#355 - The UK's Penultimate School Shooting (Higham Ferrers, Northants)
About this episode
This episode covers the largely forgotten school shooting at Ferrers School in Higham Ferrers, committed by expelled pupil Darren Fowler in 1988.
On Wednesday 8th of January 1988, at 3:25pm, expelled pupil 16-year-old Darren Fowler entered the Ferrers School in the town of Higham Ferrers with two knives, 25 cartridges and a shotgun. He had written a suicide note, and planned to get revenge on those who had wronged him. By 3:37pm, it was over. But unlike the Dunblane massacre, it is largely forgotten, and why, like the Dormers Wells school shooting did it not lead for stricter gun control? This was the UK’s penultimate school shooting. Location: Ferrers School, Queensway, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, Date: Wednesday 8th of January 1988, 3:29pm to 3:37pm Victims: Ronnie Sherratt, Simon Druce, Jane Lucas, Michael Cousins Culprit: Darren Fowler Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0…
People in this episode
Host: Michael
Topics covered
- school shooting
- true crime
- gun control
- history
- society
Keywords
- Higham Ferrers
- Darren Fowler
- school shooting
- gun control
- 1988
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire
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