EXECUTIONS The Legal Ways Of Death

Hardback. The author has probed deeply into every aspect of a highly controversial subject. Everyone has some opinion about the legal ways of killing. The author's approach is utterly candid, and entirely different from the norm. Read in detail the bizarre occurrences in the death chamber when the first man died by electrocution. Read the grimly ironical story of the man who was given electric shock treatment to cure his insanity - so that he could be legally electrocuted! Here also is the unbelievable story of the development of the guillotine and the gruesome tests it was given to make sure it would work properly. Read about the executioner who spoke to a freshly decapitated head...and actually received a response. Featuring true stories of the torture and execution of witches during the great inquisitions and in America. Step-by-step follow the procedure of a hanging at Newgate Prison in London. Other chapters tell of the mass exterminations during the last two wars, plus much more. 192pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F. in Nr. Vg. pcdw. which has 2 repaired closed tears to lower cover.