Time of Death

In this mini episode, Beth spends some time discussing what the photos tell us about Tommy Griffin's time of death. Also this week, Tennessee elected a new governor, Marsha Blackburn, who has been very clear about her pro-death penalty stance.  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  💨 NOAA's Guide to Estimating Wind Speeds 📰 2026: Gov. Lee grants executive clemency to 34 individuals 📰 2025: Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past 📰 2024: Tennessee's GOP governor is pardoning 43 more people. He stresses it's not like what Biden did 📰 2023: Tennessee governor grants clemency to 23 people, including woman convicted of murder 📰 2022: Tennessee governor grants clemency to 16 people 📰 2021: Tennessee governor grants clemency to 17 🖋️ Bill Haslam Pardon Record  📄 Sevier County Case Files  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ⚖️ Justice for Gary Website  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

A court filing from last week included startling details about the man who attends Tennessee's executions, as well as declarations from attorneys who attended the two botched executions from this year. In Gary Wayne Sutton's Blount County trial, one witness shifts their testimony, and another witness provides a PI with a detail that could have made all the difference in the case.  🗳️ Where to vote in Tennessee - Election Day is November 3!  📄 Burns v. Strada Filing | Mark Fowler Depo | Maria DeLiberato Statement | Randy Spivey Statement  📄 Sevier County Case Files  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ⚖️ Justice for Gary Website  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Time and trauma warps memories, and that leads to some shifting testimony between what some of the witnesses said in Blount County in 1996 versus what they said in Sevier County in 1992. Also, a closer look at the state's timeline proves impossible as Gary and James couldn't have been in two places at once several different times on February 21, 1992. ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  🗳️ Where to vote early in Tennessee  📄 Sevier County Case Files  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ⚖️ Justice for Gary Website  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform.   Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok   Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok   Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com  

In some ways, the Blount County trial was identical to the first, right down to the order in which the state called its witnesses, but one of the waitresses from Howie's Hideaway had a brand new detail to her testimony.  🗳️ Where to vote early in Tennessee 🔍 2022 Review of Tennessee's Lethal Injection Protocol  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  📄 Sevier County Case Files  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ⚖️ Justice for Gary Website  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com  

This week, Nashville, Tennessee's Department of Emergency Communications released a series of phone calls that routed through the DEC on the night of September 30, 2026 — the same night that Christa Gail Pike was scheduled to be executed for the 1995 homicide of Colleen Slemmer.  Pike, however, survived.  Her botched execution paved the way for Gary Wayne Sutton's December 3, 2026, execution to be paused while Gov. Bill Lee called for another review of the state's lethal injection protocol.  In this special bonus episode of Time of Death, Beth Braden walks you through the timeline of the phone calls as dispatchers and emergency personnel tried to figure out if the initial 911 call made from the prison was legitimate. Episode Links:  -- Christa Pike discharged from hospital -- WBIR Timeline of Pike Execution   -- Tennessee's Lethal Injection Protocol  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee   Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com