Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Charles Whitman seemed to have a bright future ahead of him. A proud Marine, he was married to a loving wife and had received a scholarship to study architectural engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. Why then, on August 1, 1966, did Whitman ruthlessly murder his mother and wife, then climb the Main Building tower at UT Austin with an arsenal of weapons and murder 15 more innocent people?
Please note that this program was made in 1993. David Hubert Gunby, who was 23 at the time, had survived being shot by Whitman, but the bullet severed his small intestines. With only one functioning kidney to begin with even before the shooting, Gunby lived in pain for the rest of his life. He died in 2001, one week after being removed from dialysis. He is officially considered Whitman's 18th and last victim, as his death was ruled a homicide.
This is a TV recording, and is thus missing about 3 minutes of footage.
Charles Whitman seemed to have a bright future ahead of him. A proud Marine, he was married to a loving wife and had received a scholarship to study architectural engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. Why then, on August 1, 1966, did Whitman ruthlessly murder his mother and wife, then climb the Main Building tower at UT Austin with an arsenal of weapons and murder 15 more innocent people?
Please note that this program was made in 1993. David Hubert Gunby, who was 23 at the time, had survived being shot by Whitman, but the bullet severed his small intestines. With only one functioning kidney to begin with even before the shooting, Gunby lived in pain for the rest of his life. He died in 2001, one week after being removed from dialysis. He is officially considered Whitman's 18th and last victim, as his death was ruled a homicide.
This is a TV recording, and is thus missing about 3 minutes of footage.
