449: “The B*tCh Wouldn’t Die”: Stabbed 300x with Pentagram Carving | Christa Pike’s Botched Execution | Colleen Slemmer

October 12, 2026

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“The Bitch Wouldn’t Die”: The Christa Pike Execution That Failed

On September 30, 2026, Christa Pike became the first person in modern U.S. history to survive a full dose of lethal injection drugs—then a second full dose. She was rushed to a hospital, where doctors initially believed she was brain dead. The next day, she woke up, began talking, and asked where she was. The woman who, three decades earlier, had carved a pentagram into a 19-year-old’s chest and stabbed her more than 300 times had told detectives after the murder, “The bitch wouldn’t die.” Now the same words applied to her.

The Murder of Colleen Slemmer

Colleen Slemmer was 19 years old, a compassionate and quiet young woman from Orange Park, Florida, who had enrolled in the Federal Job Corps program in Knoxville, Tennessee to train for a career in technology. She loved children, volunteered with the Special Olympics, and was described by those who knew her as dependable and driven. At the Job Corps Center, she crossed paths with Christa Pike, also 19, and Tardaryl Shipp, 17. Pike believed Slemmer was trying to steal Shipp, her boyfriend, and had been “running her mouth.”

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1 Serialously with Annie Elise – Episode 449: Christa Pike & Colleen Slemmer
2 Timestamped Outline
3 (00:00-01:08) **Advertisements** - Multiple sponsor messages for ADHD treatment, Progressive insurance, and Nordstrom Rack.
4 (01:08-04:09) **Case Introduction & Host's Framing** - Annie introduces the Christa Pike case, explaining how a failed execution brought it to her attention.
5 (04:27-05:04) **Christa Pike's Death Sentence Context** - Background on Christa becoming the youngest woman on death row at age 20 in 1996.
6 (05:36-06:55) **The Real Victim: Colleen Slemmer** - Annie clarifies that Colleen's story should not be lost in the attention surrounding Christa's failed execution.
7 (06:59-08:32) **Colleen Slemmer's Background** - Portrait of Colleen as a compassionate, driven 19-year-old who crossed paths with Christa at a Job Corps center.

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Guests on this episode

Christa Pike Colleen Slemmer

Show Notes

In 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike was convicted of a brutal murder and sentenced to death. More than 30 years later, her execution was attempted, but something went wrong and she survived, bringing her case back into the spotlight and raising questions about what happens next.

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