QotNews Hacker News, Reddit, Lobsters, and Tildes articles rendered in reader mode.
A Loaded Gun: A neurobiologist with a Ph.D. from Harvard fatally shot three of her colleagues. Then revelations about her family history came to light. (2013)
Her son, named after the brother she killed, also died by gun violence. https://eu.patriotledger.com/story/news/2021/05/30/braintree-native-amy-bishops-son-seth-shot-death-alabama/5254998001/
If you like Patrick Radden Keefe’s writing in this, I implore you to go read his collection of longform articles, “Rogues”. It was awesome and I blew through it in a few days.
It's a good article but I really can't help but come to the conclusion that if we didn't have such easy access to guns, none of this would have happened.
Right? Unlocked gun in a house with children. Also parents who didn’t pursue formal counseling or help for a girl who shot and killed her brother (accident or no). Classy parents
Probably Snapped S10 E4 but you can also google it!
From google: Amy Bishop, a Harvard-educated neurobiologist who later killed three colleagues in a 2010 mass shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), was a suspect in a 1993 pipe bomb incident targeting her former Harvard lab supervisor.
Such a good article. Unbelievable that this terrible person was coddled her entire life and felt so entitled that she killed when she didn’t get what she wanted.
So horribly sad that the son she named after her brother died by gun violence too. Makes you think about the cycles of trauma that are passed down to unwilling innocent children, subconsciously or otherwise. This story is especially wild for me as a lifelong AL resident. I have always fucking hated guns.
I used to drive by Tutwiler everyday 2016-2018 when I lived in that area. My aunt used to go meet with women who were incarcerated there to make recordings of them reading bedtime stories, to give to their children so they could hear their mother’s voice anytime. (Don’t be mistaken, she did nice things for others to control her reputation but she was a horrible abusive woman in private.)
I am pretty sure I remember hearing that my older sister did a brief stint there; even now she won’t talk about it.
PutTheDamnDogDown | a day ago
Her son, named after the brother she killed, also died by gun violence. https://eu.patriotledger.com/story/news/2021/05/30/braintree-native-amy-bishops-son-seth-shot-death-alabama/5254998001/
pillowcase-of-eels | a day ago
Also in a non-descript "shooting incident", but this time someone was charged with homicide... Chilling.
BT4US | a day ago
And her brother and the son she named after him had the same birthday
snakeleaves | a day ago
Woah
[OP] cloudatlas93 | a day ago
Text-only for those without a subscription
lovableiago | 19 hours ago
If you like Patrick Radden Keefe’s writing in this, I implore you to go read his collection of longform articles, “Rogues”. It was awesome and I blew through it in a few days.
plodgers | 18 hours ago
Do you have a link by any chance?
quincebolis | 16 hours ago
Its a published book. His other long investigative journalism books, like Empire of Pain and Say Nothing, are excellent.
plodgers | 16 hours ago
Ah superb thank you! Sorry I should’ve googled. Been a long day!
Athrynne | 22 hours ago
It's a good article but I really can't help but come to the conclusion that if we didn't have such easy access to guns, none of this would have happened.
llamiaceae | 16 hours ago
Right? Unlocked gun in a house with children. Also parents who didn’t pursue formal counseling or help for a girl who shot and killed her brother (accident or no). Classy parents
Kiteloise | 8 hours ago
I agree with not having easy access to guns, but Amy was an adult when she shot her brother.
Curious_Arm_7927 | 16 hours ago
Before shooting her colleages, she had tried to kill a professor (several times!) when she was getting her PhD. Boston PD dropped the ball.
Key_Gap9168 | 16 hours ago
Can you share a link? And why isn't it mentioned in the most comprehensive article on this incident, the article linked above?
snark-owl | 9 hours ago
It is mentioned in the article, it's the pipe bomb they talk about.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-bishop-cleared-of-1993-mail-bomb-attempt/
Curious_Arm_7927 | 9 hours ago
Probably Snapped S10 E4 but you can also google it! From google: Amy Bishop, a Harvard-educated neurobiologist who later killed three colleagues in a 2010 mass shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), was a suspect in a 1993 pipe bomb incident targeting her former Harvard lab supervisor.
Arrmadillo | 23 hours ago
Archived article
InheritedHermitGene | 23 hours ago
Such a good article. Unbelievable that this terrible person was coddled her entire life and felt so entitled that she killed when she didn’t get what she wanted.
csheabob | 15 hours ago
So horribly sad that the son she named after her brother died by gun violence too. Makes you think about the cycles of trauma that are passed down to unwilling innocent children, subconsciously or otherwise. This story is especially wild for me as a lifelong AL resident. I have always fucking hated guns.
I used to drive by Tutwiler everyday 2016-2018 when I lived in that area. My aunt used to go meet with women who were incarcerated there to make recordings of them reading bedtime stories, to give to their children so they could hear their mother’s voice anytime. (Don’t be mistaken, she did nice things for others to control her reputation but she was a horrible abusive woman in private.)
I am pretty sure I remember hearing that my older sister did a brief stint there; even now she won’t talk about it.
DevonSwede | 16 hours ago
Another article about Amy Bishop
https://www.wired.com/2011/02/ff-bishop/
phootosell | 20 hours ago
I remember when this happened. Scary!
irreversible2002 | 10 hours ago
Amy Eskridge mentioned her