In 1803, Italian physicist Giovanni Aldini ran electric current through the newly dead body of murderer George Forster.The prison record states that "on the first application of the process to the face, the jaws of the deceased criminal began to quiver, and the adjoining muscles were horribly contorted, and one eye was actually opened. In the subsequent part of the process the right hand was raised and clenched, and the legs and thighs were set in motion."
One witness reportedly died of fright, but there was really no cause for alarm. If Forster had returned to life, the prison planned to re-execute him — after all, he'd been sentenced to "hang until he be dead."
i wonder what it's like to die of fright?
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She decided not to have any more scans, tests or biopsies. Thankfully she isn't feeling any effects yet of the cancer so she is for now just concentrating on getting her pelvis healed then wait for her time to cross over. Thanks for asking.
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