List of manifestos of mass killers

This is a list of manifestos written by mass killers explaining their motives for killings. Many of them have committed the killings to propagate their views.

List

Name of manifesto	Author	Date published	Notes	Length	Sources
Industrial Society and Its Future	Ted Kaczynski	19 September 1995	The manifesto contends that the Industrial Revolution began a harmful process of natural destruction brought about by technology, while forcing humans to adapt to machinery, creating a sociopolitical order that suppresses human freedom and potential. The 35,000-word manifesto formed the ideological foundation of Kaczynski's 1978–1995 mail bomb campaign, designed to protect wilderness by hastening the collapse of industrial society.	35,000 (~100 pages)
Unnamed	Seung-Hui Cho	16 April 2007	Upon receiving the package on April 18, 2007, NBC News contacted authorities and made the controversial decision to publicize Cho's communications by releasing a small fraction of what it received.	23 pages
Natural Selector's Manifesto	Pekka-Eric Auvinen	7 November 2007	A manifesto with the themes of Natural selection, social Darwinism, and misanthropy.	3 pages
Unnamed	Jim David Adkisson	27 July 2008	A letter, or "manifesto," found in his vehicle after the shooting attributed his motivation for the rampage as a hatred of liberals, Democrats, African Americans, and homosexuals.	4 pages
2083: A European Declaration of Independence	Anders Behring Breivik	22 July 2011	Breivik prepared a document titled 2083: A European Declaration of Independence. It runs to 1,518 pages and is credited to "Andrew Berwick" (an Anglicization of Breivik's name).	1,518 pages
Manifest	Dmitry Vinogradov	7 November 2012	Posted on Vkontakte, expresses his hatred towards mankind, comparing humans to cancer.	2 pages
Unnamed	Christopher Dorner	6 February 2013	Cites anti-police sentiment as a reason for killings.	11,000 words (~32 pages)
My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger	Elliot Rodger	23 May 2014	Rodger emailed his 107,000-word manifesto, My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger, to 34 people, including his therapist, Charles Sophy, his parents and other family, former teachers, and childhood friends. In it he said he had originally sought to carry out an attack on Halloween of 2013, but reconsidered because he thought there would be too many police present.	107,000 (~300 pages)
The Last Rhodesian	Dylann Roof	17 June 2015	Themes: Racism, neo-Nazism	2,444 words (~7 pages)
Unnamed	Christopher Harper-Mercer	1 October 2015	In his manifesto, Harper-Mercer wrote his actions were done to serve Satan, who, according to Harper-Mercer, would "reward" murderers in hell by turning them into "gods". For this reason, Harper-Mercer has been described as a Satanist. These beliefs have been linked to his decision to ask victims to state their religion, shooting those who identified as Christians.	6 pages
The Great Replacement	Brenton Tarrant	15 March 2019	Tarrant claims to be the author of a 74-page manifesto titled The Great Replacement, a reference to the "Great Replacement" and "white genocide" conspiracy theories. In the manifesto, several anti-immigrant sentiments are expressed, including hate speech against migrants, white supremacist rhetoric, and calls for all non-European immigrants in Europe who he claimed to be "invading his land" to be removed. He also cited the work of other far-right killers such as Anders Breivik, Dylann Roof, and others.	74 pages
Unnamed	John Timothy Earnest	27 April 2019	An anti-semitic and racist open letter was posted on 8chan shortly before the shooting and signed with Earnest's name. Earnest's letter was influenced by Christchurch and took responsibility for the Escondido mosque fire.
The Inconvenient Truth	Patrick Wood Crusius	3 August 2019	The El Paso police chief, Greg Allen, said that they are "reasonably confident" that a manifesto, titled The Inconvenient Truth, was posted by the suspect on the online message board 8chan shortly before the shooting. The manifesto in question is explicitly inspired by Christchurch.	2,300 (~7 pages)
Unnamed	Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani	6 December 2019	Posted on Alshamrani's Twitter account, condemns the United States as a "nation of evil" for their supposed crimes against Muslims and "humanity"	4 pages
Unnamed	Tobias Rathjen	19 February 2020	Themes: Racism, far-right conspiracy, incelism	24 pages
A White Awakening	Nathaniel Veltman	6 June 2021	Inspired by the Christchurch terrorist's manifesto, the manifesto was found on a thumb drive inside of Veltman's residence.	74 pages
Unnamed	Payton S. Gendron	12 May 2022	Gendron is reported to have written a 180-page manifesto which he released prior to the shooting, primarily concerning the topic of mass immigration. The manifesto was originally posted on Google Docs on the evening of May 12, two days before the attack, and according to file data, it had not been modified since. The author describes himself as someone who initially identified himself as being on the "authoritarian left", before he developed American neo-Nazi, antisemitic, eco-fascist, ethno-nationalist, populist, and white supremacist views influenced by Tarrant, Breivik, Roof, Earnest, Robert Bowers and The Daily Stormer.	180 pages
The Downward Spiral of "Ethan Miller"	Ethan Blair Miller	28 August 2022	Posted on Wattpad, describes his isolation and solitude as well as his inspiration by the Columbine High School massacre.	15 pages
Post-modernism and Its Consequences for Our Nation	Unknown, first name Isaque	26 September 2022	A few hours before committing a shooting at the Barreiras school, the perpetrator published a manifesto on his Twitter account. In his manifesto, the perpetrator claimed to be superior to others, in addition to containing speeches in favor of racial supremacy and hate speeches against different communities such as the LGBT, the residents of Bahia and the school community itself, in addition to stating that his intentions were to murder as many people as possible so that they "felt divine wrath"	29 pages
A Call to Arms	Juraj Krajčík	12 October 2022	Just a few hours before the attack, links to a 65-page long manifesto were posted on Twitter. In the document, the author does not provide their name, claiming it is not of importance and "will be known later anyway", but identifies himself as a man of Slovak origin born on July 28, 2003, who has decided to "execute an operation" against "the enemies of the white race". The manifesto blames Jews and LGBT people for "causing harm to white people" and celebrates mass murderers, including Breivik and the perpetrators of Christchurch mosque shootings and Poway synagogue shooting.	65 pages
Unnamed	Aiden Hale	27 March 2023	Hale's manifesto was not originally released to the public pending a lawsuit for their release, but on November 6, 2023, 3 pages were leaked online by Steven Crowder followed by the Nashville MPD opening an investigation. the leaked manifesto included far-left views, anti-white sentiments, and extreme hatred for those Hale considered to have white privilege. The leaked pages also included the plan Hale would go through the day of the shooting, with the top of the page being adorned with the words "Death Day".	3 pages released, unknown number unreleased
White Boy Summer to Remember	Ryan Palmeter	26 August 2023	Palmeter had three manifestos, two of which were not released to the public. One of them was released by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. It contains sentiments of racism against African Americans and anti-semitism.	26 pages released, unknown number unreleased.

Analysis

According to 2020 analysis of 17 mass shooters' manifestos common themes appearing in them are: narcissism, threats to masculinity, paranoia, fame, suicide ideation, and revenge. 2017 analysis found following themes in mass murderers manifestos: ego survival and revenge; pseudocommando mindset: persecution, obliteration; envy; nihilism; entitlement; and heroic revenge fantasy.

External links

• NPR: Understanding The Statements Of Mass Shooters, 7 August 2019