Lisenba killed his wife Mary Busch by sticking her leg in a box with two rattlesnakes. Busch didn't die from the poison so Lisenba drowned her. Lisenba was the last man to be executed by hanging in San Quentin. The rope was the wrong length and it took over ten minutes for Rattlesnake James to die. (1 May 1942)
There are 3386 births, 3952 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5739 people in 6452 places until today.
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Sunday 29th of October 1995 (x) — Serial killer Vadim Ershov is arrested. Ershov attacked a 16-year-old girl and tried to take off her gold chain. Her cries were heard by relatives and Ershov tried to hide. One of the local women knocked him out with a fire extinguisher. A police squad arrived and took Ershov to the Railroad Police Department of Krasnoyarsk.
Wednesday 10th of June 1998 (x) — Red Army deserter and Serial killer Vadim Ershov is sentenced to death for robbing, raping and killing 19 people. Ershov reportedly fainted as the sentence was pronounced.