The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the ScaffoldSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2004. ápr. 3. - 240 oldal A morbidly fascinating mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests, and classic final one-liners from medieval times to the present day. |
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... bodies capable of committing the sort of acts which its individual members would never dream of carrying out. As an integral part of a mob, those around the scaffold never hesitated to direct disparaging remarks towards the executioner ...
... To add to the torment, and further encourage a confession, lighted candles were sometimes applied to the armpits and other parts of the body. The Ladder Rack Where it was considered that wider publicity would have a.
... bodies. Piles of wood would then be heaped waist-high around them and set alight. As the flames rose and the thick smoke billowed forth, the executioner would either speed their demise by removing the stool so that the ring strangled ...
... body for about 17 seconds. After a brief respite a further charge of 1,030 volts was then delivered, with fatal results, although the body was badly burned. Later experiments to improve conductivity were tried, some victims having their ...
... even broken on the wheel, picking up the component body parts must have been messy in the extreme but was hardly dangerous to the individual involved; but carrying out the same task after a gas chamber execution is fraught.
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The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold Geoffrey Abbott Korlátozott előnézet - 2004 |
The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold Geoffrey Abbott Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2002 |