I remember in science class as a kid I accidentally got exposed to chlorine gas during an experiment. All I remember is falling to the floor gasping for breath. My lungs were badly burned and I passed out only to come round in hospital. It was horrible experience and the closest to death I had ever been.
You should get checked again by a doctor, you can easily become sick later on in life now, and you can sue for a whole lot of money. That was the schools responsibility to make sure that didn't happen.
Had a close call with cyanide in a lab and again with bromine. The reaction called for liquid hydrogen cyanide, no big deal do it in a fume hood. However the filter on it was not cleaned, AFAIK never. After a few minutes I smelled the cyanide and felt tingly. The smell is sorta like amerreto liquor. Paused the reaction, opened the windows and evacuated the lab came back an hour later with the supervisor wearing gas masks rated for hcn and put the stuff in the hood on a bucket and sealed it then found the hoods filter was completely clogged. The bromine one was even more scary. A student knocked a half full 4 liter jug of bromine off the bench. Same deal except opened the windows as running for the door while holding my breath. Pulled the fire alarm on that one and a couple students had to go to the hospital.
ODs can either be the most peaceful death ever or a terrifying nightmare where you suffocate to death while being paralyzed. Honestly, the best way to go would be getting vaporized by an explosion or implosion. Lol You're literally dead quicker than your nerves can even send pain signals to the brain. A "Soviet style" headshot to the base of the skull is pretty damn effective the vast majority of the time though. Disconnecting the nervous system from the brain stem like that is instant lights out.
Retired analytical chemist here. We once had an accident in the lab which released a small amount of cyanide gas. I can tell you, even a slight whiff is very painful, like breathing in fire. The whole building needed to be evacuated and a hazmat team was called. When I think of 'the gas chamber' a rush of horror runs through me.
That is not true. I worked in a plant for 38 years that dealt in sodium cyanide as well as hydrogen cyanide and breathing it is not like "breathing in fire". I think you are just against the death penalty and want to make it sound more painful than it is.
In the case of Jimmy Lee Gray, the executioner was drunk. Intoxicated on the job, he failed to mix the chemicals correctly and therefore the cyanide gas initially failed to kill him. This is on public record and verifiable.
@stever5599 No one is arguing that it is humane. It is an absolutely horrifying way to die. Regardless however, human error was at least partially at fault in this particular case.
I appreciate how down to earth and free from clichés your videos are. Very informative with no sensationalism yet still totally accessible. Thanks for your work. By the way - it's crazy that States think it's 'too expensive' to use greater quantities when you look at how much an execution costs anyway. It's not plutonium! So glad we don't have it in the UK.
@@carolynnixon3086As do Japan, mainland China, the Republic of China on Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and of course North Korea--and the Saudis, who still employ a headsman with a sword.
I remember when a guard told Barbara Graham, who died in the gas chamber, to take a deep breath and it would go quickly . Graham said how would you know?
I'm surprised that Hitler never ordered its use in the latter stages of the war as part of the V2 program or something. Maybe as someone who was exposed to mustard gas even he could not bring himself to order its use militarily.
And remember ww2, least we forget the Jewish solution along with Gypsie’s, catholic priests, political opponents, disabled and even disabled solders. Just saying…..
There's actually an interview with one of the guards who was present at jimmy lee grey's execution (he would be named state executioner that night), he said that the ekg readout showed that grey's wicked heart stopped beating less than 90 seconds after the gas was released. what happened afterwards was just his death throes.
So you think bad actions justifies torture… Only someone twisted would think that. If you allow that kind of suffering your as bad as the people that committed the crime you’re “punishing”
@@daysgoneby3527ok then I’m just as bad as them then. so what? still don’t feel sympathy! i can acknowledge this wasn’t a proper way to execute someone simultaneously while not feeling bad for the schmuck they experimented with. only people i feel bad for are the staff and the victims who had to witness it
@@brenamal your phucked… you’d feel bad for the ones inflicting this and not the sufferer… Just because someone does something bad doesn’t mean they should be tortured. Torture isn’t justified
Well beheading someone via a guillotine is almost instantly fatal. I mean beheading is an infallible way to kill a person, simply because you can’t live without a head. I think a nearly instant beheading would be a lot less suffering than dying in a gas chamber
Actually there were several cases in the 20th century where the guillotine blade didn't go all the way through or got stuck and the executioner had to hack away at the condemned persons neck with what was basically a modified large kitchen knife to complete the execution. It's known that at least one person did survive long enough after that happened to mouth the words "please kill me" too the executioner as he was trying to finish the job. The issue was that after the french government decided there would only be one appointed state executioner in france it put dozens of other executioners out of work, and some of them became assistants too "the man from paris" and they'd go out of their way to try and sabotage executions As a result of that once the last family of executioners took over in the 1880's the post of assistant executioner would always be given to family members, that's how five generations of that family served the state as headsman until 1981. There's actually a fascinating interview that was done with the last french headsman by a french tv network back in the late 00's (a few years before he died) where he discussed his former job and said he considered himself a skilled master craftsman when it came to "the widow" becuase he'd been trained from a young age on the intricacies of its design maintenance and use, he even had some of the old blades in his possession and showed them, including one that was still stained with the blood of the last man executed in france.
Surely Carbon Dioxide would have been a better choice. Easy to obtain, no horrible burning and only lethal if that’s all you have to breathe. Many people have died accidentally through CO2 poisoning while sleeping - it wasn’t uncomfortable enough to wake them.
So because of the biological alarms your body and brain have to keep you alive, rising levels of carbon dioxide actually cause you to panic and feel like you are not getting enough air, however, if you are allowed to displace the oxygen while still being able to exhale the carbon dioxide, it bypasses that feeling. That's how oxygen hypoxia in planes work, when the cabin pressure drops and the oxygen becomes less available to you. Using another gas, like nitrogen or helium, to displace oxygen while still allowing the exhalation of carbon dioxide, actually causes you to feel giddy, lightheaded, euphoric, and it takes effect VERY quickly.
You're thinking of carbon MONOXIDE--CO, not C-O2, which is carbon dioxide. C-O2 causes an immediate sensation of suffocation because of the hypercapnic response--just hold your breath long enough, and you'll experience it. If society continues to want to execute criminals, modifying a gas chamber to be flushed completely with an inert gas like nitrogen within 10 seconds will result in rapid loss of consciousness and death shortly thereafter. See inert gas asphyxiation to understand how fast it can cause unconsciousness.
Not true, Carbon dioxide (CO2) is painful. The gases that aren't detectable are: - Carbon monoxide (CO) which is probably what you referred (and is lethal in quite low concentrations BTW). - nitrogen (in pretty high concentrations) - all inert gases (in pretty high concentrations) - normal air at low pressure (vacuum is painful, but about 1/4 of atmospheric pressure is plenty enough to kill while the body still breath normally) Also, nitrous oxide (NOX, also known as laughing gas) can be a good option too: is narcotic in low concentrations and deadly if pure; is definitely detectable by the body but the effect are the opposite (a very funny last minutes for the condemned!)
Doesn't that make you as bad as the person who did it though? And explain how does killing someone painfully benefit anyone? It doesnt bring the victim back.
Yep. I believe Xyclon B ( not sure of the spelling) was dropped and Jews, my ancestors included, suffered horribly. I wish the Nazis faced the same fate. Showers, dig a pit, shoot them. Cremation. I am so grateful for my grandpa who saved my grandma, aunts and uncles from getting on the train. Bribery, being a sergeant in the German army helped to have an officer look the other way and he told them to RUN until they got at my great grandmother’s house.
Most pigs you eat (bacon, ham, pork) are killed in gas chambers. They scream and squeal and writhe on the ground in agony, as they're exterminated in groups of 5 or 6 at a time, after being funneled through and fearfully descending into their death pit. Their final moments are excruciating pain that can last up to multiple minutes as they slowly lose consciousness (and sometimes they're still conscious when they're hung upside down by their leg and their throats are slit). You can find footage here on RUclips if you search 'How gas chambers are used to slaughter pigs'. No one should wish a gas chamber death on their worst enemy, let alone such gentle, emotional and intelligent beings as pigs. The only way to truly respect animals is to be vegan and not pay for their exploitation, suffering and murder.
Something I’ve wondered on this subject: why don’t we use Carbon Monoxide? From what I have heard from investigations, those who die from this basically fall asleep without any sign of panic. Seems that would be a humane way to do this. Am I not seeing a problem that I should?
Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith Show was well informed on Crime and Punishment. He had his True Detective magazines bound and they contained some very interesting articles such as “I married a Fink” or “How it feels to pull the switch” or “I picked a pocket and paid.”
The gas chamber at the beginning of the video is at the Frontier Prison in Rawlins, Wyoming. I have a few nice photos of it. The terrible 1987 B movie "Prison," starring Viggo Mortensen was filmed here. The gas chamber was featured in the movie, though it was shown as an electric chair.
This is such an interesting and horrifyingly detailed analysis. It’s hard to believe that a “civilized society” would ever even think of subjecting anyone to such a thing. You’ve done an outstanding job elucidating it.
That’s not all what about the animals that’s are used for meat. Like cows cattle chickens pigs and etc. maybe you should turn vegan if you eat meat and dairy.
Drowning hasn’t been used a modern execution method, but it is part of a couple of ancient executions like The Sack execution. I can definitely make a video on drowning. There are so many possible scenarios like cold water and even salt water changes the experience.💖
About as close as drowning would have ever come to be an official execution method was the Dunking Chair used in Witch Trials. The person was strapped in and lowered into the water. If the person survived the drowning, they would have been burned as witches. If the person did not survive, they were considered to have proven themselves to be innocent, but were also dead.
The moment I heard they were going to execute that first guy by pumping the gas into his cell, I thought, “His cell was airtight?”. That seems like a really dumb thought process.
Yes. This method is the only one prohibitive of any sedative or relief agent before hand because it demands inmate's active participation, deep breathing. While he endures the caustic sensations inside and out from the traditional form of the gas.
I'm always amazed at how we got rid of firing squads, but among all this gun talk, old guys shooting themselves in the head for suicide is the number one cause of gun deaths. Meanwhile, we've tried almost everything, including smooshing with a sledge hammer, to be more humane. I suggest a suicide gunshot machine. Updated Hemlock. The condemned will place their head in the chamber and pull a string with varying give to disallow too much anticipation.
13:21 Just like being in the electric chair. As soon as the electric charge hits, all of your muscles (respiratory system and heart) seize up. But the high voltage surging through your body is cooking you from the inside out.
How about an automated firing of a rifle. A person sentenced to death is put/ fixed in place with say a rifle sighted via laser and small camera to hit the main target area, ie: the heart. The system after loading the fixed rifle with a bullet a computer program on a short timer is enacted. Thus completing the firing of the rifle. I suggest this as stories of riflemen in firing squads sometimes suffer forms of PTSD from such. It's not always easy even to execute scum bags. A computer doing the actual firing shifts that feeling away from people. Well I'm just spit balling.🤔
Computer programs can be maliciously tampered with unfortunately. Firing squad can be quick and relatively painless if the bullet destroys the brain before it can interpret what is going on. Human reactions are not as fast as a fatal bullet shot to the brain. However, firing squad is not a reliable form of punishment that you can guarantee is free from cruel or unusual behaviour. A firing squad member might decide to be sadistic and shoot him in an area designed to cause maximum pain and suffering. Or they may deliberately aim to miss. I think if you look at all of the execution methods throughout history, there are only a handful of supposedly "painless" execution methods, and they all come with the risk of it not working properly and causing suffering to the inmate. Even the guillotine had issues where it needed two or three blows to chop someone's head off. Hanging isn't perfect either, because the calculations have to be spot on in order to snap the neck of the inmate and it can quite often go wrong, leaving the inmate to suffer a long slow death of asphyxiation. There are many new proposed methods of execution such as anaesthesia and then a shock to stop the heart, or carbon monoxide gas. I don't think any method of execution is guaranteed to kill the prisoner without any cruel or unusual happenings, therefore I do not support the death penalty in any way, shape or form.
In firing squads (at least here in the US), I believe all members use the same model/caliber of rifle; one of the rounds is a blank, and is randomly issued. That way, each member can believe (well...in theory) that they fired the blank.
I heard that the reason that Oklahoma is reconsidering the gas chamber is the difficulty of finding volunteers for firing squads, which was their backup for lethal injection.
I think that just like in a hospital setting, they sometimes use smaller needles depending on the person, but considering that the people placing IV’s don’t always have a lot of experience, it’s setting them up for failure.💖
I worked in a lab for many years. Never had 16 Guage needles. Largest was a 20 Guage. For smaller veins or it's a 22 or 23 guage is used(called a butterfly needle). The higher number guage,the smaller the needle. No sympathy at all for such individuals & don't agree with a long drawn out sentence. If you do the crime,do the time. If given a death sentence, no appeal. Did the victim receive any? Accomplices should be dealt the same.
they have proven 199 since the 70s. Wonder how many never got justice? The guys like Ed Kemper should be euthanized, just how I feel. Look at Dahmer, why should he not have been executed? He got his later but still, he earned the DP
Not "innocent," but "not guilty." They're not the same thing. Most people use the word "innocent" incorrectly and inappropriately. In a court of law, innocence is not an issue. Or not.
Hydrogen Cyanide works by attacking the cells ability to absorb oxygen so as the blood vessels and capillaries become overloaded with unused oxygen they become an incredibly bright red color, leaving the victim looking like a cooked lobster. This combined with the writhing and struggling must have created a horrific show for the audience.
I can't believe I clicked on this! I was a correctional officer at Nevada State Prison in 1979 when Jesse Bishop was executed... in the very same gas chamber shown here. His execution wasn't even close to what the public was told, & still believes today. It was THE most horrific thing I've ever seen. That's really saying something considering I'm a Vietnam vet and retired peace officer. Jesse's death was actually a legal suicide of sorts. He himself had the power to stop it and the governor was standing by. He just wouldn't. He preferred to die. Jesse began the ordeal by taking the deepest breath he could, then went into violent convulsions, foam exiting his mouth and nose. By my watch, it took 17 minutes for him to die! I'll NEVER get over seeing that! I quit my job soon after & went to work for the sheriff's dept. I understand that the death penalty is necessary in some extreme cases but... I believe we have a responsibility to find a better way.
These people who killed don't deserve a better way. The ways executions are carried out are far too humane. The victims suffered, the ones executed didn't, unless it was botched. It's NOT fair. If you truly were a Vietnam Vet his execution wouldn't be the worst thing you've seen. It would be from the war.
@@joewas2225 That's really easy to say not having witnessed it. As for the war, I was a pilot. I wasn't up close & personal like those on the ground. Colossal difference in what I had to see.
All the US executions are vile and vindictive. The current lethal injection system is a mixture of the worst kind of drugs, the mix is to cause the longest and most painful death that is possible to have. Inert gas would have had no side effects other than hypoxia and euphoria until cell death. Vicious revenge on the condemned regardless of guilt.
@@moosecat Thank you! I doubt you have any idea just how much those words are appreciated. Far cry from the treatment we received coming home from Vietnam. Most of us hid the fact that we were veterans until after The Gulf War when public opinion finally began to change. Even then, far too many remain in the shadows barely talking to other vets about it. So yeah... those words mean quite a bit.
12:05 "Dark hearts of Arizona?" I live in Arizona and if you commit murder you pay the price, don't commit murder and you will never see the gas chamber. If you want to live a good life, make good choices!
In a high school chemistry class in the 1980s I accidentally breathed in a slight amount of 12-molar hydrochloric acid vapors. It was awful! And that stuff is mild compared to stronger acids.
How about doing a video of the 16 year old girl and her experience of being strangled and then the baby who also died at his hand. If he “ Suffered “ for a few minutes then he got a taste of what he did
Your eye for an eye mentality doesn’t solve anything, let alone bring closure or relief. Of course I do not condone the actions of this murderer. How could I! But a tit for tat policy is never the way.
@@wisecoonie Yes it does, it gives future criminals a second of pause knowing they will die and it would or could. I’m more concerned about those they torture and kill. My compassion lies with them
@@Kodeeni I am firmly convinced that executions are never, ever the answer. As to your cliché emotional argument, it only proves you are badly in want of better arguments.
As a child I inhaled some chlorine powder. It burns so bad, you want to cough to get it out but each cough hurts more and more, to the point where you are coughing so much you almost vomit. Your lungs, throat, eyes, and sinuses all burn so badly. I have asthma so it made the effects even worse. Even 10 minutes after inhalation you can taste chlorine every time you breathe. It feels like you will never get the smell off of your breath.
vacuum chamber would be the best method. remove the air slowly, like gaining altitude, soon enough, they pass out,then the rest of the air can be taken out.
You know what I find so interesting? Nobody EVER comments this on videos made by men. Why do you think that is? Plenty of them use different variations of “vocal fry”. This is like the new “you should smile more”.
There are two internal alarms around breathing we have and most people only experience the first. That is the high carbon dioxide content within our lungs. Not sure what the exact values of oxygen to co2 are but you can do a simple experiment to see. Hold your breath until you begin to feel uncomfortable and simply exhale but do not inhale. As the co2 is purged from your lungs the anxiety goes away. The second alarm is low oxygen which comes after the high co2 alarm. Depending on too many factors to list everyone is different. This is at least my experience surrounding my respiratory system and a few others I've asked about this. i haven't tried holding my breath beyond that low oxygen alarm so i have no idea if I would involuntarily take a breath but its certainly interesting.
What were they smoking when they thought that cyanide gas should simply be pumped into a ventilated cell?? Watch Alan Alda portraying Karol Chessman (“Kill Me If You Can”??) Ask yourself if violent convulsions from the condemned do anything go for the witnesses/families of the murder victims. Do they recall their loved ones through the gas haze of the death of a killer??
I remember in science class as a kid I accidentally got exposed to chlorine gas during an experiment. All I remember is falling to the floor gasping for breath. My lungs were badly burned and I passed out only to come round in hospital. It was horrible experience and the closest to death I had ever been.
This is why I don’t like the gas chamber period
I did an experiment in Grade 9 (25 years ago) at home where chlorine gas was released from a jar in the sink. I had the exhaust fan on - not so bad.
Must of had a compo claim?.
You should get checked again by a doctor, you can easily become sick later on in life now, and you can sue for a whole lot of money. That was the schools responsibility to make sure that didn't happen.
Had a close call with cyanide in a lab and again with bromine. The reaction called for liquid hydrogen cyanide, no big deal do it in a fume hood. However the filter on it was not cleaned, AFAIK never. After a few minutes I smelled the cyanide and felt tingly. The smell is sorta like amerreto liquor. Paused the reaction, opened the windows and evacuated the lab came back an hour later with the supervisor wearing gas masks rated for hcn and put the stuff in the hood on a bucket and sealed it then found the hoods filter was completely clogged. The bromine one was even more scary. A student knocked a half full 4 liter jug of bromine off the bench. Same deal except opened the windows as running for the door while holding my breath. Pulled the fire alarm on that one and a couple students had to go to the hospital.
A head shot or a morphine overdose seems to me, like the fastest and least painful way to go.
ODs can either be the most peaceful death ever or a terrifying nightmare where you suffocate to death while being paralyzed. Honestly, the best way to go would be getting vaporized by an explosion or implosion. Lol You're literally dead quicker than your nerves can even send pain signals to the brain.
A "Soviet style" headshot to the base of the skull is pretty damn effective the vast majority of the time though. Disconnecting the nervous system from the brain stem like that is instant lights out.
That's no fun.
@@amberlopez7477Well it's most certainly not as exciting
If you harm children you don't deserve an easy way out
I'm pretty sure pain is the point. Politically correct proponents will deny it, but that's just doublespeak.
Retired analytical chemist here. We once had an accident in the lab which released a small amount of cyanide gas. I can tell you, even a slight whiff is very painful, like breathing in fire. The whole building needed to be evacuated and a hazmat team was called. When I think of 'the gas chamber' a rush of horror runs through me.
wow!!!!
It makes me a Proponent to use it in ALL 50 states.
That is not true. I worked in a plant for 38 years that dealt in sodium cyanide as well as hydrogen cyanide and breathing it is not like "breathing in fire". I think you are just against the death penalty and want to make it sound more painful than it is.
I feel horror when I think of what these people did to get to the gas chamber.
He'll mend the fwckwr 😮😅😅
In the case of Jimmy Lee Gray, the executioner was drunk. Intoxicated on the job, he failed to mix the chemicals correctly and therefore the cyanide gas initially failed to kill him. This is on public record and verifiable.
@stever5599 No one is arguing that it is humane. It is an absolutely horrifying way to die. Regardless however, human error was at least partially at fault in this particular case.
@stever5599 No but I will
@stever5599 What he did was inhumane, he got what he deserved.
Nuremberg ALSO had an incompetent executioner.
So?
I wonder if the guy in the chamber suffered as much as the 3 year old girl he abused?
Hope so
And the woman he murdered
Okay, King Virtue
Thank you !
Wow. What a super original thought. Thanks for sharing.
I appreciate how down to earth and free from clichés your videos are. Very informative with no sensationalism yet still totally accessible. Thanks for your work.
By the way - it's crazy that States think it's 'too expensive' to use greater quantities when you look at how much an execution costs anyway. It's not plutonium! So glad we don't have it in the UK.
No sensationalism? Are you joking? Her bleeding heart was all over her narration.
@@breshkotashmal7362Quote one sensible thing she said towards the murderer, seems like you cannot separate emotions from situations.
Europe has a heart, soul
and conscience. Americans seem to have lost all respect for the sacredness of life.
@@carolynnixon3086As do Japan, mainland China, the Republic of China on Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and of course North Korea--and the Saudis, who still employ a headsman with a sword.
I remember when a guard told Barbara Graham, who died in the gas chamber, to take a deep breath and it would go quickly . Graham said how would you know?
😂🤣🤣
Did you ever think that he probably witnessed executions
@@cindyshipman3181 Do you think she might have heard of this one? Didn't seem to go quickly. So, how would he know?
To the best of my knowledge, this is true. It actually happened. Nevertheless, it is a brutal way to die.
Barbara was also puzzled by the stethoscope that was used on her. "No stethoscope ever looked like that."
All I can think about is the poor soldiers on the western front during ww1 who endured such suffering in those hell like conditions! Lest we forget!
So horrific even Hitler refused to use it.
@@ZOSOrulz1 Well, you are incorrect there because the NAZIs looked to the US's use of the gas used at the termination camps.
I'm surprised that Hitler never ordered its use in the latter stages of the war as part of the V2 program or something. Maybe as someone who was exposed to mustard gas even he could not bring himself to order its use militarily.
And remember ww2, least we forget the Jewish solution along with Gypsie’s, catholic priests, political opponents, disabled and even disabled solders. Just saying…..
mustard was used on the battle field. Imagine how many dogs and horses were victims to this also😢❤
I can’t imagine sitting in a metal tank while people watch through the windows as you literally breathe in death isn’t any less horrific
Correct. And it should never be used again. It is cruel and unusual punishment.
@@normankillian-u7k so is murdering innocent ppl.. gtfoh softies
@@normankillian-u7knah save it for those that harm children. 😂
Well, you'd have to have done something pretty horrific to wind up there to begin with. It's real easy to avoid the death penalty.
@@normankillian-u7k I guess my question is did they ask for God's forgiveness.
Just stumbled upon this. Great job. No annoying music in the background and to the point. ❤
There's actually an interview with one of the guards who was present at jimmy lee grey's execution (he would be named state executioner that night), he said that the ekg readout showed that grey's wicked heart stopped beating less than 90 seconds after the gas was released. what happened afterwards was just his death throes.
… that isn’t how death throes work?
Correct, it isnt@@maxtravers1314
The best way to avoid the gas chamber is to not kill someone
yes
And not be falsely accused and convicted of killing someone.
@@alisdairmclean8605 That would be terrible
Don’t kill and abolish the death penalty.l
@@carolynnixon3086 Words to live by
After hearing this it makes seeing the many scratch marks on the walls of the gas chambers in the Nazi concentration camps even more heartbreaking 😢
What they went through was absolutely horrifying. It’s so heavy!😢💔
Horrifying God' Chosen had to suffer just because of nazi's jealosy over God's Chosen. Them nazis was horrible! 😮
Strange, how these supposed gas chambers you describe have wooden doors too.
@@battybethc8061 It is really hard these days to decipher whether posts such as this one are made in earnest or satire.
There was no gas chambers in those camps... Its been proven!
The execution of Jimmy was heartwarming…
Ohhhh aren't you a tough one lol
@@joshuamccartney1878Making fun of someone who despises a child murderer is such a 2024 thing
@@joshuamccartney1878 Not about being tough. It's about having common sense and not giving a shit about a murdering ass wipe.
@@joshuamccartney1878to be fair jimmy was a dickhead
he was a monster of a human being tho
Can I have a morphine overdose instead?
In a state they where gonna try fentanyl but the guy committed suicide
Jimmy boy got what was coming to him, it's impossible to feel bad for such a person.
So you think bad actions justifies torture…
Only someone twisted would think that. If you allow that kind of suffering your as bad as the people that committed the crime you’re “punishing”
@@daysgoneby3527exactly. Thank you!!
@@daysgoneby3527ok then I’m just as bad as them then. so what? still don’t feel sympathy! i can acknowledge this wasn’t a proper way to execute someone simultaneously while not feeling bad for the schmuck they experimented with. only people i feel bad for are the staff and the victims who had to witness it
@@brenamal your phucked… you’d feel bad for the ones inflicting this and not the sufferer…
Just because someone does something bad doesn’t mean they should be tortured. Torture isn’t justified
@@brenamal I agree with you. I don't feel bad for him either.
They should have left him. Let it run its course, however long it takes 🤷
No
You don't need to poison them, only deny them oxygen.
A pure nitrogen atmosphere will accomplish that without making them feel suffocated.
What a shame, the pedophile /murderer suffered in his last moments, hmmm...
In the same chamber dieed Edward Earl Jhonson..after his death they see he was really innocent ,i only hope he was not suffer so long😮
Well beheading someone via a guillotine is almost instantly fatal. I mean beheading is an infallible way to kill a person, simply because you can’t live without a head. I think a nearly instant beheading would be a lot less suffering than dying in a gas chamber
except you'd still be conscious for at least 15 seconds
Actually there were several cases in the 20th century where the guillotine blade didn't go all the way through or got stuck and the executioner had to hack away at the condemned persons neck with what was basically a modified large kitchen knife to complete the execution.
It's known that at least one person did survive long enough after that happened to mouth the words "please kill me" too the executioner as he was trying to finish the job.
The issue was that after the french government decided there would only be one appointed state executioner in france it put dozens of other executioners out of work, and some of them became assistants too "the man from paris" and they'd go out of their way to try and sabotage executions
As a result of that once the last family of executioners took over in the 1880's the post of assistant executioner would always be given to family members, that's how five generations of that family served the state as headsman until 1981.
There's actually a fascinating interview that was done with the last french headsman by a french tv network back in the late 00's (a few years before he died) where he discussed his former job and said he considered himself a skilled master craftsman when it came to "the widow" becuase he'd been trained from a young age on the intricacies of its design maintenance and use, he even had some of the old blades in his possession and showed them, including one that was still stained with the blood of the last man executed in france.
Christopher Lee witnessed the last guillotine execution.
@@andyf4292 Nonsense!
@@andyf4292no that’s a fallacy once the brain stem is cut your dead the brain loses all that blood pressure.
Surely Carbon Dioxide would have been a better choice. Easy to obtain, no horrible burning and only lethal if that’s all you have to breathe. Many people have died accidentally through CO2 poisoning while sleeping - it wasn’t uncomfortable enough to wake them.
I think you're thinking of carbon monoxide (CO). Still, point taken. That seems to me like a better option as well.
Yes, co2 and you would know all about it for reasons you will be aware of..@@victortaylor9399
So because of the biological alarms your body and brain have to keep you alive, rising levels of carbon dioxide actually cause you to panic and feel like you are not getting enough air, however, if you are allowed to displace the oxygen while still being able to exhale the carbon dioxide, it bypasses that feeling. That's how oxygen hypoxia in planes work, when the cabin pressure drops and the oxygen becomes less available to you.
Using another gas, like nitrogen or helium, to displace oxygen while still allowing the exhalation of carbon dioxide, actually causes you to feel giddy, lightheaded, euphoric, and it takes effect VERY quickly.
You're thinking of carbon MONOXIDE--CO, not C-O2, which is carbon dioxide. C-O2 causes an immediate sensation of suffocation because of the hypercapnic response--just hold your breath long enough, and you'll experience it.
If society continues to want to execute criminals, modifying a gas chamber to be flushed completely with an inert gas like nitrogen within 10 seconds will result in rapid loss of consciousness and death shortly thereafter.
See inert gas asphyxiation to understand how fast it can cause unconsciousness.
Not true, Carbon dioxide (CO2) is painful.
The gases that aren't detectable are:
- Carbon monoxide (CO) which is probably what you referred (and is lethal in quite low concentrations BTW).
- nitrogen (in pretty high concentrations)
- all inert gases (in pretty high concentrations)
- normal air at low pressure (vacuum is painful, but about 1/4 of atmospheric pressure is plenty enough to kill while the body still breath normally)
Also, nitrous oxide (NOX, also known as laughing gas) can be a good option too: is narcotic in low concentrations and deadly if pure; is definitely detectable by the body but the effect are the opposite (a very funny last minutes for the condemned!)
I can't imagine what those poor souls in WW2 felt when they where condemned to this. Never forget.
You're making pigs suffer through the same experience of being killed in gas chambers whenever you buy pig meat.
Yea
How do u harm a 3 year old? Cruel and unusual should be mandatory
Doesn't that make you as bad as the person who did it though? And explain how does killing someone painfully benefit anyone? It doesnt bring the victim back.
@@rickysmythit does
When hunting monsters try not to become one yourself.
Never did!
Why?
@@fumanpoo4725 Because it's better to not be a monster?
"...and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you." - Nietzsche
Monsters are fake. These assholes are real.
My claustrophobia would kill me before the gas.
Jimmy probably shouldn't have killed a little girl
I don’t see any problem with this at all, Jimmy got just what he deserved!
Absolute facts
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Yep
No he did not he was there to die not to be tortured more than the two people he may of killed
Legend says that Jimmy Lee is STILL gasping, burning and banging his head to this day.
Evil is hard to kill
Yep. I believe Xyclon B ( not sure of the spelling) was dropped and Jews, my ancestors included, suffered horribly. I wish the Nazis faced the same fate. Showers, dig a pit, shoot them. Cremation. I am so grateful for my grandpa who saved my grandma, aunts and uncles from getting on the train. Bribery, being a sergeant in the German army helped to have an officer look the other way and he told them to RUN until they got at my great grandmother’s house.
Which ancestors were those?
Your Family was blessed because of the intervention of people. When people care, evil cannot prevail.
Zyklon B.
Most pigs you eat (bacon, ham, pork) are killed in gas chambers. They scream and squeal and writhe on the ground in agony, as they're exterminated in groups of 5 or 6 at a time, after being funneled through and fearfully descending into their death pit. Their final moments are excruciating pain that can last up to multiple minutes as they slowly lose consciousness (and sometimes they're still conscious when they're hung upside down by their leg and their throats are slit).
You can find footage here on RUclips if you search 'How gas chambers are used to slaughter pigs'. No one should wish a gas chamber death on their worst enemy, let alone such gentle, emotional and intelligent beings as pigs. The only way to truly respect animals is to be vegan and not pay for their exploitation, suffering and murder.
God Bless you and your family
Something I’ve wondered on this subject: why don’t we use Carbon Monoxide? From what I have heard from investigations, those who die from this basically fall asleep without any sign of panic. Seems that would be a humane way to do this. Am I not seeing a problem that I should?
Somehow I had the brilliant idea to watch this before I went to sleep. Sweet dreams everybody 🙃
✋ sleep too
Good night,Buddy...Your comment saved me tonight....Thank you...
Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith Show was well informed on Crime and Punishment. He had his True Detective magazines bound and they contained some very interesting articles such as “I married a Fink” or “How it feels to pull the switch” or “I picked a pocket and paid.”
My mom has memories of drowing as a child. She doesn't remember any pain, just feeling sorry for have to leave their loved ones.🤔
If she is alive she didn’t drown…..
@@ZionislifeI drowned when I was 6, but they resuscitated me.
The gas chamber at the beginning of the video is at the Frontier Prison in Rawlins, Wyoming. I have a few nice photos of it. The terrible 1987 B movie "Prison," starring Viggo Mortensen was filmed here. The gas chamber was featured in the movie, though it was shown as an electric chair.
I feel that to much attention is contributed to the criminal and next to nothing to the victim.
Always. Especially through the eyes of a biased liberal media.
You are not the only one thinking that.
Because the victim is not the point of the video buddy.
This video make me smile.
It made me laugh.😂
And u two are fucked up
Don't hurt people and you won't have a problem, serves him right! Did his litte victim suffer? How about "Cyclon B."
Zyklon -B.
@@lisazinn866 I knew better, you're right, you got the message!
Oh well Jimmy Lee, don’t kill little girls. The story of your last minutes made my day.
I vote we bring this gas back for child predators.
@@EthanDarke but dont bring it back for jews
@@EthanDarkechoke on blood
@@daysgoneby3527Look into the eyes of a three year old and say that....asshole.
Jimmy died easier then his victims..... Its very easy to remember this mantra..... CRIME DOES NOT PAY ...
How long did the girlfriend and child suffer? Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Exactly.
Nitrogen makes more sense
This is such an interesting and horrifyingly detailed analysis. It’s hard to believe that a “civilized society” would ever even think of subjecting anyone to such a thing. You’ve done an outstanding job elucidating it.
I'm not too worried if a child abuser and murderer suffer some. He didn't worry about his victims suffering.
yes
Why is the state so incompetent?
4:52: "You might be inclined to feel sorrow for Jimmy Lee Grey". Uh, nope. Bastard got what he deserved.
He murdered a 3 year old. He should be thankful I didn't get to choose what happened to him. Definitely no sympathy for him.
I'm thinking either the sulphuric acid solution was too weak and/or not enough sodium cyanide was used
All I can think of are the poor animals this method is experimented on.
That’s not all what about the animals that’s are used for meat. Like cows cattle chickens pigs and etc. maybe you should turn vegan if you eat meat and dairy.
@@suebuschmann7057 Nobody's commented about food, ya weirdo.
Have you researched what drowning would fel like yet? Other than the dunking stool, has it been used as a state exection method anywhere?
Drowning hasn’t been used a modern execution method, but it is part of a couple of ancient executions like The Sack execution. I can definitely make a video on drowning. There are so many possible scenarios like cold water and even salt water changes the experience.💖
About as close as drowning would have ever come to be an official execution method was the Dunking Chair used in Witch Trials. The person was strapped in and lowered into the water. If the person survived the drowning, they would have been burned as witches. If the person did not survive, they were considered to have proven themselves to be innocent, but were also dead.
@@JadeExplainsDeathdrinking salt water…what would that be like😊
For witches, though if you drowned it meant you were innocent.
Psychopath much?
The moment I heard they were going to execute that first guy by pumping the gas into his cell, I thought, “His cell was airtight?”. That seems like a really dumb thought process.
Oh I've been waiting for this one! Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks so much for watching love. I appreciate you!💖
I'd rather get the electric chair
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but he killed a little child. He deserved what he got 😢
@@Lee-Darin I definitely don’t feel bad for him in particular. He is a very hard guy to have compassion for.
@@JadeExplainsDeath I'm surprised that he didn't get the death penalty for his first murder.
Yes. This method is the only one prohibitive of any sedative or relief agent before hand because it demands inmate's active participation, deep breathing. While he endures the caustic sensations inside and out from the traditional form of the gas.
You don't get a sedative in the electric chair or the firing squad, do you?
@@eimearslee8367they can actually request and be given a Sedative for those forms of Execution.
@@eimearslee8367that's a good question I don't know the answer but I'd be interested to know what it is
@@eimearslee8367firing squad you are dead when you hit the ground
I'm always amazed at how we got rid of firing squads, but among all this gun talk, old guys shooting themselves in the head for suicide is the number one cause of gun deaths. Meanwhile, we've tried almost everything, including smooshing with a sledge hammer, to be more humane.
I suggest a suicide gunshot machine. Updated Hemlock. The condemned will place their head in the chamber and pull a string with varying give to disallow too much anticipation.
Your voice is very sweet to hear, even talking about this
13:21
Just like being in the electric chair.
As soon as the electric charge hits, all of your muscles (respiratory system and heart) seize up.
But the high voltage surging through your body is cooking you from the inside out.
"But the high voltage surging through your body is cooking you from the inside out." False.
Why have mercy of a murderer.😎🌴🐊
How about an automated firing of a rifle. A person sentenced to death is put/ fixed in place with say a rifle sighted via laser and small camera to hit the main target area, ie: the heart.
The system after loading the fixed rifle with a bullet a computer program on a short timer is enacted. Thus completing the firing of the rifle.
I suggest this as stories of riflemen in firing squads sometimes suffer forms of PTSD from such. It's not always easy even to execute scum bags. A computer doing the actual firing shifts that feeling away from people.
Well I'm just spit balling.🤔
Computer programs can be maliciously tampered with unfortunately. Firing squad can be quick and relatively painless if the bullet destroys the brain before it can interpret what is going on. Human reactions are not as fast as a fatal bullet shot to the brain. However, firing squad is not a reliable form of punishment that you can guarantee is free from cruel or unusual behaviour. A firing squad member might decide to be sadistic and shoot him in an area designed to cause maximum pain and suffering. Or they may deliberately aim to miss.
I think if you look at all of the execution methods throughout history, there are only a handful of supposedly "painless" execution methods, and they all come with the risk of it not working properly and causing suffering to the inmate. Even the guillotine had issues where it needed two or three blows to chop someone's head off. Hanging isn't perfect either, because the calculations have to be spot on in order to snap the neck of the inmate and it can quite often go wrong, leaving the inmate to suffer a long slow death of asphyxiation.
There are many new proposed methods of execution such as anaesthesia and then a shock to stop the heart, or carbon monoxide gas. I don't think any method of execution is guaranteed to kill the prisoner without any cruel or unusual happenings, therefore I do not support the death penalty in any way, shape or form.
They did (maybe still do) this in Thailand.
In firing squads (at least here in the US), I believe all members use the same model/caliber of rifle; one of the rounds is a blank, and is randomly issued. That way, each member can believe (well...in theory) that they fired the blank.
I heard that the reason that Oklahoma is reconsidering the gas chamber is the difficulty of finding volunteers for firing squads, which was their backup for lethal injection.
I like the Good Old Days,
Emperor Tiberius having
Morons Thrown off
Capri Island.
I care more about the victims. I really do not care about murderers. How much pain and suffering did the v.victims have? No tears from me .
He suffered over 8 minutes? Well that’s a real shame, you know considering he ended a Fing 3 year old!
This is why I hate this
There were a couple innocent people executed under this method back in the day when we didn't the best forensics or DNA technology.
16 gage needle!!! These needles are used on horses and cattle. I use to work for a vet. No wonder they miss or blow the veins. That is horrific.
I think that just like in a hospital setting, they sometimes use smaller needles depending on the person, but considering that the people placing IV’s don’t always have a lot of experience, it’s setting them up for failure.💖
I worked in a lab for many years. Never had 16 Guage needles. Largest was a 20 Guage. For smaller veins or it's a 22 or 23 guage is used(called a butterfly needle). The higher number guage,the smaller the needle.
No sympathy at all for such individuals & don't agree with a long drawn out sentence. If you do the crime,do the time. If given a death sentence, no appeal. Did the victim receive any? Accomplices should be dealt the same.
Good. I hope it hurt. Bring it back!
I agree completely :) BRING IT BACK!!! :D Demorats and their rejection of captial punishment ideology needs to take a hike!!!
Many innocent people have been put to death in the US. The exact number will never be known.
they have proven 199 since the 70s. Wonder how many never got justice? The guys like Ed Kemper should be euthanized, just how I feel. Look at Dahmer, why should he not have been executed? He got his later but still, he earned the DP
How many of those innocent people murder a 3 year old? We'll wait....😐
Not "innocent," but "not guilty." They're not the same thing. Most people use the word "innocent" incorrectly and inappropriately. In a court of law, innocence is not an issue. Or not.
total misrepresentation of nitrogen hypoxia - having experienced it unintentionally I can tell you it is absolutely painless.
I bet it was funny when they realized the gas came back out the cell 😂😂😂
Hydrogen Cyanide works by attacking the cells ability to absorb oxygen so as the blood vessels and capillaries become overloaded with unused oxygen they become an incredibly bright red color, leaving the victim looking like a cooked lobster. This combined with the writhing and struggling must have created a horrific show for the audience.
I think this one has to be the worst one to witness of all the modern methods!💖
You should do a video on the John Deering experiment! It’s super macabre.
That’s honestly so interesting! I would love to cover the experiment!❤️
I can't believe I clicked on this!
I was a correctional officer at Nevada State Prison in 1979 when Jesse Bishop was executed... in the very same gas chamber shown here.
His execution wasn't even close to what the public was told, & still believes today.
It was THE most horrific thing I've ever seen. That's really saying something considering I'm a Vietnam vet and retired peace officer.
Jesse's death was actually a legal suicide of sorts. He himself had the power to stop it and the governor was standing by. He just wouldn't. He preferred to die.
Jesse began the ordeal by taking the deepest breath he could, then went into violent convulsions, foam exiting his mouth and nose.
By my watch, it took 17 minutes for him to die!
I'll NEVER get over seeing that!
I quit my job soon after & went to work for the sheriff's dept.
I understand that the death penalty is necessary in some extreme cases but... I believe we have a responsibility to find a better way.
These people who killed don't deserve a better way. The ways executions are carried out are far too humane. The victims suffered, the ones executed didn't, unless it was botched. It's NOT fair. If you truly were a Vietnam Vet his execution wouldn't be the worst thing you've seen. It would be from the war.
@@joewas2225 That's really easy to say not having witnessed it.
As for the war, I was a pilot. I wasn't up close & personal like those on the ground. Colossal difference in what I had to see.
All the US executions are vile and vindictive. The current lethal injection system is a mixture of the worst kind of drugs, the mix is to cause the longest and most painful death that is possible to have. Inert gas would have had no side effects other than hypoxia and euphoria until cell death. Vicious revenge on the condemned regardless of guilt.
Thank you for your service.
@@moosecat Thank you! I doubt you have any idea just how much those words are appreciated.
Far cry from the treatment we received coming home from Vietnam.
Most of us hid the fact that we were veterans until after The Gulf War when public opinion finally began to change. Even then, far too many remain in the shadows barely talking to other vets about it.
So yeah... those words mean quite a bit.
The vocal fry commentary is torture in itself
I'm always going I wonder what that felt like EVERTIME I know someone died
Too bad for the prisoner but maybe he shouldn’t have murdered his girlfriend and a little baby.
Inhumane how terrible,just image what the young child suffered,a fitting end.
Nope
Arizona has not changed one bit.
12:05 "Dark hearts of Arizona?" I live in Arizona and if you commit murder you pay the price, don't commit murder and you will never see the gas chamber. If you want to live a good life, make good choices!
Why show mercy ? They didn't show that to their victims
Though it’s definitely hard to have sympathy for these inmates, it is still outlined in our constitution that punishment cannot be cruel or unusual.💖
My sympathy is with the victims and their families .
In a high school chemistry class in the 1980s I accidentally breathed in a slight amount of 12-molar hydrochloric acid vapors. It was awful! And that stuff is mild compared to stronger acids.
How about doing a video of the 16 year old girl and her experience of being strangled and then the baby who also died at his hand. If he “ Suffered “ for a few minutes then he got a taste of what he did
Your eye for an eye mentality doesn’t solve anything, let alone bring closure or relief. Of course I do not condone the actions of this murderer. How could I! But a tit for tat policy is never the way.
@@wisecoonie
Yes it does, it gives future criminals a second of pause knowing they will die and it would or could. I’m more concerned about those they torture and kill. My compassion lies with them
@@Kodeeni no it won’t. And this has been extensively documented ánd statistically proven.
@@wisecoonie
If that was your child I’d bet you would feel differently
@@Kodeeni I am firmly convinced that executions are never, ever the answer. As to your cliché emotional argument, it only proves you are badly in want of better arguments.
To all the bleeding-hearts saying "Oh but the death penalty isn't a deterrent!" you are quite correct.
It's not a deterrent, it's a PUNISHMENT.
Not a deterrent? How many executed criminals commit a crime after execution? It may not be a deterrent, but it sure is a good prevention method.
Well they won’t murder anybody again that’s for sure 👍🏻
@@NihongoGuy and if you get it wrong as several have??? how do you fix that???
As a child I inhaled some chlorine powder. It burns so bad, you want to cough to get it out but each cough hurts more and more, to the point where you are coughing so much you almost vomit. Your lungs, throat, eyes, and sinuses all burn so badly. I have asthma so it made the effects even worse. Even 10 minutes after inhalation you can taste chlorine every time you breathe. It feels like you will never get the smell off of your breath.
How have I never seen this channel before!?!
Jade Explains Death I really love your channel this video is very informative 👍.
EYE for an EYE...... someone kills ..... they should GET THE death penalty ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!
Unless your last name is Clinton.
Why not use an anasthesia mask, preceded by a tranquilizer pill ?
These guys deserve everything they get. I have Zero sympathy for people who kill others. Who really cares for Jimmy Gray?!!!
Hanging is fast and humane when it is performed by an executioner who knows what he is doing , Albert Pierrepont in the uk, for example.
They don't suffer enough!
vacuum chamber would be the best method.
remove the air slowly, like gaining altitude, soon enough, they pass out,then the rest of the air can be taken out.
That vocal fry is killing me.
You know what I find so interesting? Nobody EVER comments this on videos made by men. Why do you think that is? Plenty of them use different variations of “vocal fry”. This is like the new “you should smile more”.
I love the way she talks, personally.
@@JadeExplainsDeath nothing interesting cuz men have little of value to say
@@JadeExplainsDeathsettle down Susan B Anthony
There are two internal alarms around breathing we have and most people only experience the first. That is the high carbon dioxide content within our lungs. Not sure what the exact values of oxygen to co2 are but you can do a simple experiment to see. Hold your breath until you begin to feel uncomfortable and simply exhale but do not inhale. As the co2 is purged from your lungs the anxiety goes away. The second alarm is low oxygen which comes after the high co2 alarm. Depending on too many factors to list everyone is different. This is at least my experience surrounding my respiratory system and a few others I've asked about this. i haven't tried holding my breath beyond that low oxygen alarm so i have no idea if I would involuntarily take a breath but its certainly interesting.
Anoxia doesn’t produce the unpleasant effect of co2 acidosis. I’ve been in a barochamber in air force training. You don’t feel anything wrong.
Who cares if it was "not humane???" How humane were the murders he committed??
What were they smoking when they thought that cyanide gas should simply be pumped into a ventilated cell??
Watch Alan Alda portraying Karol Chessman (“Kill Me If You Can”??)
Ask yourself if violent convulsions from the condemned do anything go for the witnesses/families of the murder victims.
Do they recall their loved ones through the gas haze of the death of a killer??
I would not be able to stomach this I would cry if I seen anyone go out this way
Sounds perfect to reserve this method for those real monsters. If you did someone dirty, you should get something nasty.
What did pigs do to deserve this?
No
I am sure the parents of the victims didn't mind
The judge or paroll board who only gave him 6 years to serve are culpable in that girls murder too
i wouldnt want to be burned alive
Yes I think that would be the worst way to go, but I doubt suffocating to death on poisonous fumes is much better.