1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 The harnessing of electricity by the great inventors of the Gilded Age&amp;nbsp;introduced&amp;nbsp;the world to the miracle of light at all hours of the day. But exposure to&amp;nbsp;electricity's&amp;nbsp;raw power was dangerous to man and a few thought this useful in the employment of the state’s darkest responsibilities -- capital punishment. This is the story of the first electric chair, the peculiar rivalry which helped create it -- an epic feud between Edison and Westinghouse, between DC and AC -- and its fateful effects upon the life and punishment upon a man named William Kemmler, the first to be killed in this morbid seat. The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences https://www.boweryboyshistory.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5029724/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/5029724