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Coffin corners are commonly believed to be one of the many weird myths about the Victorian age, but the stories of life in the historic Galloway House offer evidence to the contrary.

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Robert Greene Elliott was a quiet family man and devout Methodist with an electrical contracting business. On the side, he earned his reputation as the “Agent of Death” serving as a freelance executioner, or State Electrician, for six states. He threw the switch on 387 men and women during his 13-year career, earning $150 a head.

Elliott had his busiest day on January 6th, 1927, when he executed 6 inmates in two different states all on the same day.

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Grand entrance hall of the Galloway House. View from the front doors looking into the conservatory. The light hanging from the ceiling is a combination electric chandelier and gasolier, using gas lights when the electricity was unreliable.

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Looking for weird gift ideas? How about a freshly exhumed Ed Gein stocking.

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From the 2020 Cult of Weird Holiday Gift Guide. Find more weird gifts now!

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From souvenir dirt to action figures, here are the weird, unique, and rare items you need to complete your Ed Gein collection.

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From • @cultofweird How long does consciousness remain after beheading? On this day in 1905 Dr. Beaurieux attempted to communicate with the freshly decapitated head of a convicted murderer named Languille in France. Dr. Beaurieux wrote: "Here, then, is what I was able to note immediately after the decapitation: the eyelids and lips of the guillotined man worked in irregularly rhythmic contractions for about five or six seconds … I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased. The face relaxed, the lids half closed on the eyeballs, leaving only the white of the conjunctiva visible, exactly as in the dying whom we have occasion to see every day in the exercise of our profession, or as in those just dead. It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: ‘Languille!’ I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions … Next Languille’s eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine and the pupils focused themselves … After several seconds, the eyelids closed again, slowly and evenly, and the head took on the same appearance as it had had before I called out. It was at that point that I called out again and, once more, without any spasm, slowly, the eyelids lifted and undeniably living eyes fixed themselves on mine with perhaps even more penetration than the first time. Then there was a further closing of the eyelids, but now less complete. I attempted the effect of a third call; there was no further movement and the eyes took on the glazed look which they have in the dead. "I have just recounted to you with rigorous exactness what I was able to observe. The whole thing had lasted twenty-five to thirty seconds." #cultofweird #guillotine #oddities #curiosities #weirdhistory #histmed #medicalhistory #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CQrfQAmpAkkAKBWTvVdxxQBuhdyiwXscwohfIc0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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