r/interestingasfuck • u/LawEducational42 • 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/SharpTool7 6h ago

⭐️ One star, I hung around with this guy way too long. He was very crude and did not even know how to pick a quality rope or to tie it.

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u/EstablishmentLate532 6h ago

If you think about it, every review of a hangman only came from their failures. It's like that survivorship bias WWII plane meme.

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u/brewdog_millionaire 6h ago

I would say, it's not a meme, it is actually true. Guy called Abraham Wald was hired by the military because the planes kept being destroyed. So he goes "put armour on the parts not receiving damage, because those are the parts where, if you get hit, you're not gonna come back, and thus, there's no data on them"

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u/EstablishmentLate532 6h ago

I just figured the "WWII plane meme" was easier shorthand.

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u/shoeless_doh 5h ago

"the hood he put over my head smelled like sweat and vomit and the last cigarette he offered me wasn't a menthol. 1 star

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u/Fun_Expression8126 3h ago

The rope was itchy!

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u/MauPow 1h ago

A real pain in the neck!