2 William Kemmler, was in the hot seat. He was caught in a battle between George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison over whether AC or DC should be used to kill him.
Yearly Archives: 2017
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2 What happened all depends on how you look at it. Or how you tell the tale.
A Hare-Raising Story
4 When it comes to stories pitting the underdog against the powerful, all of them pall compared with Mickey versus Dumbo. We've got to stop telling it.
A Scary Story Of Elephantine Proportions
The Out Of My Mind Blog takes a humorous (or not so humorous) cartoon look at greed.
It Wasn’t Too Long Before Greed Was Everywhere
4 If William Emery Nickerson had achieved success in another industry, he'd be an industrial hero. Instead, he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.