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The Case of Hank Skinner
📻 Episode #268
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Jun 13, 2022
About This Episode
On New Year’s Eve 1993 in Pampa, TX., Hank Skinner fell asleep early on his couch after being rendered comatose from a cocktail of vodka, xanax and codeine. His girlfriend at the time, Twila Busby, left for a party, and when she returned, she and her two sons were bludgeoned and stabbed to death. Law…
The Case
On New Year’s Eve 1993 in Pampa, TX., Hank Skinner fell asleep early on his couch after being rendered comatose from a cocktail of vodka, xanax and codeine. His girlfriend at the time, Twila Busby, left for a party, and when she returned, she and her two sons were bludgeoned and stabbed to death. Law enforcement knew Hank from his work in civil rights and he soon became a suspect. Despite clear evidence that Hank was incapacitated at the time of the killings and therefore incapable of committing these murders, Hank was convicted and sentenced to death in 1995. Maggie speaks to Hank Skinner, Rob Owen Esq. Hank's attorney, and Sandrine Skinner his wife.
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00:04:55“Speaker 6: Something, find out from a woman. Speaker 5: They know how to do everything, and so I can sew, Speaker 5: I can alter clothes. I used to make dresses for Speaker 5: my little sister on my mama's sewing machine. I make quilts. Speaker 5: I know how to do everything. I know how to”
00:18:38“Speaker 4: Andrea was a neighbor and she was also a Hank's Speaker 4: sex girlfriend. Hank became the prime suspect. Speaker 3: The reason he was accused of the crime, I think Speaker 3: is because in fact he was the only survivor from Speaker 3: the scene, which was both very lucky because the assailant”
00:31:46“Speaker 5: fuck you die die, and so. Speaker 6: Uh, I felt like that was it. Speaker 7: Did you get a last meal? Speaker 5: Popeye's fried chicken, a cheese, a double cheeseburger with onions Speaker 5: and tomatoes, no lettuce, and chocolate pudding, chocolate cake, and Speaker 5: a chocolate milkshake.”
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