Episode 310 - Brenda Spencer: ‘I DOn’t like Mondays’

School shootings are now tragically commonplace in the US. But in 1979, when Brenda Spencer opened fire on Cleveland Elementary School, it took everyone by surprise. 

Killing two adults and injuring nine children – allegedly just because she didn’t like Mondays – Brenda has lived on in infamy as one of America’s first school shooters, immortalised by Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats.

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Sources:

https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/I-Dont-Like-Mondays-Tell-Me-Why-The-Story-of-a-School-Shooting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hC6iYnjtl8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsj0zRj9Jp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMzatv6Weg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EA1eH-t3yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsA652soa40
https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/pcp
https://sunrisehouse.com/phencyclidine/
https://www.snopes.com/articles/463142/brenda-spencer-i-dont-like-mondays/
Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings I Don’t Like Mondays - Book
I Don’t Like Mondays - Documentary
https://www.statista.com/statistics/476445/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-gender/
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-brenda-spencer-school-shooting-20190129-story.html

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