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It started out as a rather ordinary day, in an ordinary Oregon town, on May 21st, 1998, when a 15 year old headed off to school. But Kip Kinkel had a horrible secret at home, and a horrible plan for the day ahead, which was anything but ordinary.

Join our hosts as they unravel this listener request - which took place one year before the infamous Columbine High School massacre - the 1998 Thurston High School shooting.