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Poll Suggestion: Face-Off: Electric Chair Executions
Execution by electrocution, performed using an electric chair, is a method of execution originating and almost exclusively employed in the United States.
The electric chair is sometimes used as the very symbol of death penalty. It is also a part of Americana (that is: cultural symbols of USA) and the electric chairs of many states have ironic nicknames like Old Sparky, Yellow Mama, Gruesome Gertie, Sizzling Sally or Hot Seat. The execution itself is sometimes called "riding the lightning".
This execution method, conceived in 1881 by a Buffalo, New York dentist named Alfred P. Southwick, was developed throughout the 1880s as a supposed humane alternative to hanging, and first used in 1890. (source: Wikipedia)
Which is the most horrible fictional execution on the electric chair?
urbanemovies
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2 years ago
Sadly, I think there are more than five notable options here. Plus, I think its "in the electric chair", not "on the electric chair" in the question.
FYC,
Which of these movie scenes of a fictional electric chair execution is the most horrific?
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urbanemovies
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@mariojacobs,
I was thinking how shocking it is that scenes are even shown to children and are used for comic relief?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042248/mediaindex/?ref_=tt_mv_sm
Which of these fictional electric chair execution scenes is the most shocking?
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