Discussion History of hanging executions seems to be full of failures and pain. Does this info change your Full Suspension plans?

[bwerner]

Was hoping full suspension / short drop (6 ft ladder) would be quick to pass out. However, judicial executions seem to contradict the carotid/pass out in 30 seconds theory.

 

[dolemitedrums]

No, I ruled out full suspension because it seems to be a more traumatic sight than partial for people who discover you or have to deal with the situation. Also even for first responders, having to cut someone down from hanging above the ground seems like an especially grisly task.

 

[the_path_of_sorrows]

The right choice of the noose and the knot shall ease the suffering. It won't change my plans. As a hiker myself, I will be setting up the whole scene in the forest as if that's just a tragic end of an act, nothing else. I should pay the respects to my greatgrandmother that hanged herself. We share the same name. I gotta end the cycle.

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

In praxis you pass out in 5 to 15 seconds, this is state of the art in science and my personal experience.

 

[rozeske]

For information on what hanging is actually like, sites like watchpeopledie are more informative than youtube imo. Though as the name indicates, the site is hard to watch.

 

[Worndown]

If you compiled a record if all attempts using all methods, individual and execution, you would have a long list of failures.
Every method, done correctly, gives you a high probability of death. Variables creep into the setup and things can go wrong.
Planning and attention to details is where you can control this. Research your method. Find out what it takes to succeed. Find out how others failed.
You owe it to yourself to do this well.