He Killed Them All - The Martin Bryant Story

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Who is Martin Bryant and what led to his tragic path?

Ray William Johnson 0:00

So this guy appears to hate society, and he's about to get revenge on everyone. Now the guy's name is Martin, and Martin is 24 years old, living in Tasmania. And Martin, he's a weird guy. He doesn't have a lot of friends, and this really bothers him. But don't go feeling sorry for the guy just yet. So one day in 1992, his whole life changes, because he's working as a handyman for this very wealthy woman. And at one point, this woman, his boss, is driving him somewhere, and kaboom, they get into a terrible car accident. And this accident is so bad that Martin is severely injured, while his boss actually dies. Now, his boss was actually a pretty eccentric woman, and she liked Martin because, you know, he was always nice to her.

Ray William Johnson 0:50

And she ends up leaving him a bunch of money in her will. So suddenly, Martin is kind of rich, and he's happy to have money now, but he's devastated about his boss dying, mostly because he doesn't really have any other friends. And now that she's gone, Martin really only has his dad, who we'll just call Martin's dad. And Martin's dad, he's an interesting guy as well. He has this dream to buy this local bed and breakfast, and he wants to turn it into the family business, you know, that he and the family can run together. And this place is called Seascape Cottage. So Martin's dad tries to buy Seascape Cottage. However, another couple beats him to it, and now they own it. And this pisses Martin's dad off.

Ray William Johnson 1:34

Like, he really wanted to own this place. And not only is he upset, but he's actually unable to get over it. And eventually, he spirals into a really bad depression, and unfortunately, he ends up taking his own life.

What significant event changed Martin's life in 1992?

Ray William Johnson 1:51

And of course, this is devastating for Martin. I mean, he has no one now. He's completely alone. But soon, his devastation turns into anger. And he starts to blame his dad's death on the new owners of Seascape Cottage. I mean, he feels like they're the reason for all his unhappiness. They should have never bought that place. Not only that, he starts getting mad at like the entire world because he feels like he doesn't have any real friends. He feels like his loneliness is everyone else's fault. So around 1996, he's like 28 at this point, he decides that he wants to get revenge on not just the couple who now owns Seascape Cottage, but to get revenge on like everyone, I guess. So he comes up with a plan to kill that couple and anyone else he runs into.

Ray William Johnson 2:43

And he starts stockpiling guns. And of course, because he has all this inheritance money, he basically has unlimited time and funds to pull this off. He also decides that the main location of this shooting he's going to do is this former prison complex and asylum that's now a popular tourist destination. And so finally, everything is set. and it's time to put his plan into motion. And he gets his ammo and everything together, and he drives from his place in Newtown over to the Seascape Cottage. And I don't know exactly how all this goes down, but somehow he gets into the cottage, and he finds the two new owners, and he points his rifle at them, and blam, blam, he unalives them both. Then he gets back into his car and he heads to the tourist destination, which is, of course, packed with people.

Ray William Johnson 3:35

It's a busy day. And when Martin gets there, he stops for lunch at this cafe that's on the site and he calmly eats lunch. Then he goes out and he gets his rifle from his bag and he goes back in and blam, blam, blam. He starts shooting everyone in there. Then he goes to the gift shop and he starts shooting that place up. Then he heads out to the parking lot to his car. And I guess on the way to his car, he shoots some more people. The drivers of two tour buses and some of their passengers. Then he finds a car and he leaves. And he starts going down the road and he sees a woman and her two kids with her. And he shoots all of them too. Next, Martin gets to the site's toll booth, and he sees a BMW there, and he shoots the four people inside, and he steals the BMW.

Unknown 4:21

Then a bit down the road, he stops at a gas station, and he pulls up next to a Toyota with a man and a woman inside, and he shoots the woman, and he takes the man hostage, and he makes him get into the trunk of the BMW.