Episode 113: Karla Faye Tucker

Axe murderer Karla Faye Tucker, who bragged of having an orgasm each time she sunk the blade into her victims, was the first woman executed in Texas in over a hundred and thirty years.

While on death row she made a dramatic conversion to Christianity, causing her pending execution to become a lightning rod of debate on the death penalty, appearing on 60 Minutes and Larry King Live, and drawing in support from Newt Gingrich, Jimmy Swaggart and Pope John Paul II, all trying to convince then Texas Governor George W. Bush to spare her life.

Hear the entire dramatic tale of sex, drugs, murder, biker gangs, redemption and Christian forgiveness today on Murder Coaster!

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REFERENCES:

The Ballad of Karla Faye Tucker by Mark Beaver. University Press of Mississippi, August 10, 2023. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496850324

Karla Faye Tucker Set Free: Life and Faith on Death Row by Linda Strom. PRH Christian Publishing, March 7, 2000. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0877887751

BBC NEWS January 30, 1998, Special Report: Karla Faye Tucker BBC NEWS | Special Report | 1998 | Karla Faye Tucker | Tucker speaks out on prime-time TV

FEATURING THE SONGS:

Farewell Eternity by HoliznaCC0 courtesy of the Free Music Archive https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

“I Could be Happy” by Pastis courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Listen to Pastis on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ON5AUj9wpZLTOHpcEVAbL

“COUNTRY ROCK BASS” by Splasher! Courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Listen to Splasher! on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cImse2ldJLG1x2qkpW8hh

“Koko Arrest Me” by Blacktop Banks courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Listen to Blacktop Banks on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/11H6f30ltRNEUX4rgJWnBs

“Hannah be Cheggin” by The Grateful Seven courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Listen to the Grateful Seven on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3gJ5p3NKY1IKNAseE5MqWE

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