The first electric chair execution did not go as planned. #DarkMarvels | HISTORY

How the Electric Chair Works ⚡ Invented in the late 1800s as a “more humane” method of execution, the electric chair delivers a deadly charge of electricity directly through the body. The condemned is strapped tightly into a wooden chair, electrodes are attached to the head and leg, and a brine-soaked sponge helps conduct the current. When the switch is flipped, thousands of volts surge through the body—causing the heart to stop, organs to fail, and often, fire or smoke from the skin. Many early