John Deering

John Deering

John Deering is best known for being the subject of a 1938 experiment to see what would happen to the human heart during death by gunshot. Deering, facing execution in the United States, agreed to have himself hooked up to an EKG while he was shot by a firing squad.

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* [http://www.monstrous.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3049&Itemid=355&limit=1&limitstart=19]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788840,00.html?promoid=googlep Brief Time article on execution]
* [http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Top/experiments/P10/ Listing in The Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments]


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