The rope has failed. The electric chair has malfunctioned. Lethal injections have gone wrong, and bodies delivered for dissection have unexpectedly begun breathing again. For centuries, condemned prisoners have occasionally done the one thing an execution was designed to prevent: survive. But if the state has already tried to kill someone and failed, should it be allowed to try again?
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When It Rains Frogs and Fish
Fish falling over Wales. Frogs appearing after downpours. For centuries, people have reported animals apparently raining from the sky. Waterspouts and powerful winds offer a surprisingly plausible explanation – but explaining how it could happen isn’t quite the same as proving how a particular shower occurred.
Princess Caraboo
In 1817, a mysterious young woman arrived in a Gloucestershire village speaking an unknown language. Soon, she had convinced polite society that she was Princess Caraboo of Javasu -but behind the elaborate performance was Mary Willcocks, a resourceful woman determined to survive.
