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Garrote. A 1901 execution at the old Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines. A garrote (/ ɡəˈrɒt, ɡəˈroʊt / gə-RO (H)T; alternatively spelled as garotte and similar variants) [1] or garrote vil (Spanish: [ɡaˈrote ˈβil]) is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or ...
A gallows (or less precisely scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended or "weighed". Gallows were thus widely used to suspend public weighing scales for large and heavy objects such as sacks of grain or minerals, usually positioned in markets or toll gates.
A gibbet with a dummy inside. Gibbeting was a common law punishment, which a judge could impose in addition to execution. As a sentence for murder, this practice was codified in England by the Murder Act 1751. It was most often used for traitors, robbers, murderers, highwaymen, and pirates and was intended to discourage others from committing ...
Stephen Craig Paddock [5] (April 9, 1953 – October 1, 2017) [6] was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.Paddock opened fire into a crowd of about 22,000 concertgoers attending a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 60 people [a] and injuring approximately 867 (at least 413 of whom were wounded by gunfire).
Sally port. A sallyport is a secure, controlled entry way to an enclosure, e.g., a fortification or prison. The entrance is usually protected by some means, such as a fixed wall on the outside, parallel to the door, which must be circumvented to enter and prevents direct enemy fire from a distance. It may include two sets of doors that can be ...
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (/ ˈ d ɑː m ər /; May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, [4] was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen males between 1978 and 1991. [5]
Execution Dock. Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts. The "dock" consisted of a scaffold for hanging. Its last executions were in 1830.
USS Silversides (SS-236) USS. Silversides. (SS-236) USS Silversides (SS/AGSS-236) is a Gato -class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides. Silversides was one of the most successful submarines in the Pacific Theater of World War II, with 23 confirmed sinkings, totalling more than 90,000 long tons ...