TONI JO HENRY

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TONI JO HENRY

In 1942, prostitute-turned-killer Toni Jo Henry became Louisiana's first woman to die in the electric chair. After breaking her husband, Harold "Arkie" Burks, out of jail, the two hitched a ride with a passing car driven by Joseph P. Calloway. Toni Jo ordered Calloway out of the car at gunpoint, made him to undress and say his prayers, then shot him once in the head. Today she is said to haunt the Calcasieu Courthouse. Workers report hearing her screams, feeling her presence, and smelling her burning hair.

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