Who had a mode of execution named after them even though they ended up being executed by other means?

elbowsjoint

Guillotine Apr 02 06, 9:17 PM

peasypod

Um, no. You'll find that Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin did not invent the guillotine, and also did not die from execution. Anyone else? Apr 02 06, 9:20 PM

mochyn

garotte? Apr 03 06, 12:11 AM

peasypod

No, not yet, mochyn dear, I'll give em a little more time. ;) By the way, the term garotte was more likely derived from the Spanish word for cudgel (the wooden bar that was used to tighten the rope), or the French word garoquier, to struggle, rather than named after a person. Next? Apr 03 06, 1:11 AM

syscokid

Well, Lynch springs to mind but I can find no citation that either Charles or William (the two Lynches who might have given rise to the term) were executed. Apr 03 06, 1:28 PM

peasypod

No, sorry, gee, and here I thought how easy it is. Guess the fireworks will just have to wait til we get on the right track.... Apr 03 06, 7:36 PM

JaneofGaunt

How about Vlad the Impaler?? At least he ended up being decapitated! http://www.donlinke.com/drakula/vlad.htm#End Apr 03 06, 9:50 PM

peasypod

I'll do some cartwheels when somebody realizes the amount of clues I've laid out for them... Apr 03 06, 11:36 PM

andian

Roman candles in the wind tunnel. Apr 03 06, 11:57 PM

Baloo55th

You mean your patron saint, Catherine? She must have had a knowledge of karate, for the wheel disintegrated when she touched it. She was beheaded instead. [Hadn't followed this thread] Apr 04 06, 4:42 AM

peasypod

Praise the Lord. Yes, Baloo, m'dear, I do mean Catherine. Gee, and my pathetic advances toward fireworks actually worked! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Alexandria Apr 04 06, 8:57 AM

JaneofGaunt

As we say in Newfoundland - "How stunned was I??" Good one Peasy Apr 04 06, 3:19 PM

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