We continue our series on executions with an in-depth look at the origins and history of America's electric chair, from its beginning as a pawn in the great Battle of the Currents near the turn of the century to the absolutely awful ways that some executions have gone awry.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 358: The Electric Chair