Part Two | The Executions Commence: Christopher Sepulvado

Bloody Angola Podcast by Woody Overton & Jim Chapman

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Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The “Executions Commence” series continues! Death warrants have been signed for several inmates in the State of Louisiana and in this episode of Bloody Angola Podcast, Jim Chapman breaks down the crimes and conviction of Christopher Sepulvado.

Timestamps
03:37 The Troubling Past of Sepulvado
06:19 The Abuse Escalates
09:25 The Tragic Death of Alan Mercer
12:46 Aftermath of the Tragedy
17:28 Trials and Tribulations
18:36 Yvonne's Sentencing and Reflections
20:09 Appeals and Delays
30:18 Changes in Execution Methods
33:38 The Unexpected End of Sepulvado

Transcript

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0:00.0	I walk a straight line
0:17.3	shackled chain
0:20.6	oh glarsome gertie is calling my name there is no mercy and they spend a
0:32.8	tenterie just ask the hill string guy
0:38.2	Rangled three
0:40.7	I'm here for life
0:44.7	I'm here to die
0:47.8	Inside these walls
0:51.5	Inside the wide And when the wolf cries these walls inside the wire.
0:56.0	And when the world cries, I know it's over.
1:04.1	Oh, bloody Angola.
1:11.6	Oh, oh oh bloody angola
1:14.6	Hey everyone, welcome back to Bloody Angola, a podcast 142 years in the making,
1:35.9	the complete story of America's bloodiest prison.
1:39.2	I'm Jim Chapman, and we are back with another episode in the Executions Commence series. Now, last week, we brought
1:47.6	you into the case of Jesse Hoffman. And this week, we're bringing you into the case of Christopher
1:53.4	Sepulvedo. Now, all of the stuff that we talk about on Bloody Angola can be hard to hear,
2:00.6	but this one is just an awful case.
2:04.2	And I'm just going to start off in September of 1990, when Christopher Sepulvedo started dating
2:10.7	Yvonne Mercer. The two had met in September of 1990 when Yvonne was working at Walmart as a cashier.
2:20.0	This was in West Monroe, Louisiana, which is on the far northern part of the state of Louisiana.
2:26.2	And Yvonne had been separated from her husband at the time.
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