Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17 · Aired Aug 13, 2026
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The man who shot Larry Flynt was executed in 2013.
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What the evidence shows
Joseph Paul Franklin did confess to shooting Larry Flynt in 1978, and he was executed in 2013, but those two facts aren't directly connected the way this claim implies. He was never charged or tried for the Flynt shooting, and his execution was for a separate 1977 murder in Missouri.
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Is it true that the man who shot Larry Flynt was executed in 2013?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Joseph Paul Franklin did confess to shooting Larry Flynt in 1978, and he was executed in 2013, but those two facts aren't directly connected the way this claim implies. He was never charged or tried for the Flynt shooting, and his execution was for a separate 1977 murder in Missouri. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17, aired Aug 13, 2026, at 38:56. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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