"Tower of Terror: Inside Charles Whitman’s 1966 Sniper Rampage"

On August 1, 1966, a sunny day in Austin turned into a bloodbath. Charles Whitman, an engineering student and former Marine, barricaded himself atop the University of Texas clock tower with a sniper rifle—killing 16 and wounding 32. What drove this "all-American boy" to commit America’s first mass school shooting? Explore Whitman’s disturbing diaries, his plea for an autopsy to uncover "something wrong" in his brain, and the shocking neurological discovery post-mortem. We analyze his meticulous planning, the heroes who stopped him, and how his rampage reshaped law enforcement tactics forever. Step inside the mind of a deranged pioneer of public terror.