Holidays in Hell: The Richmond New Year’s Murder Spree

Once Upon A Crime

Esther Ludlow

Truecrime, History, True Crime, Crime, Criminals, Criminology, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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For many people around the world, ringing in the new year brings with it the promise of new hope, a fresh start, and renewed possibilities. But each year of Ricky Javon Gray’s short life brought only violence, brutality, and death ending in a shocking murder spree over New Year’s weekend 2006. Resources “The Visitors” by Melissa Scott Sinclair for Style Weekly, October 20, 2010. https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/the-visitors/Content?oid=1381013 “Man convicted of grisly murders of Virginia couple, daughters” Associated Press, August 17, 2006. “String of Slayings Shatters Richmond” by Carol Morello for The Washington Post, Jan 15, 2006. “Gray v. Commonwealth”, Supreme Court of Virginia, Decided June 8, 2007. Retrieved from FindLaw.com. “Cold Blooded” on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck1M87CT1Tk “Lawyers describe childhood abuse as ‘sexual slavery’ as they argue Ricky Gray should be spared from death” by Gary A. Harki for PilotOnline.com, Dec 13, 2016. “Ricky Gray’s execution took more than 30 minutes. His attorneys want to know why” by Rachel Weiner for The Washington Post, Jan 19, 2017. “Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Abolish the Death Penalty” by Samantha O’Connell, AmericanBar.org, March 21, 2021.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.0	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:07.0	It is not intended for children.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised. of Once Upon a Crime. This month I'm detailing crimes that took place over the holidays.
0:26.0	On this episode, I'll share a case of multiple murder
0:29.0	that began with a violence-fueled spree on New Year's Day 2006. For many people around the world
0:36.8	ringing in the New Year brings with it the promise of new hope, a fresh start, and
0:41.8	renewed possibilities. but each year of Ricky Gray's short life
0:46.0	brought only violence, brutality, and death. By the time he was 39 years old he found himself strapped to a gurney in a Virginia execution chamber
0:56.4	waiting for the sweet release of death after being convicted of a series of horrific murders
1:01.5	ten years earlier.
1:04.0	But even a supposedly painless state-sponsored death brought Gray no relief.
1:09.7	Instead, it's alleged that he died a slow torturous death ending in excruciating pain.
1:16.9	And some said it was no less than he deserved.
1:21.0	This is a story you won't soon forget. This is the case of the Richmond
1:25.2	Virginia New Year's Murder Spree. So, you're they were chaos. separately were
1:54.2	chaos.
1:55.2	Ray's father would say,
1:57.2	any time they got together they would get in trouble.
2:00.6	It seems they influenced each other. They raised hell together.
2:05.0	Gray was Dandridge's uncle.
2:10.0	His older sister was Ray's mother.
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