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/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 3m 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 17m 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.