August 6, 1890 was thought to be a momentous day in human history. On that day, at Auburn State Prison, William Kemmler, a Buffalo produce peddler who had been convicted of murdering his common-law ...

Vermont Historical Society registrar Mary Rogstad stands with the state’s electric chair in the basement of the Vermont Historical Society in Barre. The chair was built in 1912 and used in its fifth ...

NEW YORK --Despite the affectionate nicknames -- Old Smokey, Yellow Mama, Old Sparky -- there has been nothing gentle about America's most lethal line of furniture. More than 4,300 people in 26 states ...

The ghosts of Tennessee's electric chair far outnumber the 126 men who have died while sitting in it. At least that's how the story goes. Legend has it that the chair was built using wood from the old ...

Two Greenville men were scheduled to be executed this month, marking the state’s first use of the electric chair in 13 years. But the chair’s return was halted Wednesday when the S.C. Supreme Court ...