#351 Maggie Freleng with Hank Skinner - UPDATE

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On New Year’s Eve in 1993, Hank Skinner fell asleep early on his couch after being rendered comatose from a cocktail of vodka, xanax and codeine. His girlfriend, Twila Busby, left for a party, and when she returned, she and her two sons were brutally murdered. Pampa, TX law enforcement knew Hank from previous charges and he was the sole survivor of the attack, so he soon became the prime suspect. Despite evidence that Hank was incapable of committing these murders, Hank faced 27 years on Texas death row. Hank was scheduled for execution in September of 2023, but tragically passed away in February of 2023 due to complications following a surgery for an aggressive brain tumor. At the time of Hank’s death, he and his team were still fiercely fighting for his innocence. Maggie talks to Hank Skinner, Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner, Hank's wife, and Rob Owen, Hank's attorney.

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0:00.0	Horrifying monsters, dangerous gods and heroes, and incredible underrepresented women.
0:06.9	From the truth about Medusa, she never actually heard anyone, to the horrors of Theseus.
0:12.3	He was basically a serial predator.
0:14.5	I am Liv Albert, and let's talk about Midsphabie is the Greek and Roman mythology podcast
0:19.7	here with all the dirty details and then some.
0:23.3	Listen to Let's Talk About Midsphabie on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever
0:29.0	you get your podcasts.
0:30.8	This is Maggie Freeling.
0:34.8	Today, we're revisiting an episode from season one that's very close to my heart.
0:41.3	When I visited Hank Skinner last year at the Polonsky Death Row Unit in Livingston, Texas,
0:46.7	I was nervous.
0:48.1	Hank and I had been in touch for a few years, but only through letters.
0:52.4	He was not permitted to use phones on death row.
0:55.4	We wanted a tense exchange of letters when Hank misinterpreted something I said, and
1:00.4	it kind of put me on edge talking to him.
1:03.4	I was super nervous to go down there, but as soon as Hank was brought out and sat down,
1:09.0	he said to me, if I knew this is what you looked like, I would have been more open with you.
1:14.6	Then we were both just at ease, and I think what he meant was because I looked like him
1:20.7	with tattoos and just jeans and a t-shirt that he felt like I was like him and not just
1:26.7	a suit that was coming in to tell his story and then leave.
1:31.3	So I left that interaction with Hank, elated about meeting him, the trust we had built,
1:37.0	and really hopeful for his future.
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