Comments on: How would you like to be executed?

By: GEDD

GEDD — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:54:03 +0000

Actually, the knot should be under the chin, (submental).
This makes sure the head snaps backward instantly putting all the force into the neck bones. Nose pointing straight up, toes pointing straight down, life over in an instant. No time for any flashbacks before your blindfolded eyes.

England used the submental knot after WW2. It was much easier on all concerned.

By: The VoidMaster

The VoidMaster — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:19:26 +0000

Suicide-by-cop

By: David Rixon

David Rixon — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:38:53 +0000

I would chose to be broken on the wheel.To have my legs broken above the knee and below the knee,then both arms smashed above the elbow and below the elbow.Then my body would be “threaded” through the spokes of the wheel and hoisted up to a horizontal position to be left to die.No quick painless deaths for me.A favourite of France and Germany back in the good old days.They would even nip you with a a red hot tongs before execution (first Offence).

By: mica

mica — Sun, 09 May 2010 11:08:14 +0000

It seems as though Lisa has really studied the art of execution. For me the method that appears to hold the most grandeur is one which isn’t actually listed and that is to be beheaded on the block. You’d have a crowd of onlookers as you climb the stairs upon which you would pay the executioner in the hope of him doing a clean job. You would then kneel whilst his assistant would lower your shirt thus leaving your neck open for the blade to fall upon. At this point you would rest your neck upon the groove of the block and the executioner would pick up his axe making one practice swing to the back of your neck before lifting it again swinging the blade with all of his might onto the back of your neck thus severing it from your body and have the head fall into the basket.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:36:09 +0000

I chose hanging. All that has to be done to ensure that your neck is cleanly broken and the lights are out in less than a second: make sure the noose is behind the left ear. Tighten it, and make sure that the rope is long enough so that the fall gives your neck a force of exactly 1,260 pounds, and the rope has to be boiled and stretched, and tested on sandbags your weight to ensure that it does not stretch at the end of the drop and fail to break your neck. A test at France’s last guillotine execution said that the man was still conscious 15-30 seconds after the blade fell. Electric Chair… there are too many botched electrocutions. And the firing squad… One of my friends was shot before, and she said it felt like someone was branding her. Not much fun… Plus, the gas chamber seems like it’d hurt a lot. I’ve read lots of reports on people where they’re in the chamber, moaning and banging their heads against the metal pole on the back of the chair, like Jimmy Lee Gray and Robert Alton Harris. Not much fun, it seems. And some executioners like watching Garrote Vil victims suffer… they won’t turn the screw three times quickly, which breaks the neck. They will turn the screw gradually and slowly, so that the person suffocates. They did that with Puig Antich. The rest of those options aren’t fun, so I choose hanging definitely.

By: GEDD

GEDD — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:43:25 +0000

“Pressed” is where they stratch you out on the ground, tied by your limbs, and slowly lay weights onto you body until you can’t breathe. Not nice.

By: The Crisp One

The Crisp One — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:27:47 +0000

I’ve had a fasination with hanging ever since my mom got me a record of the soundtrack of Disney’s Robin Hood. I was about five. I would play it over and over. I then would act out scenes with my brother. The guillotine would be my second choice. At about the same age, I was watching a movie about the French Revolution at my friends house. It showed the blade falling, but did not show it hitting the person. I asked my friend what happened, he said “They’re killing the King.” Made me wonder about that. How? Now I know it’s quick and almost no pain.

By: shaun h.

shaun h. — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:30:12 +0000

You ought to put some links here to explain some of the execution types. For example what is “Pressed” ?

By: Luke Norman

Luke Norman — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:14:11 +0000

By many primary source accounts in history that does nor occur at all. The couple of lung fulls of smoke refers to house, factory fires that contain chemicals, ect. Burning at the stake would be awfull. Also the fuel is twigs ect so it would start very slowly

By: Dean012

Dean012 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:45:03 +0000

I can’t believe no one wants to be burned at the stake. If you take a couple of lungfuls of smoke as soon as they light the twigs you’ll soon be dead anyway.