Texas History
October 12, 2016
New York’s Paramount Building Is Freezing Its Clock To Honor UT Tower Shooting Victims
A reminder that Charles Whitman’s shooting spree resonated far outside of Texas.
Charles Whitman
Politics & Policy
July 31, 2016
Memorial Day
Fifty years after the Tower shooting, the University of Texas is finally honoring the victims. What took so long?
Politics & Policy
April 10, 2014
Terror at Noon
On a sweltering Monday in August 1966, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the University of Texas Tower and began shooting pedestrians below, killing eleven people and forever altering the lives of many others. In this excerpt from her new novel, Elizabeth Crook reimagines the day that changed everything.
True Crime
August 1, 2006
96 Minutes
At 11:48 a.m. on August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman began firing his rifle from the top of the University of Texas Tower at anyone and everyone in his sights. At 1:24 p.m., he was gunned down himself. The lives of the people who witnessed the sniper’s spree firsthand would never
Texas History
August 31, 1996
A Whitman Sampler
Thirty years later, the legacy of Charles Whitman’s shooting spree at the University of Texas still towers above us.