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AnselaJonla t1_jaepk6u wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:10 PM

This was before the long drop method of hanging, which results in a broken neck and quick death, was used. It was strangulation by their own body weight.

WanderingPickles t1_jaezru1 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:21 PM

The Austrian method, as it became know. Still used as late as WWI.