About this episode

The episode explores the San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre and its impact on America's understanding of public violence.

From the troubled life of James Huberty to the horrifying events inside a San Ysidro McDonald's on July 18th, 1984, we explore how one of America's first modern mass shootings - still the deadliest mass shooting on California soil and the deadliest one in US history at the time - forever changed America's understanding of public violence.

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