Midnight Massacre

On July 20, 2012, James Holmes walked into the midnight showing of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES in Aurora, Colorado and opened fire on the theater patrons, methodically killing 12 people and injuring 70 others. Like the mass shootings which preceded that night, and those which have occurred since, the public response was swift and predictable. Stricter gun control, Red Flag Laws and more money for mental health. Politicians searched for any benefit that could be gained from the tragedy. The surprise was that, in this case, the perpetrator was, in fact, in the care of a mental health professional at the time of the massacre. In the book AURORA, psychiatrist Dr. Lynne Fenton tells her story of treating James Holmes to True Crime author and attorney Kerrie Droban. Through Dr. Fenton’s session notes and her conversations with Ms. Droban, we get to peer into the mind of Holmes as he was meticulously planning the massacre. After listening to this Podcast, you can decide, was Holmes insane or just plain evil.