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with loneliness frustration and a
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burning hatred towards all women George
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sodini was an intelligent man with
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compromised social abilities while he
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mainly remained normal throughout his
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younger years George eventually found
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himself to be involuntarily celibate
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through his 30s and 40s the more he
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craved female affection the more he made
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women around him feel uncomfortable and
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eventually this tension turned into
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bitterness as a result George vented his
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anger and isolation on his website and
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would even create videos discussing his
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emotions and a tour of his own home in
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the hope of attracting a soulmate
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despite these videotapes and posts being
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made public no one would see it until it
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was all too late and the consequence to
0:43
this would be absolutely catastrophic
0:46
leaving three others dead and a total of
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nine others injured but who precisely
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was George sudini why was it so
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difficult for him to find love and how
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would this frustration manifest itself
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into chaos
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welcome or welcome back to Coffee House
1:02
crime folks my name is Adrien and today
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we're looking at the very disturbing
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world of George sodini now George was a
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very intelligent man but clearly had
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many socially awkward Tendencies which
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pretty much put all women off of him and
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as you'll see his isolation over time
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turned into bitterness which resulted in
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the deaths of three innocent women by
1:22
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note but I'm rather under the weather
1:32
this week so apologies for the
1:33
performance anyway folks with all that
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said please grab yourself a coffee pull
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a pait and get ready for the Deep dive
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this is the case of George
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cadini welcome to Pennsylvania folks
Pennsylvania
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home to almost 13 million residents the
1:54
coal State can be found near the Eastern
1:56
Coastline of the United States as the
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sixth largest state in GSP Pennsylvania
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would technically have the 22nd largest
2:04
economy in the world if the state were a
2:06
country with a rather dominant footprint
2:08
in banking manufacturing and agriculture
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it's also a strong new contender in the
2:13
gambling and film Industries moving
2:16
forward although Philadelphia tends to
2:18
take the spotlight in Pennsylvania
2:20
Pittsburgh is just as well known in the
2:22
area with a population of 300,000 its
2:25
economy focuses on healthc care higher
2:28
education and fintech which is rather
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fitting for this case as one of those
2:32
working in the fintech sector was a
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troubled man named George sardini now
George Sodini
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from the outside George looked like a
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typical man at a height of 5' 10 155 lb
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and in shape for his age he was a salary
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man who worked for local law firm and
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owned his own home but sadly as many of
2:51
you will know demons can exist in one's
2:54
mental health and they are seldom seen
2:56
from the outside so let's start from the
2:59
very beginning here George Alfred cadini
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was born on September the 30th 1960 and
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grew up as part of a family of five and
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although his life at school was
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relatively average things were not so
3:11
functional at home according to him his
3:13
mother was a vicious vindicative woman
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who was into power and control and as
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for his father he was apparently useless
3:21
he never talked to him or had a real
3:23
relationship with his children and this
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angered George quite considerably here
3:27
is one important fact to make in light
3:30
of this video but George did have some
3:32
success with women as a teenager however
3:35
he would also claim that his brother did
3:37
often Tred to embarrass him in front of
3:39
other girls so although we don't
3:42
actually know what his family were like
3:44
it is clear that George did not have a
3:46
great perspective on his family
3:48
nevertheless things seemed to be going
3:50
smoothly for him in his younger adult
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years he had multiple partners a
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comfortable job and was getting by just
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fine but saying that as we move forward
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to the year 2008 you will see just how
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much that
4:05
changed so where do I begin with George
Becoming an incel... (and tour)
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as a man in his 40s in short by the year
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2008 George had become a bitter man
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filled with loneliness self-loathing and
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misogyny and unfortunately these three
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emotions will steal the rest of our
4:21
story today George had become a very
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isolated man unable to find love or even
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a sexual partner he really desperately
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craved affection yet was never able to
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find it in fact he even admitted that he
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hadn't had sex for over 18 long years
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and hadn't slept next to a woman
4:37
overnight since 1982 that being 26 years
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prior and this loneliness was ingrained
4:42
into George's moods mental health
4:45
self-identity everything to be honest
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and over the following months he became
4:49
increasingly vocal about it beginning
4:52
with George's outward appearance he
4:54
seemed to have absolutely everything
4:56
together as a systems analyst at his
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local Law Firm k KL Gates his
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responsibilities included analyzing and
5:03
improving the performance of K&L
5:05
software so he clearly was an
5:07
intelligent guy he was also known to
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attend the gym and regularly practice
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boxing in his basement and the most
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recent images of him showed that he was
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in good shape with no unattractive
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facial features George also owned his
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own home on Orchard Spring Road in Scott
5:23
Township since buying this house for
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$779,000 it is almost tripled in value
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to an estimated
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$25,000 in the year 2023 he also had a
5:33
new car on his driveway so clearly the
5:35
man was rolling in money before
5:37
continuing our story it is worth
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bringing up his home videos because in
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his frustrated efforts to attract a
5:44
woman George made the decision to give
5:46
the world his very own house tour
5:48
uploading his 4-minute video to YouTube
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and it's here that we get to take a
5:53
first glimpse into the awkward world of
5:55
George sardini this is my house from the
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street here is my
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car this is a two-bedroom brick ranch
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conveniently
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located my car is an ' 07
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Ultima I paid 79,000 for this in 1996
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that's considered a lot believe it or
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not he we're approaching the
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door open it up oh someone left it
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unlocked that's not good inside okay
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my big screen TV 32 in it's my computer
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let me pan out a little bit computer is
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connected to the stereo which I listen
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to my mp3s and everything else pan to
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the other side speakers on each side are
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large they double as end
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tables okay couch and chair they match
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the woman will be really be
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impressed hey come over here there's
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some reading material that we're all
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familiar with it's it's worth mentioning
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here that this book as seen on the table
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is a copy of how to date young women by
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the author R Don Steel through this
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information it is clear that George's
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loneliness and insecurity seemed bad
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enough for him to read books and
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research on how to date
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women come out here through the dining
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room I just bought this uh dining room
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set rug okay little hallway two bedrooms
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two bedrooms to the right is my bedroom
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extra computer here they're networked
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I'll show you the Cat 5 connections
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downstairs just to be picky here I don't
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think any woman would be interested in
7:42
Cat 5 ethernet cables George however
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this dialogue does highlight his
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peculiarity and socially awkward
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Tendencies which of course may
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eventually put women off okay there's
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looks pretty clean I'm sure she'll be
7:56
impressed now this back bedroom I use
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just for storage a lot of junk here you
8:03
as we could see uh bottles of cologne
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and spare change and shoe box full of
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old pictures and photographs and stuff
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and come over here and there's CDs and
8:15
all kinds of electronic gear I bought
8:17
since joining the list tapes and so on
8:21
they pan pan out a little bit could take
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a quick walk through back here through
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the living room the hallway here's the
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kitchen stove and counter and everything
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I need just cleaned it up all the covero
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space I need okay I like here you just
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come out here there's a room with a view
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my backyard and
8:42
everything okay let's go down the cell
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George's home was both tidy and
8:47
organized with no telltale signs of a
8:50
dysfunctional man the weirdest part
8:52
about all of this was the video itself
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actually it felt like he was advertising
8:57
himself as a person thus feeling rather
9:00
uncomfortable to watch well that about
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sums it
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up up until this point George had mostly
Influence (and vlog)
9:07
kept most of his thoughts and his
9:08
feelings offline but soon that was all
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about to change now if you remember that
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book found on his coffee table that was
9:15
written by a man named Ardon steel and
9:18
this guy was not just an author but also
9:20
a dating Guru and this guy has some very
9:23
abstract perspectives he taught these
9:25
men that all nice guys must die that all
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women above the age of 30 are bitter and
9:30
that all women need men to take charge
9:32
and unfortunately George was a devout
9:34
follower of Steel in fact he was seen
9:36
attending multiple seminars of his which
9:39
usually taught men how to greet and
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speak to women it's a shame though that
9:42
the narrative behind those lessons was
9:44
so
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rotten I'm not even kidding here
9:53
watching these seminars felt like the
9:54
old school version of Andrew Tate I
9:56
couldn't stomach watching all of it but
9:59
at one point the advice given was to
10:01
treat confident women like because
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apparently that's what they find
10:05
attractive honestly this stuff is
10:07
garbage during these videos George could
10:10
be seen aimlessly looking around during
10:12
the workshops I mean he looked like a
10:14
zombie in a workshirt quite frankly it
10:17
was noted that he was retient shy and
10:20
reserved throughout these workshops and
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although he was known to take many notes
10:24
in class he never actually loosened up
10:27
with the women around him as the once
10:29
moved on his frustration grew to
10:31
unbearable levels The Man became an Ever
10:34
contrasting figure of long- lasting
10:36
hopelessness and fresh determination
10:39
George had no confidence in himself at
10:42
all but all the same the ridicul
10:45
seminars and unrealistic books made him
10:47
behave in ways which typically bore
10:49
little success and that is when he
10:51
created and posted this video online
10:54
openly expressing his conflicted
10:56
feelings of both hope and frustration
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it is easy for me to hide from my
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emotions for one more day take a long
11:05
drive in the car listen to some music
11:09
Daydream or just do some mundane task
11:12
around the house that really doesn't
11:14
need to be done that's that's not too
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important and there you go one more day
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and one more day turns into one more
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year now um RDS says that I have
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approximately maybe 15 more years to be
11:28
successful at this and when I heard that
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I I wanted to continue immediately to to
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start moving on this I didn't realize I
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had that much time so my objective is to
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be real and to learn to be emotional and
11:44
to you know to be able to emotionally
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connect with people because when I'm 10
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to 20 years older than she is you know
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she has to feel good about this thing
11:56
and the only way around that you know is
11:58
is to work on this and perhaps stem
12:02
exercises or forgiveness exercises as
12:06
per hay or whatever else I'm going to
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post this and see what comes
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back despite his determination George
George Sodini's online diary...
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continued to scare women away in fact
12:20
one of his most notable moments happened
12:22
inside of a church ever since March 2004
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he'd been attending a local church but
12:28
as the passed by others in attendance
12:30
noticed his strange Behavior towards
12:32
women he was eventually asked to leave
12:34
the congregation after he was harassing
12:36
one of those attending this woman
12:38
described him as a very strange man with
12:40
an unnerving smile who wouldn't stop
12:42
staring the police were ultimately
12:43
called after George refused to leave the
12:45
church and as you'll see later on in
12:48
this video this would be a day that he
12:50
would not forget around this time George
12:53
opened his own blog under his domain of
12:55
George sad.com and although he was
12:58
reserved in those workshops he would
13:00
really open up about his feelings and
13:02
thoughts on his website his first
13:04
noteworthy post began on December the
13:07
22nd 2008 in his blog he wrote time is
13:11
moving along planned to have this done
13:13
already I will just keep a running log
13:15
here as time passes many of the young
13:18
girls here look so beautiful as to not
13:20
be human very edible after joining this
13:22
gym started lifting weights and like it
13:25
much info about weight programs diet Etc
13:28
on the way
13:29
or anything for that matter instead of
13:31
TV I can Google for many hours to relax
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TV and most movies are dull sadly it is
13:37
clear that George's mental health
13:39
deteriorated over the Christmas period
13:42
over Christmas of 2008 he posted moving
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into Christmas again no girlfriend since
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1984 last Christmas with Pam was in 1983
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who knows why I am not ugly or too weird
13:54
no sex since July 1990 either I was 29
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no over 18 years ago and did it
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maybe only 50 to 75 times in my life
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getting to think that a woman now would
14:06
just get in the way of things isolated I
14:08
have extra money and enjoy traveling too
14:11
with my 25 to 30 days of vacation La was
14:14
the best but going alone was not too fun
14:17
invited to a party on Christmas day
14:19
tomorrow seems about 15 to 25 people
14:22
will actually show I like her parties I
14:25
can meet new people and talk got the
14:27
next 8 days off I should have Exit Plan
14:29
done and practiced by then I know that
14:31
nothing will change no matter how hard I
14:33
try or what goals I
14:38
set and this is where I have to tell you
14:41
what George precisely meant as an exit
14:43
plan because as you can likely guess it
14:45
wasn't the good kind by now George had
14:48
convinced himself that he was destined
14:50
to die alone and that he would never be
14:52
intimate with a woman again and so with
14:54
that in mind he figured why bother
14:56
living but George didn't plan to to go
14:59
quietly Oh No in fact he'd become so
15:01
enraged with other women and their
15:03
decision to date other men that he
15:05
wanted them to pay for a suffering and
15:07
so this so-called exit plan was for
15:09
George to head to the gym and then take
15:11
out as many lives as possible before
15:13
taking his own on December the 28th
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George posted on his online blog to say
15:17
that he would shoot for Tuesday the 6th
15:19
of January 2009 and remember all of
15:22
these posts were publicly visible he
15:25
then posted one day later saying I
15:27
actually look good I dress good I'm
15:30
clean shaven bathe Touch of cologne yet
15:33
30 million women rejected me over an 18
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or 25e period that is how I see it 30
15:40
million is my rough guesstimate of how
15:42
many desirable single women there are
15:45
and this type of life I see is a closed
15:47
world with me specifically and totally
15:49
excluded flying solo for many years as a
15:53
destroyer yet many people say I am easy
15:56
to get along with looking back I owe
15:59
nothing to desirable females who ask for
16:01
anything except basic courtesy usually
16:04
he would post again only 3 days later to
16:07
honorably mention his family removing
16:09
the names and addresses for privacy in
16:12
this post he describes his father as a
16:14
useless sperm donor his mother as
16:16
dominant and his brother as a bully
16:19
George also claimed in these honorable
16:21
mentions that his Pastor allegedly
16:23
taught him that you can still go to
16:25
heaven even after committing mass murder
16:28
I mean suffice to say that this is
16:30
categorically untrue and was likely left
16:32
in spite of making his Pastor feel
16:34
guilty after his Exit Plan side note but
16:37
he also mentioned his acquaintance Andy
16:40
as a hypocritical idiot on the day
16:42
before his planned attack he posted
16:45
tomorrow should be good life is just
16:47
playing games no matter how many changes
16:50
I try to make things always stay the
16:53
same I see 20-some couples everywhere I
16:56
think those years slipped right by for
16:58
me why should I continue another 20 plus
17:01
years alone I will just work come home
17:04
eat maybe do something then go to bed
17:07
alone for the next day of the same thing
17:09
I cannot wait for tomorrow but the next
17:12
day George had a sudden change of heart
17:14
at the very last moment he posted on his
17:17
blog once again to say it's 8:45 p.m. I
17:20
chickened out I brought the loaded
17:23
guns everything
17:26
hell we can only assume that George
17:29
re-evaluated his life in those final
17:31
moments before then going home and
17:33
posting about it online because after
17:36
this he would go radio silent for
17:38
several months this is probably because
17:40
George realized that surprise surprise
17:42
life wasn't actually that bad after all
17:45
he had a good job was healthy owned his
17:47
own home and went on holiday often the
17:50
only thing missing really was a partner
17:52
but in April of 2009 he posted that his
17:54
company was sadly going through layoffs
17:56
and in his pessimistic attitude believed
17:59
that he would not survive the next one
18:00
between April and August of that year he
18:02
would log an additional 14 entries to
18:04
his diary and yeah I'm not going to read
18:07
all of that out loud as would be here
18:08
all day but here are the most noteworthy
18:11
excerpts April 24th I predict I won't
18:14
survive the next layoff that is when
18:17
there is no point to continue right now
18:19
life is bearable and I can get by
18:21
indefinitely something bad must happen
18:24
the paycheck is all I have left May the
18:27
4th what is it like to be dead I always
18:30
think I'm forgetting something that's
18:32
one reason why I postponed similar to
18:34
when you leave to get in your car to go
18:36
somewhere you hesitate with a thought
18:39
what am I forgetting in this case I
18:41
cannot make a return trip May the 18th I
18:45
actually had a date today women just
18:47
don't like me there are 30 million
18:49
desirable women in the US and I cannot
18:52
find one not one of them finds me
18:54
attractive May the 29th another lonely
18:57
Friday night I'm done this is too much
19:00
June the 5th I was reading several posts
19:03
on different forums and it seems that
19:05
many teenage girls have sex frequently
19:07
one 16-year-old does it usually three
19:10
times a day with her boyfriend so uh
19:13
after a month of that this little hoe
19:15
has had more sex than me in my entire
19:18
life and I'm 48 one more reason thanks
19:21
for n bye on July the 20th
19:24
George commented about getting a
19:26
promotion and a raise but straight after
19:29
this he then immediately pivoted to talk
19:31
about how bad the economy is and how the
19:34
man hasn't slept with a woman in over 20
19:36
years now this is a very important
19:39
detail to realize despite previously
19:42
being worried about the layoff the exact
19:45
opposite happened to him with a
19:46
promotion and raise in the end but
19:48
despite the positive change he does not
19:51
seem to care anymore this means that
19:53
George continuously focused on the
19:55
negativities in his life thus further
19:58
through thrusting him into the darkness
19:59
of his own mind July 23rd wow I just
20:03
looked out of my front window and saw a
20:05
beautiful college age girl leave Bob
20:08
Fox's house I guess he got a good late
20:10
today college girls are hoes I
20:12
masturbate frequently he is about 45
20:16
years old she was a long-headed hot
20:18
little Hottie with a beautiful body I
20:20
masturbate frequently some were simply
20:23
meant to walk a lonely path in life
20:25
thanks mom and brother and dad old man
20:28
for totally ignoring me through the
20:30
years all of you deeply helped me be
20:32
this way George never considered why a
20:35
younger woman may have left his
20:36
neighbor's home he never contemplated if
20:38
she were a colleague family member
20:41
friend saleswoman or even another
20:44
neighbor who had knocked on his door to
20:46
complain George was unable to look at
20:48
anything in a positive manner he assumed
20:51
the absolute worst in every situation
20:54
especially when it came to women these
20:56
self-destructive tender Tendencies
20:58
likely stem from deep-seated
21:00
self-confidence issues which we already
21:02
are familiar with either way he did
21:05
nothing to address these issues with a
21:07
therapist or a psychologist after
21:09
attending ridiculous alpha male
21:11
workshops he let his own thoughts
21:14
consume him and although he had backed
21:16
out of his violent plans several months
21:18
prior he would tragically recommit to
21:20
them in the summer of 2009 in his final
21:24
written entry which is dated August the
21:26
3rd George said the following in I took
21:28
off today and tomorrow to practice my
21:31
routine and make sure it is well
21:32
polished I need to work out every detail
21:35
here there is only one shot also I need
21:38
to be completely immersed into something
21:40
before I can be successful I haven't had
21:42
a drink since Friday at about 2:30 total
21:45
effort needed tomorrow is the big day
21:47
maybe soon I will see God in Jesus at
21:50
least that is what I was told eternal
21:52
life does not depend on works if it did
21:55
we would all be in hell I will try not
21:58
to add any more entries because this
22:00
computer clicking distracts me also any
22:03
of the practice papers left on my coffee
22:05
table are used or the notes in my gym
22:07
bag can be published freely I will not
22:09
be embarrassed because well I will be
22:12
dead death
22:18
lives it is almost unbelievable that
22:20
these journal entries were publicly
22:22
visible for more than 9 months on his
22:24
website although it's unclear how much
22:26
traffic this website received in those 9
22:28
months it was evident early on that
22:30
George posed a risk to human life what I
22:33
do find quite odd is that even in his
22:35
final Journal he almost sounded like he
22:37
was forcing himself to go ahead with
22:39
these plans talking about avoiding
22:41
distractions and remaining focused but
22:43
George was fully convinced this time and
22:46
tragically the very next day on August
22:48
the 4th 2009 he traveled to his gym and
22:51
executed his
August 4th, 2009
22:56
plan on the the morning of this fateful
22:59
day George traveled to the Great
23:01
Southern Shopping Center in Kia Township
23:04
he entered the gym at around 11:00 a.m.
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just to leave it shortly after returning
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in the evening he headed to a local
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restaurant just across the parking lots
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at 7:40 p.m. he then reentered the gym
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before once again leaving and that is
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when he called his mom of all people
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this phone call remained civil and
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George allegedly expressed no intention
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to harm or kill anyone shortly before 4
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8:00 p.m. though the call was over he
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then returned to LA Fitness entering the
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gym at 7:56 p.m. now it's unclear what
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he did for the next 18 minutes but at
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8:14 p.m. he traveled to the far left of
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the Gym's first floor and entered the
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aerobics room during this time the room
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was filled with members taking a yoga
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class George then placed the duffel bag
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down on the ground Turned the Lights Off
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took out two handguns and then began
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firing into the crowd of 20 people a
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total of 52 shots were fired with two
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Glock semi-automatic pistols with all of
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these shots being reported to last for
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just over 1 minute people outside of the
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aerobics room soon caught on to what was
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happening in a panic many fled through
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the front door and fire exit and
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Witnesses recall hearing dozens of pops
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and
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screams moments later he pulled out a 45
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caliber revolver and took his own life
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when the police entered the gym they
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would find his body over that weapon
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officers also found a fourth handgun in
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his pocket and a handwritten note in his
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duffel bag and although it's not clear
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what this note said it apparently did
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not outline his intention to take his
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own life Witnesses would later recall
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seeing George striding to that classroom
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with absolute confidence and it's
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believed that he targeted that classroom
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because it was filled with women and
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sadly this tragedy would result in the
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deaths of three of those women with an
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additional nine injured and five of
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those being critically injured
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thankfully though all line would gone to
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make a full
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recovery Miracles aside it was all too
Remembering Heidi, Elizabeth and Jody
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late for three of these women Heidi
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overmire age 46 Elizabeth Ganon age 49
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and jod Billingsley age 37 Heidi
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overmire was a sales manager at a local
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amusement park growing up in West miffin
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she was the youngest of five children
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and neighbors described her as the best
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you could ever have this left a lot of
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pain for her son Ian who trag Al passed
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away just last year in a motorcycle
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accident Elizabeth Ganon loved to
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exercise and walk a golden retriever
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friends say that she never had a bad day
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and was always friendly to people
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working as an x-ray technician
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colleagues described her as a wonderful
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caring person whose smile would brighten
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the day of her patience she loved people
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and would always do right by them jod
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Billings Lee was in medical supply sales
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she was a health Enthusiast and was
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often seen biking or running in the the
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hill surrounding her home she is
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remembered as a very sweet person by her
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friends and family tragically she is the
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third one to be added to the list of
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three women who were murdered by the
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tormented delusions of a lonely
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Psychopathic man approximately
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816 p.m. this evening uh call your Tona
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police were alerted to an active shooter
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at the LA Fitness in the Great Southern
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shopping center we have four confirmed
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deceased we have at least 10 wounded in
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various hospitals throughout the um area
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I I just was upstairs on an elliptical
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machine just doing some running and uh
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just heard all these shots just all the
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just heard a whole bunch of noise and
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everybody just was yelling get down get
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down and it got out got outside and
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there were there was about four women
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that had been shot and we just tried to
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help them the best that we could when we
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got outside there's a good belief that
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this shooter is
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deceased on August the 6th 2009
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approximately 75 people including
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friends women's right Advocates and
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local officials held a vigil at the
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Pittsburgh city council building in
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Downtown Pittsburgh it is here that jod
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Elizabeth and Heidi were remembered for
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their impact on those around them
Aftermath..
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shortly after the shooting people across
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the world began to take notice of George
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sodini's online blog a website which had
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alluded to his plans for many months
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before the attack no one had reported
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George's website to the police prior so
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although it may seem seems strange that
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his public blog hadn't been reported
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before it was too late it is likely
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because his website accurately reflects
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himself that being insufferably isolated
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and lonely nobody wanted him his love or
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his body and although we all deserve to
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feel loved let me tell you it has to be
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earned and reciprocated
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correctly it turns out though that not
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even his money was wanted just before
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his death George bequeathed his quarter
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million estate state to the University
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of Pittsburgh though after learning
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about his actions they rejected the Dead
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Man's offer it was later learned that
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he'd made many practice runs in the
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hours and days before the attack he'd
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even asked one of the staff how to turn
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the lights off though they didn't think
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anything of it of course and here a
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rather ironic side note but to begin
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with authorities believed that the
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gunman was actually targeting an
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ex-girlfriend which is kind of funny
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because he never had one concerningly
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just days before the attack someone had
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actually reported George after he pulled
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a grenade out of his bag while sitting
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on a bus but by the time the authorities
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were alerted he was long gone this was
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very out of character and not something
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actually mentioned on his blog but thank
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God that he'd reconsidered his actions
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of course we don't know what would have
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happened if he went ahead with that
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instead but the consequences could have
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been much much worse and yeah I think
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that pretty much covers the case of
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George sodini a very twisted and
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Disturbed man with some very big
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challenges going on in his mind before
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you go today I'd like to know what you
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think about this case because George is
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a very intriguing individual personally
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I think he probably could have found a
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partner in the end but the man clearly
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was very socially awkward and had many
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challenges to overcome it's a shame that
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instead of getting the right support he
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went down rather unorthodox methods
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instead I think this was a case of
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loneliness mental health issues and not
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addressing either of them as always
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though I'd like to know what you think
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about this one and yeah I think that
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pretty much wraps up our case today
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29:38
yourself look after each other and of
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course stay safe thank you and
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goodbye