15. No Evidence: The Sevier County Trial Part 2
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 ...
Christa Pike: She Killed at 18. Now Tennessee Will Execute Her at 50
Christa Pike was 18 when she participated in the brutal murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. She was 20 when she was sentenced to death. Now, at 50, Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed on September 30, 2026.
The murder of Colleen Slemmer was extraordinarily cruel. She was lured into the w...
133. The Job Corps Murder: Remembering Colleen Slemmer
The murder of Colleen Slemmer by fellow Job Corps student Christa Pike is a story that hits painfully close to home for me, bringing back memories of my own years at Job Corps in the 1990s.
January 12, 1995, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer walked away from the Knoxville Job Corps Center with three o...
Execution Day: Christa Pike
The night air in Knoxville, Tennessee, was freezing on January 12, 1995, but inside the Job Corps dorms, tension had been burning hot for weeks. At the center of it was 18-year-old Christa Pike. Volatile and intensely jealous, Christa had become convinced that another student, 19-year-old Colleen...
Yarbrough- Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - Hour 1
This hour on Yarbrough, the day revolves around the execution of Christa Gail Pike. She was set to be put to death today after 31 years on death row. There was a stay of execution issued just as Bob was going on the air. Bob asked the Quick Question: if you could be Governor for a day, would ...
Yarbrough- Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - Hour 1
This hour on Yarbrough, the day revolves around the execution of Christa Gail Pike. She was set to be put to death today after 31 years on death row. There was a stay of execution issued just as Bob was going on the air. Bob asked the Quick Question: if you could be Governor for a day, would ...
Yarbrough- Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - Hour 1
This hour on Yarbrough, the day revolves around the execution of Christa Gail Pike. She was set to be put to death today after 31 years on death row. There was a stay of execution issued just as Bob was going on the air. Bob asked the Quick Question: if you could be Governor for a day, would ...
WKNO Daily Newscast | Thursday, October 1, 2026
(Nick Newsom / wknofm.org )
— The state of Tennessee failed to execute convicted murderer Christa Gail Pike Wednesday evening, after witnesses reported that her lethal injection was not lethal.
— Four DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies have been cleared of wrongdoing in a fatal shooting.
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Stay of Execution, Again? Part 2
Christa Gail Pike’s scheduled execution in Tennessee was briefly halted Wednesday morning when a federal appeals court issued a stay, but the U.S. Supreme Court later lifted it, allowing the execution to move forward. Hours later, the lethal injection was stopped after Pike survived two doses of ...
Stay of Execution, Again? Part 1
Christa Gail Pike’s scheduled execution in Tennessee was briefly halted Wednesday morning when a federal appeals court issued a stay, but the U.S. Supreme Court later lifted it, allowing the execution to move forward. Hours later, the lethal injection was stopped after Pike survived two doses of ...
