1894: William Whaley, “the horror of the situation”
This ghastly description of a botched hanging comes courtesy of the out-of-print The palace of death, or, the Ohio Penitentiary Annex: A human-interest story of incarceration and execution of Ohio’s...
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1880: A day in the death penalty around the U.S.
A half-dozen murderers hanged in five different U.S. states on this date in 1880. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, July 10, 1880. We make the count six, not four. George Allen Price (Pennsylvania)...
View Article1890: Elmer Sharkey, wretched matricide
From the out-of-print The palace of death, or, the Ohio Penitentiary Annex: A human-interest story of incarceration and execution of Ohio’s murderers, with a detailed review of the incidents connected...
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1895: Lafayette Prince
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 29, 1895. The hot swap from “Chaplain Winget” to “Chaplin Wingate” is all [sic]. Columbus, May 28. — (Special.) — Lafayette Prince partook heartily at 6 o’clock of...
View Article2002: Robert Anthony Buell
Robert Anthony Buell, a former Akron city planner, was executed by lethal injection on this date in 2002. He’d been condemned for abducting 11-year-old Krista Lea Harrison from a park in July 1982,...
View Article2006: Jeffrey Lundgren, cult killer
U.S. cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren answered on this date in 2006 for the murders of his disobedient followers. Lundgren cleaved off a small sect of devotees cultivated while working as a tour guide at...
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1930: Dr. James Snook, Ohio State University professor
Ohio State University professor Dr. James Howard Snook was electrocuted on this date in 1930. The eggheaded veterinary lecturer, Snook was an Olympic gold medalist in pistol shooting.* On a site like...
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