The Last Public Execution In The United States - August 14 2022

August 14th: Rainey Bethea Dies (1936) Executions, though now a highly debated topic, once took place in front of crowds of thousands. People who came to watch a criminal die as if it was a matinee movie. On August 14th 1936 a man was executed in front of about 20,000 onlookers. 20,000 people who watched his botched execution that, in the end, put a stop to the practice of public executions for good.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainey_Bethea, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11846303/rainey-bethea, https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bethea-rainey.htm, https://medium.com/moxietalk-with-kirt-jacobs/h-u-n-g-rainey-betheas-last-hours-5a901a00cfd, https://vintagenewsdaily.com/rainey-bethea-the-last-person-to-be-publicly-executed-in-the-united-states-on-august-14-1936/, https://completely-kentucky.fandom.com/wiki/Rainey_Bethea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices