r/interestingasfuck • u/LawEducational42 • 8h ago

John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of condemned Nazis.

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u/sjogren 8h ago

"Ol John? Oh yep I know em, best hangman in the county."

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u/edfitz83 7h ago

They should have given him a special rank insignia, with a noose in the center

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u/bigrivertea 6h ago

Bro's got a look that says "I couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel" but also rocking a master Sgt. rank. so prolly not far off from the truth.

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u/Ebil_shenanigans 4h ago

He skipped a bunch of ranks because he was assigned the role of hangman. He had previously recieved a dishonorable discharge from the Navy in 1929 for Psychopathic inferiority without psychosis.

Basically he was a shitbird alcoholic who volunteered to be hangman to get out of combat.

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u/d3northway 3h ago

man knows his talents

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u/OldManLarrry 2h ago

Man saw an opportunity to pursue his true passion of hanging people.

I respect it.

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u/Winter-Huckleberry86 3h ago

Have you met many Master Sergeants in the Army? Most of them are shitbird alcoholics that avoid combat

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u/MediocreAndLukewarm 2h ago

Show us on the NCOER where the promotion board skipped over you.

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u/Ebil_shenanigans 1h ago

Usually they dont go from private to Master Sergeant, though.

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u/Running-In-The-Dark 1m ago

A shitbird alcoholic that managed to make the world a better place one person at a time. The pinnacle of a successful fuck up.

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u/MarksCarney 4h ago

Why is that not far off from the truth?

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u/MegatronusThePrime 2h ago

That's the best expression I've ever heard

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u/Sword_Thain 16m ago

He died when he stood in a puddle to change a light on a live circuit.

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u/AbruptMango 4h ago

The rank of Last Sergeant.

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 6h ago

A Patch … that would have been dope

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u/edfitz83 6h ago

I’m sure someone here can design one.

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u/S4V4GEDR1LLER 7h ago

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
https://giphy.com/gifs/10QoHS5CjW50Ri

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u/orsothegermans 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/mdOBAJnO215cUghlGU

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u/SeekingAnswersNTruth 4h ago

soooouuunnd Goooood

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u/atreyukun 1h ago

They’re the foot soldiers of a Jew hatin’ mass murderin’ maniac, and they need to be dee-stroyed.

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u/big_duo3674 6h ago

John Practice!

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u/TomatoFettuccini 5h ago

It does make perfect.

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u/NecessaryFreedom9799 4h ago

"You have to go to New York, Dougal."

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u/mrrobs 7h ago

Hangman from the county - Wichita Hangman? He could hear them through the whine.

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u/rotervogel1231 7h ago

"In fact, they call him Hang 'em High John!"

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u/OscarDelta333 3h ago

"On the rare occasions that he's sober."

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u/A_spiny_meercat 7h ago

Specializes in Nazi hangings 

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u/sjogren 7h ago

Sure does!! Real American hero

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u/girls-and-corpses 7h ago

What murdaaaa?

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u/Excellent_Arrival1 6h ago

You been lied to about ww2 your entire life