When Alfred Southwick invented the electric chair in Buffalo NY, Ohio's favorite son, Thomas Edison, was eager to design the procedure for using it but with nefarious motivation. He was in the middle of a fight to see whether his DC current would win public favor over his competitor's AC current. Edison designed the chair to use AC so he could connect AC to death and danger in the public mind. What happened next was horrifying.     <a href="http://www.ohiomysteries.com/">www.ohiomysteries.com</a><a href="mailto:feedback@ohiomysteries.com">feedback@ohiomysteries.com</a><a href="http://www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries">www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries</a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio">www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio</a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries">www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries</a>New Horizon - AderinAudionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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