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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMojoFomo on 2025-10-24 14:02:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of John C. Woods, an executioner at the Nuremberg trials. Once credited with 347 executions, he lied about his experience as an assistant hangman to get the position. The US Army estimates he mismanaged at least 11 hangings, causing death by strangulation rather than spinal severance