Idaho Matters

Psychiatrist Dr. Lynn Fenton on her new memoir, Aurora

Dr. Fenton is the only psychiatrist in the history of the United States to be publicly revealed as the doctor of a mass shooter. She sat down with Idaho Matters to discuss the consequences of her identity being unmasked, the vilification by the media and her personal experience with James Holmes.

Broadcast on:: 25 Jul 2022

A warning, this interview does talk about shootings and gun violence.

Dr. Lynne Fenton is the only psychiatrist in the history of the United States to be publicly revealed as the doctor of a mass shooter.

Ten years after the deadly shooting at a Colorado movie theater, Dr. Fenton is telling her story in a new memoir, "Aurora: The Psychiatrist Who Treated the Movie Theater Killer Tells Her Story." Dr. Fenton joined Idaho Matters to talk more about her book.