S19 Ep91: The Lewiston Shootings: An All American Tragedy w/Robert Conlin

True Crime Tuesday presents The Lewiston Shootings: An All American Tragedy with Researcher/Journalist/Author, Robert Conlin! October 25, 2023 was just an ordinary night in Lewiston, a small, working class city of 37,000 in central Maine. Friends and families had gathered to do what they loved to do with the people they wanted to be with at a bowling alley called Just-in-Time Recreation Center and Schemengees, a popular sports bar and restaurant. They felt immune from the violent crime that seemed to wrack the rest of the country in a state that the FBI had just named the safest in America. Then Robert Card II , a deeply paranoid Army Reserve soldier, walked into both places with a high-powered rifle and opened fire, killing 18 people and wounding 13 more. He then fled to a third location, where, according to the evidence and the testimony of his best friend, he likely planned to lay in wait and kill his ex-co-workers when they came to work the next morning. The tragedy is that the numerous red flags he had raised in the months before weren't enough to stop him before he carried out his terrible plan. A combination of watered-down gun control laws and law enforcement and military negligence made sure of that. On Today's show, TCT sits down with the author of "The Lewiston Shootings", Robert Conlin, to discuss the case, where people let the shooter down in his mental health treatment, Where Maine did right after the shooting, and what we need to do as a society to start bridging the severe gap so we can stop this epidemic in America! See where the Darkness Radio Crew will be in your area: https://www.darknessradioshow.com/p/events/ Pre-order the two new books from Jessica here: https://jessicafreeburg.com/books/ Sign up for the ghost Stories Inc. Paranormal Events and save 20 percent off the ticket price by using the code: DARKNESS20 here: https://jessicafreeburg.com/upcoming-events/ #crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #robertconlin #thelewistonshootings #anallamericantragedy #massshootings #maine #robertcardII #justintime #schemenegees #violettes #murder #artiestrout #jasonwalker #michaeldelauriers #yellowcardlaw #serialkillers #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #jessicafreeburg #paranormalauthor #floridaman #drugcrimes #foodcrimes #stupidcrimes #funnycrimes #sexcrimes