The Columbine Guide — Acquire Physical Copies Page. An insider's guide through the web of Columbine evidence

Go To home page for THE COLUMBINE GUIDE: An insider's guide through the web of myths, legitimate evidence, and contradictory media coverage surrounding Columbine. It features a wealth of evidence about the killers, Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold, and what they intended with Columbine. It includes Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's journals and some videos (not The Basement Tapes), 911 tapes, thousands of pages of police reports, the Jeffco Sheriff's report, the FBI report, and information on other school shooters.

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An insider's guide through the web of myths, legitimate evidence, and contradictory media coverage surrounding Columbine.

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This page identifies all official material released by the Jeffco Sheriff's Department and other agencies (mostly by court order), with details on how to obtain them. It is broken into three sections:

OVERVIEW of the material you can obtain

A DETAILED LISTING of material, with the contents and fee, followed by my advice and commentary.

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO OBTAIN it all.

OVERVIEW OF MATERIAL AVAILABLE

As of May 2007, the Jeffco Sheriff's office has released 23 separate batches of information, any/all of which they will send you for a small fee. Most cost about $15 (each)—acquiring everything will set you back about $400. This page lists the entire inventory, with prices, and ordering information.

Material includes 911 audio tapes, videos of Eric & Dylan (but not The Basement Tapes), tens of thousands of pages of police files (on DVD), lab reports, autopsy reports, all the warrants (they fill a thick book), Eric and Dylan's journals, DA reports from the killers' Diversion Program, etc.
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Be aware:

For the latest info on releases, follow this link to the Jeffco web page. Unfortunately, they change the link with annoying frequency, so if the link is broken, go to their homepage and type Columbine in the search box.

The Jeffco site conveniently omits the report of the grand jury which investigated their behavior, and offered harsh criticism. But the two reports are online. I have added my own entry for them at the bottom.

DETAILED LISTING

The numbered items are from the Jeffco Sheriff's office, and you order from them. The first lettered item is available for download here. The other lettered items are from other agencies, and you need to contact them. (Phone numbers and addresses provided.

Each entry begins with a brief description directly from the Jeffco website, in the first paragraph, in black type. The second paragraph for each entry, in blue type, represents my comments explaining more about the item, and my assessment of how important it is, and what key information you'll find there. Some items are self-explanatory, but many will leave you guessing about whether you might want it or why.

(1) $15.00 Sheriff's Office Final Report on the Columbine High School shootings on CD (Released May 15, 2000).

Comments from Dave: This report is infamous for what it left out rather than what it included, but don't miss it. This was not half the report it should have been, and it's terribly organized, so information can be buried in maddening little pockets, yet there is a massive amount of information here. The timelines to the massacre are especially useful, with minute-by-minute accounts, and maps showing who was hit when and where. (Follow all the links on the timelines.) There are also brief overviews on Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. These are only a fraction of what they should be, but they do hit several key high points.

For most people, this will be the second-most valuable item on this list (after #23).

(2) $10.00 Littleton Fire Department video and raw helicopter footage by Channel 4 on VHS tape (Released April 26, 2000).

Comments from Dave: This is nothing like the description suggests. It is called "Littleton Fire Department video" because a fireman compiled it. It's video footage of the bloody wreckage in the library, set to music—Sarah McLachlan singing "I Will Remember You." Yes, seriously. There is a lot of blood, with post-it notes identifying where each victim was. It was extremely hard for me to watch. It only lasts a few minutes. The aerial footage is unrelated and basically worthless.

(3) $30.00 Cafeteria surveillance on DVD (Released June 7, 2000).

Comments from Dave: This is actual footage of Eric and Dylan in the cafeteria, shooting at the big bombs trying to detonate them. It's tough to watch, too.

(4) $10.00 "Rampart Range" video VHS tape (Released October 21, 2003). The video contains graphic language.

Comments from Dave: This is Eric and Dylan out with friends practicing firing their weapons shortly before the murders (at a place called Rampart Range). It' long and tedious, with lots of shocking moments where Eric and Dylan say some horrible things, like a bowling pin exploding like someone's head.

(5) $10.00 "Crowd" video VHS tape (Released February 26, 2004). Approximately 38 minutes of crowd footage filmed by JCSO Crime Lab outside Columbine High School after 1 p.m. on April 20, 1999.

Comments from Dave: Not a lot here. You'll see Eric and Dylan's friend Chris Morris questioned briefly, and then put in a squad car. And you get a sense of the mass confusion while parents and students waited for the attack to end.

(6) $10.00 Klebold/Harris footage VHS tape (Released February 26, 2004). Miscellaneous footage of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold retrieved from school or given to JCSO by citizens. Segments dubbed onto master tape: 94 minutes long.

Comments from Dave: Some of this was surprisingly enlightening.

(7) $25.00 Two CD-ROM set of the Jefferson County 911 and dispatch audio (Released August 7, 2000).

Comments from Dave: self-explanatory.

(8) $25.00 Denver dispatch cassette tapes containing 7 1/2 hours of communication (Released March 6, 2003).

Comments from Dave: self-explanatory.

(9) $30.00 11,000 pages of investigative files on one DVD (Released November 21, 2000). Main release of reports.

Comments from Dave: There is tremendous information in here, but man is there a lot to cull through to get to it. See my evidence page for some highlights.

(10) $15.00 Additional investigative files (Released August 8, 2001) on one CD containing:
- Additional ancillary reports (tips, Internet, threats, and connected reports)
- Audio cassette of Jefferson County 911 dispatch tape (missed side of tape from previous release)
- Two large crime scene diagrams (from CD)

Comments from Dave: Much less valuable than #9.

(11) $15.00 Printout of evidence log on CD (Released April 2001). This is only 200 pages long and duplicative of the evidence books released later.