{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"This Morbid Invention: The First Electric Chair","description":"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\u2019s 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. ","author_name":"The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences","author_url":"https:\/\/www.boweryboyshistory.com","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/5029724"}