Episode 49 - May 31, 1984
Episode 49 of the A Date With Murder: True Crime Podcast podcast, hosted by Kelli Floyd And Ashley Day, titled "Episode 49 - May 31, 1984" was published on May 31, 2022 and runs 39 minutes.
May 31, 2022 ·39m · A Date With Murder: True Crime Podcast
Summary
On May 31, 1984, six men escaped from death row in Virginia. What crimes landed these men there and how were they recaptured? This week, Kelli also shares why she's single, we try to figure out bombs work, and we talk about what bikes looked like in the 1800s. Social Media: Twitter Instagram Facebook Sources: https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/35-years-later-mecklenburg-six-prison-break-and-its-lingering-impact-on-virginia/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Correctional_Center https://historyofyesterday.com/how-6-death-row-inmates-orchestrated-a-prison-escape-39-years-ago-533e2ecf43ef https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/briley-linwood.htm https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/clanton-earl.htm https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19910823-1991-08-23-9108230097-story.html https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p1/peterson-derick.htm https://murderpedia.org/male.J/j1/jones-willie-leroy.htm https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t1/tuggle-lem-davis.htm https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1984/840486-1-0.html https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/16/us/recaptured-murderer-executed-in-virginia.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Correctional_Center https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/09/16/slayer-says-goodbye-smiling/7e71db5e-6927-42b7-be0b-48c4613650f7/ https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2003-07-27-0307270530-story.html Jackson, Joe and William F. Burke Jr. Dead Run: The Untold Story of Dennis Stockton and America's Only Mass Escape from Death Row. 1999
Episode Description
On May 31, 1984, six men escaped from death row in Virginia. What crimes landed these men there and how were they recaptured? This week, Kelli also shares why she's single, we try to figure out bombs work, and we talk about what bikes looked like in the 1800s.
Social Media: Twitter Instagram Facebook
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Correctional_Center
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/briley-linwood.htm
https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/clanton-earl.htm
https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19910823-1991-08-23-9108230097-story.html
https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p1/peterson-derick.htm
https://murderpedia.org/male.J/j1/jones-willie-leroy.htm
https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t1/tuggle-lem-davis.htm
https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1984/840486-1-0.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/16/us/recaptured-murderer-executed-in-virginia.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Correctional_Center
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2003-07-27-0307270530-story.html
Jackson, Joe and William F. Burke Jr. Dead Run: The Untold Story of Dennis Stockton and America's Only Mass Escape from Death Row. 1999
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