37.2 The Electric Chair: "Guilty as Charged"
Fireside Mystery Theatre
Fireside Mystery Theatre
4.5 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
"Guilty as Charged" was recorded live on May 27th, 2018\. It was part of our show, **The Electric Chair**.
We at Fireside Mystery Theatre present these stories without prejudice or agenda. Our tales of the electric chair are not meant to condemn nor condone. Rather, they are meant as an expression of our persistent exploration of the dark and unsettling.
Featured in this episode:
James Rieser as The Warden
David Linton as The Judge
James Kleinmann as Tan Jacobs
Ali Silva as Ma Jacobs
Mary Murphy as Young Tan Jacobs
Michael Pate as Father Jacobs
Eirik Davey-Gislason as The Doctor
Kacie Laforest as The Nurse and The Victim
Alain Laforest as The Announcer
Musical Performance:
"Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard
Performed by Karen Tennison accompanied by Noel Carey
Radio play by Courtenay Gillean Cholovich
Directed by Ali Silva & Gustavo Rodriguez
Special research by Courtenay Gillean Cholovich with thanks to Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham and the staff of the Kentucky State Penitentiary.
Musical score improvised by Noel Carey
Sound Effects Designer and Engineer: Greg Russ
Technical Director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Production Coordinator: Brontis Shane Orengo
Theme music by Jason Graves
Post-production audio by Ali Silva
Podcast production by Ali Silva & Daniel Graves
Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez, Ali Silva, Daniel Graves, & Rebecca Graves for Fireside Mystery Productions
Copyright 2018 Fireside Mystery Productions
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| 0:00.0 | Electricity. As lightning, it's a force that streaks frightfully unchecked across the skies. |
| 0:16.1 | As a tool harnessed by mankind, it's a force that can be used, controlled for our own devices, |
| 0:22.6 | air conditioning, for instance, one of my personal favorites, refrigeration, most essential and |
| 0:28.6 | domestic conveniences that we take much for granted these days. |
| 0:31.6 | Of course, the needs of man are not always attuned to our pleasure or utility. At times our circumstances or baser natures |
| 0:40.7 | devise more sinister tools. Invented by dentist Alfred P. Southwick of Buffalo, New York in 1881, |
| 0:48.6 | the electric chair became known as a humane alternative to hanging since its first use in 1890. Undoubtedly, a revelation |
| 0:56.7 | in the world of invention, the chair provided mankind with an instrument of control over two |
| 1:02.5 | of the greatest and most terrifying powers of nature, electricity and death. Of course, sometimes |
| 1:10.2 | control is only an illusion. The very walls we build for protection may reveal themselves as a trap of our own making. |
| 1:22.6 | We at Fireside Mystery Theatre present the following story without prejudice or agenda. Our tales of the |
| 1:28.6 | electric chair are not meant to condemn nor condone. Rather, they are meant as an expression of our |
| 1:33.8 | persistent exploration of the dark and unsettling. And I presented without further comment for |
| 1:39.1 | your entertainment and consideration. Guilty as charged was recorded live at the |
| 1:44.0 | Slipper Room on May 27, 2018. |
| 1:46.6 | It was part of our show, The Electric Chair. |
| 1:52.0 | The name, Tan Jacobs, age 35 years old, |
| 1:57.0 | the crime, kidnapping, and murder. |
| 2:00.7 | Today, he takes the walk. |
| 2:02.6 | His choice of last meal? |
| 2:04.6 | Nothing. |
| 2:10.6 | What people on the outside don't understand |
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