LEAKED AUDIO: The Disturbing Final Moments of Richard Thomas Boggs | Electric Chair Execution
This is without question one of the most terrifying recordings of an electric chair execution ever captured. It comes from a collection of secret audio tapes leaked from Virginia’s death row linked to killings carried out in the 1980s and 1990s. What truly horrifies about this tape is how raw and unfiltered it feels.
You hear the actual crackle of electricity surging through the prisoner’s body with zero censorship. And the most shocking twist, everything spiraled into disaster, far from the planned procedure. Voices clash in panic, commands overlap, and pure mayhem erupts just moments before it starts. The inmate was already locked into the chair when the governor’s office desperately tried to reach the prison, but the call never connected.
That failure changes everything. By strict rules, an open phone line must stay ready during every execution in case the governor issues a sudden reprieve. Yet that night, the system broke down completely, exposing how woefully unprepared the state was for such a grave act. The man in this chilling recording was Richard Thomas Box.
He faced the death penalty for a crime born from utter desperation. Trapped in drug addiction and broke, he viciously killed his elderly neighbor, Trebby M. Shaw, who was 87, right in her own home in Portsouth, Virginia. Bogs knew her well. She had been his father’s closest friend.
On July 19th, 1990, at 11:07 p.m., Richard Bogs met his end at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. He was just 27 years old. His life ended by electrocution. The audio you’re about to experience is the exact leak from the original prison archives. We’ve only tweaked the sound levels for better hearing.
With nothing more to say, let’s dive in. The warden is now reading the court order to the inmate. It is now 10:48. The warden has completed the reading of the court order to the inmate. The team is about to enter the cell. Is now 10:49. The inmate is now stepping out of his cell. T is carrying the inmate into the chamber.
The process is going very smoothly. Governor’s office needs to get to 306 in his Taho. Mr. Rangie. Yes. Can you hear me? Yes. We are now the chamber. Mr. Rangie, we need we need to get 306 clear. The governor’s office is calling. Debbie, they’re strapping him in the chair. Hold on a minute.
She said the governor’s office is calling. They need to get this line clear. Debbie, the governor’s office. Debbie, this is Joy. Joy, the governor’s office is calling what line? They need to get in on 306. 306. Which line is they on? On Mr. Murray’s line. I’m talking. Okay. He’s talking.
Is it this line? Not the line you’re on. No. Well, Mr. Murray is talking to someone on the other line, so it can’t be this line. No, it’s it’s the one. It’s 306, which is in um where the cells are. 306 is in where the cells are. Yes. Debbie, nobody’s on that line. They said nobody’s on who they call on 2:30.
2:30. That’s That’s the line in the warden’s office. Wayne is on 230. Debbie, somebody is he’s trying to talk to 306, but he says 2:30 is tying it up for some reason. Debbie, you’re on 2:30. Talk too on trying to call. Who? Who at the governor’s? Somebody’s kind Hold on. Hang that one. Hang it up.
Tell him we’ll call him back. Call him back. This is your 230. That’s where we We are on 230. We are on 230. Is it clear? Let me call the switchboard and see what’s going off. Oh, I did it. She said it was a call was trying to Mr. Trangi. Yes. Okay. Is it clear? No. No. Tell us. You’re on 2:30, Miss Tangi.
I’m going to cut you off to get clear. You need to cut me off this line because you’re on 230. We’re talking to you 3230 line. Oh, she’s going to check the switch. Debbie’s gone to check with the switchboard. Hold on a minute. Deb said more. Who are you talking to on the other line? Uh Mr. Morris.
Uh Chuck Allen answered the line and came in and said it was the governor’s office trying to get through on 306. We’re on 230 line up here at the present time. And therefore, this line is tied up. Well, the director is speaking with the governor’s office now. Oh, he is. He is talking with Mr. Shropshshire. Any message that needs to come to the director should go through Mr.
Shropshshire. Okay. Okay. Okay. Who Who’s on the other end of that line? Do you know? No, sir. I do not. Okay. As if that’s what we uh Ed, this is Bob Herring. We didn’t know who uh we didn’t know for sure whether you had connect uh contact down there with the governor’s office. The director is in contact.
All right. Okay. Fine. Okay. How come that speech? Okay. The inmate is in the chair. He has been strapped in the chair. It is now 10:43. 53. Correction. You may need Mr. Rang. Yes. Captain Green just gave us the message that the governor’s office called and said that the stay was denied.
That was the message she brought up to us. All right. Thank you. Are you proceeding? Yes, we are proceeding. Mr. Murray is on the phone now with the governor’s office. Thank you. Somebody calling me. Well, Lieutenant knows that we have a private line that comes over there. Mr.
Murray’s talking with the governor’s offices. I need for them to be calling us up here. That’s true. I don’t think it could have been a cry call anybody. I don’t think it happened though until after this. The snapping happened here though. They must have tried another one. Well, they what they were doing was trying. We’re going on. Debbie, you need to keep an accurate time of the delay. It is now 10:59.
The prophet is proceeding. The process is proceeding at 11:01. The first surge of electricity has been administered. It’s now 11:02. The second surge of electricity has been administered. The second search has been completed at
11:03. No complications. There have been no complications in the process. Was there any last words? No last words. At 11:06, the team member is opening the
inmate’s shirt for inspection by the physician. It is now 11:07. The physician has announced the expiration of the inmate. The pro is required by law with no complications.
