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Blood, Smoke and Ashes
By Bradley Convissar
In the Fall of 1955, the state of Nevada used the electric chair to execute a prisoner for the first time. It was also the last time. Molly Blackburn, nicknamed Jane the Ripper by the Las Vegas press after killing eleven men while posing as a prostitute, was strapped to the chair without incident. The switch was flipped. Everything after that went horribly wrong…When blood, smoke and ashes rise, no one comes out the same on the other side.
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