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Sad to think that two boys who have been dead for 16 years used to cut up, make videos and act like the silly teenagers they were.
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Colin Howell Colin Howell, a dentist from Portadown (N.Ireland), was a deeply religious father of ten who, in 1991, killed his wife Lesley and the husband of his lover (Hazel Stewart), Trevor Buchanan, in what appeared to be a suicide pact between two lovers. After the discovery of his affair with Hazel, both Lesley and Trevor became deeply troubled, his own wife Lesley making a suicide attempt. Howell convinced Hazel that it would be more humane to kill their partners rather than let them suffer. Hazel agreed. Howell suffocated both victims in their own homes, and then arranged their bodies in a fume-filled car in Castlerock, where they were discovered on the 19th of May 1991. Hazel was present when Howell murdered her husband, and helped to facilitate this by encouraging Trevor to take a sleeping pill and then allowing Howell access to the house. Howell pleaded guilty to the murder on 18th November 2010, 19 years later, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. It is thought this confession was brought on by the death of his son, which he viewed as a punishment from God. His former lover Hazel claimed in court that she acted under duress, but was found guilty of the murders in March 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 17 May 2011 Howell pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting nine women patients in his surgery over a period of several years.
ITV has recently aired a tv dramatisation. Itâs called âThe Secretâ, stars James Nesbitt as Colin Howell, and you can watch it on ITV player and elsewhere online.
Me: I find true crime really interesting to study. The way th-
other person:Â
âIâm the most cold-hearted son-of-a-bitch youâll ever meet.â
I want cool true crime peeps to message on a regular basis.
I dream about Dylan too often. Nearly always nightmares.
Friend: Yeah I'm originally from Jefferson County.
Me: As in, Jefferson County in Colorado?
Friend: Yeah. How'd you know that?
Me: ...Columbine.
Friend: Ah.
It turned me into a momma bear. I get angry. Itâs hard to even imagine how I could feel any kind of defensiveness or anger in light of what he did. But to me, of course, Dylan was not a monster. He did something that was monstrous, but I was looking holistically at the human being who was a treasure to me and one of the greatest blessings of my life.
Sue Klebold on Dylan being labeled a monster (via rebs-storm)
i havenât really seen this before and it really puts in perspective of where they were in their last moments. they didnât separate themselves from everyone else. they were able to see their victims and the trail they left behind. kind of thought provoking, really.
Your blog is awesome! Do you ever think northern ireland will ever be at peace and no dissidents etc?
I think it'll happen someday. :) Technically we are 'at peace' but in reality there are still a lot of issues that need to be addressed. I don't think we'll ever really move on until our politicians and political system move away from sectarian tactics. But things are a lot better these days and I do see a lot of hope for the next 20 years or so, the younger generation are definitely a lot more accepting because they can distance themselves from the violence that came before, but that's not to say that there aren't also a lot of young people who are bigoted too. I do doubt whether the sectarianism will ever completely disappear, though. Not in my lifetime.
No offense but did Eric even have a basic understanding of what natural selection is??
I think he probably did (unless he just saw the teacher write ânatural selectionâ on the board then day dreamed for the rest of the lesson about DOOM) but I think he had âEric Harrisâ Natural Selectionâ which put him as a God, he was a force of nature, therefore he selected who lived and who died=natural selection, by his terms.
I think he knew what it is, but skewed it to mean something else. Kinda like religious extremists. I think he done the same with that German philosopherâŚNitcheze? Something like that.
Yeah, I agree. Still funny though. Survival of the fittest doesnât normally count if youâre using a shotgun. Haha.
Yeah, but again he believes himself to be a force of nature-so his shotgun is equivalent to Thorâs hammer, or something like that, I even think in his journal he spoke of killing those who were unfit so that is (taken far too literally and just wrongly too) survival of the fittest (itâs so late where I am and Iâm so tired so sorry if Iâm not making any sense)
No, I completely get you!
No offense but did Eric even have a basic understanding of what natural selection is??
I think he probably did (unless he just saw the teacher write ânatural selectionâ on the board then day dreamed for the rest of the lesson about DOOM) but I think he had 'Eric Harrisâ Natural Selectionâ which put him as a God, he was a force of nature, therefore he selected who lived and who died=natural selection, by his terms.
I think he knew what it is, but skewed it to mean something else. Kinda like religious extremists. I think he done the same with that German philosopherâŚNitcheze? Something like that.
Yeah, I agree. Still funny though. Survival of the fittest doesn't normally count if you're using a shotgun. Haha.
No offense but did Eric even have a basic understanding of what natural selection is??
Sue Klebold on Colorado State of Mind (March 4, 2016).
Click here to watch Frank DeAngelis (former principal of Columbine) and Coni Sanders (the daughter of Dave Sanders) on the program as well.
Columbine Memorial sign January 2016
Eric visits the Texaco to buy propane on April 20
I have been seriously remiss in my posts latelyâŚ
Anyway, next on our Tour of Littleton/Columbine isâŚthe gas station/convenience store at 6798 W. Ottawa where Eric bought a propane tank for $49.99 at 9:12 AM on the 20th of April, 1999, less than 180 minutes before he blew his own brains out.
At the time, it was a Texaco (see receipt) but now itâs a Circle K/Shell station.
Receipt from JC-001-025955:
Eric caught on the storeâs surveillance camera (note that the time is off):
Interview with the clerk, Tammy McGinnis (JC-001-0013346-0013347):
Ms. McGinnis stated that on the morning of April 20, 1999, she was on duty at the Texaco Gas Station, 6796 West Ottawa, Littleton, Colorado. She also stated that during this period of time, she was the only person on duty. She stated that about 9:00 am on that date, a white male about 18-20 years of age came into her gas station and asked to buy a propane tank. She further described the white male as being tall and thin, very clean cut looking, with no facial hair and wearing jeans and a tee shirt. She stated that the white male was very quiet and reserved. She also stated that he was not smiling and seemed very serious.
Ms. McGinnis stated that she asked the white male if he had a propane tank to trade in he responded, ânoâ. The white male then gave cash to Ms. McGinnis in the form of three (3) $20 bills. Ms. McGinnis stated that she then gave the white male his change and the cash receipt for the purchase of the propane tank.
Ms. McGinnis stated that she then exited her store and went to the propane tank caged area which is kept locked. She stated that she unlocked the caged area and asked the white male if he knew what type of connection he needed. The white male responded by saying, âyesâ, at which time he reached into the caged area and took a âBlue Rhino" propane tank from the top rack of the propane cage. Ms. McGinnis stated that she then locked the propane cage and went back into her store. She stated that the white male was alone and she did not see what type of vehicle he was driving.
On April 26, 1999, Ms. McGinnis stated that she released the tape recording of sales made at the Texaco Gas Station on April 20, 1999, to S/A William Petoskey, FBI. She added that she does not know how to reset the timing mechanism on the recorder therefore the recording times will be off the actual time by about one hour and twenty minutes.
Itâs right down the street from Columbine High School, and next to the shopping center where the Blackjack Pizza (where Eric and Dylan worked) used to be.
As seen from Pierce Street:
The store itself is pretty tiny:
The cage where the propane tanks are (still!) located:
There isnât a heck of a lot to seeâŚ
Ah, the joys of suburban American strip malls and convenience storesâŚ
Well, thatâs about it for nowâŚpick something up from the store to eat or drink while you walk around the parking lot and consider what happened in this very spot 15 years ago.