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References for this episode:

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hanging

http://www.decidedlygrim.net/?p=6427

https://ladailymirror.com/2012/05/02/snake-killer-dies-on-gallows/

http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hanging.html

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-supreme-court/1785171.html

https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/rattlesnake-killer-los-angeles-robert-s-james/

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lisenba-raymond.htm

https://www.britannica.com/topic/guillotine

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/shadow-boxing/201610/curious-history-hanging

http://theconversation.com/why-the-guillotine-may-be-less-cruel-than-execution-by-slow-poisoning-121034

http://www.executedtoday.com/tag/major-lisenba/

https://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/student/c/about/methods/electrocution.htm

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Hanging-of-the-Hartlepool-Monkey/

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/02/asia/japan-prisoner-executions-intl-hnk/index.html

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/methods-of-execution/description-of-each-method