Ep. 106 - The Happiest Man on Death Row

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The idea that some crimes are punishable by death is something that appears in legal systems dating back at least as far as the ancient Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. But the death penalty isn’t always fair, and often times throughout history, tragic and horrible mistakes have been made. Listen to the stories of some executions gone wrong, of two men who apparently couldn’t be hanged, and what happens when an innocent man is put to death. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/ Notes: https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/hammurabi https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/history-of-the-death-penalty/early-history-of-the-death-penalty https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2018/08/botched-executions/ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/5-most-terrifying-botched-executions-in-modern-history http://friendsofjoearridy.com Music: Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, “Parting”, “No More Words” http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Dexter Britain, “The Tea Party” http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party Kevin MacLeod “Luminous Rain”, “Lost Time”, “Serene”, “Sad Trio”, “Heartbreaking”, “Sovereign”, “Relaxig Piano”, “Parting of the Ways, Part 2”, by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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