Mississippi’s prosperity in the years before the Second Great Depression was not across the board. There were haves and have nots all over the State. And though the lights never went out in Mississippi, many areas of the State did go dark during that time of crisis. Rioters and looters burned down major city districts, and terrorists took over the capital itself. They captured, tortured, and killed the Governor and her family on live network broadcast to drive home the message that they ruled. It was a dark time for the parts of Mississippi caught outside the gambling districts where security and prosperity continued to bring in record profits.