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[texaragan]

Saturday, June 1. Leaving Houston and headed back to Grand Prairie, Texas. With stops at McDonalds (for zero gravity fries), the cowboy boot house, old Sparky, and the Sam Houston giant statue in Huntsville, Buc-ees wall o' j-j-jerky in Madisonville, and Tucker Town BBQ (thanks to Elle) in Corsicana. While the road trip portion of the vacation is complete, there are still three days of local thrills to go. Stay tuned, adventure fans.

Above: Can't skip Buc-ees, it's the law.

[sandyhookhistory]

Justice Is Served... 'Extra Crispy'

'Evening, folks. We have a very dark chapter of New York City's WWII-era History to share with you tonight.

80 Years Ago Today - (Saturday) March 4th, 1944:

(From left to right, going clock wise) Seen here, in Photo 1, in their mug shots, are Mafia members Louis Capone, Emanuel "Mendy" Weiss (top right), and Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (bottom right) But, these aren’t just ANY mobsters. These creeps are members of "Murder, Inc," the contract killers who worked for the Italian and Jewish mobs, primarily in New York. Buchalter, in fact, was its first President. All three of them are nothing but cold-blooded killers.

Buchalter, in fact, had a hand in The Hit on Dutch Schultz in Jersey City, NJ in October, 1935.

Each man has a bone-chilling record that is too numerous to list here. After years of crime and a body count to match, all three were ultimately caught, convicted, and given the death sentence in New York City on December 2nd 1941 - five days before Pearl Harbor. Capone and Weiss were sent 'Up The River' to Sing Sing Correctional Facility on the Hudson River while Buchalter ended up back at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas on a previous racketeering charge. The State of New York wanted him back - BAD. Following the loss of a long string of appeals, he was extradited to New York on January 21st, 1944.

All three got a seat in "Old Sparky," the Electric Chair at Sing Sing on Saturday, March 4th, 1944 around 11:00 pm, EST - hence while we waited until now to do our post.

Capone, who had been sentenced last among the three, was slated to go first. Ironically, he had a heart condition, and the State was worried he would have a heart attack and "cheat the hangman." Weiss went second, and Buchalter, sentenced first, and being known as a "tough guy," was intentionally made to go last - forced to watch his two henchmen go before him.

Regular... Or Extra Crispy?

Macabre as this you might think this to be, they earned it, and they got what was coming to them. This story plays a unique part of the WWII timeline within America's 1940s Home Front culture as the Mobs were being consistently hunted down and dismantled by the FBI. The glory days of the Depression and the "Public Enemies" in the 1930s were long over, and the Federal Government had little patience or mercy for thugs like these as it had to execute and fight a War that was raging around the planet.

But... quite paradoxically, in the "Fog Of War," American Organized Crime wove itself in and out of America's War Effort - both here, and overseas - with the blessings and absolution of that very same US Government. But that's an incredible story for another day. 😉

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[auroraphillip]

everyone would be talking, texting, and posting about jason dying. imagine following someone from riverdale on the outside of it and someone randomly posts

"omg riverdale high golden boy found shot to death by gay kevin and moose 🫣 #riverdalestrong #oldsparky #blossomstotallyguilty(butdonttellcherylisaidthat)

[oldsparky]

howdy y’all, long time no see. how you folks been? life’s been absolute shit the past two years, fixin’ to dust my weary soul off though. spring’s upon us - keep on truckin’, kids.

[sipaskippedscene]

You don't know what to watch with your friends tonight ? You need some kind of icebreaker or are looking for a conversation topic ? This design stuffed with references to the famous belgian cinematographic work of Art "The Green Mile" is made for you - and your fellow movie-lovers. Did you manage to spot all the nods hidden in the illustration ?

Also available in 4 coasters sets on Redbubble !

[curiouslybooks-blog]

Old Sparky from my favourite #stephenking book The Green Mile. This book made me feel emotions that I didn't know were possible to transmit from reading a book. #greenmile #thegreenmile #oldsparky #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookchallenge #books #book #bookish #novel #horrorbook #emotional

[lokstrading-blog]

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[damianmuziani]

Halloween and XMass come together in my new commercial! #DIY #actorslife #allentown #gotthebandbacktogether #holidaylights #christmaslights #griswald #uglysweater #jackiegleason #oldsparky #hollydaz

[klockowcomics]

#OldSparky from Sing Sing Prison. 695 people were executed via the electric chair. #mobmuseum (at Mob Museum Downtown Las Vegas)

[truecrimeware]

Albert Fish by TrueCrimeWare

A very accurate quote from child killing cannibal Albert Fish ... #albertfish #cannibal #oldsparky #tanktop #gymjunkie #truecrimehumor

[outhouseofhorror]

You can call off the execution ... his last request killed him. ✍️🖌️📰🤓🤭😆😅😂🤣👮⚖️⚡🪑 #OoH #Cartoon #justforlaughs #fridaymotivation #TGIF #oldsparky #lastrequest #greenmile — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2LN3VPJ

[gradschoolfool1]

RT @OldSparky6: A banner is flown over Man City stadium reading "White Lives Matter" Piers Morgan calls it "Depressing" Gary Lineker calls it "Shithousery" They're not even hiding their hatred for white people any longer.

A banner is flown over Man City stadium reading "White Lives Matter" Piers Morgan calls it "Depressing" Gary Lineker calls it "Shithousery" They're not even hiding their hatred for white people any longer.

— OldSparky (@OldSparky6) June 22, 2020

via Twitter https://twitter.com/GradSchoolFool1 June 22, 2020 at 08:58PM

[stevejh1961]

A tweet

Maitlis just cslled the President of The United States "that man" and then defended ANTIFA whilst talking over her guest, but didn't with Ilhan Omar. Incredible. She hasn't learned her lesson. #Newsnight

— OldSparky (@OldSparky6) June 1, 2020

[chimpwoodshop]

via Instagram

[instapicsil3]

This 1939 photo ran with a story about the danger of playing with sparklers inside. So of course we photographed a young lady with a sparkler. Inside. #oldsparky #independenceday #1930s #isntitironic http://ift.tt/2tFNxbx

[instapicsil2]

This 1939 photo ran with a story about the danger of playing with sparklers inside. So of course we photographed a young lady with a sparkler. Inside. #oldsparky #independenceday #1930s #isntitironic http://ift.tt/2tFNxbx