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First Lady Of The Electric Chair

Episode 212 tells the story behind the first walk of a woman to the electric chair. One cold winter night, a woman apparently attacks her husband with an axe as he walks through the door, leaving him for dead in the entryway. Besides this gruesome sight, neighbors are about to discover a whole house full of horrors.

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Culled from the historic pages of the New York World and Brooklyn Daily Eagle

For the story behind the very first execution by electric chair, listen to Episode 19: The Shocking Death Of William Kemmler.

To learn more about the Mrs. Knack referred to in this episode, call up Episode 14, “The Long Island Torso Murder.”

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Incidental music by Nico Vettese

Theme music performed by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music.

Media management by Sean R. Jones

Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun

Richard O Jones, Executive Producer