The Basement Tapes

disturbing hints of what was to come. They began to make yearbook entries referring to the attack, made a schedule of their attack, and even videotaped themselves talking about the attack. These videos would later be called the “basement tapes” (Gimpel 20-24). In the basement tapes, they refer to their tormentors, and how they have held so much anger for four years (Cullen 327). Eric however, vented some of his hatred alone, on his website “It told us who he hated, what he wanted to do to the…

With the wide age gaps between us, these yearly trips were one of the few things we had to bond over. Being secluded from the outside world and satellite signals meant that we would spend our hours of downtime talking, laughing, and watching VHS tapes. Then we would wake up at the crack of dawn, load up our gear, and spend hours trolling around different lake beds only to come back to our cabin to have lunch together before repeating the cycle. When I was younger, the longest I could stay out…

obedience to authority. Zimbardo’s main argument throughout the entire book was the fact that evil is driven by situational forces. He uses an experiment he conducted called the Stanford Prison Experiment, where he models a prison situation in the basement of the Jordan Hall Building at Stanford University. 18 volunteers took part. 9 acted as prisoners and 9 acted as guards. A few days into the experiment, Zimbardo began to notice disturbing behaviour come from the subjects. Many of the…

Castro proceeded to tell Berry that his daughter was taking a bath. He proceeded to show her around the house, even showing her Michelle Knight’s room. He brought her to another empty room and proceeded to rape her. He then brought her down to the basement where he taped and belted her to a pole. This time around Castro intentionally stalked and targeted a girl he knew was associated with…

citizens, is to give our detectives, FBI agents, and anthropologist some space. I and others, will answer all your questions that you may have at the press conference tonight at eight. Thank You.”. After the Town Sheriff spoke to the crowd, he put yellow tape around Mr. Roberts’…

Vietnam War and the killing of innocent, unarmed, student protesters. Richard Nixon took cover in a safe house during this time and according to Charles Colson, a Special Councilmen for Nixon’s administration stated: "The 82nd Airborne was in the basement of the executive office building ... with their rifles cocked and you’re thinking, 'This can 't be the United States of America. This is not the greatest free democracy in the world. This is a nation at war with itself.” (Kent State Shootings)…

50 Cent’s Ambition Many people do not believe in destiny, however, even the most skeptic person must surely admit that everybody has a purpose. Our purpose is what drives and gives us the motivation to face life everybody. It is the burning desire that pushes man to be successful in all of his or her endeavors. However, we all have different personalities, backgrounds and experiences; these are the factors that push us to success therefore our achievements cannot be the same. This especially…

When the sun rose on the morning of the twentieth of April in the year 1999, it seemed like it was going to be just like any other Tuesday, but by the end of the day that turned out to be about as far from the truth as it could possibly be. That is because two seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, arrived at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and made that small town a talking point for years to come when they began shooting at both their classmates and the staff members of their…

The Clutter family was a well-respected family that lived on a large ranch in Holcomb, Kansas. The head of the family, Herbert William Clutter, and his bedridden wife, Bonnie Clutter, had four children, two of which (Nancy and Kenyon) were still residing in their home (Capote, 1966). Unfortunately, the four were murdered during a break in on November 15, 1959 (Capote, 1966). The killers, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, drove 400 miles to the Clutter house with the goal of breaking in and…

Foster Care System Failures Foster care is defined as the supervision or care of neglected children in an institution or alternate home. There are “Around 500,000 children in the U.S currently reside in some form of foster care” (Statistics and Research). These homes, or placements as they are called, could be with a relative, in a group home or a foster parents’ home. As a community, nation and globe, people are often unaware of the incredibly vulgar and inhumane events that take place in the…