54: "The Happiest Prisoner on Death Row” – The Truly Heartbreaking Story of Joe Arridy

The Criminal Makeup

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi everyone I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal Makeup Podcast.
0:15.1	Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history and today we are going to be talking
0:21.0	about the case of Joe Arady who is also known as the
0:25.1	happiest prisoner on death row and today's case is actually something a little bit
0:30.3	different because I know I start every single episode with we dive into the
0:35.2	minds of some of the worst criminals in history however that is not what we're going to be doing
0:39.7	today because today we are going to be talking about a huge miscarriage of justice.
0:45.0	If you've seen making a murderer on Netflix, think along those lines.
0:49.0	Joe Arady was known as the happiest prisoner on death row because he always had a smile on his face even
0:55.6	whilst he was on death row.
0:57.9	But the real tragedy is just how innocent Joe was in all of this. He wasn't able to fully comprehend what was happening to him either.
1:07.2	I do have to give a warning for today's case because it is an incredibly sad story. It is a story that ever since the moment I heard it
1:17.1	it has never left me and it's a horrible story to tell but I believe the story the true story of Joe Arady needs to be heard so let's
1:27.2	get into it. Joe Arady was born on the 29th of April, 1915. Now you guys know that I normally say the star sign of the person that we're talking about here and it's just
1:45.1	something that I like to add it's not to be taken too seriously it's just something like heartied but I only ever do this for the criminals and
1:52.2	Joe Arady is the victim in this story and he was
1:55.2	born in the town of Pueblo Colorado his parents were Henry and Mary Arady they were
2:00.1	also first cousins shortly before Joe was born, Henry and Mary had immigrated from
2:06.5	Syria to the USA in search of work and a better future for themselves and this is when they landed in Pueblo, Colorado.
2:15.5	This is when Joe's dad Henry did find work at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Works.
2:21.6	And then they settled into a small family home and then they had their first child which was Joe.
2:27.4	Joe has been described as a good-natured child who just enjoyed playing at home like any other child would and for the first few
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