Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 9 The people in the room remain fixed, unable to move until the stranger has gone outside, gotten into his car and ridden away. That is when they are finally are able to get out of their seats. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (screaming) FIND THAT MAN! I WANT...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 12 DAILY BUGLE EXCERPT: …and in a bizarre twist to the whole Zac Larbi murder case, a police team led by Chief Inspector Kwabena Bediako yesterday morning arrested a man, Kwame Darko, in the forests of Camp Golgotha where the murders took place. Kwame Darko, a resident of...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 11 Outside the prison Ama Boatemaa is bent low on the ground, wailing, and then she suddenly feels a tap on her shoulder. She looks up, and she recognizes the tall, bearded stranger. Ama Boatemaa flies into his arms and holds him tight as her tears fall in...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 10 Location: GRAND CASTLE PRISON At 5:30 in the morning, the Observers’ Lounge of the Execution Room is full. Present are family representatives of the five women who had been brutally murdered. There are people from high society; politicians, government and the judiciary. The Member of Parliament, the District...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 9 The people in the room remain fixed, unable to move until the stranger has gone outside, gotten into his car and ridden away. That is when they are finally are able to get out of their seats. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (screaming) FIND THAT MAN! I WANT HIM...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 8 Location: CENTRAL POLICE STATION All the necessary documentation for the execution of Pastor Zac Larbi has been obtained and duly signed. At the Central Police Station, the Member of Parliament, the Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolis, Judge Atinga Awedaga and Chief Inspector Kwabena Bediako are putting the...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 7 Location: GRAND CASTLE PRISON The door of the small VISITORS’ ROOM 1 opens. The room has a small table and just two metallic chairs bolted to the floor. There is a chair on each side of the metallic table. Zac Larbi is led inside by two armed prison...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 6 THE STRANGER There was a time King Herod captured James, the brother of John, and had him killed with a sword, and the whole country rejoiced! This pleased the wicked King, and he captured Peter, intending to kill him too. He kept Peter behind four groups of...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 5 Her parents look at the stranger who has now walked past the journalists and is climbing up to the podium where the Elder is still speaking. AGYA KOFI (softly) There is… there is something about him… yes, something… The stranger is approaching Elder Senanu. All eyes...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 4 The Prophet stands in front of Zac, his long face filled with false piousness, his hands open in a semblance of meekness, his eyes exuding a compassion that Zac knows isn’t real. PROPHET BIO (gently) Zac, Zac, Zac! You know this little incident has had a very grave...
Episode 3 The huge, black, heavily armoured police van passes through three fortified and guarded gates before entering the main yard of the GRAND CASTLE PRISON. It goes forward a bit and then takes a left turn towards the administration block. It stops behind a long, flat rectangular building that has several offices along its length. The armed policemen get...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 2 She is in her late twenties, slim, well-formed, dark and very pretty. She looks at him and begins to get up, but he quickly reaches out and holds her arm. THE STRANGER (smiling kindly) I understand your pain, my dear. It seems to me that you’re the only...
Aaron Ansah-Agyeman’s Chronicles of the Stranger Chronicle Title: DEATH ROW Episode 1 Location: THE APPEALS COURT The courtroom is very quiet. Some people are weeping and murmuring, but the sound they are making is low. The courtroom is totally full; both the lower and upper terraces are filled with people. This has been a case which has been short...
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