Cruel and Unusual Punishment

**Earl** · 14-09-2007, 20:05

Originally Posted by lohi1

Yes, we know the hulk... in FINLAND!
Thou shall not call it sweden! I just happened to forgot...
Luckily I haven't seen any of my privates look a little-bit greenish...

I'd bloody worry if my privates looked greenish!!!

**Earl** · 13-10-2007, 23:44

Here's a botched hanging.

**Alpha** · 13-10-2007, 23:48

So it pulls his head right off? Where was that?

Ck · 13-10-2007, 23:56

at the end of his neck

**Alpha** · 14-10-2007, 00:01

**Earl** · 06-02-2009, 20:04

This is a new one on me, Death by Elephant.

**timey** · 06-02-2009, 22:37

Originally Posted by Alpha

So it pulls his head right off? Where was that?

That can happen if they get the drop length wring. Too much and you will be decapitated. Too short and you will strangle slowly. It happened often in the UK in the past, until the Pierrepoints came in, who made efficient hangings their trademark.