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A man at Howie's Hideaway, and a woman who tracked Gary across Sevier County cause a huge problem with the state's timeline and theory regarding Connie Branam's death. PLUS - a world renowned forensic anthropologist responded to the scene of Connie Branam's burned car. Find out what he could and couldn't discern from the evidence. Beth also explains how she's keeping the witnesses organized in her head and talks a little bit about the next person scheduled for execution in Tennessee.  Episode Links: 📰 The Guardian: Tennessee says child rapists deserve to die. Now it prepares to execute one of their victims 📰 Christa Gail Pike Clemency Petition 🦴 Dr. Bill Bass's Website 🦴 The Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ⚖️ Justice for Gary Website  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee    Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Changing stories and denials came out as Gary Sutton and James Dellinger's attorneys began cross examining witnesses during the 1993 Sevier County Trial for the death of Connie Branam. But who's telling the truth?  Also - Beth does a deep dive into Dr. Mark Fowler, the physician who oversees executions in Tennessee. It turns out that MD isn't his first career.  Today marks 98 days until Gary Wayne Sutton's December 3 execution.  Episode Links  📰 Dr. Mark Fowler Column on Death Penalty  📰 Dr. Mark Fowler to oversee Pike execution  📹 Spring 2026 Footage from Bluff Heights Road  ✏️ Death Penalty Information Center  📰  WBIR: The Saga of Gary Sutton ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ⚖️ Justice for Gary Website ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

The past, present, and future collided for this episode as Anthony Darrell Hines execution came just days after the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Gary Wayne Sutton's intellectual disability hearing can move forward.    Gary's celebration was short-lived as the Tennessee Attorney General filed another appeal - this time to the state Supreme Court asking for them to vacate the ruling that would allow the intellectual disability hearing to happen as docketed for October 1.    Meanwhile, finally finding a transcript of James Dellinger's February 28, 1992 statement to police shored up some details about what was happening the night of February 22, 1992, at Howie's Hideaway. Plus, trial testimony from the Sevier County trial shows that an officer amended a vandalism report he'd taken at James's house on February 15, 1992, to add a detail that the district attorney used against him at trial.  ⛓️ Tennessee's List of Death Row Inmates  📰 A daughter wants her mom remembered as a victim, not just a case, before Tennessee execution 🟠 States that banned the execution of intellectually disabled inmates prior to the Atkins v. Virginia decision  📣 Find Gary and James's February 28, 1992 statements to police 🟠 How a Court Seats a Jury  🟠 Tennessee Supreme Court Information ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Bill Cogdill, the fourth and final alleged alternate suspect, had some pretty specific details about Connie Branam's crime scene several days before Connie was found burned in her car near Clear Fork in Wears Valley, Tennessee. Plus, hear what a former member of the execution team wrote to Governor Bill Lee about his experience carrying out execution.  Episode Links 📰 Tennessee Lookout: Republican gubernatorial candidates disagree on death penalty methods  🗳️ Find your Tennessee polling place 📰 'The trauma nearly killed me': op-ed from a former corrections officer 👮 TDOC: Governor's Faith-Based & Community Initiative and TDOC unite to mobilize volunteers, increase public safety 💰 Bill Lee Budget Passage Includes $1 Million for Prison Reentry Program ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

It turns out that not only were Connie Branam and Tommy Griffin supposed to be witnesses in a trial the week before their deaths…they were being subpoenaed as prosecution witnesses, but nobody seems to know why + another Republican lawmaker is calling for a review of the state's lethal injection protocol.  👨 Gov. Bill Lee Statement to WVLT 🌍 History of Cherokee, North Carolina  ✉️ Rep. Jody Barrett's Letter  🖋️ Sign the Petition for Tennessee's Governor Bill Lee to review Gary Sutton's case  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Who are Bobby Floyd, Eddie Blair, Lester Johnson, and Bill Cogdill? Beth looks into the alternate suspects that, for whatever reason, were mostly ignored during Gary Sutton's homicide trials in Blount and Sevier Counties. Also, get updates on Carolyn Weaver's recent health scares, a group of Republican senators asking Governor Bill Lee to halt executions, and a letter from Gary's attorney to Bill Lee.  Episode Links: ✉️ Read Letter to Governor Bill Lee on Behalf of Gary Sutton 📰 WKRN: Attorneys Seek Reprieve on Behalf of Darrell Hines ✉️ Read Darrell Hines's Letter to Governor Lee  📰 Christa Pike's Attorneys File Motion Challenging Constitutionality of Lethal Injection 📰 GOP Senators Seek Review of Botched Execution 🖋️ Sign the Petition for Tennessee's Governor Bill Lee to review Gary Sutton's case  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee    Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

🧑‍⚖️ Christa Pike asks Supreme Court to Halt Execution over abuse, illness  📣 Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine calls to abolish death penalty in Ohio, victim's family reacts   ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note - Including the changes to Alcoa Highway  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Connie Branam's car is found along Clear Fork above Wears Valley, and the cops conduct a search of James Dellinger's home. Then, Gary and James are arrested and charged with Connie's death.  Episode Links 🎧 Listen to Beth on Truth and Justice with Bob Ruff  🟢 Spotify Link 🍎 Apple Link 🏢 Beth tries to take a VCR to the Sevier County Courthouse  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  💉 Tennessee's Lethal Injection Protocol Manual  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Blount County Chief Detective Dale Gourley speaks to the media about Tommy Griffin's death and Connie Branam's disappearance as searchers comb Sevier County for the missing woman. Gary Sutton, reeling from the death of his best friend, talks to police twice, not realizing that the walls are closing in around him.  Also in this episode - updates from last week's failed execution of Tony Carruthers and the silence from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals in Gary's intellectual disability hearing.  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note - Including the changes to Alcoa Highway  Relevant Articles  WBIR: Gary Sutton supporters hold press conference  WVLT: Death row inmate supporters rally at Blount County Courthouse after failed execution of Tony Carruthers WATE: Supporters of Gary Sutton speak after Tony Carruthers's botched execution  Action News 5: ACLU calls on Bill Lee to halt executions pending resolution of lawsuit  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

The Tennessee  Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay in Gary Sutton's intellectual disability hearing, and Governor Bill Lee has granted Tony Caruthers a temporary reprieve from execution following a failed execution attempt on 5/21/26. Then, we go back in time to some very interesting details about what Tommy Griffin didn't have with him when he was found in Walland on February 24, 1992.  ACLU Files Lawsuit Bill Lee Tuesday Statement  Riverbend Maximum Security Institution  Bill Lee / Tennessee Department of Corrections Thursday Statement Witnesses Speak after Failed Execution Tennessean report on the failed execution Commercial Appeal report on the failed execution  Buy Beth a Coffee Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Connie Branam sat up nearly all night after her brother's trailer burned to the ground on February 21, 1992. On February 22, she began looking for him, and she ended up back at Howie's Hideaway in Maryville with Gary Sutton and James Dellinger. Episode Links ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  📰 WBIR - James Dellinger Dies in Prison  🧑‍⚖️ Tennessee Supreme Court Order for Gary Sutton's Execution 💉 Tennessee's Lethal Injection Protocol Manual  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Alcoa, Tennessee, police officers find Tommy Griffin shirtless and beaten on the night of February 21, 1992, and arrest him for public intoxication. The state's theory of the case diverges as it maintains that it was Gary and James who beat Tommy that night while Gary and James say they were already back home in the holler.  Episode Links 🎧 True Crimecast Episode on Gary Sutton 📰 WSMV Article about Tony Caruthers  🖋️ Petition for Tennessee's Governor Bill Lee to review Gary Sutton's case  ⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website  🌍 Google Map of Places of Note - Including the changes to Alcoa Highway  🎥 Beth, Carolyn, and Amy go to Bluff Heights Road  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

With seven criminal charges dismissed, Gary Sutton's weekend was looking up, and he had a full day to hang around with his best friend, Tommy Griffin, and his Uncle James Dellinger. Before midnight, Tommy would be in jail and his trailer would be a smoldering heap.  Episode Links ❓Beth questions trailer fire investigation 🔎 Wondering what it takes to investigate a decades old case? ☕Buy Beth a Coffee    Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Things were tense in the holler on Bluff Heights in the months leading up to the death of Tommy Griffin and Connie Branum, but Gary Sutton finally got some good news. 📱 Text or call 988 if you are struggling with suicidal thoughts - 988lifeline.org  📸 Beth pays her respects at Martin Justus Cemetery 📃 Atkins v. Virginia overview & opinions - Justia 🗞️ "Nashville DA says death row inmate should not face execution due to intellectual disability" - The Tennessean, March 11, 2022 ☕Buy Beth a Coffee  Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com

Gary Wayne Sutton has been in prison for 34 years. He's spent 30 of them on death row. The State of Tennessee is scheduled to execute him on December 3, 2026….but was his guilt proven beyond a reasonable doubt?  Episode Links 📸 Photo of Carolyn & Gary from 1993 🗞️ "4 Tennessee death row inmates scheduled for execution in 2026" - WJHL, Jan 16, 2026 📸 One of Beth's many visits to Sevier County's archives 🎤 Dolly Parton's America Podcast  ☕Buy Beth a Coffee    Stay connected with Beth's reporting and follow along as the stories unfold. Follow us on your favorite platform. Beth Braden: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Time of Death Podcast: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok Find us at www.timeofdeathpod.com