19. Mass Deaths - “Going Postal”

On this episode of Binged, Payton continues with our mini-series, mass shootings of the 20th century, by covering the case that spawned the saying, “Going Postal”.

Case Sources:

Fifteen Minutes of Terror: Massacre at the Edmond Oklahoma Post Office (2011, iUniverse), by Dale Justus

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_post_office_shooting

murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sherrill-patrick-henry.htm

www.upi.com/Archives/1986/08/20/A-mailman-on-the-verge-of-being-fired-for/6263524894400/

www.upi.com/Archives/1986/08/21/Postal-workers-who-survived-a-massacre-that-left-15/5404524980800/

apnews.com/article/9efdd22e18963f0e1ca784dfe665a501

www.orlandosentinel.com/1986/08/22/close-knit-office-family-lost-in-mailroom-massacre/

www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1987/02/28/sherrill-feared-mental-illness-rejected/62698255007/

www.nytimes.com/1986/08/22/us/the-loner-from-shy-football-player-to-crazy-pat.html

www.deseret.com/2006/8/20/19969603/survivors-recall-terror-of-postal-massacre

www.findagrave.com/memorial/19443520/patrick-henry-sherrill

www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-21-mn-17655-story.html

Newspapers.com sources:

www.newspapers.com/image/451690288

www.newspapers.com/image/590306806

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