Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Page #3

I went through it and said,

"What the hell's this?"

We had a magnifier

and we were trying to

figure out what was there.

We saw what appeared to be

more than one image.

As far as I understand it,

certain objects

give off auras,

and some objects that have

been exposed to high-intensity

electromagnetic fields...

absorb some of that energy

and would give off an aura.

I don't know

what we photographed.

We don't know

if we photographed an entity.

We don't know what's there.

It may still reside

in the parts

that are in Tennessee.

When I tore the chair apart,

maybe it was freed.

I don't know.

That's assuming there was

something there to start with.

Because of my work

in electrocution,

I was contacted by

the state of New Jersey...

to consult with them

on the construction of

a lethal injection machine.

They realized that

lethal injection is a difficult,

if not impossible problem,

even for trained

medical personnel.

They determined

that there should be

some kind of a machine...

that could repetitively deliver

the necessary chemicals...

at the proper

time intervals...

for all executions.

This completely took

the human factor

out of it.

I studied

for several months,

and I put together a proposal

on how this machine should work.

The syringe is driven

by a weighted piston...

that floats

on a column of air.

This causes

a push-pull relationship...

between the machine

and the individual's

vascular system,

and it allows the executee

to take the chemical...

at a rate that his body

and vein will accept.

The doctors were satisfied.

Now they had

to make the presentation

to the prison officials.

The deputy commissioner

was sittin' there through

most of the meeting very bored,

probably because

he didn't understand

what I was talking about...

most of the time.

But then he finally heard

something he understood.

One of the doctors said,

"Fred designed the helmet that's

used on the electric chair...

in the state

of North Carolina."

At that point

the deputy commissioner said,

"Wait. Stop the meeting."

He looked at me and says,

"You designed the helmet,

the one that they just used?"

I says, "Yes."

He said, "Okay, that does it."

He turned around

to the doctors and he says,

"Do the necessary paperwork...

and see that Mr. Leuchter

gets the contract. "

Now, what lethal injection

has to do with electrocution

is beyond me.

Simply because I'm capable

of building an electric chair...

doesn't mean

I'm capable of building

a lethal injection machine.

They're two totally

different concepts.

[ Beeping ]

With electrocution,

unconsciousness takes place

in 1/240th part of a second.

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