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In October 2006, a man named Charles Roberts IV invaded a one-room Amish school house and took ten female students hostage. However, he underestimated the heroics of two Amish women who ran for help before he could carry out all of his terrible plans.

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Episode Source List:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305213799_Behold_the_monster_Mythical_explanations_of_deviance_and_evil_in_news_of_the_Amish_school_shooting 

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/charles-carl-roberts-iv 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/02/amish-shooting-10-year-anniversary-pennsylvania-the-happening 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/03/usgunviolence.topstories3 

https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/amish.shooting/index.html 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-2/gunman-kills-five-students-at-amish-school 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/amish-school-shooters-widow-marie-monville-remembers-tragedy/story?id=20417790 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amish-school-siege-was-well-planned/ 

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2525490&page=1 

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15113706 

https://www.npr.org/2006/10/03/6189852/girls-murderer-told-wife-of-past-troubles-police-say 

https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=2531138&page=1 

https://www.witf.org/2024/09/05/after-18-years-survivor-of-nickel-mines-amish-school-shooting-dies/ 

Colorado:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/28/usa.schools

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15041037

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2506517&page=1