James Holmes - The Batman Dark Knight Rises Massacre | Aurora Theatre Shooting
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- On the 20th of July 2012, James Holmes walked into the Century 16 Movie Theatre in Aurora, Colorado for the premier of Batman - The Dark Knight Rises.
Around 20 minutes into the movie he walked outside the emergency exit to his car, geared up in ballistic armour & equipped himself with a full load out of firearms.
He would walk back through the emergency exit & shoot up the theatre which resulted in 12 people dying & 70 people going on to be injured.
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Moved to Denver in 2012, and my roommate was/still is a huge Batman fan. We decided to go to the midnight showing of the movie (him, his girlfriend, and I). My roommate wanted to go to the aurora theatre, because he always said you would get bed bugs at the downtown theatre, with it just being dirty. His girlfriend picked me up, and we were gonna meet him at the theatre when he got off work at his resturaunt. We got to the theatre, and pulled up early so we could get the drinks and food for when he got there, so we wouldn’t miss the movie. As we were walking up, my roommate texted saying “I just got stuck rolling silverware, and don’t want to miss a second of the movie, so just come to the Denver theatre”. So we went to the Denver theatre, watched the movie, and went home and passed out at like 3am. I was off the next day so I slept in late, and that was that. I woke up the next morning with 30 missed calls from my whole family. I still didn’t know what had happened, until I called them back and they said turn on the tv. Every year since then I’ve gotten the “photo memory from a year ago” Facebook notification which reads “Going with Nate to see Batman whoop some candy ass at midnight” and it always gives me chills. Because he had to roll silverware, we switched theatres last second. Life is wild
Edit: I keep seeing questions on what rolling silverware is, and realized the term might be know mainly if you worked as a server. You take a fork and a knife, roll it up in a napkin, and that's it. You do it before shifts and after to keep a nice stock of silverware at your ready.
not enough attention on this post - you fuckin dodged a bullet - or in this instance, fuckin loads of them. You are fuckin lucky.
Nate fuckin knew, fuckin one-armed, grassy knoll lovin Nate
Wow thats was luck. Im glad you are alive man! Take care
@@Fartagnon 🤣
the real question is did you end up with bed bugs
When this happened back then it was presented like he was some kind of a crazy batman fan in the media.
That got so bad that people today still think he was dressed as the Joker.
He was decked out in so much tactical gear that he was mistaken for SWAT, until they noticed he was heading away.
The last few years it become obvious that the media wants to make money first and inform accurately second. The mask is completely off now.
Yeah I remember that! The news was saying he dressed up like the Joker and he was some sick deranged obsessive Batman fan! Your so right, I DO REMEMBER the media made him seem like a cult die hard Marvel and Batman fan!
@@Bellaboo22228 Batman is DC
yeah lmao they even thought we wanted to be the joker
Last movie I ever saw in theaters, my best friend was there, he's okay physically but not mentally. We both went to midnight premiers in different states, we talked about how excited we were. He lost his phone in the stampede and I heard about the massacre as soon as I got home and spent all night thinking he was dead. His brother was injured and never able to play college baseball again and now is a dying alcoholic.
:(
Man thats just sad. 😢
Guess your name is Greenberg-Sexton.
I smell something. It smells reminiscent to shit, almost as if a bull excreted it.
:(
The fact he called a mental health line as a last ditch effort to change his mind and they didn't answer...
He was never going to change his mind.
Ironically like the monster in the McDonald’s shooting
How do you know???!?!?
A documentary
It’s sad all around. Even for this man because no body wanted to help a dry of mental health. We are at the bottom of the list for help.
His mom going door-to-door looking for friends hits really hard. Especially if you're a parent. It sounds like she tried really hard to do good for him.
@The world is mine in 2o21 / Not true. You can have some of the best parents in the world and still end up this way. And when i say best parents i mean the ones who discipline you when u are wrong and praise you for doing good. Sometimes ppl just are into violence or have mental health issues. You never know what someone has going on in their head. Look at most parents lately that are killed by their kids. It's bc they told their kids no they can't have something of go somewhere but these kids feel entitled lately and it's bc the government won't even let us raise or discipline or kids anymore. You got kids that constantly call the police on their parents for taking away their phone and in one case i saw they actually took the dad to jail and the mother got custody. It's crazy. So parents are afraid to be able to do what they think is best. So if anything blame the system. I remember going to juvenile for disrespecting my aunt who raised me or not opening my door, they took it off the hedges.
2 or more shooters that night
@The world is mine in 2o21 that's not true at all! Plenty of parents have taught their children morals, disciplined them and so on, only to have that same child become a monster!
@UCb-W0ZuGQtGl4ttlcV9sxFw *says a bunch of bullshit with no proof* source:”trust me bro” shut the fuck up.
@@kristianmopsticc2887 I think you replied to the wrong comment?
The most eerie thing about Jessica Redfield's story is that a month before the Dark Knight shooting, she was at the Toronto mall shooting and she wrote in her blog that she felt a very uneasy, sickening feeling which made her step outside of the food court at the mall. Seconds later the mass shooting happened in the food court. When she made her way outside after the mass shooting, that's when she tweeted about the guy dressed as Batman who was charging tourists to take pictures. A month later, she becomes the victim of another mass shooting at the premiere of a Batman movie over 1,000 miles away. If that is not Final Destination-like, I don't know what is. So tragic.
That's a slew of strange coincidences.
@@Blobby192 you're conflating two different things.
How dumb are you?
These American mass shootings are full of coincidences that twist your mind up. It's the mockery aspect of the psyop.
@@Blobby192 How many mass shootings have occurred on Earth in the history of the Universe. The chances of being in two of them within a month is beyond comprehension. Using the word, coincident doesn't really fit imo.
Can't believe it's been over a decade. It feels like this didn't happen long ago. I remember going to see the dark rises that saturday there was crazy amount of cops in the theater.
Where I was there would be people periodically checking all the emergency exits to make sure that there was nothing suspicious going on. I don't know if they had any weapons other than the heavy duty flashlight they were using to inspect the doors but if someone did try something they probably would've gotten their skull caved in.
And it's not even a good movie 😮
@@theinnerlight8016I thought it was great
@AvengedSeven09
*number, not amount. "Cops" is plural.
(E.g., it would be "amount" of police, since "police" is not a countable noun. But indivdual "cops" can be counted.)
@@jake12466 who gives a fuck?
I'm speechless... This is NOT what I thought he'd be like before he fell apart. It just goes to show how complex people are.
Untreated mental healh issues will fuck people up and cause them to do some crazy shit. It doesnt excuse it but this guy leading up to a certain point kinda shocked me too. Clearly intelligent from a good home and a potentially bright future. Kinda surprised by this.
Yep he really could have had good life
as a society, we have to address what's wrong with white boys.
@@CamJames we have to address what's wrong with the social class that tends to produce the mass shooters.
@@CamJamesblack people commit 60% of violent crime
James: “I want to kill everyone.”
Therapist: “He’s not a threat.”
she said she heard about homicidal ideation alot from students, so i guess it was normalised for her. also her being a therapist i think she'd hear alot of weird stuff anyway
@@shesthemanful the psychiatrist tho...
It's not fair to blame the therapist or the psychiatrist. You can tell from the story that the psychiatrist had a hunch that he was dangerous; she even had a colleague who specialized in violent potential talk with Holmes. The problem is that it's not that hard to fool behavioral health professionals if that's your goal. We aren't psychic and although we do our best to diagnose illness appropriately and watch for suicidal and homicidal risks, intelligent psychopaths can fool us too. People also need to understand that every state has different rules for what constitutes the criteria for a temporary Psychiatric hold on a person, and it is rarely as simple as the provider saying "let's hold that person for 3 days." My heart goes out to the doctor a day the therapist who were involved and I suspect blamed themselves unfairly. Nothing but suffering all around.
2 or more shooters and he was drugged or under mind control
😂
I remember how they tried to present him as a though he thought he was the joker
Exactly and the joker had nothing to do with the film. The media was 4 years to late. If he turned up in a name mask is have understood the connection but What? Died hair oh he's the joker! Where's the make up the clothes lol
Just proves how msm is nothing more than scumbags that could care less about the truth, only pushing their own false narrative....
The original joker did kill the audience and not just the talk show host. It's one of the cartoons.
Whatever gets them the ratings they will use, welcome to corporate trash
@Mr Pussy Juice They had limited information? So they just make up false information without checking it? The media does stuff like that all the time. A shooting in a theater would get views. But a deranged Joker fan dressing up as the Joker and shooting up a theater gets more views.
People like him make going outside a stressful situation
They make going anywhere a stressful situation.
Just carry and don't tell
I wish a mfer would try. I'd turn his psychotic ass into Swiss cheese.
Open carry
America is a scary place
Seeing how happy he is about his research and how much he wanted to contribute to society… it’s devastating how much mental health can deteriorate
Still sounded off and weird, honestly speaking.
@@crazyluigi6664 dude, he was fresh out high school doing a presentation to a bunch of college kids & profs. not defending the guy but cmon
@@michaelp6427 Hey, I'm not a professional speaker myself. I can say that if I want to...
@@MelanchlyApex Amen on that front.
@@crazyluigi6664 It's more the sheer difference between him in that presentation and him in the interrogation. He's a lot more with it in the presentation even if he is a little off. In the interrogation you can tell he's so far gone.
4pm-2pm is one hell of a shift
I replayed it just to see if I heard it right too.
seriously. I didnt think he seemed weird in the talk they showed, I mean he was a nervous but not bizarre. Parents need to not push kids so hard and pay attention to them.
@@gjh9299 it’s literally not possible. Something was wrong in the writing. 4pm to 2pm 7 days a week is literally not possible. No matter which way you look at it. For more than a couple days, no.
I feel like he meant to say “4pm to 2am.”
@@JLBeleven agreed but still
The thing I remember with the Aurora shooting was Hans Zimmer (who did the soundtrack to Dark Knight) writing an absolutely breathtaking piece of music in memory of the victims. Still sends shivers down my spine when I hear it today.
Can u tell us song
Such a moving piece. It's just called Aurora to those asking
Hans Zimmer is an ancient Muse in a human incarnation. He will never die, he will just ascend
He done the gladiator film theme to!
The song name is Aurora
He said he chose that theater over the several theaters closer to his house because of that theaters sign telling patrons that firearms were not permitted. This, obviously, made it less likely he would encounter resistance while attempting mass murder.
This is kind of important
That mugshot is definitely insane looking. His eyeballs are looking in different directions.
I remember hearing about this when I was a kid and not wanting to go to a cinema for at least a year
If you were a kid then you're still basically a kid lmao
@@plaguis1391 it was what 9 years ago I was 11
Same. I was 13 when this happened. I went to the theatres for the first time since covid yesterday and I legitimately thought about this case…
@ Plaguis - KFP Dishwashing Machine - you’re the kid for saying “lmao” no adult says that
I remember going with my dad and mom to see the movie.. I was 18 and hadn’t seen a movie with them in years.
My cousin Zack was one of the people in theater 8. Bullets went through the wall, one went through his neck. My cousin survived thankfully and is still living his life to the fullest, he's currently a firefighter in Denver after playing college football and being picked up by some NFL practice squads briefly. I can't express to you the horror of getting the call that your cousin, someone you literally grew up with in the same house, was shot, and not having any other information except what every news channel is reporting.
That's who needs an interview your cousin have an amazing story
Suddenly everyone in the comments knows someone involved 😂😂😂
@@1Maverick2 You don't have to believe me, if you want to know more of his story look up his name Zack Golditch. I have nothing to gain from sharing this small story from this horrible event. It just popped up in my recommended and brought up bad memories.
@@ariusraygn how awful hope your cousin is doing well now x
@UC0901ytj3XmdeOnu86busig Only someone like yourself would make something up like that
edit: I made this post to show what i feel. No need to comment or drag me in the dirt just because I said what I thought. Of course this is a horrible crime and a horrible thing that has happened, but that shouldnt be an excuse for me to express my views
This man created a fear in me when watching movies to this day. I get the edge seats because I’m fearful for my life and always look to the doors. RIP to the victims
Not tryin to talk shit but a coward dies a thousand deaths the likely hood of getting shot is so low it shouldn't even be a worry
is some movie taken about this ?
@@porsche928s4 yeah until you end up shot
@@spambash we have 7 billion ppl on earth the odds of me being shot are so low it's not even a concern
@@porsche928s4 yeah until you end up shot
It just goes to show no matter how good your childhood is, your mental health can strike, if u need help, please get help, no one will judge u, don’t take it out on others, rest in peace everyone
That wide eyed mugshot is terrifying.
Sooo creepy
@@janelewis7747 no he wasn’t 😂 he’s just a deranged person
Kyle Rittenhouse mode
He most certainly was under MK
But...some of us are older than 22 so we know other shit.
i know, its so wierd to see pics of him growing up, cuz he wasnt always crazy eye'd ya know? so interesting and scary
“The message was that, there was no message.” That’s horrifying
Timestamp please 🥺
21:30
He's too medicated to remember what the message was, something went terribly wrong with his brain, I dont think we'll actually know what.
The true definition of a psychopath
@@casanovafrankenstein8538 I don't think he's a psychopath. He probably has some psychopathic traits but he's probably not a full blown psychopath. Having social anxiety as a psychopath is very uncommon
This kid seemed so bright and could have went on to be a brilliant mind in science. So unfortunate how the mind can become so corroded, ironically.
The same can be said of Steven Kazmierczak. The fact that he was studying to be a psychiatrist to "help people like [him]" is the most heartbreaking aspect of his case.
Yep
Watching his presentation he seems so brilliant and confident… it terrifies me that I would’ve found him charming had I been in that presentation. Ugh!!!! He was smart, funny… my type back then. 😳😳😳😳😳
same can be said about a lot evil people in history, scientists experimenting on people, nuclear bombs, all brilliant minds but legit psychopaths too..
@@rubygirl214is that really what you thought. I wasn’t impressed.
It's so bizarre. Watching that video of him speak, he seems friendly enough, knowledgeable, and more or less comfortable speaking in public (not unlike most other teenagers giving similar presentations). It's like this guy was two entirely different people in different settings.
Almost every video about almost every murderer has this exact comment.
mk ultra bro
it’s so heartbreaking to see the victims fleeing the theater with some dressed up for the movie. they were really excited to enjoy the movie they’ve been so hyped to see and never could’ve expected something so awful to occur. life is so fragile, especially with other monsters around like this guy
He probably ruined the movie for them forever
He’s not a monster, he’s a fragile genius and something happened that broke him and made him do something evil.
@@stardustandbeyond so many people have issues like that and don't murder
@@stardustandbeyond boohoo poor baby 🥺 fragile or not that doesn't excuse what he did, was he troubled ? Yes, but many people are and they don't do this
Average NPC comment
I have schizophrenia, was diagnosed when i was 20. I saw and still see those shadowy figures and random hallucinations. I called them shadow ninjas through my whole life. Im 37 now. Ive never felt suicidal or homicidal at all, especially towards innocent people. Some people are just lost. .
Yeah, schizophrenic people are statistically less violent than the general population, and are much more likely to be victimized. Violence is characterized by really high levels of emotion, which you see in Holmes notebook, whereas some of the most difficult and common schizophrenic symptoms are blunted emotions (flat affect) and depression. While the shadowy figures he describes are super common hallucination for those with the illness, he was extremely young to be experiencing them, making it even more unlikely. Makes me sad that people conflate such a difficult and painful illness with violence
I have schizoaffective … no violence here, either…
People will never understand
@TRUMP Won yes, daily… keeps anxiety and mania in check. I’m 51, fyi
@TRUMP Won Its the exact opposite, Marijuana triggers it and makes it 10x worse.
I worked as a maintenance supervisor/usher at a local movie theater years after this happened. But when the new Joker movie was coming out, the managers were not fucking around, and constantly stressed to the workers about the possiblity of a shooting. No costumes were allowed. We even gathered everybody to the projector room just to discuss methods to alert people to evacuate and how to block off neighboring theaters if possible so they wouldnt get shot up. The managers were even thinking about hiring local police officers to be on the grounds. One manager was working for the theaters when this event happened and was probably the most tense for the Joker release.
Thank the lord all that happened was the release of an astounding movie and nothing else. But the impact of this event alone has shifted the movie going experience on a whole new level its insane.
SMH. You must live in a blue city in a blue state.
@@calvinhobbes6118Reminds me of the Tipper Gore days. Gotta get that rap music away from kids or else they’re gonna become gangsters!
I'll be honest when I went to go see the Joker I was kinda scared of smth like this happening again😅like a fear in the back of your head
I live in the Chicago suburbs, and I went to see the new joker by myself in Orland park, IL
Not at the midnight premiere
A few weeks after
They had guards in the back of the theater watching everybody like a hawk
Marcus theater in Orland did not mess around
I remember hearing a small group of people complaining about the guards
Before I could say anything, multiple other people verbally eviscerated them, asking if they came from stupid town
The movie was amazing, but hearing that interaction put me on cloud 9
It was hard for me to go to movies after this. I was with my mom and brother driving to Nevada when we stopped at popular gas station in Barstow when I saw the breaking news of what happened.
WTF was a 6 y/o doing in a movie theater at midnight????
Bad news James, you're never getting that slurpie machine
Only lots of slurping...
🤣
he IS the slurpy machine now
😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😝😝😝😝😝🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭😄😄😄😄😁!!!
Lmao
His mugshot around the 17 min mark is a legit jump scare.
Yeah. It's got the Michael Jackson look about it.
He looks good
@@darthjesus420 yea kindda looks like you
@@ThornsOfOurTime well can’t you tell we’re the same person?
@@darthjesus420 split personality that split and walked the other way?
It’s so crazy if someone answered that last second behavioral health call before he went on to shoot there is a slight chance this could have been avoided.
He knew he would get a life of free rent free food no bills.
@@JoshuaJohnson-zj8sr lol ya that was his thinking for sure. Surprised you can put pants on bud
@@donnydarko6042 he got to kill ppl and now he’s getting taken care of. I’m surprised u can breathe without thinking to.
@@donnydarko6042nice user
Yeah, he probably kept shooting so they wouldn't try to parole him back out on the streets. I'm guessing the over/under for the number of times you use the phrase "libtard" in a week is like 9 or 10. Thoughts? Nevermind. You don't have those.
My heart breaks for his mom as well as the shooting victims. This is horrible and there were no winners.
Don't do drugs. Then you'll realize this is a time perception research study that he is forced to participate in and work on. When you are clear headed you will see clearly why is happening.
@@Trovies84 What? Try and make sense and try that again.
@@Trovies84lay off the conspiracy crack pipe my guy
@@Leslie_Knope basically calling him an mk ultra agent
@@haiynuts Ah, that word salad was completely unnecessary. There was something very strange with that $10k gun the Uvalde shooter used as well. No way he bought that.
"So, you want to kill people?"
"Yes, as many as possible."
"Oh..." "But I won't."
"Well, you seem sane. Have some pills."
There's nothing you can do at that point. Unless you say you're planning on doing something, they can't lock you up just for saying you feel like doing something. Many people feel like doing things they don't intend on doing, it's perfectly normal... until they do it. But of course you don't know who's going to do what so everything is hindsight.
@@bink you can be placed on watchlists and not be allowed to own firearms
Right wtf. This speaks to lack of proper training and/or education of these "psychologists". There is still alot of work research and understanding of mental health/human mind.
Big pharma at work, chick that gave him the scrip prolly got a cash bonus for recommending it. Isn't uncommon.
It’s not that easy. What’s the criteria for such a list? Say disagreeing on politics? I don’t doubt your sincerity…. But that’s a dangerous idea.
The theater is less than 20 mins from me, this was one of those things that forever changed our community
stop the cap
@@DaveSCameron look up mkultra
@@DaveSCameron in other words the person is chatting out of their poo poo hole
@@darkfox7929 Man, shut the fuck up!
I was born in ‘02, and the only memory i have of waking up early for a major world event was this one in particular. very haunting
Poor Jessica Redfield man, imagine being so damn unlucky that you end up in not one but TWO mass shootings only to lose your life in the second one. My heart goes out to all the victims and their families.
I know someone who survived this night. It’s taken years of therapy, and faith, my friend is finally living a life happily. The scars from that night still haunt her though. Many were not so lucky. Their sibling has and still is struggling with sever depression, and substance abuse. Prayers for all involved, both living and laid to rest 🙏 ❤️
When he’s doing a presentation he seems like such a normal guy. Sheesh man.
If u think this dude is normal ur kidding
Why is there a trend for sheesh?
@@Skinner90210 what is so not normal about his presentation?? I saw a lot weirder ones in high school and college, I mean he seems nervous but a lot of people don’t like to speak in public.
@@flattire4243 that word has existed for a long time.
@@Jered999 Nothing. People just think his presentation comes off as weird because they already know he killed people later on. That was one of the most normal and frankly boring presentations I've ever seen. People are going to think everything about him is weird now, when they wouldn't have batted an eye at this if he hadn't committed mass murder.
This has definitely stayed in people’s heads. I remember when Joker came out everyone in the theater was enjoying the movie and everything was fine. With about maybe 2 minutes left to go in the movie, someone from the front of the theater gets up out of their seat and starts sprinting to the exit door that leads out to the parking lot. This freaked a lot of people in the theater out and you could hear people start to gasp and mumble to themselves. People started getting up and moving to the exit and many missed the last scene. Nothing ended up happening and that person who sprinted was probably scared, but unusual behavior spooked everyone out because there was a lot of speculation that a shooting would happen again, due to the Joker character
aka CNN was hyping it up, pretty much praying some loser right winger hurt people so they could make their judgements
@Rosma Salinez what the fuck do politics have to do with this....I swear trumpies just cant stop talking
@UCABiR_noFtmvneGWImRQAOg what? It could've been a mass shooting, of course it would be scary. Fucking moron
@Rosma Salinez
Yeah imagine being scared of a mass shooting in a country where mass shootings happen every week.
@@nephthysz butthurt over a lost election and here is the kicker. her last name is salinez, you know the type of people trump love. she is a disgrace to herself and her ethnicity.
You wouldn’t know that he’s a killer just by looking at him, that’s the most scary part, you never know a killer by looking at them, they’re literally everywhere and we just don’t know
How insightful.
I remember seeing it on the news as a 12 year old and was shocked to see so many people running from the theatre and bleeding, I'm surprised they showed that much on the news...
When he was giving his presentation there wasn't a single ah, uh, derp, or pause. He delivered information flawlessly for minutes and never misspoke once. That stands out to me.
Concentration on point, probably just wanted to get it done and gtfo of there as soon as possible.
@@brianpj5860 you're right
He has said “um” at least a couple times so far, one near the beginning.
He's probably locked in isolation 23hrs a day and his communication skills are deteriorating along other things. He's probably on seroquel too. Hes locked up and that does have an effect on people and even more when in isolation
Homie got tha mk ultra treatment cause he was so smart
The Media pushed the story that Dark Knights Joker caused this man to kill! But no, he had been begging for help for years. He told many ppl what he felt & what he was going to do. Literally Nobody listened. He told Police officer, his family, school, friends, therapist & he called others. Thats insane that nobody would take him seriously. They failed us and put society in danger
The media sells stories, they sell fear, race division. The media is a business that survives on viewer numbers. They have to bait people to watch. fear and anger sell.
This! James had a very long and troubling history of mental health issues and needed intensive and competent psychiatric care. While I am quite happy the jury acknowledged that James had mental health issues; they decided that he was of sound mind at the time of the crime and was fully aware his actions were wrong.
Crazy to think that if that hotline call had gone through there would have been no shooting. This dude wanted help but just didn’t find what he needed.
My third grade teacher was in the room when he opened up on the crowd. In 2018 my class was having a discussion about mass shootings after a lockdown, and she had told us she keeps a baseball bat at the door to our classroom due as a last option in the case of a active shooter. She has never had to use it (as of 2023) and I wont forget the amount of badass that courses through her veins.
Psychiatrists: i don't see him as a threat.
Psychiatrists after a murder: how could anyone not see the signs.
Why look to the therapist when the biggest warning sign was him buying 1000s or rounds of ammo? Point the finger at the right people.
@@Blobby192 people shouldn’t be allowed to buy so many ammunition like that. It’s just crazy.
Sometimes people are clever enough to deceive mental health professionals enough to manipulate a conclusion. E.G, "patient scores low on psychometric test therefore they are not a threat". When really they are.. Obviously its not thst simple and there are also likely other reasons why people slip through the net. As was said, it's rare. Imo not enough ppl have tests for things like mental health conditions. M.H conditions are obviously nothing to do with psychopathy/ sociapathy etc but still important for peoples more general wellbeing.
@@solarose7820 No it isn't. You're completely brainwashed.
@@beepbopboop7727 that's s normal level of ammo buying
It’s funny how everyone’s surprised he could be so normal in the power point but it’s not hard when you spend your life depressed to act like you’re not
100 percent
Lmao okay Arthur Fleck
You okay?
People put on a fake front. And social media proves this
Also if you struggle with social interaction but exceed in academics, i could see how he would be confident in something he enjoys or knows he is good at like the powerpoint presentation.
Seems like he was begging to be called out on his bs during his psychiatry sessions. This culminates with his call right before the shooting. I’m not advocating for a sentence for his psychiatrist, but man how did she not flag this guy. Incredibly sad and life changing event for us all.
It could have been a civil suit.
@@cmk5724Absolutely. Dr. Lynne Fenton should have been faced with a civil lawsuit filed by the families of the deceased. The judgment would force Dr. Fenton to cover the cost of the funeral expenses of the deceased.
I suffer from severe social anxiety too. My heart breaks for his mother and the lives he had slain, but James had such a promising life, his erudition and support network... Mental illness is devastating, many people feign 'normality' to avoid being institutionalised.
Funny u watch a video about a mass murderer and wanna talk about yourself. Pathetic.
There's no reason to pretend to be normal. Insurance companies only pay for a week of inpatient mental health care and then they kick you out. The only truely institutionalized people are those in a prison hospital or suicidal people.
It’s sad that nobody turns to God. Usually they feel they’re missing something and to me it’s God. I’m not talking about religion but God himself.
Yup because no religious person has ever committed genocide…. Oh wait…. They are in fact the most prolific practitioners of it in history.
@@sinciti9354
I hope you aren’t referring to Adolf Hitler. He was extremely outspoken on how he wanted to rid the world of religion and direct all attention to the German state.
So many people let him slip through the net and didn’t report him. So many chances
That psychologist bitch needs to be in prison, too.
@@randalthor6872 what a ridiculous and stupid thing to say. You must be either a child or slow adult.
No they really didn't. Did you miss the part were she called in extra help and or the dude wrote in journal about lying to her? How much more do you think a therapist needs to do? Guy has 10k in the bank and is saying all the right stuff. It's like you people wish we literally lived in the minority report movie and have the government reading everyone's minds and arresting people for thinking about crimes.
@@randalthor6872 lol imagine actually having this opinion 😂 no reasonable and rational adult would say this lmao
@@randalthor6872 that psychology bitch does need to land in prison . If she heard the words come out of his mouth "I want to kill people" , then I would say that during this time the mental health industry is compromised due to this testament and others reported. This is sad..
His mugshot is absolute nightmare fuel...
Why do you say that?
@@Reth_Hard 23:25
@@luisr109888 Maybe he looks like he drank one too many redbull but saying it's an absolute nightmare fuel... You would see him in the streets I bet you won't even notice him.
This is the face of mind control
@@luisr109888 I regret clicking the timestamp when I barely started the video wtf that is nightmare fuel XD
This video was so well put together that fact you don’t have more subscribers blows my mind you put in so much work and detail in to these so much info in one video keep it up
He actually didn't say that he was targeting people who were escaping to prevent them from escaping. He said seeing them escaping actually drew attention towards them wishes why he fired at them. Take that note down if you ever have to deal with a mass shooter
This still is gut-wrenching to see. Almost 10 years since it occurred. Praying for all the families who lost a loved one or got impacted from this tragedy.
He acquired his guns legally too; guess we can't use that as proof you're a "good guy with a gun" ... looks like we need more comprehensive regulations including _ongoing_ mental health checks if you feel compelled to own an arsenal
what other safety measures guarantee myself and many others who don't want to own a gun be given? since clearly acquriing them legally isn't proof and a guarantee you won't use them for illegal activitis?
Yeah your prayers will help alot... Why not pray for the world? And everything that's happening? Pray for world peace. FFS pray for anything that can happen. I guarantee that it won't happen.
Bruh
What is crazy is no one in the theater had a weapon. I carry my glock 19 everywhere I go.
@@egregiousqueef7781 Having a gun is the biggest deterent to crime. If a criminal knows you have a weapon they are least likely to target you. If the guy knew that everybody in that theater had guns he wouldn't have dared to go on a shooting spree.
Sounds like he was the exact opposite of a normal child. His mom said he lost his joy when he was a teenager but he tried to kill himself multiple times when he was 10 and 11.
Yep. It's almost always bad parenting that leads to these things. Young men need a strong father that discipline them in life when they do wrong.
@@Wrasslin101.If this guy's father had disciplined him, he would have killed him first. Bad parenting is not the cause of this kind of problem.
I can’t believe they let this guy live
Same with the Parkland school killer. Like why???
@@krrliecarrs7037Because there are many idiots in this world who think that life imprisonment is a worse punishment than execution.
Aurora, Colorado is my hometown. I remember this like it was yesterday, it was so crazy to have this happen not even a 10 minute drive away from me. Great video!
“The solution is to kill everyone”
Psychologist: “Must be OCD...”
I don't even know how she made that conclusion. I hear nothing about him that screams OCD.
Had multiple chances to get him help and prevent this and they sent him home every time. Devastating.
@@okie-kan9240 So you're well read on the DSM-V are you? LOL
@@sandollor Practically no one even knows what OCD is, especially the millions of people that claims to have OCD just because they don't like being dirty. It's frustrating to see people act like they can make a mental diagnosis on someone they've never met, and what information they do have is extremely biased, and in no way paints a full picture of his mental state.
@@zthecat Yeah its also frustrating to see every youtuber say I have that too. I'm this and that lol. Everyone has a condition nowadays, eveyones an expert too. So I agree.
This guy is a real life "changeling." Every single photo of him displayed here looks COMPLTELY DIFFERENT from the one before it. Yes, I am very aware that people look changes as they age, but it's even true of photos that were taking within a few months of each other. His appearance changes DRASTICALLY from photo to photo, culminating in him dying his hair to look as different as humanly possible.
He's a mess. Especially with psychotropic drugs, I've seen people get random balloony facial features and odd weight gain/loss in the face.
Probably a multiple personality disorder
Like Bundy
My thoughts as well. It's as if he was constantly trying to outgrow his self. people like this are deeply troubled.
That’s an indication of someone that has a negative self image. They’re uncomfortable with their look and constantly trying to change it.
This event will forever live in my memory. A group of my friends were talking about going to see Dark Knight and didnt invite me. I was upset and mad at them amd went to see it by myself in a different theater. Halfway through the movie my phone just kept vibrating from my mom textimg amd calling me. She didn't say anything, just asking if i was okay. I said I was fine amd that was it. After the movie I walked out amd there's a cop car parked in front of the theater. Mind you, I was at least half an hour away from the Century theater. I get home amd see the news and I start freaking out. My friends were talking about going to Aurora because one of our friends had moved to Aurora and she was talking them into going to a theater up there. I was freaking out until morning when I got the news that they had decided not to go. Craziest 12 hours of my life.
So it's a story about how none of you were actually involved but almost? Thank a lot!
@@Ash-zh5yg thought the same stuff. It’s almost believable but still ends up in „that never happened land“ I kinda hope I’m wrong because it’s sick to get internet clout by lying about mass murder. But we all know there are more sick people out there
@@Ash-zh5ygit’s a lie for internet clout
Unfortunately I haven't seen many of this creator's videos recently, except I have 'binge watched' three in a row today...
And wow! absolutely brilliant work. So well researched and presented. Plenty of different facts about each case and none of that looping video and the same stuff being repeated over and over again.
He was good before, but he's surpassed himself with recent masterpieces.
Thank you Ape Huncho.
I still get anxiety any time I'm in theater because of this monster.
stay strapped
@@PkmKitty Yep. My husband has a CHL. He's always carrying.
@@AnomalyArcadie most places don't allow firearms, even with a ccl. Plus, if your husband was casually watching a movie while shoveling popcorn down his gullet, and I walked up and shot him in the back of the head, it really wouldn't matter what he was carrying.
@Pondo Logo better than a false sense of security. I support the right to own a gun and protect yourself, but a lot of these gun people are delusional. 99% of the time it's not going to save you.
With respect, he had full bulletproof armor on, not just Teflon vests. Even if you had 10 shots off, you would have missed 6 or 7 from that distance to where he was and if you hit him with the other 3 or 4, you wouldn’t have likely drawn blood but pissed him off. I repeat the man had a shotgun, a semi-automatic pistol, a fucking AR-15 rifle and a backup handgun. You stand no chance. 0.
It’s so sad because seeing him in college he seems so normal. He liked video games, he ran track, he wanted to be a neuroscientist, he had good grades in high school. On paper this is a normal young man with a bright future. So sad knowing how the story ends
Whats with the 🍕 pedo sign!
@@AllyT-yh1mu What??? Pizza = pedo? Okay. That's it. I think the Internet has officially broken us.
@@damienleigh9943 literally😹😹😹
@@damienleigh9943 a slang pedo use is pizza when referring to illegal CP which is why he or she said that idk about the pizza emoji tho
@@keuwlcat1319 Maan is that a Chris Hansen thing? I dunno otherwise; never heard of it. But i don't like it; pizza is amazing haha.
The fact that this waste of air is still alive sickens me to this day... Knowing those who were there and the friends of them, he deserves nothing but the worst spot in hell. Seeing him smile in captivity is disgusting. I decided not to go to that show that evening. Kinda glad I was lazy. But, just another example of why I carry everywhere. You never know who is sitting next to you these days. Stay safe and vigilant.
Single, white, female, Democrat voting juror is the reason this the victims didnt get justice.
Don’t lie you weren’t going to go to that show.
To this day, I never feel completely comfortable in movie theaters because of this shooting. I hate how monsters like him make innocent people feel less and less safe just going about our day to day life.
James: I literally want to kill people
*kills people*
Everyone in his life: HOW on earth did this happen?!!
If you watch the video it’s not that simple at all
they are not going to do anything short of very specific intentional recorded terroristic threats - and even then they will lean more than likely to still not do anything - the shrink will ask any thoughts of harming yourself or others after going into an hour long tirade - just tell them no.
@@nate8867 It kinda is. The supposed experts said he was no danger even though he told them that he wanted to kill people. Then they diagnosed him with OCD? WTF... Those people need to be fired and never work in any field that deals with people at all
@@ThePunk01 he was deceptive to them he wrote in his journal that he didn’t want the therapists (mind rapists) to know his real plans. How is it their fault in that case?
@@ThePunk01 yeah thats so easy to say in hindsight. You know how many people say they want to hurt other people or kill other people. So we should just lock of millions and millions of people who say that? Or instead not be able to have open discussions about what we feel or what we can say. Like the commenter above said. He was deceptive with all of them. Also like the counselor or whoever said she hears kids tell her ALL THE TIME that they want to kill other people or hurt themselves or others. I cant stand people like you who always after the fact think everything was so obvious and someone should have done this or that. Not to mention people like you always have zero qualifications or expiration in anything. I would love to see you interview 1000 kids for months with all the stuff they will tell you and see how you would handle each cases. I guarantee you could listen to 1000 different people with future killers thrown in there and you have no clue how to pick them out of the bunch or what to do with each person. Your the stupid classic monday morning quarterback. “Oh they should have done this, they should have done that” but if it was you in the moment before it happened you probably would have f*cked up 10 times as bad.
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that” - George Carlin
Watching the security footage from inside…my heart absolutely breaks for everyone that was there may you heal from this horrific trauma.
You are an idiot and dont know what trauma really is.
This truly was a nightmare! What people went through that night never goes away. My cousin was one of the victims who didn’t make it out of there. Although he died protecting his girlfriend and was considered a hero doesn’t make it any easier. He didn’t deserve to die, none of them did! I was so happy to see the no notarizing of killers really grow through the news and everything and it is so sad that seems to be lost again! PLEASE stop giving these shooters what they want and that is notoriety! That won’t stop them all but it will stop some. I learned firsthand the pain families go through and it needs to stop! Nobody should have to be afraid to go to a movie, to a concert, out to eat, to school or anything else for that matter! I pray for the 12 who died that night and all the others who died in similar ways. I also pray for the day when the world stops taking about the killers and stop giving them their 5 minutes of fame! I hope this shooter is rotten away in prison! R.I.P. to the victims, especially you John!
Must be fun waking up and covering this amazing content everyday…
So sick eh?
He was so meticulous about his planning, I’m shocked he left the bomb detonation to chance instead of just setting a timer
Probably a safety net incase he was actually able to pull out last minute.
He actually supposedly told the police his apartment was booby trapped. There’s something really off about this whole thing.
Think it’s more he was expecting the police to spend longer trying to evacuate everyone and defuse the bomb while he is at the theatre
He was set up, just a fall guy.
@@CTU-JackBauer context?
Movie theaters have always had a different feeling after this
Can we get married
@@Saw-Mc yes. I’ve been waiting
@@Saw-Mc I missed the perfect opportunity to tell you to take me to the movies first
@@DianaEmilia911 😂😂😂 Fucking hell
If you let fear control your life, yea
-Academically gifted
-Gets rejected from 6 universities because he’s shy during interviews
???
I’m still scared of going to the movies and always keep an eye on the exit door. Rest in peace to all the victims
AMEN ❤❤❤❤
Man I remember being terrified of going to see a movie with my friends after this happened. I would be so hyper vigilant to the point of looking at anyone going/coming from the emergency exits. Would come out the theater not even knowing what happened in the movie, all my attention was on the Aurora shooting.
But you don't feel this way when driving in your car? Even though you are thousands of times more likely to die in an accident?
@SunnyCho-jj3ti Why doesn't it matter?
@@user-wh2ei8qm6sI mean I would hope you are hyper vigilant when driving, actively being safe and aware at all times
@@dylanjordan4747 I try, but tell that to the ~ 42,000 people who died in car accidents last year. I bet a lot of them would've said they were vigilant drivers too.
"If you want to be 100% safe, stay in bed" - Stockton Rush
The effort and time you put into these to give free content is insane! This could absolutely be on Netflix or mainstream TV. You always put out decent content! Thank you!
@Cian MacGana right
TH-cam is mainstream
He’s getting paid lol
I never manage a full video his voice is boring as feck
@Cian MacGana wow you are woke
Great video. Never knew about the failed internship besides that presentation clip.
Honestly it’s reasons like this why I carry everywhere. Everytime I go to a movie theater, the mall, etc. I got it on me tucked under my shirt or sweater. It’s sad that that’s what it comes to but I’d rather protect myself and those around me if given the chance.
This story is honestly one of the craziest events, in terms of the details and how the crime was performed. It’s a story that sticks to you. As a theater was a always a family friendly place to forget about the world and enjoy another on screen. Now, it feels like every other outing to a theater I get half way through the movie before the thought pops in my head of “what if there is a shooter/ shooting about to happen”. “Where would I go and what would I do”…
holy shit i thought it was just me who feels that way when im in the movies..
Let’s be honest, in today’s America, you aren’t safe anywhere.
Now I wait till there's not a lot of people seeing a movie to go to one, cause I don't feel like anyone's gonna shoot up an empty theater
@@swayde1228 good thinking. that’s why i rarely go anymore. plus movies suck nowadays.
@@swayde1228 that’s how I feel too
This is so well researched and put together.
This deserves a documentary release, my dude.
You're the first person to deep dive.
What do you think you mean by "documentary release?" Its a documentary, its released.
@@bugglemagnum6213 in a theater, you goddamn simpleton. If you think docs get as much traction on TH-cam, you are a child.
@@bugglemagnum6213 He means on a major platform like Netflix
@@IknowIamkindagreat dude you’re a 50 year old making TH-cam shorts, calm down old man
@@Nicklovesmw2 Okay, that was low key funny, I'm not even mad. And I aint made a video in years, but touche', this won. *retires and dies of old age
It’s weird hearing how he’s described by all of these people in his life, when he just keeps miraculously getting these positions, graduating with high honours, his girl friend, his clear ability to speak publicly, the photos of him with what appears to be friends, like how tf does any of this make sense? 😂
You don't seem to understand how mental illness can onset on someone rapidly and make them decline
The dudes a serial killer. End of story. He knew what he was doing.
I almost felt sorry for this guy until I learned how he intentionally hid his tendencies from doctors who could help him. He never wanted to get better. He only wanted his own goals met. I'm so glad we will never see him in free society ever again.
MK ultra 🤫
This footage of him giving the presentation is especially scary in the sense that he seems anything but a violent spree killer. He isn't any more or less "odd" than a multitude of science minded gamer types. Of course knowing what he ended up doing makes you scrutinize every last pause and gesture...looking for the one thing that we can look at as something like a sign. Is madness written on the face?
idk man something about4 his eyes...but at the same time...like you said some pictures he looks like the regular average kid/guy...and to be fair its easier to say "oh its his eyes" after the fact...because he is/was "smart" to me he has the "im smarter than you" type of look.
Science-minded gamers is a great phrase.
Science and gamers have nothing to do with this guy. Psychopath's copy others to fit in. Don't be fooled. They're chameleon's.
@@WardenOfTerra scary and true
At the end of the day we understand nothing about the human mind. After all, he’s not a monster, he’s just a human like the rest of us.
I remember this shooting. But for some reason I never heard that a 6 year old little girl was among the victims. It’s always so much worse when little ones are killed in such senseless attacks. Not to suggest that any of the other deaths aren’t also tragic. It’s just that she only got 6 years to live. Her parents must have been devastated.
The thing that I don’t understand is why the 6yr old was there! This is no movie for a child to be seeing!!!
I would never bring my 6 year old girl to a film like this.
The judge “sheriff get the defendant out of my courtroom” baller af
Savage af!
I grew up in Aurora and used to go to Century 16 quite a bit. I was invited to go that night but decided to go see Ted at Southlands instead. When we were leaving our movie my phone started to blow up with texts asking if I was ok… it freaked me out. We found out shortly after and of course my first thoughts were of friends. Thankfully they decided not to go that night either.
This is legit Netflix quality. Mad props you sicko 👏
Yeah but Hulu has live sports.
Lmao good one bro
Hulu is goated
"Smiling faces hide the traces of the evil that lurks within".....the most underrated lyric of all time......
Can you dig it?
Who’s lyric
@@kennethabshire9669 the undisputed truth.. or the temptations. I can't remember who did it first but the undisputed truth is the version I know better.
What if you're the only one smiling in the middle of dead bodies? A smile is just as likely to incriminate, just depends on the situation/context
@@kennethabshire9669 Lil Wayne
My heart goes out to any victim and their friends and family in this comment section. Thanks for sharing your stories and I hope you find stability and are able to cope. I hate this senseless violence.
Shame on people blaming his psychiatrist. He is a fairly intelligent man, I’m pretty sure with all of his planning even if he had still seen her he would have not told her about his plan. There are fine lines in the mental health field and like we’ve seen with Britney Spears there are only drastic measures to be taken by loved ones to stop someone who is mentally ill. He was the one who did this, not any of his doctors.
This was a very sad event. Hurts to think back to it and imagine myself there. Terrible tragedy like any other senseless shooting with ill intent. Thank you for putting this video together. God bless to all.
Did you see the second shooter
@@kristianmopsticc2887 what
I remember this night very well. My brother was at the theater down the road seeing the same showing. We count our blessings every time we see something about this shooting.
Did he enjoy the movie?
So I guess eff all those people who died "blessings"? You religious folk are a joke
@Aditya Prathap kind of does though. But no self righteous religitard will care to admit it
@Aditya Prathap this is such cope man
If you don’t wanna talk your instantly branded as “shy” everytime
The best video giving details of this event. Thanks to developers of this documentary.
My mom was a first responder therapist, we lived about 10-15 minutes from this movie theater and it was surreal for months and months given that it was the first real tragedy in my surrounding area that i experienced and what it did to the atmosphere of colorado, ontop of already having columbine in our history. Me and my family were supporting a girl who had lost her boyfriend that had jumped in front of her to take a bullet and save her life. We supported her with some supplies for her entering college and it was as well so surreal witnessing someone who had witnessed that event herself and suffered such a loss. Its changed my life and i hope and pray the victims families and loved ones continue to stay healthy and strong to this day.
Sounds like she was involved
@@DOOMSDAYD-KILLS-EVERYONE wtf do u mean
You can script a specific person into your life and say they are rich
He seemed like a normal geeky kid/young man before. The video of him giving a talk is really interesting. He seems normal yet in his own world.
He probably was normal but not normal to people who bullied him
@@flamezodiac5736 Who exactly bullied him?
@@flamezodiac5736 who bullied him
He is pretty normal, Im a pen pal of his. Lol. This video pushes alot...
How tf is he normal
This guy seems like he was mk ultra’d
he was and remote neural monitoring
Can cops/dispatchers not trace a phone or wtf??? Asking for the adress while hearing gunshots 🤦🏻
i was 9 when this shooting happened and i’ve never forgotten about it on the news. although i love going to the movies, this situation alone gave me a huge fear of sitting near any door in a movie theater
I would rather be next to a door, quickest way to get out
@@thehourifirstbelieved3655 you’d think that, but i think it’s the fact that he used an exit door to slip back in is what scared me. it kinda feels like i’m playing a roulette when deciding which door to sit next to lol
How were you only 9 wtf? I was 14
You're probably safer near an exit than in the middle of the theater. I'd rather be in the back or in the front near an exit route
Same
My boyfriend was good friends with one of the girls that was there when that happened. She had went to see The Dark Knight with her friend and dad. Her dad ended up dying cuz he had thrown himself over the two girls and protected them from the gunfire. And my bf was actually supposed to go to that showing, however at the last minute the friend he was supposed to go with called him and cancelled due to feeling sick. My bf tried finding other people to go with but no one was available so he just stayed home. If he and his friend had gone they may have died that night too. When we had went to Denver to pick up his daughter, we actually ended up going and seeing a movie at that theater and they have a memorial inside for those that died. It’s so sad.
You're boyfriend is banging the girl he's so called friends with
@@marlon7869 lol umm ok. We weren’t together at that time anyway and no he wasn’t. Like fr who tf leaves a comment like that?? The friend he was supposed to go with that night was a guy, not the girl.
@@marlon7869 incel alert
RIP to the dad, to have the instinct to protect others and not think of himself, he is truly a hero!
@@GhostSal absolutely! He saved their lives❤️
It’s crazy I was at the this movie theater a week earlier. I was born and raised in Aurora and went century 16 alll the time as a kid and it was so scary I knew people who were there and just hits so close to home. I just wish all the victims and their families the best and I hope they are doing better.
Been watching a few of your vids, earned my sub today lol