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#382: Dark Knight Rises Massacre - Neuroscience Student Says Killing People Will Cure His Depression

2024/8/15
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播音员:本集讲述了2012年奥罗拉电影院枪击案,一名神经科学专业学生在《蝙蝠侠:黑暗骑士崛起》首映式上枪杀多人,并详细描述了案发经过、枪手的作案动机、精神状态以及社会影响。事件中,枪手事先计划周密,并在案发前给心理健康热线打电话,但无人接听。案发后,警方在其公寓发现大量自制爆炸物,显示其计划造成更大规模的伤亡。枪手在日记中提到'人力资本'的概念,认为杀人可以增加自身价值,并声称其犯罪动机是为了摆脱抑郁症。精神科医生在案发前曾与枪手进行过多次会面,枪手曾向其表达过杀人的想法,但医生并未将其送往精神病院。此事件引发了公众对精神健康、枪支管制以及精神科医生责任的广泛讨论。 枪手:枪手在日记中表达了对人类的冷漠和虚无主义的人生观,认为生活中没有意义,杀人是为了增加自身价值,摆脱抑郁症。他详细描述了作案计划,并声称对受害者没有个人恩怨。在审讯过程中,枪手表现得冷漠平静,并最终以'精神错乱'为由进行辩护。 精神科医生:精神科医生在案发前曾与枪手进行过多次会面,枪手曾向其表达过杀人的想法,但医生并未将其送往精神病院。医生辩称,枪手没有透露具体的计划和目标,因此没有足够的证据将其送往精神病院。此事件引发了公众对精神科医生责任的广泛讨论。 幸存者:幸存者们讲述了案发当晚的恐怖经历,以及他们在事件后遭受的严重创伤后应激障碍、焦虑、抑郁和其他身心创伤。他们表达了对失去亲人的悲痛,以及对枪支暴力的强烈谴责。 受害者家属:受害者家属们表达了对失去亲人的悲痛,以及对枪支暴力的强烈谴责。他们呼吁加强枪支管制,并希望社会能够关注精神健康问题。

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A neuroscience student meticulously planned and executed a mass shooting at a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, driven by a desire to escape depression and increase his perceived "human capital" through taking lives.
  • The shooter meticulously planned the attack, considering various methods and venues.
  • He documented his rationale and plans in a notebook, revealing a nihilistic worldview and a disturbing "human capital" theory.
  • The notebook was mailed to his psychiatrist but arrived after the attack.

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The entire courtroom is quiet as each person walks up to the front and points. They point at this tiny miniature model of a movie theater sitting on the table. 

The tiny blue miniature-model seats are positioned just like they were when it all happened. 

3 years ago - the emergency exit door to Theater 9 would open. A man with bright orange hair wearing tactical gear would walk into the theater - and open fire. 

At the midnight premiere of Batman The Dark Knight Rises. 

He is now sitting in the courtroom charged with 24 counts of murder, 140 counts of attempted murder, and 1 count of illegal explosives. 

But there are still so many questions - he told his psychiatrist months prior that he wanted to kill people. Why wasn’t he put on a psychiatric hold? Why did he write a notebook filled with his plans to mail to her? Why did he, a neuroscience major, hate humanity so much to believe in something as vile as “human capital?” The idea that taking a life increases the value of your own. 

 

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