Gacy dies at 12:58 a.m.; the IV line clogged first, and the crowd outside waited in the dark

At 12:40 a.m. on May 10, 1994, the lethal injection procedure began at Stateville Correctional Center outside Chicago — and then the IV tube clogged. The chemicals had solidified. A technician replaced the line, and John Wayne Gacy, who had raped, tortured, and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978, was pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m. His last spoken words, directed at a prison official, were reported to be "Kiss my ass." Outside the prison walls, a crowd of over a thousand people had gathered in the dark to watch him go…