In October 2006, a man named Charles Roberts IV invaded a one-room Amish school house and took ten female students hostage. However, he underestimated the heroics of two Amish women who ran for help before he could carry out all of his terrible plans.
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Episode Source List:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305213799_Behold_the_monster_Mythical_explanations_of_deviance_and_evil_in_news_of_the_Amish_school_shooting
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/charles-carl-roberts-iv
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/02/amish-shooting-10-year-anniversary-pennsylvania-the-happening
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/03/usgunviolence.topstories3
https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/amish.shooting/index.html
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-2/gunman-kills-five-students-at-amish-school
https://abcnews.go.com/US/amish-school-shooters-widow-marie-monville-remembers-tragedy/story?id=20417790
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amish-school-siege-was-well-planned/
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2525490&page=1
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15113706
https://www.npr.org/2006/10/03/6189852/girls-murderer-told-wife-of-past-troubles-police-say
https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=2531138&page=1
https://www.witf.org/2024/09/05/after-18-years-survivor-of-nickel-mines-amish-school-shooting-dies/
Colorado:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/28/usa.schools
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15041037
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2506517&page=1
