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Sep 2022
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Amy Bishop

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About this episode

Ep 92: After opening fire on colleagues during a routine faculty meeting many said this Biology Professor must have just snapped. However, a closer look at her history would reveal several warning signs that went ignored.

This is the Amy Bishop story


Be sure to check out Amy & Meghan on their latest podcast with AbJack Entertainment: Campus Killings. New shows every 2 weeks. podcast


Sources for Today's Episode:

  • The New Yorker
  • Los Angeles Times
  • The New York Times
  • Huffington Post
  • Boston Globe
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education “is tenure a matter of life or death?”)


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  • Produced and Edited by James Varga
  • Music by Dessert Media


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