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== Rampart Range ==
On this page, you'll find information on the videos created by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold along with videos collected as evidence. There is a section that details video ideas that were never created and videos that are fake.
 
All videos depicting Harris & Klebold released by Jefferson County were released on February 26, 2004. Some videos were released by the news and others were released by individuals in the community.
 
== Independence Day Parody (1997) ==
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Scott Fuselier, son of FBI agent Dwayne Fuselier
# [[Chris Morris]]
# Brooks Brown
# Unknown
 
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did not help to create or star in this video.
 
==== Description ====
According to Brooks Brown, this 9.5 minute video was created for a video class assignment and was intended to be a parody of the movie ''Get Smart''. Others who worked on the video said it was a parody of ''Independence Day'' and it was spoofing a mad scientist character. The explosion at the end mimics the scene in ID. The full video has not been publicly released, but Inside Edition obtained a copy and featured a short segment of the video in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6rHxaKRas&t=2032s special] broadcast on May 5, 1999.
 
<u>According to the [https://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0513b.htm Denver Post]:</u><blockquote>"One character, the 'bad guy,' is intent on vaporizing Columbine by shooting a beam from a satellite hovering high over Colorado. Another character, a 'good guy' who wears a trench coat, is intent on stopping the bad guy from vaporizing the school. The third character is a fellow who mistakenly thinks the 'good guy' stole his pen. The fourth character is a fellow who believes that he was cut off in traffic by the one who 'lost' his pen.
 
During the video, the trenchcoated 'good guy' fires a gun at the 'bad guy' as the bad guy runs out of the school. During the next few minutes, the characters shoot weapons at one another at various locations away from the school, never hitting each other.
 
They finally end up in a standoff. At that point they decide to set aside their differences. However, they don't stop the plot to vaporize the school.
 
The final scene shows the four walking away from the school. As they do, a beam comes out of the sky and Columbine is vaporized."</blockquote>When contacted by the Associated Press, Dwayne Fuselier [https://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0513b.htm declined to comment] on the video.
 
==== Controversies ====
There are some controversies associated with this video. The biggest controversy is whether or not Brooks Brown helped to make this video.
 
<u>Controversy #1</u>: Did Brooks Brown help make this video?
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6rHxaKRas&t=2032s Inside Edition reported] that Brooks Brown was part of the editing team. Brooks told Inside Edition: <blockquote>"It's an eerie coincidence, but I doubt it inspired them. Looking back, it's not really a comedy now, but it was done as a parody and for humor. It was made for two reasons. One, to help get a grade in video productions class, another one to promote the play we were doing at the time."</blockquote>However, in his book, ''No Easy Answers'', Brooks denies that he had anything to do with making the video and claims he lied to Inside Edition to protect Scott Fuselier. From ''No Easy Answers'':<blockquote>"So Inside Edition showed up at my door, and said that they had a copy of the video. 'Do you know anything about it?' they asked. 'Well, yeah,' I said. 'Did you help to direct it?' 'No.' I replied. 'I didn't have anything to do with it. I've just seen it.' They seemed disappointed. 'Oh. Well, we're looking for someone who did make this video who will talk to us. Because we're pretty sure that Eric and Dylan saw this video, and that was what inspired them.' Then I got worried. One of the guys who had made that video was Scott Fuselier. His father Dwayne was part of the FBI's Columbine investigation team. Inside Edition didn't know that yet, but they would figure it out before too long.
 
I liked Scott and his dad a great deal. 'If this comes out,' | thought, 'Scott's dad will be absolutely crucified.' So I lied. I said, 'Well, now that you mention it, yeah, I did help to make it a little bit.' It was bullshit, sure, and lots of people have told me I shouldn't have said it. But in my mind, it was a choice between watching Scott and his dad getting completely screwed-along with everyone else who had been involved in making the video-or trying to take the blame for them. After all, for me, it was no big deal. But, I thought, if Inside Edition reported that this FBI investigator's son had made a video that inspired the killers, their lives would be over. the video, and questions were raised, but fortunately Dwayne Fuselier remained on the case. Scott thought I was just clamoring for attention. Ive never been able to tell him the real reasons for what I did.' (Brown and Merritt 165).</blockquote><u>Controversy #2</u>: This video mimics the actual Columbine massacre in several ways.
 
This video depicts Columbine students shooting fake guns in the parking lot and down the same hallway Harris and Klebold shot down on April 20, 1999. One of the fake guns used for this scene resembles the TEC-DC9M used by Dylan Klebold during the massacre:
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|[[File:Getsmart1.png|alt=A Columbine student shoots a fake gun down the hallway at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.|none|thumb|A Columbine student shoots a fake gun down the hallway at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.]]
|[[File:Getsmart2.png|alt=A Columbine student holds a fake gun at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.|none|thumb|A Columbine student holds a fake gun at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.]]
|-
|[[File:Tec9-01.png|alt=Dylan Klebold holding the TEC-DC9M in the cafeteria.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold holding the TEC-DC9M in the cafeteria.]]
|[[File:Tec9-02.jpg|alt=A closer look at Klebold's TEC-DC9M, minus the magazine.|none|thumb|A closer look at Klebold's TEC-DC9M, minus the magazine.]]
|}In the video, a person gets shot while sitting in the same spot by the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were sitting when they were shot during the massacre:
{| class="wikitable"
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|[[File:Getsmart3.png|alt=In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.|none|thumb|In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.]]
|[[File:Getsmart4.png|alt=In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.|none|thumb|In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.]]
|-
|[[File:Westdoors02.png|alt=Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.|none|thumb|Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.]]
|[[File:Westdoors01.png|alt=Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.|none|thumb|Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.]]
|}
 
==== Where this video was recovered ====
== RNN interview with Dylan Klebold (Jan. 30, 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold
# Nate Dykeman (interviewer)
 
==== Description ====
On January 30, 1998, Dylan Klebold was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRvNzOAIhnI interviewed for the Rebel News Network] (RNN) in the Columbine High School library. An [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ffiT-sMqA enhanced] version of this video was made to study facial expressions and body language.
 
Later that evening, Klebold and Harris were caught with stolen property after breaking into a van. They were arrested not far from the scene of the crime and released to their parents. After a short court hearing, they were both placed into the Juvenile Diversion program and given an early release. This incident was dubbed "The January Incident."
 
In the interview, Klebold is standing near the location where he killed Kyle Velasquez.
{| class="wikitable"
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|[[File:Dylan-rnn.png|alt=Dylan Klebold being interviewed for the RNN in the Columbine library on January 30, 1998.|thumb|Dylan Klebold being interviewed for the RNN in the Columbine library on January 30, 1998.|none]][[File:Kylelocation3.png|alt=The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.|none|thumb|The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.]]
|[[File:Kylelocation1.png|alt=The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.|none|thumb|The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.]][[File:Kylelocation2.png|alt=The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.|none|thumb|The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.]]
|}
 
== Interview with Rich Long ==
This video has never been released to the public.
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# [[Eric Harris]]
# Mike Vendegnia
# Eric Veik
 
Filmed by Veik, this project was a practice run of an interview Vendegnia was supposed to conduct with their teacher, Rich Long. Harris pretended to be Mr. Long while Vendegnia asked him questions. For example, when asked what technology was used to keep the school computers safe, Harris said, "I use a shotgun, I keep the old shotgun under the desk." When asked about keeping up with growing technology, he said, "I use drugs."
 
== CHS Highway Patrol (Late Aug/Early Sept 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Eric Harris
# Eric Veik
# Chris Walker
# Mike Vendegnia
 
==== Description ====
[[File:Chshighwaypatrol.png|alt=Screen shot from "CHS Highway Patrol"|left|thumb|Harris' character being arrested in "CHS Highway Patrol."]]
According to Eric Veik, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYnXXwy7dRc CHS Highway Patrol] was made to be a parody of the T.V. show [https://www.cops.com/ COPS]. Harris and Veik play the bad guys, while Walker and Vendegnia play the roles of police officers. In the video, two cops see two guys beat someone up and put him in the trunk of Harris' car (the person is actually a dummy) while patrolling behind the W. Coalmine McDonald's.
 
Driving separate cars, the cops pursue the suspects into Clement Park where they are arrested. Then they all drive to Columbine High School's parking lot. This video appears to have been filmed over the course of three separate days since Harris is seen wearing three different outfits.
 
As Harris' character is being arrested on the pavement in the parking lot, Van Halen's ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNkzZl50RE Humans Being]'' is heard playing from a car radio.
 
This video was filmed on three separate days, since Harris can be seen wearing three different shirts. In the screen shot above, he's wearing his Tier t-shirt, but in other segments he's wearing a green t-shirt and a gray t-shirt.
==== Where this video was recovered ====
 
== Car Wax commercial parody (September 15, 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold
# Eric Harris
# Eric Veik
# Mike Vendegnia
# Chris Morris
# Michelle Hartsough
# Unknown additional people
 
==== Description ====
Harris, Klebold, and their friends [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7_C_j9xH2Y made a parody] of a MADtv infomercial-style parody "selling" a car wax product called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_lmXK2di9g Spishak Spishwax] that could withstand anything, including a wrecking ball. In their parody, they use a bike instead of a car. The video is filmed behind Blackjack Pizza.
 
After "waxing" the bike, they dump all kinds of things on top of it, light fireworks underneath the bike, and then they smash it to pieces - Klebold uses a sledgehammer and Harris uses a crowbar. At the end, Klebold chases the "bike's owner" away with a baseball bat yelling, "what the hell are you doing to my sister's bike!" According to Vendegnia, this video project was never completed because they lost interest.
{| class="wikitable"
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![[File:Carwax1.png|alt=Carwax MADtv parody.|none|thumb|Carwax MADtv parody.]]
![[File:Carwax2.png|alt=Carwax MADtv parody.|none|thumb|Carwax MADtv parody.]]
|}
 
== Mock kidnapping (Sept. 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Eric Harris
# Brandi Tinklenberg
# Eric Veik (videographer)
 
==== Description ====
Harris puts on black gloves and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZ9quIJ7AQ mockingly grabs Tinklenberg] around the neck with a black strap to kidnap her in the hallway of Columbine High School. In this video, Eric is wearing a custom t-shirt he made that says "TIER" on the back; "TIER" is the name of one of his custom Doom mods and was likely inspired by Rammstein's song 'Tier' from their  Sehnsucht album; [https://rammwiki.net/wiki/Tier_(song) Tier is track #3].
{| class="wikitable"
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![[File:Mockkidnapping.png|alt=Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.|none|thumb|Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.]]
![[File:Mockkidnapping2.png|alt=Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.|none|thumb|Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.]]
|}
 
==== Where this video was recovered ====
This video was recovered from Eric Veik's camera case collected as evidence inside Columbine High School. This video is seen on evidence item #10344, tape #3, and is the last video on the tape.
 
== "Eric in Columbine" (Sept. 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
* Eric Harris
* Eric Veik
* Mike Vendegnia
* Brandi Tinklenberg
 
==== Description ====
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUxUu9DuL70 Veik follows Harris and Vendegnia around Columbine High School] with the camera over a period of a few days just for fun. At one point, they enter a classroom and walk past Dylan wearing his Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral t-shirt as he walks in the opposite direction. At another point in the video, Vendegnia makes an "L" sign on his forehead at another student to call them a loser and Harris tells him he doesn't like it when people do that and tells him not to do it.
 
The segment where they all walk down to the commons and sit at a table was filmed on September 9, 1998.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
![[File:Ericincolumbine1.png|alt=Eric Harris in Columbine.|none|thumb|Eric Harris walking down the hallway at Columbine.]]
![[File:Ericincolumbine2.png|alt=Eric Harris in Columbine.|none|thumb|Eric Harris in the Commons.]]
|}
 
==== Where this video was recovered ====
The section where three girls are seen in the cafeteria was filmed on a different day than the rest of the video. This came from evidence item #1554, tape 2 recovered from Eric Jackson's backpack.
 
== Brooks Brown interviewing Dylan Klebold (Oct. 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold
# Brooks Brown
 
==== Description ====
Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=J_iZdwyVhno This interview] was part of a longer "farewell" video made for their their theater teacher, Sue Caruthers, when she was leaving her position at Columbine High School.
{| class="wikitable"
![[File:Dylaninterviewwithbrooks.png|alt=Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.|none|thumb|Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.]]
![[File:Dylaninterviewwithbrooks2.png|alt=Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.|none|thumb|Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.]]
|}
 
== The Frankenstein Roast (Oct. 30, 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold
# Zach Heckler
# Brooks Brown
 
==== Description ====
Klebold, Heckler, and Brown 'roast' the Frankenstein play's cast and crew. This video has never been released in full, but [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_d30Azsu0Y we have various clips]. Credits go to PopcornDemonica from Reddit for putting all of the clips together.
{| class="wikitable"
![[File:Frankensteinroast1.png|alt=Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.]]
![[File:Frankensteinroast2.png|alt=Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.]]
|}
 
== Frankenstein play rehearsal (Nov. 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold
# Zach Heckler
# John Savage
# Other students
# Sue Caruthers
 
==== Description ====
Filmed by Brooks Brown's father, Randy, this shows some moments from a rehearsal of Frankenstein. Dylan was the sound engineer for the drama department.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
![[File:Frankensteinrehearsal1.png|alt=Dylan Klebold talks with Sue Caruthers during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold talks with Sue Caruthers during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.]]
![[File:Frankensteinrehearsal2.png|alt=Dylan Klebold gets his shoulder dusted while walking through the door during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold gets his shoulder dusted while walking through the door during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.]]
|}
 
==== Where this video was recovered: ====
The Brown family provided this video to the producers of the documentary "The Columbine Killers." The full version was released by Bill Ockham.
 
== Dylan and Nate ride to Columbine (Nov./Dec. 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold
# Nate Dykeman
 
==== Description ====
While listening to The Statler Brothers' "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyyTPsSTM7U Flowers on the Wall]," Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman film their morning drive to Columbine High School with Klebold driving. Dykeman wanted to make the video to show his family members what his daily life was like. "Flowers on the Wall" was part of the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.
 
In this video, as they approach Columbine High School on their left, Dykeman says, "thar she blows, Columbine High School," and Klebold says, "Ready the torpedoes, mister, uh, Nate!"
 
Shortly after the shooting, Dykeman sold this video to ABC for $16,000. This video was featured in the A&E Investigative Reports documentary titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtsPwocFj8 Understanding Why]," which aired on April 15, 2002 (Season 11, Episode 15).
 
A news article published June 29, 1999, asserted Dykeman's reason for selling the tape: “I was broke. I had to leave my truck in Oklahoma where it broke down,” he said. “Now my college tuition is paid for. I’ve been criticized enough for this. What was it I did wrong? I know at least a dozen people who were offered money from the media.” Luzadder, Dan. "Family torn apart in wake of Columbine." ''CJ Online Nation'', 29 June 1999, [https://web.archive.org/web/20001208205600/http://cjonline.com/stories/062999/new_colofamily.shtml http://cjonline.com/stories/062999/new_colofamily.shtml].
 
Dykeman stated he was going to use the money to pay for his college tuition.
{| class="wikitable"
![[File:Morningritual1.png|alt=Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.]]
![[File:Morningritual2.png|alt=Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.]]
|-
![[File:Morningritual3.png|alt=Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.]]
![[File:Morningritual4.png|alt=Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.]]
|}
 
==== Where this video was recovered ====
Dykeman sold this video to ABC News for $16,000. The VHS was labeled "Dylan Klebold and Nathan Dykeman, Approx date Nov, December 98."
 
==== Where this video is referenced ====
Nate Dykeman mentions this video in his interview in the 11k.
 
QUOTE HERE
 
(11k, p.10712)
 
This video is also featured in the A&E documentary ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtsPwocFj8&t=360s Understanding Why].''
 
== Trench Coat Mafia: Hit-Men for Hire (Dec. 1998) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Eric Harris
# Dylan Klebold
# Chris Morris
# Eric Jackson
# Eric Veik
# Mike Vendegnia
 
==== Description ====
Originally titled ''Revenge for Hire'', [https://archive.org/details/hitmen-for-hire Hit-Men for Hire] was made for Harris' Government Economics class as part of the (fake) business he was assigned to create. Harris earned an A on this project scoring 83 out of 90 points.
 
The fake business Harris created made hitmen available to students who were being picked on by bullies. According to Harris, "The business is basically to kill people who anger our clients."
 
In the video, Veik hires two hitmen, Harris and Klebold, to take out a jock (Vendegnia) who keeps harassing him. According to Quentin Brown, the original video had "German techno" as background music. (11k, p.1324)
 
You can see [[Chris Morris]] in the video wearing the same South Park t-shirt he was wearing when he was arrested the day of the shooting.
 
This video was filmed on a few different occasions between December 2-10, 1998. The filming locations included Columbine High School and the backside of the Cooper 7 theater.
 
You can also read Harris' accompanying [[Hit-Men for Hire|Hit-Men for Hire school assignment]] that he turned in for a grade.
{| class="wikitable"
![[File:Hitmanforhire1.png|alt=A scene from Hitman for Hire.|none|thumb|A scene from Hit-Men for Hire.]]
![[File:Hitmanforhire2.png|alt=A scene from Hitman for Hire.|none|thumb|A scene from Hit-Men for Hire.]]
|-
![[File:Hitmanforhire3.png|alt=A scene from Hitman for Hire.|none|thumb|A scene from Hit-Men for Hire.]]
![[File:Hitmanforhire4.png|alt=A scene from Hitman for Hire.|none|thumb|A scene from Hit-Men for Hire.]]
|}
 
==== Where this video was recovered ====
A copy of this video was recovered from Columbine High School's Dell Poweredge server (Server JCSO #10215 CBI #903) (11k, p.10935)
 
==== Where this video is referenced ====
 
# Brown, Quentin (11k, p.1324)
# Eric's paper report (936 pages, 26598-26605)
# Eric's assignment graded (need source)
 
== Radioactive Clothing (Spring 1999) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold as "Indigo"
# Eric Harris as "Taggart"
# Eric Veik as "Tex"
# Mike Vendegnia as "Bowski"
 
==== Description ====
Created for a video production class assignment, ''[https://archive.org/details/radioactive-clothing Radioactive Clothing]'' was inspired by the movie ''Vampires''. After an atomic bomb explodes in a small town, all the clothes become radioactive and murderous. Armed with various (fake) weapons, Indigo, Taggart, Tex, and Bowski are called to a basement where they search for radioactive clothing in order to stop the clothing from taking over the world.
 
They had originally planned to add special effects to make the house explode at the end.
 
It's believed that this was filmed on April 5, 1999, based on a note Harris made in his planner. Eric's character, Taggart, is the main protagonist in the Doom novels.
 
{| class="wikitable"
![[File:Radioactiveclothing1.png|alt=A scene from Radioactive Clothing.|none|thumb|A scene from Radioactive Clothing.]]
![[File:Radioactiveclothing2.png|alt=A scene from Radioactive Clothing.|none|thumb|A scene from Radioactive Clothing.]]
|-
![[File:Radioactiveclothing3.png|alt=A scene from Radioactive Clothing.|none|thumb|A scene from Radioactive Clothing.]]
![[File:Radioactiveclothing4.png|alt=A scene from Radioactive Clothing.|none|thumb|A scene from Radioactive Clothing.]]
|}
 
==== Where this video was recovered ====
 
== Pulp Fiction scene (Spring 1999) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold
# Dustin Gorton
# Eric Jackson (videographer)
 
==== Description ====
Dylan Klebold and Dustin Gorton reenact a scene from ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994) in front of Eric Jackson's house.
[[File:Pulp Fiction Reenactment.png|alt=Pulp Fiction Reenactment|none|thumb|Pulp Fiction Reenactment]]
 
==== Where this video was recovered ====
Evidence item #1554, video #2.
 
== Rampart Range (March 6, 1999) ==
The Rampart Range video features Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, Philip Duran, Mark Manes, and his girlfriend Jessica Miklich shooting various firearms at trees and bowling pins in a wooded area off the beaten path of Rampart Range, a [https://gazette.com/news/rampart-range-shooting-range-closed/article_6b707f4b-7f68-5244-9e71-5e4e5fdfdae3.html now-defunct shooting range] in Pike National Forest.
The Rampart Range video features Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, Philip Duran, Mark Manes, and his girlfriend Jessica Miklich shooting various firearms at trees and bowling pins in a wooded area off the beaten path of Rampart Range, a [https://gazette.com/news/rampart-range-shooting-range-closed/article_6b707f4b-7f68-5244-9e71-5e4e5fdfdae3.html now-defunct shooting range] in Pike National Forest.


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==== Firearms seen in this video: ====
==== Firearms seen in this video: ====


* .45 Desert Eagle
* .45 Ruger
* Mini-30 carbine
* Mini-30 carbine
* Intratec DC9M semiautomatic pistol
* Intratec DC9M semiautomatic pistol
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* Hi-Point 995 carbine rifle
* Hi-Point 995 carbine rifle


== American Dreams ==
==== Where this video was recovered ====
''American Dreams'' was filmed the morning of 4/19/99 and is known as the "Breakfast Run" video. This video was filmed for one of Dylan's school projects and features Eric Jackson, Dustin Gorton, Eric Harris, and Dylan Klebold. (11k, p.10736, 10770)
A copy of this video was recovered from Columbine High School's Dell Poweredge server (Server JCSO #10215 CBI #903) (11k, p.10935)
 
This video was released by Jefferson County on October 21, 2003
== Dylan Klebold shopping on Eric's birthday (April 9, 1999) ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====
 
# Dylan Klebold
# Dustin Gorton (videographer)
# Eric Jackson
 
==== Description ====
In this video, Klebold drives everyone to King Soopers to search for a birthday present for Eric, and he's seen walking around wearing his yellow DJ Spooky t-shirt.
 
==== Where this video was recovered ====
 
== American Dreams ("Breakfast Run") (April 19, 1999) ==
''American Dreams'' was filmed the morning of 4/19/99 and is known as the "Breakfast Run" video. This video was filmed for one of Dylan's school projects in front of Eric Jackson's house. (11k, p.10736, 10770)


==== Cast & Crew ====
# Dustin Gorton
# Dylan Klebold
# Eric Harris
# Eric Jackson
==== Description ====
The film begins at Eric Jackson's house where Klebold runs out of the house, jumps into the passenger seat of Gorton's Chevy, and they take off down the street. The video then cuts to the interior of the car where Gorton is driving, Klebold is in the passenger seat, Harris in the backseat behind the driver, and Jackson is in the backseat behind Klebold filming. They drive to Burger King, where Harris orders Cinnaminis and jokes about having a little ketchup with his Cinnaminis. The video ends with them driving to Columbine High School and navigating through the student parking lot.
The film begins at Eric Jackson's house where Klebold runs out of the house, jumps into the passenger seat of Gorton's Chevy, and they take off down the street. The video then cuts to the interior of the car where Gorton is driving, Klebold is in the passenger seat, Harris in the backseat behind the driver, and Jackson is in the backseat behind Klebold filming. They drive to Burger King, where Harris orders Cinnaminis and jokes about having a little ketchup with his Cinnaminis. The video ends with them driving to Columbine High School and navigating through the student parking lot.


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This video tape was recovered from the left breast pocket of Dustin Gorton's jacket. (11k, p.10736, 10770)
This video tape was recovered from the left breast pocket of Dustin Gorton's jacket. (11k, p.10736, 10770)


* Evidence #4541 Fuji 8mm video tape inside item #4513.  
* Evidence #4541 Fuji 8mm video tape inside item #4513.
* Evidence #4513 Black leather Wilson jacket (XLT) found in kitchen/cafe area. (FBI ERT, p.15724, 15705)
* Evidence #4513 Black leather Wilson jacket (XLT) found in kitchen/cafe area. (FBI ERT, p.15724, 15705)
Another copy of this video was recovered from Columbine High School's Dell Poweredge server (Server JCSO #10215 CBI #903) (11k, p.10935)
== Eric Harris buying propane ==
==== Description ====
This is video surveillance footage of Eric Harris buying 2 Blue Rhino propane tanks at the 7540 West Chatfield Conoco at 8:36 a.m.
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The timestamp on the video shows 7:56 a.m., but the store clerk said the time on the recorder was off by about an hour and 20 minutes.<blockquote>"He further stated that at about 8:30 a.m. on that date, a white male entered the store and asked to purchase two (2) propane tanks. Mr. Tubbs describes the white male as being about 16 or 17 years old, skinny, with blond hair and wearing jeans and a t-shirt.
Mr Tubbs stated that the teenager paid for the purchase of the propane tanks with twenty dollar bills. Mr. Tubbs stated that "Blue Rhino" propane tanks are the brand of tanks sold at the Conoco gas station."
"Mr Tubbs stated that after the sale of the propane tanks, he asked another employee named Stan Gall to go outside with the customer, unlock the propane tank cage and get two propane tanks." (11k, pp.7780-7781)</blockquote>Harris also purchased one 4.5-gallon cylinder of propane at the 6798 West Ottawa Texaco at 9:12 a.m. However, the footage from this purchase had been taped over by the time recovery was attempted. See page: [[Timeline]].
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<blockquote>"Contact regarding sale of one propane tank on 4/20/00 at 9:12 a.m. for $52.39. Tammy LNU advises that she was on duty and probably made the sale."
"Completed interview with Tammy McGinnis on 4-27-99. She identified a photo of Eric Harris #3 in photo spread as having purchased propane tank on 4-20-99. Sale occurred at about 9:12 a.m." (10k, p.18077)
"Receipts recovered from search warrant Harris' house. Propane tank purchased 04-20-99 at 09:12:22 at Texaco, 6798 W. Ottawa. Two propane tanks purchased at Conoco-7540 W. Chatfield at 04-20-99 at 08:36:45. Evidence item #261."
"Video collected-day of occurrence, was filmed over-no value." (10k, p.17601)</blockquote>
==== Where this video was recovered ====
The surveillance tape was recovered from the Conoco store.
"Receipts recovered from search warrant Harris' house. Propane tank purchased 04-20-99 at 09:12:22 at Texaco, 6798 W. Ottawa. Two propane tanks purchased at Conoco-7540 W. Chatfield at 04-20-99 at 08:36:45. Evidence item #261." (10k, p.17601)
== Columbine cafeteria CCTV footage ==
==== Description ====
This CCTV footage shows more than three hours of surveillance video captured in the commons from four separate cameras on April 20, 1999. Since the VHS tapes were reused, there are a couple of glitches on the tape that show some brief footage from April 6, 7, and 16.
The tape starts on 04/06/99 at 08:56:40 then jumps forward to 04/20/99 at 10:33:55.
The tape rolls until 11:14:55-65 a.m. and jumps to 04/07/99 at 08:27:55 and takes on a green hue before jumping back to 04/20/99 at 11:22:13 a.m., still maintaining this green hue, and (11:22:21?) leaving an 8-minute gap in the tape. Law enforcement claimed it took 8 minutes for the custodian to change the tape. This 8-minute gap, however, is not supported by the custodian's interview.
At 11:22:22, one student sitting with his back to the windows turns and looks behind him.
At 11:22:24, all the students run towards the windows to see what's happening. -
At 11:22:35, most of the students start hiding under the tables.
'''Harris & Klebold are seen planting the propane bombs'''
At 10:58:18-32 a.m., Eric Harris is seen on the tape carrying a heavy duffel bag in his right hand with his backpack over his left shoulder. He's seen leaving the same way he entered, empty-handed, at 10:59:40 a.m.
At 110:59:50-44 a.m., Dylan Klebold is seen on the tape carrying a heavy duffel bag in his left hand with his backpack over his right shoulder. The tape doesn't show him exit.
At 11:24 a.m., Dave Sanders makes his first run through the cafeteria.
At 11:44:28 a.m., Eric comes down to the landing and kneels, shooting his rifle at one of the bombs in an apparent attempt to make it detonate.
This footage was released by Jefferson County on June 7, 2000 as two different tapes:
* Security Tape 1 – 10:34 a.m. to 12:39 p.m.
* Security Tape 2 – 12:39 p.m. to 1:11 p.m.
==== Where this video was recovered ====
This CCTV footage was captured by the cameras installed in the Columbine High School cafeteria and was turned over to law enforcement.
== Dylan lighting "RNN" on fire ==
==== Cast & Crew ====
# Dylan Klebold
# Eric Veik (videographer)
# Nate Dykeman
==== Description ====
This video was filmed behind the Cooper 7 theatre. Dylan Klebold spells out "RNN" on the ground with lighter fluid and lights the letters "RNN" on fire. This was intended to be used as an introduction for the Rebel News Network.
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![[File:RNN Fire1.png|alt=Dylan lighting "RNN" on fire|none|thumb|Dylan lighting "RNN" on fire]]
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==== Where this video was recovered ====
This video was provided to JCSO by Nate Dykeman. From Dykeman's interview:<blockquote>
"He confirmed that he had in his possession two videotapes made by Dylan Klebold and him. One was made for the "Rebel News Network" announcements at CHS, and the other was made by them in 1998 for the purpose of showing Nate's father where he lives, goes to school, etc." (11k, p.10712)</blockquote>Dykeman provide this video in 8mm, and the tape was labeled "Intro RNN/Dylan, Nate."


== Radioactive Clothing ==
Although Veik claims to have filmed this, it seems that Dykeman filmed this video. Perhaps another version was filmed with Veik, or both of them helped somehow. Rumor has it, Eric Harris filmed a similar video, so it's possible that was the one filmed by Veik. The details are unclear.
 
== Dylan Klebold playing drums ==
 
==== Description ====
This video shows a young Dylan Klebold hesitantly playing a drum kit at Brooks Brown's house. Brooks' father, Randy, tries to encourage him by saying, "have some confidence, you're doing good."
[[File:Dylan Klebold playing drums.png|alt=Dylan Klebold playing drums|none|thumb|Dylan Klebold playing drums]]


==== Where this video was recovered ====
==== Where this video was recovered ====
This video was released by Randy Brown, Brooks Brown's father and was featured in Bill Ockham's video "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB99lLK7Fjg Two Dylans]."


== CHS Highway Patrol ==
== Dylan Klebold at a restaurant ==
 
==== Description ====
This is brief glimpse of Dylan Klebold eating chips and salsa at a restaurant.
[[File:Dylan in a restaurant.png|alt=Dylan in a restaurant|none|thumb|Dylan in a restaurant]]


==== Where this video was recovered ====
==== Where this video was recovered ====


== Trench Coat Mafia: Hitman for Hire ==
This clip was released by Bill Ockham, but the original source is unknown. However, it most likely came from the Brown family.
== Dylan Klebold and Zach Heckler ==
 
==== Description ====
This is brief glimpse of Dylan Klebold and Zach Heckler.
[[File:Dylan and Zach.png|alt=Dylan and Zach|none|thumb|Dylan and Zach]]


==== Where this video was recovered ====
==== Where this video was recovered ====
Formerly titled ''Revenge for Hire'', this video depicts


This video features:
This clip was shown in December 1999 on the Geraldo Rivera (Dan Abrams filled in for him) episode featuring the Brown family and was also aired in an Japanese documentary. The original source is likely the Brown family.
== Dylan Klebold walking down the outside stairs at Columbine ==
 
==== Cast & Crew ====


* Eric Harris
# Dylan Klebold
* Dylan Klebold
* Eric Jackson
* Eric Veik
* Mike Vendegnia


== Get Smart Parody ==
==== Description ====
Dylan Klebold walks down the stairs at Columbine High School wearing his Chemical Brothers "Dig Your Own Hole" t-shirt and smiles at the camera while giving the bird. In the background, two students pass by, one of whom is believed to be Lance Kirklin.
[[File:Dylan walking down stairs.png|alt=Dylan walking down stairs|none|thumb|Dylan walking down stairs]]


==== Where this video was recovered ====
==== Where this video was recovered ====
This clip was shown in December 1999 on the Geraldo Rivera (Dan Abrams filled in for him) episode featuring the Brown family, although the show did not air as much footage as was released by Bill Ockham via Twitter. The original source is likely the Brown family.
== Ideas that were never created ==
1. The video where Dylan stands on a table in the cafeteria and shoots everyone.
== Fake videos ==
Dylan Klebold and Zach Heckler playing "Soul Blade" from the documentary "Lost Boys" is fake. It is a creatively crafted montage of existing footage spliced together to appear real. The footage is from the clip of Dylan and Zach.
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Latest revision as of 07:14, 5 September 2024

On this page, you'll find information on the videos created by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold along with videos collected as evidence. There is a section that details video ideas that were never created and videos that are fake.

All videos depicting Harris & Klebold released by Jefferson County were released on February 26, 2004. Some videos were released by the news and others were released by individuals in the community.

Independence Day Parody (1997)

Cast & Crew

  1. Scott Fuselier, son of FBI agent Dwayne Fuselier
  2. Chris Morris
  3. Brooks Brown
  4. Unknown

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did not help to create or star in this video.

Description

According to Brooks Brown, this 9.5 minute video was created for a video class assignment and was intended to be a parody of the movie Get Smart. Others who worked on the video said it was a parody of Independence Day and it was spoofing a mad scientist character. The explosion at the end mimics the scene in ID. The full video has not been publicly released, but Inside Edition obtained a copy and featured a short segment of the video in a special broadcast on May 5, 1999.

According to the Denver Post:

"One character, the 'bad guy,' is intent on vaporizing Columbine by shooting a beam from a satellite hovering high over Colorado. Another character, a 'good guy' who wears a trench coat, is intent on stopping the bad guy from vaporizing the school. The third character is a fellow who mistakenly thinks the 'good guy' stole his pen. The fourth character is a fellow who believes that he was cut off in traffic by the one who 'lost' his pen.

During the video, the trenchcoated 'good guy' fires a gun at the 'bad guy' as the bad guy runs out of the school. During the next few minutes, the characters shoot weapons at one another at various locations away from the school, never hitting each other.

They finally end up in a standoff. At that point they decide to set aside their differences. However, they don't stop the plot to vaporize the school.

The final scene shows the four walking away from the school. As they do, a beam comes out of the sky and Columbine is vaporized."

When contacted by the Associated Press, Dwayne Fuselier declined to comment on the video.

Controversies

There are some controversies associated with this video. The biggest controversy is whether or not Brooks Brown helped to make this video.

Controversy #1: Did Brooks Brown help make this video?

Inside Edition reported that Brooks Brown was part of the editing team. Brooks told Inside Edition:

"It's an eerie coincidence, but I doubt it inspired them. Looking back, it's not really a comedy now, but it was done as a parody and for humor. It was made for two reasons. One, to help get a grade in video productions class, another one to promote the play we were doing at the time."

However, in his book, No Easy Answers, Brooks denies that he had anything to do with making the video and claims he lied to Inside Edition to protect Scott Fuselier. From No Easy Answers:

"So Inside Edition showed up at my door, and said that they had a copy of the video. 'Do you know anything about it?' they asked. 'Well, yeah,' I said. 'Did you help to direct it?' 'No.' I replied. 'I didn't have anything to do with it. I've just seen it.' They seemed disappointed. 'Oh. Well, we're looking for someone who did make this video who will talk to us. Because we're pretty sure that Eric and Dylan saw this video, and that was what inspired them.' Then I got worried. One of the guys who had made that video was Scott Fuselier. His father Dwayne was part of the FBI's Columbine investigation team. Inside Edition didn't know that yet, but they would figure it out before too long. I liked Scott and his dad a great deal. 'If this comes out,' | thought, 'Scott's dad will be absolutely crucified.' So I lied. I said, 'Well, now that you mention it, yeah, I did help to make it a little bit.' It was bullshit, sure, and lots of people have told me I shouldn't have said it. But in my mind, it was a choice between watching Scott and his dad getting completely screwed-along with everyone else who had been involved in making the video-or trying to take the blame for them. After all, for me, it was no big deal. But, I thought, if Inside Edition reported that this FBI investigator's son had made a video that inspired the killers, their lives would be over. the video, and questions were raised, but fortunately Dwayne Fuselier remained on the case. Scott thought I was just clamoring for attention. Ive never been able to tell him the real reasons for what I did.' (Brown and Merritt 165).

Controversy #2: This video mimics the actual Columbine massacre in several ways.

This video depicts Columbine students shooting fake guns in the parking lot and down the same hallway Harris and Klebold shot down on April 20, 1999. One of the fake guns used for this scene resembles the TEC-DC9M used by Dylan Klebold during the massacre:

A Columbine student shoots a fake gun down the hallway at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.
A Columbine student shoots a fake gun down the hallway at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.
A Columbine student holds a fake gun at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.
A Columbine student holds a fake gun at CHS in the Get Smart parody video.
Dylan Klebold holding the TEC-DC9M in the cafeteria.
Dylan Klebold holding the TEC-DC9M in the cafeteria.
A closer look at Klebold's TEC-DC9M, minus the magazine.
A closer look at Klebold's TEC-DC9M, minus the magazine.

In the video, a person gets shot while sitting in the same spot by the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were sitting when they were shot during the massacre:

In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.
In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.
In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.
In the video, a Columbine student gets shot while sitting in the same spot where 2 real victims were shot in the Get Smart parody video.
Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.
Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.
Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.
Crime scene photo of the West entrance where Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo were shot.

Where this video was recovered

RNN interview with Dylan Klebold (Jan. 30, 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Nate Dykeman (interviewer)

Description

On January 30, 1998, Dylan Klebold was interviewed for the Rebel News Network (RNN) in the Columbine High School library. An enhanced version of this video was made to study facial expressions and body language.

Later that evening, Klebold and Harris were caught with stolen property after breaking into a van. They were arrested not far from the scene of the crime and released to their parents. After a short court hearing, they were both placed into the Juvenile Diversion program and given an early release. This incident was dubbed "The January Incident."

In the interview, Klebold is standing near the location where he killed Kyle Velasquez.

Dylan Klebold being interviewed for the RNN in the Columbine library on January 30, 1998.
Dylan Klebold being interviewed for the RNN in the Columbine library on January 30, 1998.
The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.
The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.
The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.
The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.
The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.
The location in the library where Kyle Velasquez was killed.

Interview with Rich Long

This video has never been released to the public.

Cast & Crew

  1. Eric Harris
  2. Mike Vendegnia
  3. Eric Veik

Filmed by Veik, this project was a practice run of an interview Vendegnia was supposed to conduct with their teacher, Rich Long. Harris pretended to be Mr. Long while Vendegnia asked him questions. For example, when asked what technology was used to keep the school computers safe, Harris said, "I use a shotgun, I keep the old shotgun under the desk." When asked about keeping up with growing technology, he said, "I use drugs."

CHS Highway Patrol (Late Aug/Early Sept 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Eric Harris
  2. Eric Veik
  3. Chris Walker
  4. Mike Vendegnia

Description

Screen shot from "CHS Highway Patrol"
Harris' character being arrested in "CHS Highway Patrol."

According to Eric Veik, CHS Highway Patrol was made to be a parody of the T.V. show COPS. Harris and Veik play the bad guys, while Walker and Vendegnia play the roles of police officers. In the video, two cops see two guys beat someone up and put him in the trunk of Harris' car (the person is actually a dummy) while patrolling behind the W. Coalmine McDonald's.

Driving separate cars, the cops pursue the suspects into Clement Park where they are arrested. Then they all drive to Columbine High School's parking lot. This video appears to have been filmed over the course of three separate days since Harris is seen wearing three different outfits.

As Harris' character is being arrested on the pavement in the parking lot, Van Halen's Humans Being is heard playing from a car radio.

This video was filmed on three separate days, since Harris can be seen wearing three different shirts. In the screen shot above, he's wearing his Tier t-shirt, but in other segments he's wearing a green t-shirt and a gray t-shirt.

Where this video was recovered

Car Wax commercial parody (September 15, 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Eric Harris
  3. Eric Veik
  4. Mike Vendegnia
  5. Chris Morris
  6. Michelle Hartsough
  7. Unknown additional people

Description

Harris, Klebold, and their friends made a parody of a MADtv infomercial-style parody "selling" a car wax product called Spishak Spishwax that could withstand anything, including a wrecking ball. In their parody, they use a bike instead of a car. The video is filmed behind Blackjack Pizza.

After "waxing" the bike, they dump all kinds of things on top of it, light fireworks underneath the bike, and then they smash it to pieces - Klebold uses a sledgehammer and Harris uses a crowbar. At the end, Klebold chases the "bike's owner" away with a baseball bat yelling, "what the hell are you doing to my sister's bike!" According to Vendegnia, this video project was never completed because they lost interest.

Carwax MADtv parody.
Carwax MADtv parody.
Carwax MADtv parody.
Carwax MADtv parody.

Mock kidnapping (Sept. 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Eric Harris
  2. Brandi Tinklenberg
  3. Eric Veik (videographer)

Description

Harris puts on black gloves and mockingly grabs Tinklenberg around the neck with a black strap to kidnap her in the hallway of Columbine High School. In this video, Eric is wearing a custom t-shirt he made that says "TIER" on the back; "TIER" is the name of one of his custom Doom mods and was likely inspired by Rammstein's song 'Tier' from their Sehnsucht album; Tier is track #3.

Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.
Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.
Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.
Eric Harris pretends to kidnap Brandi Tinklenberg in the Columbine High School hallway.

Where this video was recovered

This video was recovered from Eric Veik's camera case collected as evidence inside Columbine High School. This video is seen on evidence item #10344, tape #3, and is the last video on the tape.

"Eric in Columbine" (Sept. 1998)

Cast & Crew

  • Eric Harris
  • Eric Veik
  • Mike Vendegnia
  • Brandi Tinklenberg

Description

Veik follows Harris and Vendegnia around Columbine High School with the camera over a period of a few days just for fun. At one point, they enter a classroom and walk past Dylan wearing his Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral t-shirt as he walks in the opposite direction. At another point in the video, Vendegnia makes an "L" sign on his forehead at another student to call them a loser and Harris tells him he doesn't like it when people do that and tells him not to do it.

The segment where they all walk down to the commons and sit at a table was filmed on September 9, 1998.

Eric Harris in Columbine.
Eric Harris walking down the hallway at Columbine.
Eric Harris in Columbine.
Eric Harris in the Commons.

Where this video was recovered

The section where three girls are seen in the cafeteria was filmed on a different day than the rest of the video. This came from evidence item #1554, tape 2 recovered from Eric Jackson's backpack.

Brooks Brown interviewing Dylan Klebold (Oct. 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Brooks Brown

Description

Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza. This interview was part of a longer "farewell" video made for their their theater teacher, Sue Caruthers, when she was leaving her position at Columbine High School.

Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.
Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.
Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.
Brooks Brown interviews Dylan Klebold behind Blackjack Pizza.

The Frankenstein Roast (Oct. 30, 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Zach Heckler
  3. Brooks Brown

Description

Klebold, Heckler, and Brown 'roast' the Frankenstein play's cast and crew. This video has never been released in full, but we have various clips. Credits go to PopcornDemonica from Reddit for putting all of the clips together.

Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.
Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.
Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.
Dylan Klebold (L), Brooks Brown (C), and Zach Heckler (R) 'roast' the Frankenstein cast and crew.

Frankenstein play rehearsal (Nov. 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Zach Heckler
  3. John Savage
  4. Other students
  5. Sue Caruthers

Description

Filmed by Brooks Brown's father, Randy, this shows some moments from a rehearsal of Frankenstein. Dylan was the sound engineer for the drama department.

Dylan Klebold talks with Sue Caruthers during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.
Dylan Klebold talks with Sue Caruthers during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.
Dylan Klebold gets his shoulder dusted while walking through the door during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.
Dylan Klebold gets his shoulder dusted while walking through the door during a rehearsal for Frankenstein.

Where this video was recovered:

The Brown family provided this video to the producers of the documentary "The Columbine Killers." The full version was released by Bill Ockham.

Dylan and Nate ride to Columbine (Nov./Dec. 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Nate Dykeman

Description

While listening to The Statler Brothers' "Flowers on the Wall," Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman film their morning drive to Columbine High School with Klebold driving. Dykeman wanted to make the video to show his family members what his daily life was like. "Flowers on the Wall" was part of the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

In this video, as they approach Columbine High School on their left, Dykeman says, "thar she blows, Columbine High School," and Klebold says, "Ready the torpedoes, mister, uh, Nate!"

Shortly after the shooting, Dykeman sold this video to ABC for $16,000. This video was featured in the A&E Investigative Reports documentary titled "Understanding Why," which aired on April 15, 2002 (Season 11, Episode 15).

A news article published June 29, 1999, asserted Dykeman's reason for selling the tape: “I was broke. I had to leave my truck in Oklahoma where it broke down,” he said. “Now my college tuition is paid for. I’ve been criticized enough for this. What was it I did wrong? I know at least a dozen people who were offered money from the media.” Luzadder, Dan. "Family torn apart in wake of Columbine." CJ Online Nation, 29 June 1999, http://cjonline.com/stories/062999/new_colofamily.shtml.

Dykeman stated he was going to use the money to pay for his college tuition.

Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.
Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.
Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.
Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.
Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.
Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.
Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.
Dylan Klebold and Nate Dykeman drive to Columbine High School.

Where this video was recovered

Dykeman sold this video to ABC News for $16,000. The VHS was labeled "Dylan Klebold and Nathan Dykeman, Approx date Nov, December 98."

Where this video is referenced

Nate Dykeman mentions this video in his interview in the 11k.

QUOTE HERE

(11k, p.10712)

This video is also featured in the A&E documentary Understanding Why.

Trench Coat Mafia: Hit-Men for Hire (Dec. 1998)

Cast & Crew

  1. Eric Harris
  2. Dylan Klebold
  3. Chris Morris
  4. Eric Jackson
  5. Eric Veik
  6. Mike Vendegnia

Description

Originally titled Revenge for Hire, Hit-Men for Hire was made for Harris' Government Economics class as part of the (fake) business he was assigned to create. Harris earned an A on this project scoring 83 out of 90 points.

The fake business Harris created made hitmen available to students who were being picked on by bullies. According to Harris, "The business is basically to kill people who anger our clients."

In the video, Veik hires two hitmen, Harris and Klebold, to take out a jock (Vendegnia) who keeps harassing him. According to Quentin Brown, the original video had "German techno" as background music. (11k, p.1324)

You can see Chris Morris in the video wearing the same South Park t-shirt he was wearing when he was arrested the day of the shooting.

This video was filmed on a few different occasions between December 2-10, 1998. The filming locations included Columbine High School and the backside of the Cooper 7 theater.

You can also read Harris' accompanying Hit-Men for Hire school assignment that he turned in for a grade.

A scene from Hitman for Hire.
A scene from Hit-Men for Hire.
A scene from Hitman for Hire.
A scene from Hit-Men for Hire.
A scene from Hitman for Hire.
A scene from Hit-Men for Hire.
A scene from Hitman for Hire.
A scene from Hit-Men for Hire.

Where this video was recovered

A copy of this video was recovered from Columbine High School's Dell Poweredge server (Server JCSO #10215 CBI #903) (11k, p.10935)

Where this video is referenced

  1. Brown, Quentin (11k, p.1324)
  2. Eric's paper report (936 pages, 26598-26605)
  3. Eric's assignment graded (need source)

Radioactive Clothing (Spring 1999)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold as "Indigo"
  2. Eric Harris as "Taggart"
  3. Eric Veik as "Tex"
  4. Mike Vendegnia as "Bowski"

Description

Created for a video production class assignment, Radioactive Clothing was inspired by the movie Vampires. After an atomic bomb explodes in a small town, all the clothes become radioactive and murderous. Armed with various (fake) weapons, Indigo, Taggart, Tex, and Bowski are called to a basement where they search for radioactive clothing in order to stop the clothing from taking over the world.

They had originally planned to add special effects to make the house explode at the end.

It's believed that this was filmed on April 5, 1999, based on a note Harris made in his planner. Eric's character, Taggart, is the main protagonist in the Doom novels.

A scene from Radioactive Clothing.
A scene from Radioactive Clothing.
A scene from Radioactive Clothing.
A scene from Radioactive Clothing.
A scene from Radioactive Clothing.
A scene from Radioactive Clothing.
A scene from Radioactive Clothing.
A scene from Radioactive Clothing.

Where this video was recovered

Pulp Fiction scene (Spring 1999)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Dustin Gorton
  3. Eric Jackson (videographer)

Description

Dylan Klebold and Dustin Gorton reenact a scene from Pulp Fiction (1994) in front of Eric Jackson's house.

Pulp Fiction Reenactment
Pulp Fiction Reenactment

Where this video was recovered

Evidence item #1554, video #2.

Rampart Range (March 6, 1999)

The Rampart Range video features Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, Philip Duran, Mark Manes, and his girlfriend Jessica Miklich shooting various firearms at trees and bowling pins in a wooded area off the beaten path of Rampart Range, a now-defunct shooting range in Pike National Forest.

The portion of the video released to the public shows the group firing weapons on March 6, 1999. In the video, Harris and Klebold fire three of the four firearms used in the Columbine massacre: a sawn-off Savage 311-D 12 gauge side-by-side shotgun, an Intratec DC9M semiautomatic pistol, and a sawn off Savage-Springfield 67H pump action shotgun.

The fourth firearm used in the attack - a Hi-Point 995 carbine rifle - is not seen in the final video edit, but Miklich describes Harris shooting a rifle that matched the Hi-Point's description. It's likely that this firearm was on a portion of the tape that was cut.

"Harris and Klebold fired a rifle which Miklich described as being all black in color and resembling the description of a Highpoint rifle. Miklich said this was fired at a greater distance and appeared to be quite accurate." (11k, p.8177)

Firearms seen in this video:

  • .45 Ruger
  • Mini-30 carbine
  • Intratec DC9M semiautomatic pistol
  • Sawn-off Savage 311-D 12 gauge side-by-side shotgun
  • Sawn off Savage-Springfield 67H pump action shotgun

Firearms edited out of this video:

  • Hi-Point 995 carbine rifle

Where this video was recovered

A copy of this video was recovered from Columbine High School's Dell Poweredge server (Server JCSO #10215 CBI #903) (11k, p.10935)

This video was released by Jefferson County on October 21, 2003

Dylan Klebold shopping on Eric's birthday (April 9, 1999)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Dustin Gorton (videographer)
  3. Eric Jackson

Description

In this video, Klebold drives everyone to King Soopers to search for a birthday present for Eric, and he's seen walking around wearing his yellow DJ Spooky t-shirt.

Where this video was recovered

American Dreams ("Breakfast Run") (April 19, 1999)

American Dreams was filmed the morning of 4/19/99 and is known as the "Breakfast Run" video. This video was filmed for one of Dylan's school projects in front of Eric Jackson's house. (11k, p.10736, 10770)

Cast & Crew

  1. Dustin Gorton
  2. Dylan Klebold
  3. Eric Harris
  4. Eric Jackson

Description

The film begins at Eric Jackson's house where Klebold runs out of the house, jumps into the passenger seat of Gorton's Chevy, and they take off down the street. The video then cuts to the interior of the car where Gorton is driving, Klebold is in the passenger seat, Harris in the backseat behind the driver, and Jackson is in the backseat behind Klebold filming. They drive to Burger King, where Harris orders Cinnaminis and jokes about having a little ketchup with his Cinnaminis. The video ends with them driving to Columbine High School and navigating through the student parking lot.

Where this video was recovered

This video tape was recovered from the left breast pocket of Dustin Gorton's jacket. (11k, p.10736, 10770)

  • Evidence #4541 Fuji 8mm video tape inside item #4513.
  • Evidence #4513 Black leather Wilson jacket (XLT) found in kitchen/cafe area. (FBI ERT, p.15724, 15705)

Another copy of this video was recovered from Columbine High School's Dell Poweredge server (Server JCSO #10215 CBI #903) (11k, p.10935)

Eric Harris buying propane

Description

This is video surveillance footage of Eric Harris buying 2 Blue Rhino propane tanks at the 7540 West Chatfield Conoco at 8:36 a.m.

Still shot of Harris buying propane
Still shot of Harris buying propane
Conoco Receipt
Conoco Receipt (10k, p.25955)

The timestamp on the video shows 7:56 a.m., but the store clerk said the time on the recorder was off by about an hour and 20 minutes.

"He further stated that at about 8:30 a.m. on that date, a white male entered the store and asked to purchase two (2) propane tanks. Mr. Tubbs describes the white male as being about 16 or 17 years old, skinny, with blond hair and wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

Mr Tubbs stated that the teenager paid for the purchase of the propane tanks with twenty dollar bills. Mr. Tubbs stated that "Blue Rhino" propane tanks are the brand of tanks sold at the Conoco gas station."

"Mr Tubbs stated that after the sale of the propane tanks, he asked another employee named Stan Gall to go outside with the customer, unlock the propane tank cage and get two propane tanks." (11k, pp.7780-7781)

Harris also purchased one 4.5-gallon cylinder of propane at the 6798 West Ottawa Texaco at 9:12 a.m. However, the footage from this purchase had been taped over by the time recovery was attempted. See page: Timeline.

Texaco Receipt
Texaco Receipt - (10k, p.25955)

"Contact regarding sale of one propane tank on 4/20/00 at 9:12 a.m. for $52.39. Tammy LNU advises that she was on duty and probably made the sale."

"Completed interview with Tammy McGinnis on 4-27-99. She identified a photo of Eric Harris #3 in photo spread as having purchased propane tank on 4-20-99. Sale occurred at about 9:12 a.m." (10k, p.18077)

"Receipts recovered from search warrant Harris' house. Propane tank purchased 04-20-99 at 09:12:22 at Texaco, 6798 W. Ottawa. Two propane tanks purchased at Conoco-7540 W. Chatfield at 04-20-99 at 08:36:45. Evidence item #261."

"Video collected-day of occurrence, was filmed over-no value." (10k, p.17601)

Where this video was recovered

The surveillance tape was recovered from the Conoco store.

"Receipts recovered from search warrant Harris' house. Propane tank purchased 04-20-99 at 09:12:22 at Texaco, 6798 W. Ottawa. Two propane tanks purchased at Conoco-7540 W. Chatfield at 04-20-99 at 08:36:45. Evidence item #261." (10k, p.17601)

Columbine cafeteria CCTV footage

Description

This CCTV footage shows more than three hours of surveillance video captured in the commons from four separate cameras on April 20, 1999. Since the VHS tapes were reused, there are a couple of glitches on the tape that show some brief footage from April 6, 7, and 16.

The tape starts on 04/06/99 at 08:56:40 then jumps forward to 04/20/99 at 10:33:55.

The tape rolls until 11:14:55-65 a.m. and jumps to 04/07/99 at 08:27:55 and takes on a green hue before jumping back to 04/20/99 at 11:22:13 a.m., still maintaining this green hue, and (11:22:21?) leaving an 8-minute gap in the tape. Law enforcement claimed it took 8 minutes for the custodian to change the tape. This 8-minute gap, however, is not supported by the custodian's interview.

At 11:22:22, one student sitting with his back to the windows turns and looks behind him.

At 11:22:24, all the students run towards the windows to see what's happening. -

At 11:22:35, most of the students start hiding under the tables.

Harris & Klebold are seen planting the propane bombs

At 10:58:18-32 a.m., Eric Harris is seen on the tape carrying a heavy duffel bag in his right hand with his backpack over his left shoulder. He's seen leaving the same way he entered, empty-handed, at 10:59:40 a.m.

At 110:59:50-44 a.m., Dylan Klebold is seen on the tape carrying a heavy duffel bag in his left hand with his backpack over his right shoulder. The tape doesn't show him exit.

At 11:24 a.m., Dave Sanders makes his first run through the cafeteria.

At 11:44:28 a.m., Eric comes down to the landing and kneels, shooting his rifle at one of the bombs in an apparent attempt to make it detonate.

This footage was released by Jefferson County on June 7, 2000 as two different tapes:

  • Security Tape 1 – 10:34 a.m. to 12:39 p.m.
  • Security Tape 2 – 12:39 p.m. to 1:11 p.m.

Where this video was recovered

This CCTV footage was captured by the cameras installed in the Columbine High School cafeteria and was turned over to law enforcement.

Dylan lighting "RNN" on fire

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold
  2. Eric Veik (videographer)
  3. Nate Dykeman

Description

This video was filmed behind the Cooper 7 theatre. Dylan Klebold spells out "RNN" on the ground with lighter fluid and lights the letters "RNN" on fire. This was intended to be used as an introduction for the Rebel News Network.

Dylan lighting "RNN" on fire
Dylan lighting "RNN" on fire
Dylan lighting "RNN" on fire
Dylan lighting "RNN" on fire

Where this video was recovered

This video was provided to JCSO by Nate Dykeman. From Dykeman's interview:

"He confirmed that he had in his possession two videotapes made by Dylan Klebold and him. One was made for the "Rebel News Network" announcements at CHS, and the other was made by them in 1998 for the purpose of showing Nate's father where he lives, goes to school, etc." (11k, p.10712)

Dykeman provide this video in 8mm, and the tape was labeled "Intro RNN/Dylan, Nate."

Although Veik claims to have filmed this, it seems that Dykeman filmed this video. Perhaps another version was filmed with Veik, or both of them helped somehow. Rumor has it, Eric Harris filmed a similar video, so it's possible that was the one filmed by Veik. The details are unclear.

Dylan Klebold playing drums

Description

This video shows a young Dylan Klebold hesitantly playing a drum kit at Brooks Brown's house. Brooks' father, Randy, tries to encourage him by saying, "have some confidence, you're doing good."

Dylan Klebold playing drums
Dylan Klebold playing drums

Where this video was recovered

This video was released by Randy Brown, Brooks Brown's father and was featured in Bill Ockham's video "Two Dylans."

Dylan Klebold at a restaurant

Description

This is brief glimpse of Dylan Klebold eating chips and salsa at a restaurant.

Dylan in a restaurant
Dylan in a restaurant

Where this video was recovered

This clip was released by Bill Ockham, but the original source is unknown. However, it most likely came from the Brown family.

Dylan Klebold and Zach Heckler

Description

This is brief glimpse of Dylan Klebold and Zach Heckler.

Dylan and Zach
Dylan and Zach

Where this video was recovered

This clip was shown in December 1999 on the Geraldo Rivera (Dan Abrams filled in for him) episode featuring the Brown family and was also aired in an Japanese documentary. The original source is likely the Brown family.

Dylan Klebold walking down the outside stairs at Columbine

Cast & Crew

  1. Dylan Klebold

Description

Dylan Klebold walks down the stairs at Columbine High School wearing his Chemical Brothers "Dig Your Own Hole" t-shirt and smiles at the camera while giving the bird. In the background, two students pass by, one of whom is believed to be Lance Kirklin.

Dylan walking down stairs
Dylan walking down stairs

Where this video was recovered

This clip was shown in December 1999 on the Geraldo Rivera (Dan Abrams filled in for him) episode featuring the Brown family, although the show did not air as much footage as was released by Bill Ockham via Twitter. The original source is likely the Brown family.

Ideas that were never created

1. The video where Dylan stands on a table in the cafeteria and shoots everyone.

Fake videos

Dylan Klebold and Zach Heckler playing "Soul Blade" from the documentary "Lost Boys" is fake. It is a creatively crafted montage of existing footage spliced together to appear real. The footage is from the clip of Dylan and Zach.

This video is fake.
This video is fake.
This video is fake.
This video is fake.