The Electric Chair and Thomas Edison
How the electric chair was used by Thomas Edison in 1890 to discredit a commercial rival while sending a murderer up in smoke
How the electric chair was used by Thomas Edison in 1890 to discredit a commercial rival while sending a murderer up in smoke
Chicago has just opened the first medieval torture museum in the United States – so why are these gory places so popular?
In 1750 three judges busily sentencing some criminals to death caught jail fever off them – and died of typhus a little while later
Ever wanted to know where people were beheaded or hanged in London then Tony McMahon is guiding you to the city’s places of execution