Starke, FL?
The electric chair came about because Thomas Edison was a dick. He wanted to win the “War of the Currents” against Tesla, and show AC electric as dangerous.
He had stray dogs rounded up and publicly electrocuted. Even did an elephant once. Total dick...
The more that comes out about Edison, the more I agree with your calling him a dick.
To change the subject a little, I have had one hand on the negative and the other on the positive of a fully charged car battery and felt absolutely nothing. The reason is simply because doing exactly that will not harm a person.
My point is Hollywood has made countless movies about shocking people with a car battery or even killing them. This shows the blatant ignorance of the lefty writer/director/actors of simple everyday life.
And this same bunch is trying to tell us who is best to run the country.
The more I read about Edison the more I see and agree with your description especially his public stunts with animals.....awful person and poor Tesla didn’t win his court case until after he died. No telling how many more people Edison scammed in his lifetime.......
Agree.
IIRC the elephant was named Topsy.
He was a master of PR and was able to deceive the public and the media.
A horrible man.