Is it possible to listen to it on the web?
Shai
On 3/16/2010 4:49 PM, Samara Freemark wrote:
> Yes, I should have mentioned that we do have that recording - and yes,
> "chilling" is the word for it. Marie, that's interesting that you worked on
> preserving it. We were trying to track down who preserved it. Where did the
> tape come from originally? And do you (or anyone else) know if other
> archives from local radio stations in Mississippi have been preserved
> anywhere?
>
> Thanks again for all the help,
> Samara
>
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Marie O'Connell<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> It was a live event, there was a large crowd assembled as you could hear
>> them in the background. The broadcaster refers to a boy who is up a tree
>> and had a 'good view' of Willie in the portable electric chair. I was
>> appalled to think a child would be allowed to view this event which took
>> place just after midnight. There is an explanation about why the execution
>> took place after midnight. After the three rather loud surges of power
>> from
>> the generator are broadcast you hear the crowd cheering.
>>
>> It was one of the saddest preservations I have done.
>>
>> Marie
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:32 PM,<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> In a message dated 3/15/2010 9:29:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> [log in to unmask] writes:
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>>> I preserved the radio broadcast of this execution when I was working at
>>> the
>>> Oral History Unit of the University of Southern Mississsippi.
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>>> This 1951 electrocution was actually broadcast live (in real time)? Isn't
>>> that a unique event?
>>>
>>> Allen
>>>
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>>>
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