In January 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer began shooting 30 rounds of ammunition at the Cleveland Elementary School, in San Diego, US. If you haven’t heard of it, perhaps you’re familiar with the song “I Don’t Like Mondays” by the Boomtown Rats? Well this terrible story is what inspired Bob Geldof to write the song. Listen as we cover this terrible ordeal and TTKG’s first shooter based episode.
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Episode sources:
Leonard, T. (2019, April 19). “’I Don’t Like Mondays’:School Shooter Brenda Spencer’s bid for Freedom”. The Advertiser. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-weekend/i-dont-like-mondays-school-shooter-brenda-spencers-bid-for-freedom/news-story/edc28524f11afaa7bbee4583d163955c
Serene, K. & Anglis, J. (2022, June 7). “Before The Columbine Massacre or Parkland Shooting, There Was Brenda Ann Spencer.” All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/brenda-ann-spencer
No by line. (2012) “Brenda Ann Spencer”. Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/spencer-brenda.htm
Taylor, T. (2021, December 13). “The Incredibly Tragic Backstory to the Boomtown Rats Song ‘I Don’t Like Mondays”. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-boomtown-rats-i-dont-like-mondays-dark-backstory/
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