Explore: Electrocution

Electrocution is death or severe injury caused by electric shock from electric current passing through the body. The word is derived from "electro" and

used for capital punishment through electrocution. The condemned is strapped to a custom wooden chair and electrocuted via electrodes attached to the head

death from electrocution was recorded in Lyons, France, in 1879. Two years later an American physician proposed the idea of using electrocution in executions

Electrocuting an Elephant (also known as Electrocution of an Elephant) is a 1903 American black-and-white silent actuality short depicting the killing

from an electric shock the cause of death is generally referred to as electrocution. Electric injury occurs upon contact of a body part with electricity

This is the list of people executed by electrocution through the electric chair. The electric chair was mainly used in the United States from the 1890s

Matilda "Tillie" Ziegler, his common-law wife, a year earlier. Although electrocution had previously been successfully used to kill a horse, Kemmler's execution

carrots laced with 460 grams of potassium cyanide, electrocuted and strangled, the electrocution being the final cause of death. Among the invited press

We are Electrocution is the debut album by nihilistic new wave punk rock band Le Shok released in 2000 on GSL. Initially available only in limited quantities

the 49 people executed, 40 were executed via lethal injection, 7 via electrocution, and 2 via firing squad. From 1912 to 1986, executions were carried