Old Sparky: Famous Victims of the Electric Chair!
A shocking invention!
Old Sparky a history of the electric chair.
http://www.craigbrandon.com/sparky.html
'Bruno Hauptmann was executed at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton on April 3, 1936 for kidnapping and killing aviator Charles Lindbergh's infant son on March 1, 1932.
One of the most sensational crime cases of the 20th century, the search for the killer of the "Lindbergh baby" attracted international attention. Hauptmann was captured after he passed marked bills that were part of the $50,000 ransom payoff.
After the circus-like trial, at which spectators outside screamed "Kill the German" and miniature replicas of the ladder used at the kidnapping were sold, Hauptmann's execution was routine. His last statement, written in German, was, "I am glad that my life in a world that has not understood me has ended."
Although evidence was withheld that might have helped Hauptmann's case, the most recent books on the murder agree that Hauptmann was guilty of the crime'.
More information:
http://www.nj.com/lindbergh/galleries/index.frame
'Ted Bundy, one of the most famous mass murderers of the 1970s, used his intelligence and good looks to lure his victims into a sense of safety. Then he would hit them over the head with a blunt object before raping and killing them. He may have killed as many as 50 women in this manner, all of them with long, dark hair parted down the middle.
His string of murders stretched across the country from Washington State to Colorado and finally to Florida, where we has convicted for the murders of three Chi Omega sorority sisters in Tallahassee.
In a final interview before his execution, Bundy blamed pornography for his behavior and warned society that it would produce other killers like him'.
During his execution, 200 people gathered outside the prison to light sparklers and shout "Burn Baby Burn" and "Roast in Peace."
'William Kemmler was the first person to die in the electric chair. His death on Aug. 6, 1890 in Auburn Prison was witnessed by two dozen people but thousands read about the experiment the next day.
Kemmler was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, Tillie Ziegler, with an axe. He admitted the crime to police and said he would "take the rope" for it, but because he was the first person convicted after New York State changed the law he went to the electric chair instead.
His case became a full-fledged legal battle when millionaire entrepreneur George Westinghouse took up his case and hired the best lawyers in the country to take it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Kemmler's execution was botched when one of the attending physicians ordered the current turned off too soon. When it was turned back on it was left on so long that Kemmler's flesh burned, filling the execution chamber with the smell of burning meat. One of the witnesses fainted and several predicted that the experiment had been such a failure it would never be used again'.
http://www.craigbrandon.com/sparkyvictims.html
http://ccadp.org/electricchair.htm
The History of the Electric Chair link is not for the feint hearted! This website contains graphic photos of an excution, that I only found out after entering this site expecting a written history on Old Sparky.
The Lindbergh baby kidnapping and the Hauptmann trial were among the most widely covered stories in history.
Old Sparky a history of the electric chair.
http://www.craigbrandon.com/sparky.html
'Bruno Hauptmann was executed at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton on April 3, 1936 for kidnapping and killing aviator Charles Lindbergh's infant son on March 1, 1932.
One of the most sensational crime cases of the 20th century, the search for the killer of the "Lindbergh baby" attracted international attention. Hauptmann was captured after he passed marked bills that were part of the $50,000 ransom payoff.
After the circus-like trial, at which spectators outside screamed "Kill the German" and miniature replicas of the ladder used at the kidnapping were sold, Hauptmann's execution was routine. His last statement, written in German, was, "I am glad that my life in a world that has not understood me has ended."
Although evidence was withheld that might have helped Hauptmann's case, the most recent books on the murder agree that Hauptmann was guilty of the crime'.
More information:
http://www.nj.com/lindbergh/galleries/index.frame
'Ted Bundy, one of the most famous mass murderers of the 1970s, used his intelligence and good looks to lure his victims into a sense of safety. Then he would hit them over the head with a blunt object before raping and killing them. He may have killed as many as 50 women in this manner, all of them with long, dark hair parted down the middle.
His string of murders stretched across the country from Washington State to Colorado and finally to Florida, where we has convicted for the murders of three Chi Omega sorority sisters in Tallahassee.
In a final interview before his execution, Bundy blamed pornography for his behavior and warned society that it would produce other killers like him'.
During his execution, 200 people gathered outside the prison to light sparklers and shout "Burn Baby Burn" and "Roast in Peace."
'William Kemmler was the first person to die in the electric chair. His death on Aug. 6, 1890 in Auburn Prison was witnessed by two dozen people but thousands read about the experiment the next day.
Kemmler was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, Tillie Ziegler, with an axe. He admitted the crime to police and said he would "take the rope" for it, but because he was the first person convicted after New York State changed the law he went to the electric chair instead.
His case became a full-fledged legal battle when millionaire entrepreneur George Westinghouse took up his case and hired the best lawyers in the country to take it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Kemmler's execution was botched when one of the attending physicians ordered the current turned off too soon. When it was turned back on it was left on so long that Kemmler's flesh burned, filling the execution chamber with the smell of burning meat. One of the witnesses fainted and several predicted that the experiment had been such a failure it would never be used again'.
http://www.craigbrandon.com/sparkyvictims.html
http://ccadp.org/electricchair.htm
Warning the following link is of an excution!
The History of the Electric Chair link is not for the feint hearted! This website contains graphic photos of an excution, that I only found out after entering this site expecting a written history on Old Sparky.
Don't say you were not warned!!!!!
After seing this link and reading of a few botched fry-ups! I think a bullet to the brain would be more humane. Careful now Sparky you're showing your liberal side!
The Lindbergh baby kidnapping and the Hauptmann trial were among the most widely covered stories in history.
The Lindberghs' son, Charles Jr., was then 20 months old
Update after checking out the following links, I have changed my mind some killers deserve to fry and should not be spared the chair for a bullet to the temple. The Lindbergh baby killer for one, got everything he deserved!
The baby’s skull was fractured!!!
http://www.nj.com/lindbergh/galleries/index.frame
http://www.nj.com/lindbergh/index.ssf?/lindbergh/crime.html
posted by The Sparky at Tuesday, April 04, 2006
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