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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)
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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.

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TIL of John C. Woods, an executioner at the Nuremberg trials. Once credited with 347 executions, he lied about his experience as an assistant hangman to get the position. The US Army estimates he ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Original Title: TIL of John C. Woods, an executioner at the Nuremberg trials. Once credited with 347 executions, he lied about his experience as an assistant hangman to get the position. The US Army estimates he mismanaged at least 11 hangings, causing death by strangulation rather than spinal severance