Nothing could prepare witnesses for what happened inside the old gas chamber at Mississippi State Penitentiary, with spectators being made to leave after things went wrong

While these days the majority of US States use lethal injection as their method of execution there was a time when the gas chamber was the modus operandi for taking the lives of the country's worst criminals.

The death of serial killer Jimmy Lee Gray changed all that. Even before committing the crime which would result in his capital punishment , Gray was already a notorious and violent criminal. Known locally for committing petty crimes, Gray had a reputation as a violent child.

At just 19this violent streak would reach a new level, with the twisted teen murdering his then 16-year-old girlfriend, Elda Louise Pr

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