“Catch Me If You Can” Triple Murderer Chooses Death By Firing Squad
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🗓️ 15 November 2025
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Summary
Tonight, South Carolina executes its 7th inmate in less than 14 months. Convicted murderer, 44 year old Stephen Bryant has chosen to die by standing with a hood over his head, as three volunteer marksman fire at him from 15 feet away. More than 20 years ago, Bryant notoriously taunted investigators and the daughter of his victim, Willard “TJ” Tietjen by writing “catch me if you can” on the wall with his victim’s blood. Police say over the next several days, Bryant went on to kill at least two more people before being apprehended. He is the third man to die by firing squad in South Carolina this year.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey there, folks. It is Friday, November 14th. And as this episode is being posted, a hood is being |
| 0:14.3 | placed over a man's head in South Carolina. Three other men are standing 15 feet away and are preparing to fire. And with that, |
| 0:24.8 | welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. I described there what's happening robes in South |
| 0:30.0 | Carolina in their death chamber where we are seeing yet again, not just another execution. |
| 0:34.6 | We are seeing specifically a firing squad execution tonight. Yes, and this is the third execution. We are seeing specifically a firing squad execution tonight. |
| 0:39.1 | Yes, and this is the third execution by firing squad in the state of South Carolina this |
| 0:45.6 | year alone. There is a reason for that, and we will explain. This is also the second execution |
| 0:52.1 | of the week in this country. It was supposed to be the third. |
| 0:56.1 | And this is South Carolina's seventh execution in less than 14 months. They are right there |
| 1:03.9 | just behind Florida in terms of the number of inmates that they are executing this year. |
| 1:14.6 | Look, they've got the drugs they need now, they have the methods they need, and they have the governors, quite frankly, they need to be signing these death warrants, and that's why |
| 1:18.6 | we're seeing so much of that this year. |
| 1:20.6 | Yes, his name is Stephen Bryant. He's 44 years old, and yes, he chose to die by |
| 1:26.6 | firing squad. |
| 1:28.3 | This will be South Carolina's 50th inmate to be put to death since it restarted the death penalty in 1985. |
| 1:35.2 | His crime, killing three people over a period of five days and notably, notoriously, writing, |
| 1:43.3 | Catch Me If You Can on the Wall with the blood from one of his victims. |
| 1:48.7 | Yet his, this isn't one of those cases where the Innocence Project is jumping on |
| 1:53.2 | and necessarily questioning whether or not he committed the crime. |
| 1:55.7 | That's not where we are. |
| 1:56.5 | But there are still some questions and some legal questions and reasons people thought |
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