Updated: 3:29 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 | Posted: 8:26 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
PITTSBURGH —
VIDEO: Gunman At Dating Seminar; WARNING: Graphic Language VIDEO: Sodini Attended Dating Seminar Before Shootings
Sodini fatally shot three women and wounded nine others at a Collier Township health club Tuesday night.
The video shows gunman George Sodini attending a dating seminar on how to date young women when you’re over 35.
The seminar, conducted by self-help author R. Don Steeler, gives advice to men on how to meet and be comfortable around young women.
The words he writes on the whiteboard to begin the seminar are “NICE GUY MUST DIE.”
The video shows Sodini sitting among the group attending the session, as well as shaking hands with some young women at the seminar.
SLIDESHOW: Inside Look At George Sodini's House SLIDESHOW: Photos Of Suspect, Victims, Scene BLOG: Read Text Of Shooting Suspect's Blog
Sodini detailed how he planned to deal with his emotions and showed viewers an inside look at his home through videos he posted on YouTube.
Sodini went to a sprawling L.A. Fitness Club, turned out the lights on the Tuesday night "Latin Impact" dance-aerobics class for women, and opened fire, spraying dozens of bullets before committing suicide, police said.
In one of his YouTube videos, Sodini gives a full tour of his Scott Township home. He shows everything from the car in his driveway to what kind of audio equipment he has connected to his computer.
In the video, he shows a coffee table with numerous books on it, including one on how to date young women.
"A couch and chair. They match," said Sodini as he described his living room. "The women will really be impressed. They come over here. There is some reading material that we are all familiar with."
In Sodini's 4,610-word Web blog, he said he couldn't understand why women ignored him, despite his best efforts to look nice. He said he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984 and hadn't slept with a woman in 19 years.
The blog appeared to be a nine-month chronology of his plans to end his misery with a shocking act of carnage at his gym.
In another YouTube video, Sodini talks about how easy it is for him to hide his emotions by taking a long drive or listening to music. He then goes into detail about life goals.
"My objective is to be real and to be able to emotionally connect with people," Sodini said. "Because when I'm 10 to 20 years older than she is, then she has to feel good about this thing."
Channel 11 News investigative reporter Rick Earle also uncovered another Web site of Sodini's.
On the site, there are pictures from his mother's house during Christmas with one of Sodini sitting next to his niece.
There's another image of Sodini on a trip to a park, swimming. There's also information about a gun show, along with some blonde jokes.
An interview is also posted, where Sodini writes about his favorite things, which include his favorite movie: "Dirty Harry."
The three women killed in the shooting were identified as Elizabeth Gannon, 49, of Greentree, Heidi Overmier, 46, of Carnegie, and Jody Billingsley, 37, of Mt. Lebanon.
Nine other women were injured in the shooting before Sodini turned the gun on himself, police said.