10-Minute Mystery: Edison and the first electric chair
Ohio Mysteries
English - May 31, 2023 16:00 - 21 minutes - ★★★★★ - 277 ratingsHistory Society & Culture crime akron murder ohiomysteries ohiomystery shipwreck truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
When Alfred Southwick invented the electric chair in Buffalo NY, Ohio's favorite son, Thomas Edison, was eager to design the procedure for using it but with nefarious motivation. He was in the middle of a fight to see whether his DC current would win public favor over his competitor's AC current. Edison designed the chair to use AC so he could connect AC to death and danger in the public mind. What happened next was horrifying.
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When Alfred Southwick invented the electric chair in Buffalo NY, Ohio's favorite son, Thomas Edison, was eager to design the procedure for using it but with nefarious motivation. He was in the middle of a fight to see whether his DC current would win public favor over his competitor's AC current. Edison designed the chair to use AC so he could connect AC to death and danger in the public mind. What happened next was horrifying.
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