Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France || Prison de Fresnes

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Spenkelink's last meal request was for two swigs of Jack Daniels. After the execution, unfounded rumors spread that the fighting, shouting Spenkelink was dragged to the electric chair, gagged, beaten and had his neck broken.
(25 May 1979)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

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Prison de Fresnes

Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France.

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Thursday 13th of January 1944 (x) — Doctor and serial killer Marcel Petiot is released from prison by the French Gestapo.
Petiot paid a bond of 100.000 Francs for his release.
Monday 15th of October 1945 (-) — French politician and collaborator Pierre Laval is executed by the firing squad.
On the morning of his execution Laval attempted to cheat the firing squad by taking poison from a vial stitched inside the lining of his jacket. The poison was so old that it was ineffective and repeated stomach-pumpings revived Laval.
Sunday 16th of April 1989 (-) — Serial killer Thierry Paulin dies of AIDS.
Paulin was hospitalized in a state of near-paralysis, suffering from both tuberculosis and meningitis.
Wednesday 17th of July 1996 (-) — Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier dies of prostate cancer.