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The "graphic content" from Eric's websites that was spoken of so fearfully by the media at the time referred primarily to images of characters straight from Doom II's screen. The "demonic pictures" in his notebook that were so shocking? More Doom pics. The horned guy is one of the Doom II bosses/gods. Eric kept a lot of Doom and Quake graphics on his AOL website as well but far scarier than Eric's gaming sites were the rants he dumped onto his homepage about hating the world at large: Everyone in it, not just jocks or blacks or whites or rich people... Everyone. | The "graphic content" from Eric's websites that was spoken of so fearfully by the media at the time referred primarily to images of characters straight from Doom II's screen. The "demonic pictures" in his notebook that were so shocking? More Doom pics. The horned guy is one of the Doom II bosses/gods. Eric kept a lot of Doom and Quake graphics on his AOL website as well but far scarier than Eric's gaming sites were the rants he dumped onto his homepage about hating the world at large: Everyone in it, not just jocks or blacks or whites or rich people... Everyone. | ||
In the months prior to the shootings, Eric and Dylan both recorded on video quite a bit about what they wanted to do to their school and the people in it, via the outlet of videotapes (including the Hitmen for Hire and Basement videos), school reports, and the media-hyped journals and diaries, wherein Eric detailed out floorplans of Columbine and noted when the lunchroom was most crowded (see more of Eric's writings). In the videos he and Dylan shot in Eric's basement bedroom (wherein they showed off the way their weapons fit under their trenchcoats) he and Dylan both go off about the 'stuck up bitches' they go to school with, Dylan referring to two by name: Rachel and Jen (during the shootings Rachel Scott was killed and Jennifer Doyle was badly wounded). This sound clip excerpted from the videos was censored by the media due to the cursing so it's hard to understand but if you listen closely you can hear the gist of it. | In the months prior to the shootings, Eric and Dylan both recorded on video quite a bit about what they wanted to do to their school and the people in it, via the outlet of videotapes (including the Hitmen for Hire and Basement videos), school reports, and the media-hyped journals and diaries, wherein Eric detailed out floorplans of Columbine and noted when the lunchroom was most crowded (see more of Eric's writings). In the videos he and Dylan shot in Eric's basement bedroom (wherein they showed off the way their weapons fit under their trenchcoats) he and Dylan both go off about the 'stuck up bitches' they go to school with, Dylan referring to two by name: Rachel and Jen (during the shootings Rachel Scott was killed and Jennifer Doyle was badly wounded). This sound clip excerpted from the videos was censored by the media due to the cursing so it's hard to understand but if you listen closely you can hear the gist of it. In addition to these tapes, an audio tape was found in the Harris's property. This audio tape proclaimed that the recording was occurring roughly nine hours before the massacre, placing the recording date at around 02:30 on April 20th. The tape was labeled as "Nixon". | ||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
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=== Hitmen for Hire === | === Hitmen for Hire === | ||
[[File:Eric Harris Hitmen for Hire.jpg|thumb|196x196px|Eric in ''Hitmen for Hire''.]] | [[File:Eric Harris Hitmen for Hire.jpg|thumb|196x196px|Eric in ''Hitmen for Hire''.|link=Special:FilePath/Eric_Harris_Hitmen_for_Hire.jpg]] | ||
In December 1998, Harris and Klebold made Hitmen for Hire, a video for a school project in which they swore, yelled at the camera, made violent statements, and acted out shooting and killing students in the hallway of their school as Hitmen for Hire. They both displayed themes of violence in their creative writing projects for school; of a Doom-based story written by Harris on January 17<sup>th</sup>, 1999, Harris's teacher said: "Yours is a unique approach and your writing works in a gruesome way — good details and mood setting." | In December 1998, Harris and Klebold made Hitmen for Hire, a video for a school project in which they swore, yelled at the camera, made violent statements, and acted out shooting and killing students in the hallway of their school as Hitmen for Hire. They both displayed themes of violence in their creative writing projects for school; of a Doom-based story written by Harris on January 17<sup>th</sup>, 1999, Harris's teacher said: "Yours is a unique approach and your writing works in a gruesome way — good details and mood setting." | ||
=== Eric in Columbine === | === Eric in Columbine === | ||
[[File:Dbjpm28-0e4b3677-3ba4-4b19-9afe-c6d064b5654d.gif|left|thumb|199x199px|Eric spinning a phone in the cafeteria.]] | [[File:Dbjpm28-0e4b3677-3ba4-4b19-9afe-c6d064b5654d.gif|left|thumb|199x199px|Eric spinning a phone in the cafeteria.|link=Special:FilePath/Dbjpm28-0e4b3677-3ba4-4b19-9afe-c6d064b5654d.gif]] | ||
Eric in Columbine is one of several home videos released to the public by Jefferson County. In the video, which is originally twenty five minutes and nine seconds long, Eric Harris is seen walking in the Columbine High School second floor with friends before heading to the cafeteria to converse. The tape ends with him heading to a class with Brandi Tinklenberg and Mike Vendegnia. | Eric in Columbine is one of several home videos released to the public by Jefferson County. In the video, which is originally twenty five minutes and nine seconds long, Eric Harris is seen walking in the Columbine High School second floor with friends before heading to the cafeteria to converse. The tape ends with him heading to a class with Brandi Tinklenberg and Mike Vendegnia. | ||
=== Radioactive Clothing === | === Radioactive Clothing === | ||
[[File:Ice screenshot 20170514-201720.png|thumb|237x237px|Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold prior to descending the basement stairs to search for the 'radioactive clothing' (note the fake guns they are carrying).]] | [[File:Ice screenshot 20170514-201720.png|thumb|237x237px|Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold prior to descending the basement stairs to search for the 'radioactive clothing' (note the fake guns they are carrying).|link=Special:FilePath/Ice_screenshot_20170514-201720.png]] | ||
Radioactive Clothing''' '''is a home video made by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as well as a few friends for entertainment use only. In the video, which is fifteen minutes and eighteen seconds long, Eric and Dylan portray government agents sent out to "take out another one of those radioactive clothes infested camps". The boys, who are being driven in the backseat of a car by two other agents (Bowsky and Taggart) claim that they have been doing these kinds of jobs for two months, and they keep getting harder. Upon arriving at the location, the four meet up with a fifth agent, Tex, and they start gearing up; the boys open the trunk of the car and start handing out and choosing the weapons they will use. | Radioactive Clothing''' '''is a home video made by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as well as a few friends for entertainment use only. In the video, which is fifteen minutes and eighteen seconds long, Eric and Dylan portray government agents sent out to "take out another one of those radioactive clothes infested camps". The boys, who are being driven in the backseat of a car by two other agents (Bowsky and Taggart) claim that they have been doing these kinds of jobs for two months, and they keep getting harder. Upon arriving at the location, the four meet up with a fifth agent, Tex, and they start gearing up; the boys open the trunk of the car and start handing out and choosing the weapons they will use. | ||
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=== The Basement Tapes === | === The Basement Tapes === | ||
[[File:Basement Tape recreation.png|thumb|250x250px|Eric Harris (Christopher Valentine) and Dylan Klebold (AJ Pola) in The Basement Tapes Recreation (2016).]] | [[File:Basement Tape recreation.png|thumb|250x250px|Eric Harris (Christopher Valentine) and Dylan Klebold (AJ Pola) in The Basement Tapes Recreation (2016).|link=Special:FilePath/Basement_Tape_recreation.png]] | ||
Beginning in the middle of March and ending in late April of 1999, the pair began filming themselves in what would be known as the Columbine "Basement Tapes". In the videos, that have since been destroyed along with over tons of other Columbine evidence by Jefferson County, Eric and Dylan make it clear that they are about to launch the deadliest attack on their high school. They drink Jack Daniels whiskey and use profanity; referring to themselves on occasion as 'gods'. They also talk about students they hate and mock them. Later on, they poke fun at how well they were able to hide their misdeeds in collecting the weapons and supplies needed for the massacre. Dylan even went so far as to play the role of Eric's mother in entering his room to check it. Eric shows off all of his hiding places that contain pipe bombs, knives, gun powder, and bomb making equipment. He eventually shows the camera his Savage-Springfield 67H pump shotgun he refers to 'Arlene', named after a character from Doom. | Beginning in the middle of March and ending in late April of 1999, the pair began filming themselves in what would be known as the Columbine "Basement Tapes". In the videos, that have since been destroyed along with over tons of other Columbine evidence by Jefferson County, Eric and Dylan make it clear that they are about to launch the deadliest attack on their high school. They drink Jack Daniels whiskey and use profanity; referring to themselves on occasion as 'gods'. They also talk about students they hate and mock them. Later on, they poke fun at how well they were able to hide their misdeeds in collecting the weapons and supplies needed for the massacre. Dylan even went so far as to play the role of Eric's mother in entering his room to check it. Eric shows off all of his hiding places that contain pipe bombs, knives, gun powder, and bomb making equipment. He eventually shows the camera his Savage-Springfield 67H pump shotgun he refers to 'Arlene', named after a character from Doom. | ||
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=== Breakfast Run === | === Breakfast Run === | ||
[[File:Tumblr inline p7gdhqfYJz1sgjss3 500.jpg|thumb|236x236px|Dylan running towards the <span>1972 Chevy Chevelle.</span>]] | [[File:Tumblr inline p7gdhqfYJz1sgjss3 500.jpg|thumb|236x236px|Dylan running towards the <span>1972 Chevy Chevelle.</span>|link=Special:FilePath/Tumblr_inline_p7gdhqfYJz1sgjss3_500.jpg]] | ||
Breakfast Run''', '''originally titled "American Dream", was a home video intended for a class project for Dylan Klebold. The video, which is eight minutes and twenty-seven seconds long, features Dylan, Eric Harris, Dustin Gorton, who is driving the 1972 Chevy Chevelle, and Eric Jackson (the cameraman) ordering from a Burger King before going to Columbine and eating in the student parking lot. | Breakfast Run''', '''originally titled "American Dream", was a home video intended for a class project for Dylan Klebold. The video, which is eight minutes and twenty-seven seconds long, features Dylan, Eric Harris, Dustin Gorton, who is driving the 1972 Chevy Chevelle, and Eric Jackson (the cameraman) ordering from a Burger King before going to Columbine and eating in the student parking lot. | ||