Electric Chair

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Electric Chair has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Morbid | Podcast (Sep 2025). George Joseph Spec is executed by electric chair, concluding the case narrative.

An electric chair is a specialized device used for execution through electrocution. The condemned prisoner is strapped to a custom wooden chair and electrocuted via electrodes attached to the head and legs. Alfred P. Southwick, a dentist in Buffalo, New York, conceived this execution method in 1881. It was developed over the next decade, promoted by Southwick as a more humane alternative to conventional executions, particularly hanging. First used in 1890, the electric chair has become a symbol