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If someone on death row died before execution, here is what will happen  They die? It happens fairly frequently. Suicide is common among condemned people… As are other diseases - likely caused to some extent by confinement, stress, and poor nutrition. These days, for the most part, when people die they’re left alone to be dead. Usually, their remains are disposed of in a somewhat considerate manner. In the past, humans did bizarro s—t like, exhume the deceased and put their corpses on trial or on public display, or dismember them as a warning to others…. But…. that’s somewhat less common these days. There have been instances, where the condemned had a heart attack on the way to the death chamber. The man was treated and sent back to death row, about 2 days later, and then he was executed the next night. He would have died had he not been revived. I thought that was stupid!! Saving a life, so the state could have their pound of flesh. Lonnie Franklin the famous serial killer in Los ...

Death row inmate chooses to be executed by firing squad over the electric chair A man sentenced to death in South Carolina has chosen to be executed by firing squad rather than the electric chair, which would make him the first death row inmate to die by firing squad in the state. Richard Bernard Moore, 57, would also be the first person executed in South Carolina in more than a decade, as the state has struggled to procure the drugs required to perform lethal injection. Moore, who was sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, is set to be executed on April 29. In a court filing Friday, Moore chose to die by firing squad but added in a statement he will not lose hope in two pending court challenges to the constitutionality of the state's death penalty methods. "I believe this election is forcing me to choose between two unconstitutional methods of execution, and I do not intend to waive any challenges to electrocution or firing squad by making an ele...

The process of execution for inmates in Texas   The process is simple.. they move off death row tier, taken to death watch cell 24 hours before their execution.. they eat regular dinner and given a meal menu.: to fill out what they want.. the prison cook will prepare his last meal that he want.. the next morning and probably most of the of it he spend with his lawyer, clergymen, visit with family and friends.. eat his last meal.. his lawyer been on phone calling courts and waiting for a stay, the condemned will eat lunch and final meal , he will change out his prison clothes, he will put a diaper on and fresh clean prison whites on.. he and the clergyman with the death squad, will take those 13 steps to the death chamber, the clergyman will give on last prayer or lasts rites… and the condemned and death squad will walk into chamber, the guards will strap him / her to the gurney, then the technicians will start finding veins and inserting the tubes.. the warden is already in th...

Reasons Why the Nazis cut off the hair of the Jews before sending them to the gas chambers at Auschwitz It turns out that it’s extremely difficult to get even hardened soldiers to just execute unarmed civilians. The Final Solution depended upon getting the people of Germany but especially the SS to execute Jews by the  millions  and so there wasn’t a lot of time for people to drink themselves into a stupor at the horror of it all. Let consider these questions  Why kill them with repurposed insecticide? Why kill them in camps? Why transport them in cattle cars? Why relocate them to ghettos? Why issue them special insignia to wear? Why bar them from public service? The holocaust didn’t begin with the first Jew shoved into the first gas-chamber. It was a slow, deliberate, and methodical process of indoctrination and dehumanization. The Nazi party needed the German people and the SS to see the Jews as sub-human. They needed them to see them as vermin to be eradicated rather t...

18-year-old Marcus Fakana facing 20-year jail sentence in Dubai over s£x with 17-year-old Brit An 18-year-old Tottenham resident’s holiday with his parents has turned into a months-long ordeal that could lead to 20 years in prison after he was charged with having s£x with another tourist –  a 17-year-old girl, who is now 18.  Marcus Fakana joined his parents for what was supposed to be a short holiday starting August 26, 2024. While there, he met a girl, 17, staying at the same hotel. After having s£x, the teenagers made plans to continue their “blossoming” teenage romance when they returned to London, according to Detained in Dubai. But the campaign group says he is now stuck in Dubai facing decades in prison after the girl’s parents looked through her phone and reported him to the police when they got home. Fakana claims he did not know the girl was months younger than him when they met. Their relationship would be legal in the UK. Dubai has only recently legalised out-of-we...

How scared are people who are about to be executed There have been a wide range of emotional responses from those facing execution, from extreme fear to surprising calmness. Some individuals show bravado or acceptance, while others experience panic or seek spiritual comfort in their final moments. Carl Panzram, a notorious serial killer in the U.S., was caught, tried and sentenced to death. When the hangman was fitting the noose over his head, Panzram remarked,  “Hurry up, you bastard, I could kill a dozen men with my bare hands while you are fooling around.”  He was more worried about the safety of the executioner than for himself! Carl Panzram Irma Grese was a female SS guard, and has caused untold atrocities to Jewish and other women in Nazi camps such as Bergen-Belsen, Ravensbruck and Auschwitz. That awful woman was sentenced to death by hanging by a British Military Court in 1946. Upon execution, she was also recorded as saying to the executioner,  “Hurry, please. Hu...

Here is what the last couple of days like for an inmate before an execution and what is involved for the execution to take place On the whole, pretty quiet. Some may pass the time reading. Some may write a last letter home. Some may spend a few hours with a clergy person, in personal conversations which are none of our business. In some prisons, the condemned may be examined by a doctor, to certify that they are not suffering some illness or injury which would make execution an act of cruelty. The Warden, or another senior prison official, will probably meet with the condemned to explain the process and answer any questions. In most prisons, the condemned is removed from his regular cell perhaps 24 hours prior to the execution, and placed in a holding cell in the death house, or near to the execution chamber. Go through the link in my comment for more details ( if you can't find the link,  He will be offered a simple last meal, which in fact many of them decline. He will most likel...

Death row inmates are being given drugs to calm them down before their execution death row inmates are given drugs to calm them before their execution. The practices vary state and facility. Some states have protocols that allow for the administration of sedatives or anti-anxiety medications to help reduce stress and anxiety leading up to the execution. These medications are typically administered shortly before the execution to ensure that the inmate is calm and compliant. However, the use of such drugs can be controversial. Critics argue that it may interfere with the inmate's awareness of the execution process, while supporters argue that it is a humane practice that helps manage the psychological distress associated with impending execution. The specifics of these practices can vary widely depending on local laws, regulations, and the policies of the correctional facilities involved. death row inmates may be given drugs to calm them before their execution, although practices ca...

The daily life is like for a prisoner on death row compared to the average prisoner in the general population. When it comes to the time for their execution and the process that day 1. You are locked in your cell 24/7 365 days a year. You are in a single man cell bed, shelf, or toilet. 2. You are allowed a shower three times a week. They come to your cell, cuff you up, walk, you to a shower, lock you inside, un cuff you, then they reverse the process. 3. You are fed three times a day, the food and the portions are like you got in elementary school, during the day a guard will come by with a box of apples and give you one, just like feeding time at the zoo. 4. Exercise - You can sign up for roof time and go to the yard on the roof and hang out with other convicts from your section, you can play basketball, or just walk around in a bigger gorilla cage. You searched, and you're cuffed up each way. If you're super cool and you have a good repor with the guards, you can move up to t...

Reasons why death row prisoners executed at Midnight I used to wonder why executions were held at or as close to midnight on the date of the death warrant. I did some research awhile back and spoke to several corrections officers and one warden. Executions are very difficult emotionally on prison personnel and the other prisoners in general. They have had time to get to know these people up close and personal—not about their crimes, but their wives, children and family. In short, they have become humanized waiting for their sentences to be carried out and they will be taking part in ending their lives. During the late hours, the prison is quieter, other prisoners are asleep and locked down. A “rehearsal” is conducted the day before an execution so each person will know his or her role in the process. It is a very sad state of affairs when a life is taken after having known the person for years on end. When a woman is in the holding cell, it is doubly difficult for the prison. If you re...

In September 2025, anaesthetist Dr. Tiffany Wilkes, 54, and her 8-year-old daughter Clementine checked into a $1,000-per-night Airbnb in Kenmore Hills, Australia. The property required a minimum stay of five nights. Tiffany had been struggling in recent years. Her mother had passed away, and she had no other family support. In 2023, Tiffany had been hospitalized for involuntary mental health treatment. She had not been able to work for the past 18 months because of her mental health. Tiffany had also taken Clementine out of the regular school system, even though Clementine was very bright and academically gifted. On September 28, 2025, Tiffany was seen taking out the bins at the Airbnb. A CCTV image captured her at the time. What happened after that is mostly unknown. Tiffany had sent a pre-scheduled email to a colleague, which led to a welfare check. When authorities went to the Airbnb, they found both mother and daughter had died. The causes of death have not yet been released. Many ...

Truth sometimes appear stranger than fiction. The story of Mary Reeser’s death still remains very difficult to understand. Mary who lived in in St. Petersburg, Florida, was found by her neighbor in the morning of July 2nd, 1951. She was found not as a human but as a pile of ash. Her body had been cremated, but strikingly everything around her remained almost untouched by the “fire” that was supposed to have done the damage. Only her left foot and backbone were the identifiable parts of her. The FBI stated she was set on fire by the cigarette she was holding before she fell asleep, but fire of such intensity should have burnt the whole house and not only Mary. Some folks came up with the theory of spontaneous human combustion, a phenomenon where the human body explodes into flames without any external source of ignition, this has remained inconclusive. It has been 71 years, yet what happened to Reeser has not been determined. What Happened To Mary Reeser- Spontaneous Human Combustion? M...

Thomas Patterson was a 21-year-old antisocial freak who desperately wanted a girl to keep him company. Instead of going the normal route of wooing a woman; he decided to abduct a 13-year-old girl, Jayme Closs. In the early morning of October 15, 2018, Patterson went to the family house of Jayme Closs in Barron, Wisconsin, to abduct her. He shot and k-illed her parents because he wanted to leave no witnesses. He took her home and kept her as his own, he would force her under his bed whenever he went out. Patterson claimed they just played games together, watched TV, slept in the same bed, had conversations, and did a lot of cooking together. There was no se-xual assault. The day Jayme escaped, January 10, 2019, Patterson had shoved her under his bed before he left his cabin. As soon as he was gone, she mustered enough courage to run to freedom. Once she was outside, she met someone who conveyed her to safety. Patterson was arrested and sentenced to life in prison Jayme Closs Was Abducte...

The ritual act of real exorcism is referenced in cultures worldwide, and it’s a practice shrouded in controversy. The purpose of an exorcism is to expel evil forces that have hijacked the body of a living person, and even the Vatican recognizes it as a valid practice. In 2018, the Vatican taught a course on exorcism, training 250 priests on how to properly perform the ritual. The need for such a course stemmed from an uptick in reported demonic possessions. In 2018, the Vatican taught a course on exorcism, training 250 priests on how to properly perform the ritual. The need for such a course stemmed from an uptick in reported demonic possessions. According to Catholic law, only an ordained priest can perform a real exorcism, and they must be trained beforehand. However, there have been several reported cases where things went wrong during the ritual, and the person who claimed to be possessed either died or suffered severe mental and emotional injury. While each of these real-life exor...

This woman's name is Margarita Gratcheva. She is from Serpukhov, a small village south of Moscow, Russia. On December 8, 2017, Dimitri, her estranged husband, abducted her using his car. He took her to a forest, tied her wrists with tourniquets before  cutting off her hands with an axe  . Then he carried her back to the car while she was bleeding. Shouting "Adrenaline rush!", he drove her to the hospital and then to the emergency room. Margarita was conscious the whole time. Margarita and Dimitri rented an apartment with their two boys. They married in 2012, and their sons Dimitri and Daniel were born in 2013 and 2014 respectively. They were, in every respect, the perfect, ideal, and loving family. Margarita's career had been on the rise since returning from maternity leave. She headed the marketing department of a local newspaper and, with her sister, co-owned a successful beauty salon. Meanwhile, Dimitri held a routine job. She earned more money than him and maintai...