The Last Public Execution In The United States - August 14 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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August 14th: Rainey Bethea Dies (1936) Executions, though now a highly debated topic, once took place in front of crowds of thousands. People who came to watch a criminal die as if it was a matinee movie. On August 14th 1936 a man was executed in front of about 20,000 onlookers. 20,000 people who watched his botched execution that, in the end, put a stop to the practice of public executions for good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainey_Bethea, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11846303/rainey-bethea, https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bethea-rainey.htm, https://medium.com/moxietalk-with-kirt-jacobs/h-u-n-g-rainey-betheas-last-hours-5a901a00cfd, https://vintagenewsdaily.com/rainey-bethea-the-last-person-to-be-publicly-executed-in-the-united-states-on-august-14-1936/, https://completely-kentucky.fandom.com/wiki/Rainey_Bethea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.8	There were two more murders, 15 miles away. When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
1:06.2	We have a weird homicide.
1:08.7	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
1:12.4	A cop of murder.
1:15.8	Executions, though now a highly debated topic, once took place in front of crowds of thousands.
1:22.5	People who came to watch a criminal die as if it were a matinee movie.
1:27.1	On August 14, 1936, a man was executed in front
1:31.3	of about 20,000 onlookers, 20,000 people who watched his botched execution that, in the end,
1:38.8	put a stop to the practice of public executions for good. So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,
1:46.5	sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
1:53.4	Very little is known about Rainy Bathia's life prior to his crimes.
1:57.9	We do know that he was born in Roanoke, Virginia in 1909, but unfortunately,
2:03.0	was completely orphaned by 1926. Unsure of where to go next, Rainey began working for the
2:09.7	Rutherford family and living in their basement, before living in a cabin behind the house of a man
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