Sigourney Weaver: A Goddess, Beasts and Demons, and Paying Tribute from Death Row

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In classic ‘80s films like Ghostbusters and Aliens, Sigourney Weaver battled demons and beasts. But to one particular inmate on death row in Georgia, she battled those demons and beasts in real life as well. To Alexander Williams, a convicted murderer, Sigourney Weaver was a goddess – a divine being sent to this earth to do battle with evil. He worshiped her from the floor of his prison cell. And as his day of reckoning drew closer, he waited for a glimmer of hope that the goddess would intervene and change his fate.

This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including depictions of suicide, sexual assault, and child abuse.

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