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The Trial of Billy Ray Irick - October 26 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

October 26th: Billy Ray Irick’s Trial Begins(1986) The gift of hindsight doesn’t always mean we can correct a wrong. On October 26th 1986 the trial for a man charged with raping and killing a 7 year old girl began. A trial that, when looked at with hindsight, should have ended with a much different sentence for the guilty party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ray_Irick, https://murderpedia.org/male.I/i/irick-billy-ray.htm, https://tennesseedeathpenalty.org/the-cases/billy-ray-irick-2/, https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2018/09/07/tennessee-execution-billy-ray-irick-tortured-filing/1210957002/, ,https://www.tennessean.com/get-access/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2F2018%2F08%2F09%2Fbilly-ray-irick-tennessee-execution-lethal-injection%2F830253002%2F,  https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/medical-expert-billy-ray-irick-tortured-to-death-in-tennessee-execution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:24.8

There were two more murders, 15 miles away. When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

1:28.2

We have a weird hummus.

1:30.7

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

1:34.3

The gift of hindsight doesn't always mean we can correct a wrong.

1:40.4

On October 26, 1986, the trial for a man charged with raping and killing a seven-year-old girl began,

1:48.2

a trial that, when looked at with hindsight, should have ended with a much different sentence for the guilty party.

1:56.0

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

2:01.4

cup of murder.

2:06.8

William Ray Irick, Billy, to everyone who knew him, was born on August 26, 1958 in Knoxville,

2:14.1

Tennessee, to a family who, according to the sources, beat the boy and abused him

2:19.6

for most of his life, with one neighbor recalling a day where his father clubbed young Billy with a

2:25.6

piece of lumber. In addition to his poor treatment at home, Billy started showing signs of

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