out🌎🌋🏛🧭
Exactly my brother. Couldn't agree more my friend.😉
Intelligent people don't go around shooting and killing people for no reason
@@cxjeter Yes they have, and yes they do.
Love your documentary style videos!
😆👍💛 I'm so happy you like them!
I've heard of the name before, but didn't know the back story. This came out great bud thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jay!! 😀👊
My dad was working construction that day operating a bulldozer. When he realized what was happening he got down and hid behind the dozers blade. A few bullets ricocheted of off the blade.
WOAH!! No way! So your dad's bulldozer basically saved his life. That's incredible.
Damn so glad he lived to tell the story that's scary for sure glad he was able to take coverage
Awesome job friend. Thank you for sharing
I've read that there are still bullets holes up at the top of the clock tower from that day. What horrible thing. I think that was the first mass public shooting. Another great video. Thanks.
I was really hoping to be able to go up there but it was all closed off. I agree, I think this was definitely one of the first big mass shootings. Thanks nikki!
A movie came out about it in 1975 called The Deadly Tower. And an animated documentary was made several years ago shown on PBS called Tower.
Yes!! I saw it on Netflix. It was very interesting but oh so sad.
he shot almost 50 people that day from the tower. there was a movie made in 1975, the deadly tower, with kurt russell playing charles whitman. it is as very good movie so i recommend it.
Loved this. It should be noted that Whitmans house was torn down a while back and replaced with that one you filmed!
Great content......Love your channel. I was twelve years old and I remember the 'Life' magazine cover depicting a shattered window when this occurred. This was the first of the school shooting type killing sprees
Charles Whitman was a former Marine sharpshooter who, in 1966, targeted and killed random civilians at the University of Texas before being stopped by police.Charles Whitman served as a Marine before enrolling in the University of Texas, eventually studying architecture. Suffering from mental illness and acute fits of anger, Whitman killed his mother and wife and on August 1, 1966, went atop a 300-foot tower, targeting people in the vicinity. He ultimately murdered 16 people in total and injured many others before he was killed by police, who stormed the tower.Mass murderer Charles Joseph Whitman was born on June 24, 1941, in Lake Worth, Florida. Taught at an early age to handle guns, Whitman was a good student and Eagle Scout who left home to join the Marines immediately after his eighteenth birthday in 1959. He had grown up with a perfectionist, demanding father who had a violent temper and thus needed an escape. Whitman underwent boot camp in South Carolina, earning a sharpshooter ranking, and served at Cuba's Guantanamo Navy Base for more than a year. Via a special military program, he later entered the University of Texas, where he met his future wife, Kathryn Leissner. (They married in 1962.)After being called back to active service because of poor academic performance, Whitman returned to the Marine Corps in 1963. By mid-decade, he was honorably discharged. Whitman went back to the University of Texas at Austin in the spring of 1965. He originally took up mechanical engineering but later switched to architecture.By 1966, Whitman was suffering from severe headaches and consulted a therapist at the university to discuss concerns he had over his mental health. The doctor recommended Whitman attend another session the following week, but he never returned.In 1966, Whitman's mother finally left his father after suffering years of abuse. She got an apartment in Austin, not far from her son. This move would prove fatal for her. Sometime on the evening of July 31, Whitman went to his mother's home and stabbed and shot her. In a note left with her body, Whitman explained that he was "truly sorry that this was the only way I could see to relieve her sufferings but I think it was best."After killing his mother, Whitman went home. Sometime after his wife went to sleep, he stabbed her to death. He typed a note before her death, stating that he was going to kill her. He said that "I love her dearly. . . . I cannot rationally pinpoint any specific reason for doing this." He thought it might have been his own selfishness or his desire to spare her from facing embarrassment over his actions.On August 1, 1966, Whitman, along with an assortment of weapons and supplies stored in a trunk, entered the University of Texas tower, wearing overalls. He headed up to the observation deck, fatally injuring a receptionist and killing two others along the way. Once he reached the deck, he began shooting at the people below. The rampage lasted less than two hours, with most of the deaths and injuries occurring in the first 15 to 20 minutes.Whitman shot most of his victims near or in the heart. In total, he murdered 14 people and wounded 32 more on the campus before being shot and killed by two police officers, with a wide range of civilians assisting authorities during the crisis.In one of his writings, Whitman stated that he wanted his brain examined after his death to check for signs of physical cause of mental illness. His request was granted in the form of a police autopsy, which showed that he had a brain tumor. But medical experts disagreed over whether it had any influence on Whitman's behavior.With the tower observation deck also becoming the site of several suicides, the school closed the area in the mid-1970s. The deck was reopened in 1999 in a special ceremony.he also killed a unborn child !
Found it! Yay! Great job Harmon👍🏼👏🏼😊
This was such a true tragedy..I wasn’t even thought of yet, lol, but I’ve always been most interested in the psyche behind Serial Killers & Spree Killers..I find the studies of these men & learning all about them & their backgrounds simply intriguing..thanks!
All their differences yet blatant similarities...always so interesting 🤔
I remember this story, that was year's ago we saw clips on television
Great documentary...
So sad that it happened.
I don't believe I had ever seen his house.
Very informative.
Thank you for all of your
work/research.
Very good and interesting video. Love this kind of videos. Keep up the great work Harmon!!
To me , when you are on site of a tragic event or a place where something extra-ordinary happened , it slams reality home that yes it really happened and this is where it occurred.
Excellent Documentary Style Video!! I recall hearing about Charles Whitman from My High School History Teacher.
I always look forward to your videos. Thanks
Very interesting and I would definately like to see more like this.
Thanks Wally!! Trying to find more events around where I live. I have a few in mind
Ex Marine who qualified expert at the rifle range...wasn't going to miss much...sad
Very sad but true statement. He definitely was a great shot which was unfortunate for all the victims. Thanks curt!
@@InfamousCrimeLocations Hey thanks for your channel...from an ex Marine!
There is actually a very interesting animated documentary about this on Netflix, with oral accounts from witnesses and the heroes. It's called "Tower"
So well made
Thank you for the info
How come I can’t find it? So strange?
@@Katwoman4318 they probably took it off by now that was two years ago
Can’t find it
I REMEMBER THIS ONE! FOR ME THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF MASS SHOOTINGS!
Yes this was one of the first documented mass shootings. Thanks diana!
A little info for ya hun. He had a chaotic life. He was going to be court martialed in the marines, he couldn’t hold a job and he was a wife beater, just like his father. The attack lasted 1hr and 36min. He killed 17 and wounded 31. He was seeing a psychiatrist and was taking Dexedrine for ADHD, which personally I believe it affected him. He told his psychiatrist he was having violent dreams (day and night) and violent outbursts. The pecan sized tumor found in his brain is believed by forensic investigators to have been pressing on his amygdala, which causes the fight or flight reaction. All things considered, things would have ended badly for him.
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Thank you for all your videos. I enjoy them. Is there a place to fund your expenses?
Hi Harmin, Good to see ya again Kiddo!!! wow that was pretty crazy on what happened and its such a shame and him only being 25.I Liked it!!!
Thank you Debra! Very sad and crazy what happened.
Your doing great with your uploads! Since I bc a sub, you have jumped over 5k in a just a short time! I never heard of this happening bf, Thank you H,✌️
Thanks lori!! I am so happy and grateful that I am starting to grow a lot faster pace now. It took me nearly 5 yrs to get to 14,000 which was on christmas day. 😮
Definitely interesting ~ thank you!
Had my jaw open as soon as I saw the clock house....seemed so eerie seeing it....great video again 😍
Great history and thanks for sharing. Please be careful of burn out of working to much. I went thru it and it is not fun. Take care Eric.
I had never heard they found a brain tumor in him. That would certainly explain his actions. Such a tragic story. Thanks for sharing, Harmin!
Yeah that sounds like it really did mess up his judgement and thinking. Thanks leslie!!
Yes he did have the brain tumor. They found it during his autopsy. Whitman requested in his suicide note that he wrote before he did the shooting that he would be given an autopsy on him to determine whether there was any serious damage to him.
We had a kitten and gave it to my best friend. Soon tho he became an aggressive young cat and attacked everyone. Even attacked the neighbor and sliced open his leg so badly the child had to be rushed to the hospital! So they put the cat down and found out the cat had a brain tumor and it was pressing on his brain. Poor thing. But I’m sure it can happen to humans. I’m so sorry he murdered people. That is awful. Thank you for the video.
Wow, I didn’t know that, about the tumor...
Thanks for the information, and Sorry
About your Cat too 😔
Wow that is intense!! I think you are right though. Tumors can really affect a person or animals mind for the worse
Omg wow so sorry
Such hurtful
Tragedy 😢
May All the
Victims RIP ✝️🙏
I would be surprised if it was from the shooting that took place here but at the beginning of your vlog there is a light pole behind you that looks to have a bullet hole in it to your left. Thought that was interesting. Love your videos man! Keep up the awesome work!
Woah I didn't notice that. By the way, hope you can watch some of my newer crime videos as I think I did a better job on those. Thanks nathan for watching!!
@@InfamousCrimeLocations I watch every one you post! Enjoyed the BTK one yesterday. You do a very good job of researching and finding locations. Thank you for taking us along and showings us these things we would never get to see or know about in some cases. Keep up the good work Harmin. Take care.
I noticed that hole too...looks like a bullet hole...eerie
I would absolutely love more documentary style videos. I had never heard about this. I wonder if the,people living,in that,house know he lived there?
More videos coming on my 2nd channel will be more documentary style. investigating unsolved crimes
They reopened the tower when I was last living there after it having been closed all those years since the tragedy. I also see many in the comments who don't remember what/who this was, but maybe they'd recognize it from the scene in Full Metal Jacket when R. Lee Ermey's character describes Whitman's crimes in a positive way to his marine recruits at boot camp, saying that Whitman was able to kill so many people so effectively because he was a marine.
They mentioned it on Mad Men as well.
great video! very very sad all of this happened! I was only 2 days old when this horrible thing happened!
Hey Ross! This was a terrible tragedy. You always wonder if he was able to seek help, if it would have prevented this or not? I wasn't even born for another 23 yrs after that. Lol
I met Charles Whitman brother in a bar in Lake Worth, Florida in 1984, he told me that I wouldn't like if I knew who he was. He pull his driver's out Whitman last name, and said you didn't do it so we drank some more beers.
Great videos Eric. Thank you. Stay safe my friend.
Thanks Harmin. I Really Enjoy this Type of Vlogs you do From Time to Time. They are a Nice Change of Pace. I Remember Seeing this on the News At the Time it Happened. Charles Whitman Stabbed his Wife and Mother to Death, before going to the Tower on the University of Texas Campus and Shooting Dead 16 People and Wounding 31 others. He Served in the Marine Corp before Enrolling at the School. So Sad. Thanks Again and Take Care and Be Safe.
He didn’t understand the rage and desire to kill he was the first known sniper killer
His gun is on display at Escape from Alcatraz in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. Esacpe from Alcatraz is actually the old Fbi museum from DC. Many killer artifacts there including Bundys VW bug, Oj's bronco. Whitman rifle and actually has the tally of people he killed on the rifle. He kept a tally on the wood of his rifle
hi harmon i like your shows keep donig them im intersested in your shows.
Harmin your excellent at explaining the crimes and it’s interesting, keep up the good work, maybe you should start doing your own merchandise and it will help you to travel around, you would be very good at doing crime documentaries for Discovery etc. it’s fantastic how you do your research go to the places of the crimes and give fantastic details on each crime. Keep safe and may God protect you at all times. Watching from Australia 🇦🇺
Absolutely AWESOME video! Top guy!
Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
I drank a few beers with Charles Whitman bother in lake worth, Florida. Back in the 1980s his family own a plumbing company in Lake worth FL.
I was ten when this happened. All over the TV. Very scary stuff. I remember it to this day. It was one of a kind moments back than.
Wow that's so interesting cindy!! Pretty sad case. Thanks for watching!
He was on the balcony below the clock which rapped around the entire tower giving him vantage points to shoot down at the quad and across the street on all 4 sides. He killed someone on the way up to the balcony also.
Madman😑 Thanks for sharing 😊
We lived 3 hrs from Austin and I was 8 1/2 yrs old when it happened. I’m now 63 1/3 and I never forgot it.They said on the news that Charles left a note telling authorities he may have a brain tumor...and sure enough he did. Back then everyone family sat around the television even during the news and we were quiet as church mice as our dad would get upset if we talked during the programs. That when I saw this story. We were all shocked!
I barely remember this. Thanks for the info!
Good video! Thank you
I really enjoy this style. Thank you!
I'm so glad! Really appreciate you watching! :)
I was working in downtown Ft. Worth for a stock broker company when the ticker-tape machine started chattering the news of this horrible incident. Mass shootings were relatively unknown in 1966 and all the office was in shock. A made for TV movie came out on this as a docudrama. Good report on a very tragic day in Austin, TX.
Thanks fo your interesting documentary it is very informative.
I discovered this tragedy on Netflix. Very interesting. Was told by all of the witnesses and police officers. I encourage all to watch.
FYI- the house you said was Charles’ is a new house built in the exact location. The old one was torn down.
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Then or now, You Are Doing a Good Job! Thanks 😃🤗
Very Sad What’s Happened with Charles Withman, and what He Did...😔😔💔
Sorry for those VICTIMAS, May They Rest In Peace 🙏🙌🌷❤️
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The story illustration on the story in Netflix was awesome! Absolutely heartbreaking!!
Wow, he looks so all American. Clean cut.
He looks like my grandpa did when he was in his 20's. It's kind of creepy. But you're right he is very photogenic.
He looks like Larry Wilcox the actor who played John Baker on the C . H. I . P .s tv series show
A sad moment in the history of the state of Texas.
Absolutely it was. It goes to show that having issues like a tumor can really mess with your decision making. Thanks bro!
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That's where I got the hat from. :) You're welcome.
This was an interesting vlog. It’s so sad that things happen. I much prefer your abandoned vlogs, and look forward to the next one! L.E.T.!
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I know what you mean about a weird feeling being somewhere that you know something like that happened. There's a place here that I pass every time I go in to town and I get some kind of weird feeling about it. From what I understand, back in 1974 or 1975, someone murdered several ppl there on that property....they found bodies in the house as well as in the block building that's on the property. All of that is still there AND someone is living there...That's the story that I can't find anything about on it. When I was doing family research and being a historian, some old timers told me about that. It's really eerie to see it...
I know how you feel. There is a house just north out of town here that several people were murdered at several years back. A man killed his wife, kids, dogs and himself there. I used to work with a guy who actually worked there after the killings, getting it cleaned up and ready to sell. He told me about the bullet holes and blood he seen. People are living there now. Everytime I go past there, I have to look. I always get really weird feeling.
@@shadowwolf2524 I completely understand that..the house I'm talking about is about 4 miles from my house...i get the creeps over it all the time..
@@toxic44talks35 I finished drywall forl 25 years. From time to time, I worked in houses where the owner had died. Mainly from natural causes. But a few were suicides and one at one house I'll always remember, an older ladies house caught fire and she died from the smoke. The creepiest though, was a house where a guy had died and wasn't found for several days. The house had a real funky smell. And the place on the floor where he died, had a section cut out and a new square of wood was installed there because he had started to rot before he was found. And I've got a good ghost story that happened to me while doing a job if you believe in stuff like that.
It started around 12:00 pm CST and ended around 1:24 pm CST so about 1:24 minutes in total.
Thank you another good adventure ☺️
I love your videos so much
Very odd that happening in 1966. Nice area it seems.
I really enjoy your videos it is like I am actually there. But what a sad story
Poor guy should have gotten help. RIP to all victims 🙏 and you would think it would be a much simpler time...
Love your videos
That is nuts. The scary thing is he looks and seems normal. I often how everyone looks great what is going on in their head.
If I'm not mistaken, there's a movie made about this starring Kurt Russell, it's a good movie
Hey dude , that is very sad and kind of creepy , the guy was not well by the sounds of it , thanks for the doco / info , it is interesting .
Thanks, we need more help with people that have mental issues
period !
Yes, indeed. Unfortunately most people who have severe, mental issues dont know they have those issues. They think everyone else is crazy. The first step would be for them to recognize that they have mental issues and them proceed from there. I have no idea how to even begin to help people like that but I would definitely be willing to learn and try to help them.
Witman was trained Sniper in the Army, dude was crazy for sure!! Sad deal..
Okg, I remember this. I was scared even tho it was thousands of miles away from me. I was pretty young back then.
Awesome video
Wow so long ago my parents were born in 1950 and 1960 so they might of heard of it I was nowhere near being born. My man wasn't even born yet. He was born in 1969. I'm so so sorry for all lives loss. Just another senseless massacre. He killed his wife and his own mother along with all those other people that's just plain evil. I hope they're all R.I.P. there had to be something seriously wrong with him like you mentioned the possibility of a tumor maybe but we will never know what set him off like that just sad all around!
Austin Texas is my favorite place in the entire world and I heard of this and I was born in 1966 when this took place. But you can still go there today and fill a strange uneasiness walking around in the courtyard and looking up at the clock.
He was shooting from all four sides of the tower. He would shoot through the port holes and then would walk around and shoot at people on the other three sides. You can look up even today and see bullet holes where the police were shooting back at him.
Yes thank you tider!! Appreciate the info. 👍👊
@@InfamousCrimeLocations You're Welcome. There is a video here on TH-cam that shows live coverage of this and you can see Whitman walking by the port holes. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to put the link here
Spree killers are the most frightening really...I mean..damn..you don’t have a chance in hell...terrible.
I tell you what tho..those 3 officers & civilian?! YESSS!! True True Heros!!! 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✌🏼❤️❤️
Hey carmen! I know unfortunately, anyone who was in sniper range that day was susceptible to his shooting spree. The officers and civilian that stormed the tower truly did save many lives that day. Thanks again. :)
His mother lived in an apartment complex. It was an apartment back then. He was also a discharged Marine at the time. He was studying engineering at UT.
I really enjoy your presentations their fantastic. You have to make it out here to the West Coast and take on a few cases like heaven's gate. And numerous other atrocities.
Hey mike! I actually live near seattle but do plan on taking another summer roadtrip and the heaven's gate one is on my list. The house is now torn down now and replaced but I think I could still do a video on it.
The news coverage here in Anaheim was intensive. Do you remember the comet up in the north sky.? They were going to go and get on it I guess. That was when I first met my wife. Wow!
You would be able to show the video of doy
Harmin, Was that how his house looked back in 1966? The house seems modern to me? Maybe added on the back part? Yes, remember those lost that terrible day. Sisters, daughters, brothers, Sons, loved ones. Amen 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️
They tore his house down and this one was built in 2007:)
Homicide (s) not tragedy. Thanks for vid!
RIP Charles 🙏
There was a movie made about this called The Deadly Tower that starred Kurt Russell as Charles Whitman. A good movie and worth watching if you get a chance. Amazon has the DVD 📀 for $9.99.
TH-cam documentary sniper 66 by Whitney milham has great detailed information, and shows the Whitman house 906 jewel Street and Katie's grave the house in this video looks much different .for anyone who is interested.
I remember this story!
Rip for the lost. Amen 🙏🏻.
Nice architectural building
Sad moment in history!
Enjoy your TH-cam channel a lot !! I certainly respect the victims in these tragedies wholeheartedly. I am into true crime more so than fictional madeup stuff so seeing and hearing about well known and more obscured cimescenes is fascinating to me Ann Rule was one of my fave true crime writers. Not for everyone but I enjoy and subscribe to your TH-cam channel always fascinating!! 👌👍😀🇨🇦🥵🇺🇸
I love you videos
I like these kind of videos it goes back in history although I was a child back then I mean it gives me a standing of the things I've heard growing up the only thing is about your videos is I don't know you just you don't go into too much depth into what all happened you don't show too many pictures and you know I like you cuz I watch your videos but that new camera you that you had it's awful I mean it makes when you get close like the tombstones that are square they make them very round and it's too hard to read them and some of the stories you do are so short that these people wondering what you left out but I do like your videos I like all of them I just wish you would have a little bit more information
New camera is gopro 9 which does not look bubbled. Many of my recent videos, I have used it. It will be my new fulltime camera. So no more bubbled edges
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