Something unbelievably awful was about to happen to Bobbie Jo Stinnett. She was about to live a nightmare. But the nightmare was already with Lisa Montgomery, swirling around her, never letting up. The nightmare had molded her, turning her into the sort of person that would knock on Bobbie Jo’s door with a knife beneath her jacket.

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Sources:

“The Tortured Life and Tragic Crime of the Only Woman on Death Row,” 10 Nov 2020, The Huffington Post

“My Sister, Lisa Montgomery, Took a Life. Her Own Was Scarred by Unimaginable Abuse. Spare Her,” 19 Nov 2020, Newsweek

“Punch After Punch, Rape After Rape, a Murderer Was Made,” 18 Dec 2020, New York Times

“Lisa Montgomery, a Kansan who cut a baby from a mother's womb, was executed by the federal government. Here is her story.” 13 Jan 2021, Topeka Capital-Journal

“The Case of Lisa Montgomery,” Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide

“Execution date rekindles memories in Skidmore,” 24 Oct 2020, News-Press Now

“Accused woman’s relatives say warnings were ignored,” 10 Jan 2005, The Associated Press

“Arrest made in death of pregnant woman,” 18 Dec 2004, The Standard

“Fateful Day When Butcher Met Victim,” 21 Dec 2004, New York Post

“Order Granting Motion to Stay Execution Pending A Competence Hearing,” 11 Jan 2021

“Inside the Race To Save The Only Woman On Federal Death Row,” 8 Jan 2021, The Huffington Post

“PETITION FOR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY ON BEHALF OF LISA MARIE MONTGOMERY PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, DECEMBER 24, 2020” (prepared by Lisa’s lawyers)

“U.S. Executes Lisa Montgomery for 2004 Murder,” 13 Jan 2021, New York Times

Tweets from journalist Liliana Segura and Michael Tarn, who were at Terre Haute January 12-13, 2021

Music:

Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer

 Ad break:  “The Great One Step” by Victor Dance Orchestra, via Free Music Archive, licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0

Narration music: Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim)

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