Morbidology the Podcast – 164: Westside School Shooting By Emily G. Thompson It was shortly after lunch time at Westboro Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 24th of March, 1998, when the fire alarm began blaring in the classrooms. Children shuffled out into the schoolyard. It was a welcome relief from the morning’s mundane classes. As children stood around chatting, a pop echoed in the schoolyard, followed by another and then another… Aug 8, 2022 • 5 min read
The Sparks Middle School Shooting By Emily G. Thompson Less than ten minutes after 12-year-old Jose Reyes was dropped off at Sparks Middle School on the 21st of October, 2013, Reyes and a well-loved math teacher, Michael Landsberry, would be dead from gunshot wounds. After years of bullying and taunting, Reyes had finally snapped. Aug 31, 2019 • 4 min read
Murder in First Grade – Dedrick Owens & Kayla Rolland By Emily G. Thompson On the 29th of February, 2000, 6-year-old Dedrick Owens took a gun school and shot dead 6-year-old Kayla Rolland. He subsequently became the youngest school shooter in a nation plagued by such tragedies. Jan 19, 2019 • 5 min read
