Ranked #8 in Shooting, Ranked #10 in True Crime — see more rankings.
"The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . . " So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of "spectacle murders." It is a false script, seized upon by a generation of new killers. In the wake of Newtown, Aurora, and Virginia Tech, the imperative to understand the crime that sparked this plague grows more urgent every year.
What really happened April 20, 1999? The horror left an indelible stamp on the American psyche, but most of what we "know" is wrong. It wasn't about jocks, Goths, or the Trench Coat... more
What really happened April 20, 1999? The horror left an indelible stamp on the American psyche, but most of what we "know" is wrong. It wasn't about jocks, Goths, or the Trench Coat... more
Rankings by Category
Columbine is ranked in the following categories:
- #88 in Crime
- #21 in Criminology
- #73 in Current Affairs
- #56 in Documentaries
- #34 in Forensic Psychology
- #20 in Journalism
- #100 in Suicide
- #55 in True Stories
- #52 in True Story