Great Crimes and Trials - Season 2 Episode 16 Charles Whitman - The Austin Sniper
1996-09-23
30 minutes.
Season - Episode
3
Season 3 Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 1Mark Chapman and the Killing of John Lennon Jan 01, 1970 -
3 - 2Gaston Dominici and the Drummond Murders Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 3Henry Lee Lucas - The Highway Stalker Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 4Donald Hume - The Setty Case Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 5John Duffy - The Railway Killer Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 6Graham Young - The Compulsive Poisoner Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 7Sir Harry Oakes - The Bahamas Murder Mystery Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 8Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 9Defeo and Benson - Inheritance Killers Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 10Donald Merrett - The Murderous Buccaneer Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 11Roy Fontaine - The Deadly Butler Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 12Buck Ruxton - The Ravine Bodies Mystery Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 13
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3 - 14John Bodkin Adams and Other Infamous Doctors Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 15Heidnick and Dahmer - Killers for Company Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 16Judge Joe Peel and the Chillingworth Murders Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 17Sacco and Vanzetti - Anarchy and Murder Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 18The Trunk Murders Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 19Browne and Kennedy and Other Police Killings Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 20The Siege of Sidney Street Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 21Leopold and Loeb Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 22The Zodiac Killer and Other Unsolved Serial Murders Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 23The Assassination of Robert Kennedy Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 24Pol Pot and the Killing Fields of Cambodia Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 25The Massacre at Malmedy Jan 01, 1970
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3 - 26Ma Barker and Other Public Enemies Jan 01, 1970
2
Season 2 Apr 01, 1996
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2 - 1Charles Starkweather - The Badlands Killer Apr 01, 1996
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2 - 2Howard Hughes Autobiography Hoax Apr 08, 1996
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2 - 3The Scarsdale Shooting Apr 15, 1996
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2 - 4The S.L.A. Kidnap of Patty Hearst Apr 22, 1996
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2 - 5Richard Speck - The Nurse Killer Apr 29, 1996
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2 - 6Caryl Chessman - The Red Light Bandit May 06, 1996
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2 - 7
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2 - 8The Bamber Family Murders May 20, 1996
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2 - 9Hitler and the Nuremberg Trials May 27, 1996
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2 - 10Stalin and the Massacre at Katyn Wood Jun 03, 1996
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2 - 11The Assassination of Gandhi Jun 10, 1996
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2 - 12The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jun 17, 1996
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2 - 13The Assassination of John F Kennedy Jun 24, 1996
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2 - 14The A6 Murder Jul 01, 1996
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2 - 15Dennis Nilsen - The Kindly Killer Jul 08, 1996
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2 - 16Charles Whitman - The Austin Sniper Jul 15, 1996
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2 - 17The Boston Brinks Robbery Jul 22, 1996
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2 - 18Richard Ramirez - The Night Stalker Jul 29, 1996
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2 - 19The Rosenbergs - Atom Spies? Aug 05, 1996
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2 - 20The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa Aug 12, 1996
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2 - 21Dan White - The City Hall Killer Aug 19, 1996
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2 - 22Bonnie and Clyde Aug 26, 1996
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2 - 23Wayne Williams - The Atlanta Killer Sep 02, 1996
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2 - 24The Escapes from Alcatraz Sep 09, 1996
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2 - 25The KKK Killings Sep 16, 1996
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2 - 26New York Mafia Wars Sep 23, 1996
1
Season 1 Nov 02, 1993
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1 - 1The Lindbergh Kidnapping Nov 02, 1993
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1 - 2Lucky Luciano Nov 09, 1993
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1 - 3Al Capone Nov 16, 1993
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1 - 4Son of Sam Nov 23, 1993
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1 - 5The Hillside Stranglers Nov 30, 1993
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1 - 6John Dillinger - Public Enemy No. 1 Dec 07, 1993
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1 - 7The Manson Family Murders Dec 14, 1993
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1 - 8The Jonestown Massacre Dec 21, 1993
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1 - 9The Green Beret Killings Dec 28, 1993
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1 - 10The Case of Dr. Sam Sheppard Jan 04, 1994
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1 - 11Neville Heath Jan 11, 1994
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1 - 12Ted Bundy Jan 18, 1994
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1 - 13Gary Gilmore Jan 25, 1994
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1 - 14The Trial of Adolf Eichmann Feb 01, 1994
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1 - 15John Gacy Feb 08, 1994
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1 - 16The Massacre of the Tsar and the Imperial family Feb 15, 1994
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1 - 17The Case of Dr Crippen Feb 22, 1994
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1 - 18The Great Train Robbery Mar 01, 1994
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1 - 19The Boston Strangler Mar 08, 1994
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1 - 20Haigh the Acid Bath Murderer Mar 15, 1994
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1 - 21John Christie of Rillington Place Mar 22, 1994
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1 - 22The Black Panther Mar 29, 1994
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1 - 23Murph the Surf Apr 05, 1994
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1 - 24The Hammersmith Murders Apr 11, 1994
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1 - 25The McKay Kidnapping Apr 18, 1994
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1 - 26The Yorkshire Ripper Apr 25, 1994
Overview
Although happily married, 25-year-old Charles Whitman was a worried man. He knew that he was in the grip of a terrible compulsion and on the verge of doing something appalling. Finally, on 31st July 1966 his self-control snapped and after killing his wife and mother so that they would be spared the shame he climbed the white granite tower of the University of Texas administration building, and started shooting at anyone who moved below. Fifteen people died and thirty were injured before police assault teams got close enough to gun him down.
Year 1996
Studio History
Director
Crew
Popularity 0.7223
Language English
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