The morning of July 12, 1976 started out the same as any other easygoing summer day at California State Fullerton. The sunrise had barely finished when gunshots rang out, piercing the quiet of the campus library. Within five minutes, the worst mass murder in Orange County would be committed by Edward Charles Allaway. Skeptics would doubt his claims of delusional vengeance, leading to vital conversations of sanity and justice. Why had Edward planned to kill so many people he barely knew, and how much does the why even matter?

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At just 24-years-old, Andy Cash was carrying a chip on his shoulder the size of a mountain and his destructive behaviors had landed him in a strange tension with the rest of his family. But between his unpredictable outbursts and drunken bouts of rage were small moments of promise that kept everyone hoping for a new normal. Nobody ever suspected that there were more sinister urges, even darker than the worst parts of himself he had already exposed. And on a calm night in September 2022, Andy would walk into his family home in Tallaght, Dublin where his younger siblings slept peacefully. Hungry for blood with a twisted vendetta, he would carry out the most unimaginable act while sparing no remorse. Only to walk out leaving his family, the town and the entire country at a loss for words or understanding.

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By all appearances, Karen Gunn had it all: a perfect family, a gorgeous home and a prominent career in the veterinary space. So when she decided to file for divorce from her husband in 2011, many were surprised at how little you truly know about the private lives of other people. His temper and controlling ways had become both impossible and dangerous to tolerate. But Graham Gunn was unraveling quickly, in ways that nobody saw coming. And as he watched his family slip through his fingers, he refused to lose one thing: total control.

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