Growing Up On Death Row At 17
Imagine you're 17-years old and sentenced to LIFE in prison for a crime that you didn't commit. Bryan Seddens lived that truth for 31 years before unexpectedly being released in May of 2021. For most of that time, Bryan was forced to live amongst Death Row inmates. Now, listen to and follow his long, grueling journey to freedom on Growing Up On Death Row at 17.
Episodes
39 episodes
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 39 - Back To The Drawing Board
It's been a minute between podcasts, but in this conversation, Bryan discusses his recent experiences with work and family and he also shares how a co-worker discovered his past and how it led to conflict and contributed to a hostile wor...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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33:47
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 38 - Lady Ada
Resident. Nurse. Teacher. Entrepreneur. Ada Taylor, AKA Lady Ada, has been a fixture and role model in the St. Louis community for years. Her main mission in life is to do the things that would be pleasing in God's eyes. One is to provide jo...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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30:19
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 37 - Demetrius' Day Is Coming
Demetrius Hooker has a great support system - his wife Shnette and their four children. Also, his cousin Dr. Samada Randels. But from a legal support, he has no one working to help him gain his freedom after having spent more than 30 years i...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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53:13
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 36 - Help Us Find Makayla and Malayiah Wickerson
Makayla (25) and Malayiah Wickerson (2) have been missing from their Berkeley, MO home since July 28th and we need your help finding them. Please contact us at guodr17.com or on this page or the Berkeley police at (314) 400-3810.
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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5:50
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 35 - You Can't Pimp My Pain
Molested at 4 years old. In drug rehab at 12. She meets the local drug dealer and becomes involved with him at 14 and was soon married at 15. And as if that wasn't enough, Sheena Eastburn was physically, mentally and sexually abused by her h...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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54:55
Growing Up On Death Row AT 17 - Session 34 - Giving Back Is A Beautiful Thing
Those who have been incarcerated come out of prison knowing that certain members of society are watching them and judging them. But for Bryan Seddens and many of those whom he was released with, there is a sense of wanting to give back...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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11:30
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 33 - Sometimes It's Better To Just Walk Away
Spending 31 years in "the coffin" as Bryan Seddens calls it, taught him that there is only so much a person can do. And though he would like to help as many young people as he can stay on the right path, he also knows that it is better...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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23:41
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 32 - Our Kids Are On Their Own
Years ago, children knew that when the street light came on no matter what neighborhood they were in, they better be on the porch or in the house - period. It's sad to say but the old streetlight rule no longer has meaning. For Bryan Seddens...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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21:07
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 31 - Controlled Movement and Institutionalized Thinking
When your every move and sometimes thoughts are in the hands of others, it can be a humbling thing. In prison, it's called "Controlled Movement" and after spending 31 years incarcerated for a crime that he didn't commit, Bryan Seddens knows it ...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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23:30
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 30 - Re-Writing My Story, My Way
Bryan Seddens is doing something few people get to do - re-writing his story. Because he was locked up at 16 and many people lost track of him while he was incarcerated for 31 years, they only know what they see him doing now: giving speeche...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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16:06
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 29 - Accountability And Accomplishment
You're 48. Your last relationship was 31 years ago at the age of 16. In between that time, you were in prison so you have no idea what to expect, but your time incarcerated has taught you that loyalty is crucial and a key for survival....
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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18:58
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 28 - I Needed To Get Some Things Off My Chest
Time in the free world has opened Bryan Seddens' eyes to a lot since his release from prison in May of 2021. One revelation is that loyalty is very rare and it's confusing to him as to why that is. Listen to a few things that Bryan needed to...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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13:26
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 27 - If Only I Had LIstened To Grandma
Bryan Seddens knew he had no business getting into that car and to this day he still can hear his grandmother advising him not to. Yet he got in anyway and that ride took him right to prison where he spent 31 years for a crime that he did not c...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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16:06
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 26 - Two Places At The Same Time
A few things that Christopher Spates acknowledges: He’s not a saint; he’s incapable of being in two places at once and more importantly, he’s not a murderer. But he was convicted and is still in prison based on the fact that he was supposed ...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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38:33
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 25 - No Mercy For George, No Mercy For Me
Mercy is defined as "compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm." George Stinney , Jr. was electrocuted in 1944 for a crime that he didn't commit. Bryan Seddens related to young George beca...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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31:30
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 24 - Seriously, Why Am I Still Here
John Frost believed so much in his innocence of a homicide, he voluntarily went to the police station for questioning. He never returned home that day. Then after his conviction, John knew there had to be proof that he was not guilty. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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30:07
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 23 - Why Am I Still Here
No evidence. No fingerprints. No DNA. No eyewitnesses. But after a day and half on trial, John Frost still was convicted of murder. Twenty-three years later with the help of private investigator Ron White, John has what he needs to be a free...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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35:35
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 22 - What's In A Color
For years, Bryan Seddens thought by representing the color red and all that it stood for, that he was doing the right thing. But having spent 31 years and not received one call, one letter, no money on his books from "his people," he realize...
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24:39
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 21 - Interview with Jacque Bryant
Unlike what you see in the movies and on television, many of the facilities in the Missouri Department of Corrections system are staffed by women, not men. Jacque Bryant spent three years in one of the most dangerous prisons in the state - T...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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27:57
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 20 - The Making Of A Book
From the beginning of this podcast venture, Bryan Seddens knew that what he had to share with parents and their children is powerful. He also knows that there is more to be told and that's the reason he is writing a book. Bryan speaks to the...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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16:41
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 19 - Ladies First
It's been said that beside every good man is a good woman. And most times because the woman is juggling being a mate, a mother and having a career, it's sometimes hard for them to find someone compatible. And more often than not, they ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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33:20
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 18 - Mr. Seddens Goes To Jeff City
Bryan Seddens had a goal and a dream to one day let Missouri senators and representatives know just what their Department of Corrections had done to him, especially because he served time for a crime that he didn't commit. He got that wish o...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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30:38
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 17 - Still Adjusting
One thing that Bryan Seddens does not shy away from is the fact that every day is an adjustment for him. After spending 31 years in prison for a crime that he didn't commit, he has had to reprogram his thoughts, his actions and his ways. How...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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33:07
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 16 - Interview with Christopher and Kira Dunn
Thirty plus years incarcerated. Twelve plus years of appeals. And after all of that, a judge rules that you should no longer be there, but because a law specifically states "on death row" and he is serving a sentence of life without parole p...
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28:54
Growing Up On Death Row At 17 - Session 15 - Murder Was The Case - Part 1 with George Williams
After numerous failed trips before the parole board, George Williams finally was released from Missouri State Prison in November of 2021. Originally serving a 25-year sentence for robbing a lounge in which his partner was killed by the polic...
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