"This is an extension of story telling. You know, this existed since the very begin story telling," he says. "I don't think there's anything wrong with finding something like the jesse washington lynching situation from a hundred years ago fascinating and reading up on all you can on it." If they announced that we were going to have the first public execution in the united states since the 19 thirties, do you think you'd be able to get a ringside seat? Think you would be able to rent one of those rooms with a picture window view down on the scaffold in one of the nearby hotels?