On April 20th 1999, two students shot and killed thirteen people including fellow students, at Columbine High School, in Littleton, Colorado, causing horror and concern throughout the United States. As soon as the shooting occurred, the media tried to explain the shooters motives: they were part of a broad and dangerous organization - the “trench coat mafia”, members of a satanic cult, racists, that they could not accept their homosexuality, and more. These explanations were later falsified by the inquiry. Yet, false information about the killings were more than mere journalism mistakes. They served an important purpose; trying to make sense of a terrible event that facts alone could not explain. This is shown by the fictitious event of two young girls becoming martyrs, having given their lives for their belief in God and sparking a spiritual revolution among young Americans. Such stories show how the quest for meaning usually prevails on the quest for truth and how the media play an important role in the construction of contemporary myths.