2
TIL: The executioner who hanged the Nazis at Nuremberg lied about his experience, claiming to have performed hangings in Texas and Oklahoma after both had switched to electrocution. The hangings h... (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 months ago by [M, B] to c/todayilearned@lemmit.online
1 comment fedilink hide all child comments
 
This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/kgm2s-2 on 2026-02-23 03:28:11+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: The executioner who hanged the Nazis at Nuremberg lied about his experience, claiming to have performed hangings in Texas and Oklahoma after both had switched to electrocution. The hangings he performed were badly botched. 4 years later, he was electrocuted changing a light bulb.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 1 point 5 months ago

I hope I'm just being overly imaginative, but I can't imagine an actual executioner asking a young man for help, but I can easily imagine a lyncher doing that, and easier still in Texas or Oklahoma. No intent to slander, but it's a slight possibility.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •