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39th year  -  N° 310                 Tuesday, 5 November 2024         Antwerpen		
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Virginia State Penitentiary

Richmond, Virginia, United States.

Related events:

  1. Friday 16th of August 1912 (-) Murderess Virginia Christian is executed by Old Sparky
    Christian was the only female juvenile executed by the electric chair.

  2. Friday 21st of April 1916 (-) Murderer Joe Lee is executed by Old Sparky
    Lee claimed to be 83 years old but the court had reason to believe he was more realistically 68 years old. Nevertheless Lee is still the oldest person executed in Virginia's electric chair.

  3. Thursday 7th of July 1927 (-) Double murderer Louis Boersig is executed by Old Sparky
    Boersig attacked and beat Minnie I. Ridgeway and her daughters, 6-year-old Loretta and 4-year-old Kathleen, mortally injuring the two children at their home in Alexandria.

  4. Friday 7th of February 1936 (-) Murderer John Daugherty is executed by Old Sparky

  5. Friday 25th of November 1938 (-) Cop killer George Pingley is executed by Old Sparky

  6. Tuesday 25th of June 1985 (-) Psychotic murderer Morris Mason is executed by Old Sparky

  7. Wednesday 17th of October 1990 (-) Cop killer Wilbert Evans is executed by Old Sparky
    Evans' execution became known as one of Virginia's worst. When the first 55-second jolt of electricity hit Evans, blood flowed from under the leather death mask, streamed down his chin and soaked his shirt. Bloody froth bubbled on his lower lip. Officials said the chair worked fine - Evans just had a nosebleed when he lunged against the mask.

  8. Wednesday 24th of July 1991 (-) Murderer Albert Clozza is executed by Old Sparky