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" 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...

The electric chair, nicknamed "Old Sparky," is the focus of attention by the media during a rare press tour of Florida State Prison in August 1989.