Episode 152: Christa Pike Reexamined

Christa Gail Pike became the first person in history to ever survive a lethal injection, just last Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

She was the youngest woman ever sentenced to death, and would have been the first woman executed in the state of Tennessee in over 200 years.

Today we will give you a detailed, moment by moment examination of her botched execution, followed by a reexamination of her shocking story.

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