Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany || Steigenberger Parkhotel

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'Old Sparky' malfunctioned, causing six-inch flames to shoot out of Tafero's head. A member of the execution team had used a synthetic sponge rather than a sea sponge which is necessary to provide greater conductivity and a quick death. One close inmate friend of Tafero later said he could smell the burning flesh of his friend for days after.
(4 May 1990)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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Steigenberger Parkhotel

Königsallee 1a, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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