Norway Massacre: The Killer's Mind
It's the world's worst spree killing. Discovery Channel Norway Massacre: The Killer's Mind examines the terrible events of that day. In 90 minutes of madness, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 young people. The film pieces together Breivik’s day of terror hour by hour, from the time of the bomb he set off in Oslo, to the cold blooded shooting of defenseless youngsters on the remote island beauty spot of Utøya.
Who is this man, and what made him act? This film examines the criminal mind and motives of one of the world’s worst killers, offering psychological analysis, as the day of the massacre unfolds. It examines his motives, analyzes his likely psychological journey through the planning stages and over the course of the day itself and asks what drove him to plan and carry out this massacre. Was he a terrorist as he claimed, a madman, or was he indeed both?
The film will have first-hand accounts from eyewitnesses and survivors who have not spoken on camera before. Including: taxi driver Arild Tangen who was the last man to speak to Breivik before his attack; survivor Adrian Pracon who was shot in the shoulder and tried to swim away from the island. He pleaded with Breivik to spare him; Bjørn Kasper Ilaug who rescued some of the kids whilst the shooting was happening by pulling bodies on to his boat; and Brede Joherraaten – Camp owner, was there and recovered bodies and saved swimmers.
The killer’s action are analyzed by a host of experts, including: renowned criminologist Professor David Wilson; Katherine Newman from Princeton university who is one of world’s the top experts on spree shootings; Matthew Goodman, the leading authority on British and European right wing terror groups; and terror and weapons expert Charles Shoebridge. And foremost, above all, is the memory of those who died. What were the warning signs? What could have been done? By investigating this appalling crime, there is the hope that an atrocity like this can never happen again.
The biggest crime is that Norway has a maximum of 21 years; think about it, 21 years for killing 77 people is the most ludicrous sentence imaginable. People in America getting more time for nonviolent drug charges. The world needs to reflect on its overall criminal justice system.
Norway responded horribly. and as a place who has overlooked European mental instability, regardless of what your particular crime rate is at the time. You have a police force for a reason, but I'm just going to send a journalist in a helicopter first to an island where children are being slaughtered. Anyone who thinks this man deserves compassion probably needs to be evaluated.
Firstly the legal definition of insanity and the text book definition of psychosis are very different. I don't think too many people would argue that killing others is a bit insane. But the law allows only two criteria that proves in-accountability due to insanity. Firstly did the individual know the actions wrong. and was the individual aware of their actions during the crime. No doubt Anders Brevik is a psychopath but whats more terrifying is that he was legally sane and fully aware of his actions. His manifesto ( written in advance) plays out the script he followed that day. He couldn't bear the screaming of his victims and felt it would affect his resolve so in advance he simply planned to listen to music as perpetrated this crime. Secondly he knew it was illegal hence the initial bombing to act as a diversion for the police so that he could travel to Utoyia and perpetrate his massacre. He spent years acquiring the bomb material from other countries so as to not alert authorities and planned every step down to the uniform he would wear. Anders Brevik Is dark and evil and if it makes you sleep better at night you can call him insane. Insanity is not evil its sickness. Anders Brevik is not ill he is Evil Personified. Whats sick is a system that allows you to kill more than 70 people and only serve 30 years for the crime
ahhh! NOW it makes sense!
A decent watch. Takes you through what happened on that day, with some witnesses speaking and a little bit of analysis of who this guy is/were.
No in depth documentary. More a ´to the point´, fact/witness based doc.
I give it a 7/10
they didn't kill that guy fast enough... thats bs
I was so shocked when i turned on my television that day :/ it feel so unreal and too close, im from Denmark, its my nabour country, so in someway it shocked me much more :/
I personally do not think that Anders Behring Breivik is evil. He said that he did this to "save his country and Europe" from the muslims. I do not agree with that, BUT, he also said that he knew by doing this he would lose his family, his friends and he would either be killed or hated. How could anyone call this evil?? His actions are, ofcourse, EVIL and GRUESOME, and this should never have happened, but I have difficulty seeing that he is evil. His opinions and beliefs may be crazy, maybe he IS crazy, but I cannot see evil in a man that is willing to sacrifice everything he has for his beliefs, crazy as they may be.
The biggest issue now, is the verdict: accountable or not.. I cannot believe that he is anything other than accountable, he planned this for eight years or more. If however, he is judged inaccountable, it will change the whole legal system. Not only in Norway, but everywhere. `Cause if this man can get away with being sentenced to the psychic ward, who can`t?? Scary!
Is it the influence or the Motivation?
(Is TV, VIDEO, DAD, GAME, MUSIC.. WHAT ELSE, TO BLAME? )
Dont make him a martur you conclude in the program but every ones so fastly televised, What programs on media/tv 'n'...etc influenced by ? Breivik gets comforts no remorse life in prison bunch of letters, christians who wants to convert him, woman who wants to marry him..his face on every where...book , tv , dvd I ask again what drives such action ?
Wherever there is suffering, there are psychopaths having fun. He has the traits. Grandiose schemes. Self-delusion. No fellow-feeling. There is no cure. Lock him up. It doesn't matter what he himself thinks. Just keep him from doing it again.
gun control...i live in GA, USA, and if that happened here at a camp, he would have been shot with a deer rifle..
Fanaticism, brutality and stupidity are endless, until we prevent the latter we are always prone to the former's.
I live with someone who lost a friend on that hellish island and quite frankly the fact that he took it upon himself to play god with the lives of 69 individuals should deny him the right of any mercy whatsover. This is the only point that should be discussed in these comments because conspiracy, insanity and blame on the norwegian security forces should all be irrelevant factors in this debate. He did not just disrupt society he ruined the lives of hundreds of families, to add to this the event will forever phsycologically impact the survivors and probably never allow them to lead normal lives. These are the points to be discussed here. We should lock him up and throw away the key in a prison run by the families who lost loved ones in this atrocity.
christian or crazy,muslim or moron,there are those who see killing as an acceptable option to gaining power,there is hardly a race on the planet without blood on its hands, remember most nations were formed by the use of force, look at your own lineage!
what a horriffic nigthmare! I'm aghast that that police response was so slow!
and, no security on the island? what the hell were they thinking? all the ruling
party's kids on an island so isolated? if i were a norwegian kid i'd be thinking
twice about camping there "we're taking it back" attitude notwithstanding.
I believe pests like these men are like 'cockroaches' you need to see only 'one' of them to know that around the 'one' found; there will be millions of those of repugnant bugs larking and waiting to make themselves known" So, this is no just one person job, this is the work of networks, he was only the one who acted out. We better be ready for them!
omg that's so sad :( i'm gonna cry :(
Another religious fundamentalist what's new, the only thing this documentary is missing is the rest of the fundamentalists they have not mentioned, New York Times did though, and people still think he is Muslim.
Honestly, what is wrong with you people? You seem to be bordering on extremism yourselves.
This documentary is rubbish. Mostly assumptions concerning Breivik which give no real answers nor introduce any interesting new views or thoughts. It's a tad better than that horrible, american low-budget movie that was made, but not much. Not to mention that the film effects used were quite annoying, especially the narrator.
I am Norwegian and, although I sometimes worry about the fuzz the media is making, I do trust the Norwegian law to deal with Breivik in a responsible and just way.
For the idiots who call for death penalty in Norway or believes "boiling" to be a suitable end for Breivik (including you @Malchik and your "easy way out"), you have all completely misunderstood the point of modern criminal code. We lock people up to protect society, not because they deserve it. If possible we wish them to return "healthy" and law-abiding. I am not saying Breivik should be let out any time soon, and by the looks of it I guess he will be spending quite some time in prison contemplating his recent deeds, but his punishment and the reasons behind it should not extend beyond that protection, and the norwegian law and justice system should most certainly not spend time satisfying your anger and need for revenge.
And @drinker69, you seem reasonably sane. We don't know yet weather Breivik is insane, don't draw your conclusion from this documentary, as I said, it's rubbish.
There are so many mentally ill people out there its incalculable. When someone 'snaps' psychologically that doesn't mean they start drooling and screaming in the street. Some might, but the dangerous ones begin to calculate and plan how to render suffering through violence on as many as they can. Psychology has nothing to do with race, religion, country, age, gender etc. The mind goes deeper than all that s***. The question is can you handle it? You'd be surprised and shocked at how many cannot. Keep your head on a swivel people.
"The Killer's Mind"
It didn't say anything about the killer's mind, it was just interviews with survivors. Why isn't there an interview with Breivik himself?
Christian terrorism in a nutshell. And everyone's worried about Muslims.
He hated Muslims and yet none of his targets were Muslim?
26.38min OMG what an ass;))
I thought it was great documentry when I watched it but I don't get why people are commenting on him and what he did the movie was about his mindset. But after watching the movie I agree he was narsasistic but they kept saying he never lost control just doing this was slowly killing him if he got another 45mins he would have lost control just saying.
b*st*rd. only a sick son of aa b*st*rd can do such a thing.