The First Gas Chamber Execution In America - February 8 2021 - Daily True Crime

February 8th: Gee Jon Executed (1924) For over a hundred years, the criminal justice system has tried to find the best way to dole out punishment to its criminals. And, by the 1920s, they were ready to try out a new method of execution. On February 8th 1924 a man became America’s guinea pig for the brand new gas chamber. Shop NEW Merch now! https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Murderpedia, Wikipedia, executedtoday.com, themobmuseum.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices