No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower. There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
The voice is Gordon Smith. He later did weather at KTVV (now KXAN) in the 70s and 80s and KTBC throughout the 90s and the early 00s. He was known for using the phrase "church of your choice" during weekend weather forecasts.
The studios are on 26th(Dean Keaton). The tower is four blocks to the south.
KLRN channel 9 was the educational station for both the Austin and San Antonio markets.
No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower.
There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower. There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower. There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower. There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
Whitman was shot in the northwest corner of the deck. Martinez and McCoy approached from the northeast corner. A civilian, Alan Crum, was holding down the opposite (left) side of the deck with a rifle. Martinez shot Whitman with his service revolver. McCoy followed up with a shotgun blast. Whitman killed 16 and wounded 31.
Wow, local programming was still B/W in Austin, TX when the 3 big networks had gone to color by the fall of 1967. Man Austin was backwards back then. BUT I would not want to live any where else!!!
@kerranghighvoltage Don't look at the rail look at the small hole just underneath it. It's only hole on the screen at the time. You can clearly see what may be the barrel of the rifle come through it. That's what the announcer is talking about.
Completely agree with mdpk1. this is totally fascinating. ranks up there with the Japaneses Socialist Party leader being assassinated by a sword-weilding 17 year old. Thanks for the story on how you got this bizrec. Everyone ive shared this with agrees that it's priceless
@dwilawyer hi there! i was just curious, is there anyway i can see the video of the japanese socialist party leader being assasinated by a sword weilding 17 year old? cause i have never heard of this story and i would love to see it. thanks!
i remember the day like it was yesterday,my dad and i were outside working on the lawn mower and we had a portable radio outside with us,after we heard on the news what was going on we went inside to watch tv and saw the bulletins as they came in.
I saw the sniper in that small window. Good vantage point. I think i either saw the scope or an arm or the rifle itself. Man, oh and also SWAT was made after this incident. My dad was 9 at the time and remembers it all. Damn. Just sad.
To confirm the rumors, yes, he had a cancerous tumor in his brain in the hypothalamus. It is theorized that it could have put pressure on the nearby amygdala, which regulates fight-or-flight and aggressive behavior.
It is not an excuse or a justification, it is simply a scientific fact that physiological problems with our brains DO affect our behavior.
Yeah, I've read for years that Whitman had a brain tumor.What a excuse-"The tumor made me do it". Then again I've read that while Whitman did have a brain tumor, it was in the area that it would affect on way or the other, what he did.
i went up there like a year ago...and the square hole(where he was shooting from) are to drain water when it rains...when i looked through the hole, I could see EVERYTHING
it was revealed in an autopsy that he had a massive brain tumor that could have caused this as he called in his suicide note, irrational thoughts, but i dont know if something like that can cause someone to do this.
neurolinguistics and neurobiology state thats its not that simple to say as you quote not to believe... its simple really... you have to extract the moral and subjective issues from this problem... basing on science, yes the autopsy revealed that he had a brain tumour or some brain affliction that made him separate reality from sensitive thoughts, meaning that he really was what we could call "cold blooded murder", he even shot at a pregnant girl killing the mother and her baby...seems unreal..
I love watching 60/70s footage especially about this kinda stuff where can i find more?. Its not a morbid fascination I just generaly find it intresting.
bizrec, where did you get this video? There were no VCR's back then. Did you get this from KLRN or the Natl Archives or something? Thanks for posting.
Just to clarify, at the time this occurred, KLRN was a PBS (then NET) affiliate serving Austin and San Antonio. This sharing continued on into the late '70s, when Austin's KLRN became KLRU and San Antonio retained the KLRN identity. But the two stations continued sharing programming up until the mid '80s. So KLRN still exists, just under a different set of circumstances.
You know I wonder if the fact the station was looking directly where Witman was might of had any affect on the whole situation? I don't know what 1 could see from high atop of the tower of if he knew that cameras were watching him then that would probably cause someone like him to be more irate.
Rifle was an M1 carbine...often used by paratroopers in WW2.. and later by many soldiers in Korea, not super high caliber but highly sophisticated weapon.
in the little windows below the clock he was armed to kill all the town the sniper rifle i believe was an 223 or 308 customized remington 700, about 1 or 2 shotguns, more than 4 hand guns and about 7 or 9 hunt and combat knives, also more than 300 bullets i dont know if he miss some shots but he was in the marines corps, so he had a lot of accuracy sorry for my bad english im from venezuela
He had two high powered rifles, two jugs of water and a foot locker with some food and hundreds of rounds of ammo. No shotguns, no handguns, no knives. The story is tragic enough without your exhaggerations.
heres what whitman used in the shooting, he had a 6mm remington 700 with a 4x leopold scope that he was using in the tower, along with a 35 caliber pump action rifle, an m1 carbine, and a shotgun of some sort, and the found a .357 revolver on whitman's body after the cops killed him
its actually a rain gutter and as far as i can tell he only appears several moments before the news anchor says you can see him. As soon as he says it, the reflection of the scope dissapears.
Between 1:02 and 1:17 you can see him in the rain gutter on the right. View the clip full screen. I don't think that what you see is a scope reflection, though. Whitman wore a white bandana on his head, and viewing it full screen, it looks an awful lot like that is Whitman himself looking out through the rain gutter.
What is really eerie is watching the clock move.
AESOPPOSEA1 2 months ago
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and for the record Whitman was a much better shot than Oswald.
CODEColt45 5 months ago
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and for the record Whitman was a much better shot than Oswald.
CODEColt45 5 months ago
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and for the record Whitman was a much better shot than Oswald.
CODEColt45 5 months ago
and for the record Whitman was a MUCH better shot then Oswald.
CODEColt45 5 months ago 3
how quick of a shot is he. I seriously would have dropped a grenade down there from either a helicopter or plane. Wait...
rather release a pack of 10-15 hyenas from the Austin zoo after evacuating the building (somehow). Let the animals take care of animal.
GatorBaby06 6 months ago
sounds like the announcer was half asleep when he read this
momike99 8 months ago
at 1:17 you can see him blocking the light of that whole
sssalexsss07 9 months ago
Man that was terrible but i do find this rather fascinating
WickedJ133 11 months ago
No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower. There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
joycets684 1 year ago
i see it was at 1:28 pm
WWEFaNOFKANE1997 1 year ago
The voice is Gordon Smith. He later did weather at KTVV (now KXAN) in the 70s and 80s and KTBC throughout the 90s and the early 00s. He was known for using the phrase "church of your choice" during weekend weather forecasts.
The studios are on 26th(Dean Keaton). The tower is four blocks to the south.
KLRN channel 9 was the educational station for both the Austin and San Antonio markets.
dgravois 1 year ago
@dgravois
Is that Gordon Smith? I don't think so, but I.m not sure.
bizrec 1 year ago
@bizrec
Yes that's Gordon Smith.
dgravois 1 year ago
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No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower.
There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
joycets684 1 year ago
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No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower. There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
joycets684 1 year ago
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No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower. There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
joycets684 1 year ago
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No, KLRN(Now KLRU) was not on 26th yet. The audio states it was taken from the East side of the tower. There was a building my older co-workers called "radio house" somewhere around the newer parts of Welch Hall (Chemistry). The Studios on 26th(now "Dean Keeton")were created in the early 70's--and now they are to be moved again as another Communication Building is being built this year(2011).
joycets684 1 year ago
This is absolutely awesome. It's great to see early newsgathering being evolved here.
Soxogram 1 year ago
This is insane...
NotIkeman 1 year ago
Whitman was shot in the northwest corner of the deck. Martinez and McCoy approached from the northeast corner. A civilian, Alan Crum, was holding down the opposite (left) side of the deck with a rifle. Martinez shot Whitman with his service revolver. McCoy followed up with a shotgun blast. Whitman killed 16 and wounded 31.
TYX91101 1 year ago
AWESOME
BubbaLee2 1 year ago
Wow, local programming was still B/W in Austin, TX when the 3 big networks had gone to color by the fall of 1967. Man Austin was backwards back then. BUT I would not want to live any where else!!!
JRF1961 1 year ago
How come in this piece and the 3rd part we began to hear of what sounded like the KLRN staff?
MIKECNW 1 year ago
@kerranghighvoltage Don't look at the rail look at the small hole just underneath it. It's only hole on the screen at the time. You can clearly see what may be the barrel of the rifle come through it. That's what the announcer is talking about.
ryan489 1 year ago
cool footage. Thanks for posting.
GetMeThere1 1 year ago
Completely agree with mdpk1. this is totally fascinating. ranks up there with the Japaneses Socialist Party leader being assassinated by a sword-weilding 17 year old. Thanks for the story on how you got this bizrec. Everyone ive shared this with agrees that it's priceless
dwilawyer 1 year ago
@dwilawyer hi there! i was just curious, is there anyway i can see the video of the japanese socialist party leader being assasinated by a sword weilding 17 year old? cause i have never heard of this story and i would love to see it. thanks!
Trancymind 1 year ago
i remember the day like it was yesterday,my dad and i were outside working on the lawn mower and we had a portable radio outside with us,after we heard on the news what was going on we went inside to watch tv and saw the bulletins as they came in.
mark17044 1 year ago
@kerranghighvoltage the weapons comes through the hole
DerMeisterGamer 1 year ago
My grandpa died because of that shooting....
drewgunbz 1 year ago
@drewgunbz I'm sorry to hear that
KXRB16 1 year ago
I saw the sniper in that small window. Good vantage point. I think i either saw the scope or an arm or the rifle itself. Man, oh and also SWAT was made after this incident. My dad was 9 at the time and remembers it all. Damn. Just sad.
haruhidude 1 year ago
To confirm the rumors, yes, he had a cancerous tumor in his brain in the hypothalamus. It is theorized that it could have put pressure on the nearby amygdala, which regulates fight-or-flight and aggressive behavior.
It is not an excuse or a justification, it is simply a scientific fact that physiological problems with our brains DO affect our behavior.
krizzae 2 years ago 4
He did have a Tumor it was proven
spinners123 2 years ago
Yeah, I've read for years that Whitman had a brain tumor.What a excuse-"The tumor made me do it". Then again I've read that while Whitman did have a brain tumor, it was in the area that it would affect on way or the other, what he did.
gotch09 2 years ago
hey guys that white blob is him?
ZombieCallum 2 years ago
announcer sounds like he about to fall asleep any moment
momike99 2 years ago 6
i went up there like a year ago...and the square hole(where he was shooting from) are to drain water when it rains...when i looked through the hole, I could see EVERYTHING
castilloisaiah 2 years ago 10
What dried blood? Sorry, I am dumb.
InglouriousBasterds 2 years ago
no,the city of texas.
primeribs1 2 years ago
LOL, see i am morbid and dumb, or maybe both
;S
InglouriousBasterds 2 years ago
lol! well at least your honest!
primeribs1 2 years ago
Ha.
I kinda misinterpreted. I thought you meant like a metal grate on the floor of the roof where he was killed.
I bet it was kinda surreal to be almost in the shoes of a murderer?
InglouriousBasterds 2 years ago
it was revealed in an autopsy that he had a massive brain tumor that could have caused this as he called in his suicide note, irrational thoughts, but i dont know if something like that can cause someone to do this.
emekonen 2 years ago 2
neurolinguistics and neurobiology state thats its not that simple to say as you quote not to believe... its simple really... you have to extract the moral and subjective issues from this problem... basing on science, yes the autopsy revealed that he had a brain tumour or some brain affliction that made him separate reality from sensitive thoughts, meaning that he really was what we could call "cold blooded murder", he even shot at a pregnant girl killing the mother and her baby...seems unreal..
Timmonsec 2 years ago
he even aimed for the baby and not her head so he is fully contious
ZombieCallum 2 years ago
yeah the Tumor was in an area of the brain (I can't remember the exact name) and it affect's feelings and decisions.
SM8101 2 years ago
the white in the hole is whitman's white sweatband, I think.
rubber4532 2 years ago 3
Who the hell is the camera man Forrest Gump?
No danger pay would be enough for me to cover that.
hailbrainiac 3 years ago 4
You know what makes this so creepy? The silence; the grainy, black and white video framed with so much silence.
lothartheterrible 3 years ago 5
Scary...
ultrasuperx 3 years ago
You can see his gun pointing out of the hole at 1:10 through 1:13
TLK4productions 3 years ago 5
2,500 yards shot only the best kined of sniper can make it, two people have made this shot 1 is Carlos Hathcock and the other .... Charles Whitman.
robfidl 3 years ago
wrong buddy a Canadian sniper made a confirmed kill a 2500+ yards, breaking Hathcock's record.
g1llifer 3 years ago
in canada or outside?where in canada is a free area of this size?joke
neozos 3 years ago
You can see him point the gun through the hole at about 1:12
castlebravo 3 years ago 4
what amazing footage...sends tingles down your spine...constantly waiting to get a glimpse of him!
the killer is the bell at the end lol..wonder if that shoock whitmann?
bane39 3 years ago 4
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What the fuck is he snippering
420hih 3 years ago
I love watching 60/70s footage especially about this kinda stuff where can i find more?. Its not a morbid fascination I just generaly find it intresting.
Has anyone seen the Zodiac news reels?
There pretty cool
CaptainJackSparoe 3 years ago 4
amazing footage thanks for posting this
blossom114 4 years ago
bizrec, where did you get this video? There were no VCR's back then. Did you get this from KLRN or the Natl Archives or something? Thanks for posting.
katotheother 4 years ago
Got it out of the trash at the Austin tv station I worked at. It was not the original copy just a beta dub that I recopied.
bizrec 3 years ago
Man, that is awesome that you snagged this! One of the most fascinating on YouTube WITHOUT A DOUBT.
mdpk1 3 years ago 10
@bizrec Who would throw this in the garbage?
BlackhawksRBallin 1 year ago
Man...does this bring back memories. I was in 1st grade, and it was a dark day for my hometown. How the heck did you find this?
mginsel 4 years ago
Just to clarify, at the time this occurred, KLRN was a PBS (then NET) affiliate serving Austin and San Antonio. This sharing continued on into the late '70s, when Austin's KLRN became KLRU and San Antonio retained the KLRN identity. But the two stations continued sharing programming up until the mid '80s. So KLRN still exists, just under a different set of circumstances.
krushsister 4 years ago
this happened 40 years ago ..
binyard 4 years ago
You know I wonder if the fact the station was looking directly where Witman was might of had any affect on the whole situation? I don't know what 1 could see from high atop of the tower of if he knew that cameras were watching him then that would probably cause someone like him to be more irate.
MIKECNW 4 years ago
Rifle was an M1 carbine...often used by paratroopers in WW2.. and later by many soldiers in Korea, not super high caliber but highly sophisticated weapon.
awhitejackson 5 years ago
in the little windows below the clock he was armed to kill all the town the sniper rifle i believe was an 223 or 308 customized remington 700, about 1 or 2 shotguns, more than 4 hand guns and about 7 or 9 hunt and combat knives, also more than 300 bullets i dont know if he miss some shots but he was in the marines corps, so he had a lot of accuracy sorry for my bad english im from venezuela
Yustax 5 years ago
He had two high powered rifles, two jugs of water and a foot locker with some food and hundreds of rounds of ammo. No shotguns, no handguns, no knives. The story is tragic enough without your exhaggerations.
thegirl44 3 years ago
heres what whitman used in the shooting, he had a 6mm remington 700 with a 4x leopold scope that he was using in the tower, along with a 35 caliber pump action rifle, an m1 carbine, and a shotgun of some sort, and the found a .357 revolver on whitman's body after the cops killed him
dergin38467 2 years ago
its actually a rain gutter and as far as i can tell he only appears several moments before the news anchor says you can see him. As soon as he says it, the reflection of the scope dissapears.
spottswood 5 years ago
Between 1:02 and 1:17 you can see him in the rain gutter on the right. View the clip full screen. I don't think that what you see is a scope reflection, though. Whitman wore a white bandana on his head, and viewing it full screen, it looks an awful lot like that is Whitman himself looking out through the rain gutter.
rco5804 5 years ago
he's into the window below the rail.
Habiii666 5 years ago
I can't see the sniper, where is he?
DisasterousManiac 5 years ago