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.

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?

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 ...

Authorities said Friday that one reason Florida recently replaced "Old Sparky," the state's 76-year-old electric chair, with a replica was to accommodate beefy inmates like Davis, 54, a welder who ...

Knoxville, Tenn. (WBIR) On Friday afternoon, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam defended his decision to sign a bill that requires the use of the electric chair to carry out executions if lethal ...

Old Sparky, the electric chair Texas used to executive inmates from 1924 to 1964. ... Old Sparky was retrieved from storage in 1989 and put on display when the prison museum opened.

The electric chair -- nicknamed "Old Sparky" -- was used to execute 312 and three women between 1897 and 1963. "If you look closely, it does show signs of wear on it, that a lot of people have, in ...

NEW YORK — Despite the affectionate nicknames--Old Smokey, Yellow Mama, Old Sparky--there has been nothing gentle about America’s most lethal line of furniture. More than 4,300 people in 26 ...

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 ...