A2 Media Studies

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

December 1st, 1997
Heath high School, West Paducah, Kentucky
14 year old Michael Carneal opened fire on students killing 3 and injuring 5 more
Seemed to be inspired by Stephen King novel 'Rage' which was found in his locker. King requested the print of this book to be stopped fearing it would inspire more killings.

April 25th, 2011
Daniel Bartlam, 14, murdered his mother by beating her with a hammer and then burnt her body
Police found on his computer deleted story involving a character called Daniel Bartlam who killed his mother in the same way
Boy had an obsession with horrors and video games. At the age of 13 he was watching multiple 18 rated films.
the murder he carried out seemed to imitate a killing using a hammer shown on Coronation Street - this video clip had been saved on Bartlam's computer

February 12th, 1993
Jamie Bulgar murdered at age 2
New Strand Shopping Centre, Liverpool
Two ten year old boys - robert Thompson and Jon Venables
Jamie was led out of the shopping centre by the boys and was brutally beaten on the walk. They ended up at a train track where they tortured him further. The boys left Jamie on the train tracks hoping to make it look like an accident.
Child's Play 3 is thought to be the influence of the murder. The children had imitated a scene where Chucky's victim is splashed with blue paint.

April 20th, 1999
Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado
13 people dead, over 20 wounded
After killings immediately committed suicide
Two teens, Eric Harris 18 and Dylan Klebold 17
Causes are considered to be many things including violent video games
Families of the dead have taken the issue to court trying to change the marketing and distribution of violent video games
One of the killers was seen with a sawn off shot gun called Arlene named after a character in the Doom video game
Doom asked players to stalk corridors shooting creatures with a variety of weapons