I Visited Europe’s Execution Sites to Understand America’s Death Penalty
What do medieval witch hunts, public guillotines, and America's death penalty have in common? More than you might think.In this episode of Death Row Stories, I leave the United States and travel acros...
12 Juni 18min
Texas 600th Execution: Inside the Fight Over Intellectual Disability Part - 2
On May 14 2026, Death Row Stories takes you inside a race against time as Texas prepares for what could become its 600th execution since 1976. From an early morning abolitionist press conference to a ...
18 Maj 10min
Texas' 600th Execution: Inside the Fight Over Intellectual Disability
Texas is about to carry out its 600th execution since 1976. But this case is different.Edward Lee Busby Jr is scheduled to die for a brutal 2004 murder in Fort Worth. What he did was horrific. A 77-ye...
10 Maj 12min
Outside James Broadnax’s Execution, as Doubt Hung Over It
At the gates of the Huntsville Unit, I witnessed one of the most controversial executions in recent Texas history. James Broadnax was put to death as serious doubts still surrounded his case, after hi...
2 Maj 12min
Secrets of Lethal Injections EXPOSED
What really happens when the state kills someone?In this shocking episode of Death Row Stories, I sit down with Corinna Barrett Lain, author of Secrets of the Killing State, to expose the dark, hidden...
28 Mars 1h 10min
They Executed a 21-Year-Old Who Couldn't Understand His Trial
In 1913, a 21-year-old man was executed in Texas after a trial he could not understand.This episode of Death Row Stories investigates one of the most disturbing and little-known cases in the history o...
7 Mars 16min
28 Hanged in the Square:America's Forgotten Mass Execution
In 1847, a United States–appointed governor was killed in his own home. He was shot with arrows and scalped in front of his family. What followed was one of the earliest mass executions carried out by...
31 Jan 15min
30 Brain Lesions, Multiple Sclerosis, On Death Row… and Smiling (with names withdrawed)
What happens when a single decision changes everything?In this episode of Death Row Stories, Tyrone Williams speaks from inside Texas death row — not to explain a crime, but to reflect on the choices ...
27 Dec 202552min
