MANSFIELD – The original electric chair, dubbed "Old Sparky," from the Columbus Penitentiary in Columbus has made its way to the Ohio State Reformatory. Paul Smith, executive director of the ...

Old Sparky was used to execute 312 men and three women between 1897 and 1963. The last time members of the general public could see the chair was when the old Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus offered ...

"Old Sparky" the electric chair that was once used at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. James Tannehill. After an initial attempt in 2014 to regain custody of Old Sparky, the city let the issue lapse.

LINCOLN — Residents of a small southwest Nebraska town have a question for state officials: You’re not doing anything with that old electric chair, are you?

With executions in the news recently, NewsNet5 dug up some old video and coverage of Ohio's electric chair, which was last used in 1963. That seat of fire was called "Old Sparky" or "Old ...

The infamous electric chair execution - dubbed Old Sparky - could become a regular method in death penalty cases again in a US state from tomorrow. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has until ...

The last prisoner who went to the electric chair without being given a choice was Lynda Block, a cop-killer who was executed on May 10, 2002, in Alabama. Robert Gleason chose to be electrocuted in ...

Many techniques existed in other countries, wrote author Anthony Galvin in his 2015 book, “Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty.” ...

I flinched — it was very much like the sound of the electric chair being fired up. A couple of nights later, I dreamed I was on death row, but I received an 11th-hour commutation.

Ted Bundy was a charismatic figure who captured the imaginations of the American public and was seen by many as somewhat of ...

Ted Bundy was executed via electric chair on January ... The 42-year-old "lady killer" was sentenced to capital punishment—a.k.a. the death ... known by the macabre nickname of 'Old Sparky.'" ...