Echoes in the Columbine Archive

Like with Eric’s, there isn’t a solid visual to go on, so I pulled together what statements I could find and I’ll share my suggestions.

Let’s look into possible posters.

“When asked about Dylan’s room and any wall decorations, the Klebold’s indicated that they never saw anything unusual in Dylan’s room and thought that it was normal for a 17- or 18-year-old boy. The Klebold’s said that Dylan had a Nine Inch Nails poster and another poster of a woman in a leopard bikini. The Klebold’s said that Dylan also had three sports pictures regarding baseball (Roger Clemens, Lou Gehrig) and also had some street signs. Mrs. Klebold indicated that Dylan had a poster of Marilyn Manson and that she asked him about it, and in particular asked him what it meant. Dylan had told her that it didn’t mean anything and that he didn’t really listen to lyrics of Marilyn Manson music, however, did listen to the music. The Klebold’s indicated that Dylan liked Techno music, which Mr. Klebold described as “machine made music.” In particular, Dylan liked Rammstein and KMFDM.”

Sue also mentioned some posters in her book, a mothers reckoning:

“Dylan’s walls were covered with posters of his baseball heroes: Lou Gehrig, Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson.”

In the Rocky Mountain news paper this was described:

“Dylan hung posters of Roger Clemens and Lou Gehrig on the walls, along with music groups and models. One poster described how to make cocktails.”

What follows are just my guesses at possible posters. It’s all purely speculation for the sake of visuals.

NIN:

Woman in leopard bikini:

Baseball players:

Possible street signs:

Marilyn Manson poster – I believe the first one is most likely:

Shooters poster about cocktails:

In the evidence list of things taken from the Klebolds residence, this is listed:

“wall decoration of KMFDM”

These aren’t directly mentioned as posters, but since Sue described his room as being covered in them, I think these could also be plausible given his interests.

Sue Klebold also described the bedroom in her book:

“Dylan couldn’t wait to move into his brother’s room, which was bigger and had more windows. Redecorating was a family affair. Tom and I replaced the sliding closet doors with mirrored ones, so the room looked twice as big as it had before. Dylan requested that one wall be painted a sleek black, which looked sharp with the modern black furniture Byron had left behind. Dylan put his computer against the dark wall and covered the rest of the room with posters. Tom hung a shelf over the computer so that Dylan would have a place for his CDs, and attached a fluorescent light to the underside.”

“(…) It might have been kept inside his box-shaped headboard; the inside could not be accessed unless the bed was taken apart.”

As well Rocky Mountain news:

“When Byron moved into an apartment in 1998, Dylan inherited his bedroom. He repainted the room, two black facing walls and two white facing walls with red shutters on the windows.”

Rocky Mountain news also mentioned his miniature fridge:

“He stocked a miniature refrigerator that had been a 17th birthday gift from the family with candy bars and Dr Pepper.”

His monitor and computer was taken by the police as evidence:

So, what do we know for sure?

His room had posters covering the walls, including Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, KMFDM, street signs, and sports figures like Lou Gehrig, Roger Clemens, and Randy Johnson. There was also a poster of a woman in a leopard bikini and a shooters poster.

The closet doors were mirrored, and the furniture was black, sleek, and modern, with a boxed bed frame. Above his desk, a shelf held CDs, with a fluorescent light underneath. The windows had red shutters, and the room had two black walls and two white walls.

Additional items included a miniature fridge, a stereo/speaker system, and a computer with an NEC MultiSync 3FGX monitor which was on his desk.

Taken from the Klebold residence

misc. wooden matches, batteries, newspaper article, homemade brass knuckles, misc. paperwork, misc. piece of radio and shotgun wadding, 8mm tape, electrical components, micro cassette, micro cassette recorder, lighter fluid, knife, shotgun shell casings and boxes, four 9mm, report card, BB’s in dispenser, plastic case w/BB’s, cassette tape and paper, shotgun barrel, metal tube, two pictures, documents and mail of Dylan Klebold, Acer CPU marked “Larry Brooks,” Daisy CO2 BB pistol, BB’s in box w/BB pistol, Remington mag bullet, Apple CPU, Newsweek magazine article, yearbooks and notebooks, scopes, wiring, two ladies watches, UMAX Astra 1220U scanner, mini tower CPU, catalogues, keyboard and mouse, NEC MultiSync 3FGX monitor, inert grenade, dish, turquoise suitcase, discs, two black t-shirts, film negatives, alcohol bottle, wall decoration of KMFDM (spelled in the police report “KMFDDM” which I find amusing), coat liner and belt, destroyed Coca-Cola can, CDs, black nylon bag, seven VHS tapes in bag, Marilyn Manson CD and electrical wire w/Alligara, three papers in bag, rubber hose, jar of black colored powder, broken electronic pieces, pipe w/end caps, two Daisy 856 BB rifles, twelve misc. floppy discs, can of Zippo lighter fluid, pink and black box containing BB’s, misc. items

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I might update this more later but this will do for now.