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#BotchedExecutions | Willie Francis Walks Away From Gruesome Gertie
In 1946, Louisiana strapped seventeen-year-old Willie Francis into its portable electric chair, and from under the hood he cried out for them to take it off. He walked away alive, lost at the Supreme Court by one vote, and went back to the chair a year later. From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: October 17, 2026 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM3LZM9M/
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