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  • (152) Executions in 2008

    On today's late episode...my apologies for being sick and dying this past week...we're looking at the year executions were on hold due to the question of lethal injection's constitutionality. It's a wild ride for sure.

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    Music:

    BLACK FLY by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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    overload by Øraeth | https://oraethmusic.com
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    Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

    Sources:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Lynd
    https://www.walb.com/story/8281665/protestors-say-death-penalty-is-too-harsh/
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/lynd1100.htm
    https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l1/lynd-william-earl.htm
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-11th-circuit/1102333.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28269074/william-earl-lynd
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Wesley_Berry
    https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/supreme-court/1990/89-dp-199-1.html
    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/795/452/376390/
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63817834/mary-ellen-bounds
    http://clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/berry1101.htm
    https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/berry-earl-wesley.htm
    https://www.mississippifreepress.org/the-execution-of-earl-wesley-berry/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Reed
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/sc-supreme-court/1392886.html
    https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r1/reed-james-earl.htm
    https://www.postandcourier.com/news/couples-still-grieving-children-break-silence/article_201f77a8-3213-579d-bf8f-e051d01c405d.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47555206/barbara_w-lafayette
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/yarbrough1108.htm
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/va-supreme-court/1434847.html
    https://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y1/yarbrough-robert-stacy.htm
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60778256/robert-stacy-yarbrough
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51492401/cyril-hugh-hamby
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/turner1110.htm
    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/481/292/544116/
    https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t1/turner-carlton-akee.htm
    https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/turnercarlton.html
    https://tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/turnercarltonlast.html
    https://www.txexecutions.org/reports/407-Carlton-Turner.htm
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180315303/carlton-turner
    https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m1/murray-william-alfred.htm
    http://clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/murray1121.htm
    https://tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/murraywilliamlast.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29867797/rena-a-ratcliff
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/cummings1123.htm
    https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/cummings-v-sirmons-no-886691584
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34502582/judy_ann-moody_mayo
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49542598/jessie_james-cummings
    https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/board-denies-clemency-for-convicted-killer
    https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/cummings-jesse-james.htm
    https://www.theadanews.com/news/local_news/coal-county-man-scheduled-for-lethal-injection-today/article_07cc1c9b-8360-50cb-b10f-51bae8ef3a82.html
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/cooey1124.htm
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cooey
    https://www.courthousenews.com/inmate-says-hes-too-fat-for-lethal-injection/
    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/289/882/483566/
    https://mail.murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/cooey-richard.htm
    https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch/Search/Details/A194478
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30574338/wendy-jo-offredo
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153796750/dawn-marie-mccreery
    https://fox8.com/news/man-denied-parole-in-1986-murders-of-two-university-of-akron-students/
    https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n1/nenno-eric-charles.htm
    https://www.txexecutions.org/reports/418.asp
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Nenno
    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/489/214/574037/
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35610759/eric_charles-nenno
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/hudson1134.htm
    https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/133/2008/en/
    https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h1/hudson-robert-jean.htm
    https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/hudsonrobert.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149057841/edith-kendrick

    1 hr 5 min
  • (151) Death Row in Kansas

    On today's episode...the home of the first Pizza Hut. Did y'all expect anything else? Kansas is just a giant wheat field after all. A giant wheat field full of horrible murderers.

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    Music:

    BLACK FLY by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US
    No. 1 by The Denotes | https://thedenotes.bandcamp.com
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

    Sources:

    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ks-supreme-court/1369495.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160694131/carrie-arlene-williams
    https://mycrimelibrary.com/gary-kleypas-kansas-death-row/
    https://www.corrections1.com/capital-punishment/articles/death-sentence-upheld-for-kan-serial-killer-HZ9iTZXgXzk2BacC/
    https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article141327573.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160694131/carrie-arlene-williams
    https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/carr-brothers.htm
    https://apnews.com/article/kansas-supreme-court-kansas-wichita-constitutions-a2713ff7b00c9db11d4a7215f03201a0
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Massacre
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-5218/230644/20220722125943203_Carr.P4C.App.B.PDF
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9179259/jason-wayne-befort
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69936425/linda-ann-walenta
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9179219/heather-suzanne_francis-muller
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239182761/bradley-charles-heyka
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156386372/aaron-daniel-sander
    https://kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov/kasper/search/detail?offenderID=71034
    https://kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov/kasper/search/detail?offenderID=75734
    https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article3328673.html
    https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/robinson-john-edward.htm
    https://www.biography.com/crime/a64969943/john-robinson-now-heather-robinson-kidnapping
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Robinson
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84992748/paula-guylene-godfrey
    https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article259271054.html
    https://kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov/kasper/search/detail?offenderID=80287
    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2001/06/jr-robinson-serial-killer
    https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kahler-james-kraig.htm
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-6135/73478/20181128115641978_Kahler%20FINAL%20VERSION%20-%20November%2028.pdf
    https://www.komu.com/news/james-kahler-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-family/article_bbc26d41-8d14-5931-8a54-7604b7021fb2.html
    https://kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov/kasper/search/results
    https://fedsoc.org/case/kahler-v-kansas
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44945711/karen-kahler
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44945755/lauren_elizabeth-kahler
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44945735/emily_christine-kahler
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45191956/dorothy-e-wight
    https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/miller-frazier-glenn.htm
    https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-3215001/White-supremacist-Frazier-Glenn-Miller-tells-Kansas-City-jury-sorry-didn-t-kill-people.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Glenn_Miller_Jr.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Overland_Park_shootings
    https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article44100303.html
    https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/blansett-lindsey.htm
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ks-supreme-court/1985547.html
    https://www.wibw.com/content/news/Kansas-Supreme-Court-rejects-moms-appeal-in-sons-death-506888421.html
    https://apnews.com/general-news-feef631c52474254a0ef5da278cabff9
    https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article4611467.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140283426/caleb-chad-blansett
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Edward_Smith
    https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/smith-perry.htm
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hickock
    https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hickock-richard.htm
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5085609/herbert-william-clutter
    https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/1961/42-068-0.html

    1 hr 11 min
  • (150) The Updates We Never Got

    On today's landmark episode...we're revisiting a handful of cases covered by my all-time favorite podcast, Sword and Scale. What can I say? I'm a shameless grifter and an obsessed fangirl.

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    Music:

    BLACK FLY by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US
    Truth by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

    Sources:

    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/08-99031/08-99031-2011-07-11.html?__cf_chl_tk=d8mHtCMn0RYDvSBl2UTONdWI2ftidK7JbxubIdHDFfE-1790160025-1.0.1.1-PZRFhmPUk3yepEYB7lRNoFtMlO1QuzsGVxtd0mAJdco
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Edward_Duncan
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/pr/convicted-child-murderer-joseph-edward-duncan-iii-dies-death-row
    https://rivcoda.org/news/convicted-serial-killer-who-murdered-10-year-old-beaumont-boy-24-years-ago-dies-indiana
    https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/serial-killer-joseph-duncan-dies-brain-cancer/293-af71aa36-48ad-496b-97d4-fd2af2d018da
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225410803/slade-vincent-groene
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225411166/brenda_kay-groene
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11331810/dylan_james-groene
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16276557/mark-edward-mckenzie
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzB0slIa6Co
    https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/aug/22/jury-sees-abuse-videos/
    https://kutv.com/news/local/estranged-wife-of-man-arrested-for-mackenzie-luecks-murder-says-she-feared-for-her-life
    https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/ayoola-ajayi-admits-he-planned-to-murder-utah-student-mackenzie-lueck-before-he-even-met-her/50026688
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Mackenzie_Lueck
    https://abc7ny.com/post/mackenzie-lueck-utah-murder-guilty/6870838/
    https://www.saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney/press-release-archives/2020/ajayi-sentencing/
    https://abcnews.com/US/utah-man-spend-life-prison-slaying-college-student/story?id=73498784
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/us/ayoola-ajayi-mackenzie-lueck-utah-student
    https://abcnews.com/US/man-apologizes-sentenced-life-prison-mackenzie-lueck-slaying/story?id=73792792
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200618237/mackenzie-speth-lueck
    https://fox4kc.com/news/missouri-farmer-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-deaths-of-2-wisconsin-brothers/
    https://www.scribd.com/document/431748610/Garland-Joey-Nelson-Probable-Cause-Document
    https://www.kmbc.com/article/garland-joey-nelson-charged-in-connection-with-disappearance-of-missing-wisconsin-brothers/28540466
    https://www.kmbc.com/article/garland-nelson-guilty-prison-diemel-brothers-murder/43689791
    https://www.animals24-7.org/2023/04/27/joey-nelson-not-prosecuted-for-cruelty-to-cattle-does-triple-life-for-murder/
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225398304/justin-michael-diemel
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225398277/nicholas-jt-diemel
    https://web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb/offenderInfoAction.do
    https://www.kmbc.com/article/court-records-dollar4-million-settlement-handed-down-in-wrongful-death-suit-in-case-of-missing-wisconsin-brothers-nick-justin-diemel/32585491
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmZXlV7AVec
    https://www.1011now.com/2025/05/30/nebraska-supreme-court-rejects-aubrey-trails-death-sentence-challenge/
    https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-aubrey-trail-requests-state-carry-out-death-penalty-set-execution-date/44765137
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sydney_Loofe
    https://www.ketv.com/article/aubrey-trail-bailey-boswell-charged-with-first-degree-murder-in-death-of-sydney-loofe/21274097
    https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/es/news/news-articles/boswell-avoids-death-sentence-receives-life-sentence-for-sydney-loofe-murder/
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ne-supreme-court/116162675.html
    https://dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/InmateDisplayServlet?return=true
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185724182/sydney-irene-loofe
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/269074837/george_william-loofe
    https://youtu.be/baKymqwUL2Y
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsEo2THhUsQ
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Underwood
    https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-lethal-injection-execution-kevin-underwood-76bd3205976e67f48950eeef732f5130
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oklahoma-execute-kevin-underwood-girl-10-cannibalistic-fantasy/
    https://okcca.net/cases/2011/OK-CR-12/
    https://murderpedia.org/male.U/u/underwood-kevin.htm
    https://www.koco.com/article/kevin-underwood-oklahoma-execution-jamie-rose-bolin-family/63238487
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14000436/jamie-rose-bolin
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260518819/jennifer_anne-fox
    https://okmysteries.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/deranged-kevin-ray-underwood/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03j9PjmCXJQ
    https://apnews.com/article/florida-execution-michael-lee-king-6b39f11c51dda85737197eb9cd993283
    https://www.mysuncoast.com/2026/03/17/michael-king-execution-florida-set-put-man-death-2008-kidnapping-murder-denise-amber-lee/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Denise_Amber_Lee
    https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/2026/sc2026-0336.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24064813/denise-amber-lee
    https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/michael-king-execution-denise-lee-florida/70780107
    https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2010/742/Analyses/20100742SHA_2010s0742.ha.pdf
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJLLAjEllpU
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Victoria_Martens
    https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/murder-of-victoria-martens-10-years-later/
    https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/10-years-later-community-still-mourns-the-loss-of-victoria-martens/
    https://www.koat.com/article/michelle-martens-released-from-prison/69064520
    https://lawandcrime.com/crime/new-mexico-child-abuser-convicted-in-birthday-death-and-dismemberment-of-10-year-old-girl-is-sentenced-to-prison/
    https://abqraw.com/post/victoria-martens-case-produces-first-prison-sentence/
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225186542/victoria-ann-martens
    https://www.forensicpanel.com/media_center-item_id=90927&category_id=90066.html
    https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/slain-new-mexico-girls-relatives-mystified-over-moms-role-08-30-2016-124756314
    https://www.cd.nm.gov/offender-search/
    https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/victoriaautopsey-1484008212.pdf
    https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-albuquerque-bbbdd1c5a652994e40f043a7eaf5c434

    1 hr 18 min
  • (149) Executions in 2009

    On today's episode...a trip back to the year I had the craziest hair of my life. There were a record number of executions that year, so you bet I packed this one full of all kinds of depravity.

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    Music:

    BLACK FLY by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US
    a faint memory by Øraeth feat. NØEEN | https://soundcloud.com/itsoraeth
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

    Sources:

    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/callahan1138.htm
    https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/callahan-james.htm
    https://www.al.com/spotnews/2009/01/callahan.html
    https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1983/471-so-2d-447-0.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17004975/rebecca-suzanne-howell
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/williams1151.htm
    https://law.justia.com/cases/south-carolina/supreme-court/1996/24392-2.html
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-4th-circuit/1316869.html
    https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w1/williams-luke.htm
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125527182/linda_marie-williams
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125527282/shaun_michael-williams
    https://www.odmp.org/officer/1368-border-patrol-inspector-george-f-azrak
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194057382/george-frederick-azrak
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/martinez1154.htm
    https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m1/martinez-james-edward.htm
    https://www.foxnews.com/story/texas-man-executed-for-brutal-double-slaying
    https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article24528958.html
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190321682/sandra-lea-walton
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7964953/michael-wade-humphreys
    https://www.txexecutions.org/reports/434.asp
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/mize1159.htm
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-11th-circuit/1442645.html
    https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m1/mize-william-mark.htm
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36606727/william-mark-mize
    https://services.gdc.ga.gov/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryRedirector.jsp
    https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-12806111/Fugitive-Godfather-William-Mize-car-accidents-fraud-Florida.html
    http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/gilson1163.htm
    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10th-circuit/1349242.html
    https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/gilson-donald-lee.htm
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153456699/donald-lee-gilson
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10344325/shane-alan-coffman
    https://okoffender.doc.ok.gov/
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    https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h1/hankins-terry-lee.htm
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    1 hr 19 min
  • (148) Life in Prison in Iowa

    On today's episode...a trip out to the chemical capital of the US. They have an unnaturally high number of murder-suicides, parricides, and other nasty crimes. This one is a wild ride.

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    1 hr 1 min
  • (147) Executions in 2010

    On today's MONSTER of an episode...twelve executions (and 13 last meals) from the year I partied so hard I couldn't even remember my name.

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    1 hr 20 min
  • (146) Indiana's Death Row

    I caught a bad case of the sad recently, but...I'm here this week to tell you about quite a few nasty crimes that ended in death sentences in the Hoosier State. I even threw in a last meal at the end that the perpetrator in that case did not deserve. At all.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • (145) Rosie Tapia

    On today's episode... A brutal Utah cold case from 1995. Something about this one really struck me, so I decided to look into it and put an episode together. Rosie's family has been waiting almost exactly 31 years for answers.

    IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE, PLEASE CONTACT THE UTAH COLD CASE COALITION TIP LINE AT 385-258-3313.

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    BLACK FLY by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com
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    Sources:

    https://comms.byu.edu/byu-journalism-student-works-on-documentary-with-utah-cold-case-coalition/
    http://whokilledrosie.com/
    https://www.abc4.com/utah-cold-cases/rosie-tapia-murder-unsolved-thirty-years/
    https://police.slc.gov/2025/08/25/slcpd-seeks-tips-in-1995-murder-of-rosie-tapia/
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    20 min
  • (144) Executions in 2011

    On today's episode...the year I grew up. So many horrible men were executed that year for crimes that made me nauseous. This one's got a variety of terrible things and some very interesting last meals. Come back tomorrow to watch my Rumble Short featuring one of these last meal requests. I cooked it for my family last week.

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    Music:

    BLACK FLY by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US
    Sanctuary by AERØHEAD feat. Idyllic | https://soundcloud.com/aerohead
    Idyllic | https://soundcloud.com/noctt
    Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

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    https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n1/neville-robert-james.htm
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    53 min
  • (143) Life in Prison in Illinois

    On this week's super late episode, we venture out to the land of drive-by shootings and the world's first McDonald's. There's a case in here that's so bad I had to take breaks while writing it so I could cry. Y'all have been warned.

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    BLACK FLY by Audionautix | http://audionautix.com
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    53 min

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True crime cases that all end in the death penalty. We look at the history of the death penalty, last meals, and what abhorrent things a person can do that results in the ultimate punishment.