#BotchedExecutions | Flames, Blood, A Blowout And A Pecan Pie
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime StoriesShow Notes
In Florida’s electric chair, a flame rose from under Pedro Medina’s headpiece and Allen Lee Davis bled through his white shirt. On the needle side, Raymond Landry’s IV line blew out and sprayed toward the witnesses in Texas, and in Arkansas, Rickey Ray Rector set his pecan pie aside for later while a team spent most of an hour hunting for a vein.
From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions
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Originally aired: October 21, 2026
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