Charles Whitman

was an American mass murderer and Marine veteran who became known as the "Texas Tower Sniper". On August 1, 1966, Whitman used knives to kill his mother and his wife in their respective homes, then went to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) with multiple firearms and began indiscriminately shooting at people. He fatally shot three people inside UT Austin's Main Building, then accessed the 28th-floor observation deck on the building's clock tower. There, he fired at random people for 96 minutes, killing an additional eleven people and wounding 31 others before he was shot dead by the Austin Police Department. Whitman killed a total of seventeen people; the 17th victim died 35 years later from injuries sustained in the attack.

24 June 1941 (at 1:50 AM)
Lake Worth, Florida, USA
26n37, 80w03
Rodden Rating: AA

Notes: For the reading I took Pluto square the Asc. His Sun is conjunct USA venus describing how people loved him. The Mars Neptune opposition describes outward aggression & being highly aggressive. When the incident occured Uranus & Pluto were conjunct roughly 30 minutes apart from each other describing "going bad", "turning corrupt", "unexpected degeneration".

Ian: "what do you think these riddles mean as a whole? Explain this detailed summary of events."

Chatgpt 4o mini: "The verses trace the path of a once-admired university student whose life quietly unravels under relentless headaches and increasingly violent impulses. Sensing something is wrong, he approaches mental-health professionals and academic mentors, candidly voicing disturbing fantasies of killing classmates in hopes of finding relief. His confessions, however, fail to prompt decisive intervention; conversations meant to diagnose and guide him offer little solace, and the turmoil inside his mind only deepens. Soon after, he turns his private anguish into public horror: positioning himself high above the campus grounds, he methodically fires into open courtyards and walkways, striking bewildered faculty, visitors, and peers. Students who once shared quiet lectures become frantic targets, while investigators later debate how much neurological illness versus unresolved psychological distress fueled the carnage. In the massacre’s wake, society confronts haunting questions about overlooked warning signs, the barriers to effective mental-health care, and the fragile boundary between internal suffering and outward catastrophe."

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