It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

Sally Ventura Tells the Story of 1974’s Olean, New York High School Murders

By Sally Ventura | June 23, 2025

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