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A special edition of Yesterday’s News exploring the criminal justice system at its most extreme: Inflicting the Death Penalty...

The Tragedy Of Joyce Joan Shouse

Episode 236 is a down and dirty story of a negligent mother, a sexually frustrated hunchback, and one terrible night in a hotel cafe. There’s a lot of blame to go around on this one.

Culled from the historical pages of the Louisville Courier Journal and other newspapers of the era.

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Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun

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