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2012 Reader Submission
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Man Acquitted from Electric Chair Dies in Accidental Electrocution on Metal Toilet In 1989, convicted murderer Michael Anderson was awaiting the electric chair for the charges bestowed on him.

The universe decided, then, that the US Criminal Justice system was being a little too slow for it, so as the man was on his metal toilet (a fate horrible enough in of itself) he tried to fix his television. And to prove exactly how great of a decision-maker he was, he decided to bite down on a wire of his television while sitting on this metal toilet. This electrocuted him, using the wet metal toilet as a conductor, and killed him with the voltage.

And the warden, witnesses and the press didn't even have to show up!

Honorable mention to Laurence Baker, also a convicted murderer, who (while serving a life sentence at in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was electrocuted by his home made headphones ("No, I swear these are legit") while watching TV and sitting on a metal toilet.

So word to the wise, next time you're at a metal toilet either in prison or in a beach bathroom, do NOT watch television and do NOT touch ANY wires. Ever.

Submitted on 01/10/2013

Submitted by: tom hermsen
Reference: //www.ranker.com/list/top-10-craziest-ironic-deaths-of-all-time 10/1/13

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Thanks, Tom, but accidental electrocution is extremely commonplace. The fact that one of these people was on death row is just a coincidence, but not enough to make this stand out to me.


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
What Bruce said. I wouldn't be surprised if we already have this one somewhere deeeep in the archives.


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