In Episode 28 of Out Of My Mind, host Jay Douglas relates a little-known side of a shocking story about William Klemmer, the first convicted criminal to die in the electric chair.
Why did Thomas Edison offer to buy an electric generator from his arch opponent, George Westinghouse, to use to put Klemmer to death?
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Check out the blog story of “Current Events.” And be sure to read the Mind Doodle at the end of the post, for a little-known story about why electric companies supply us with 120 volts and not 100 or 327.
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