The opening overture to a deep examination of Thomas Matthew Crooks, who tried to assassinate Donald Trump on July 13th 2024.

Partial list of sources used for this episode:

‘Use of neurosurgical decision-making and damage-control neurosurgery courses in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts: a surgeon’s experience’. Neurosurg Focus 28 (5). 2010.

John N. Frizzi obituary, December 2nd 2010.

Lt. Col. Mark Revor's LinkedIn profile.

John Frizzi Jr. obituary, June 28th 2019.

Marriage license application of Lawrence J. Macko and Cynthia A. Cavanaugh (later Frizzi). Pittsburgh Press, 10th March 1984.

‘Van crash kills boy’. Indiana Gazette, 15th July 1986 (mentions Deputy Coroner James Frizzi of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office).

'Headline USA Obtains Trump Shooter's Autopsy Records'. Headline USA, October 7th 2024.

'Trump shooter Thomas Crooks' emails reveal a student dreaming of a bright future. And contemplating a violent attack.' CBS News, May 23rd 2025.

'Local Sniper Who Lost Thomas Crooks Shot Himself 7 Months Ago'. Headline USA, July 29th 2024.

'Thomas Crooks Searched for Porn Before Shooting Donald Trump: FBI'. The Daily Beast, July 19th 2024.

Music tracks by the wonderful Myuu:‘In the Hall of the Mountain King (Piano Version) by Edvard Grieg (Cover)’,’Forsaken’, ‘Unspoken’, ‘Shelter’, ‘Cornered’, ‘Bad Encounter’, ‘Identity Crisis’,‘Strolling Around’, ‘Winds Wreck 2014’,’Angels We Have Heard on High (Dark Piano Version)’.

Closing dirge: ‘Ceefour’ by Cay ‘Xxtrah’ Oliver.

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