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Time of Death

Beth Braden

True Crime

Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 16

There are no witnesses, no fingerprints, and no confession to the 1992 deaths of Tommy Griffin and his sister, Connie Branam in East Tennessee. There are, however, four alleged and un-investigated alternate suspects, six alibi witnesses, a disgraced medical examiner, a nearly impossible timeline, a bad search warrant, and a man named Gary Sutton sitting on Death Row. Did the state damn the wrong man to die?

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🇺🇸 USA - True Crime
24/09/2026
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16. One Headlight: The Sevier County Trial Part 3

Friday, September 18, 2026 • Duration 44:42

Did the jury get lost in the weeds when testimony about Gary's headlights dealt a devastating blow to the defense's credibility? Also in this episode, the witnesses used to bolster the state's theory that it was Gary and his uncle, James, beating Tommy Griffin on the side of Alcoa Highway both said they saw a dark colored Chevrolet Camaro. Gary owned a dark colored Camaro, but the witnesses disagreed on a huge detail.

📃 Christa Pike Clemency Petition
📃 Christa Pike Amicus Brief
🚗 Car and Driver Camaro Body Styles
👤 Sevier County Trial Witness List
📝 David Davenport Memo
⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website
🌍 Google Map of Places of Note
⚖️ Justice for Gary Website
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15. No Evidence: The Sevier County Trial Part 2

Season 1 · Episode 15

Friday, September 11, 2026 • Duration 47:51

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.

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📰 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

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14. I Didn't Say That: The Sevier County Trial Part 1

Season 1 · Episode 14

Friday, August 28, 2026 • Duration 34:18

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.

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📰 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 Su tton
⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website
🌍 Google Map of Places of Note
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13. Pulled Rugs and Last Minute Revisions

Season 1 · Episode 13

Monday, August 17, 2026 • Duration 49:12

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

12. (Alleged) Alt Suspects and Rabbit Holes Part 3

Season 1 · Episode 12

Thursday, July 30, 2026 • Duration 24:49

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.

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11. (Alleged) Alternate Suspects and Rabbit Holes Part 2

Season 1 · Episode 11

Friday, July 17, 2026 • Duration 32:22

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
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10. (Alleged) Alternate Suspects and Rabbit Holes - Part 1

Season 1 · Episode 10

Friday, July 3, 2026 • Duration 55:05

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

9. The Race Was On

Season 1 · Episode 9

Friday, June 19, 2026 • Duration 31:38

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8. No Turning Back

Season 1 · Episode 8

Friday, June 5, 2026 • Duration 33:11

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.

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🎧 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

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💉 Tennessee's Lethal Injection Protocol Manual

⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website

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7. The Space Between

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, May 29, 2026 • Duration 40:31

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.

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⏳ Timeline of Events at the Time of Death Podcast Website

🌍 Google Map of Places of Note - Including the changes to Alcoa Highway

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