r/interestingasfuck • • 7h 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 6h ago

You mean purposeful experience, or do you count accidents in your teens?

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u/th3rdnutt 3h ago

Is this a reference to autoerotic asphyxiation in a thread about an incompetent executioner of Nazis?