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EP03: The Happiest Man on Death Row
In 1939, a man with an IQ of 46 was executed by the State of Colorado for the brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl. He was 23 years old but had the mindset of someone much younger. The story of his trial, conviction, and eventual execution, will be one of the most shocking and horrifying miscarriages of justice you will ever hear about. This is the story of Joe Arridy.
Sources and Related Links:
- "Deadly Innocence?" By Robert Perske
- Friends of Joe Arridy
- All That's Interesting: "Joe Arridy: The Mentally Disabled Man Executed for a Grisly Murder He Did Not Commit" by Gina DiMuro
- Morbidology: "The Happiest Man on Death Row--Joe Arridy" by Emily Thompson
- The Pueblo Pulp: "Inmate number 19845 has officially served his sentence: The Story of Joe Arridy"
- Boredom Therapy: "The Tragic Story the Innocent Man Known as the 'Happiest Prisoner on Death Row'" by Paul Fox
- Life Magazine: "Warden Adopts a Young Murderer", April 12, 1948
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