#BotchedExecutions | Willie Francis Walks Away From Gruesome Gertie

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories · Oct 18, 2026 · 14:28

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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

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Originally aired: October 17, 2026

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