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Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair

Radio Diaries by Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

May 7, 202627:39Society & Culture

This episode includes topics and archival audio that some people will find disturbing. Seventy-five years ago, on the night of May 7th, 1951, close to a thousand people gathered around the courthouse in the small town of...

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Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair is an episode from Radio Diaries by Radio Diaries & Radiotopia. This episode includes topics and archival audio that some people will find disturbing. Seventy-five years ago, on the night of May...

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Published May 7, 2026, 27:39 long, audio available.

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