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Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky (March 23, 1924 – May 17, 1960) was an American serial killer who was sentenced to death after a string of robberies and murders in Connecticut during the 1950s. Six people were killed during these events, which became known as the "Mad Dog Killings." A number of others were shot, beaten, or pistol-whipped but survived.
The last person executed by electrocution was Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky in May 1960. [3] Connecticut's "Old Sparky" has not been tested since it was moved from Wethersfield to the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers in 1962, and prison officials claim the prison's electrical system cannot handle it. [4]
Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky's crime spree (1950s) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Connecticut shooting .
Robert "Bobby" Cavanaugh, of Madison Heights, Michigan, was beaten to death on Christmas Eve after he tried to save a dog who was being abused by a neighbor and alleged repeated felon, witnesses said.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky; Michael Torrence; W. Edward Walton (serial killer) Thomas Whisenhant; Sarah Whiteling; William Wickline; Kenneth Williams (serial killer)
A man who’s dog was stolen by a tiger went to find out what happened to his pet – only to meet the same fate
The duo, who said they shot the victims to avoid leaving witnesses, were labeled the "Mad Dog Killers". Sentenced to death for a murder committed in Iowa , Brown and Kelley became the second-to-last and last people executed in the state, respectively.