Liar! Liar! Ooh, what's that smell?

This is grim, but hey, it's interesting!

In 1928, a woman named Ruth Snyder was executed for the murder of her husband. Ruth claimed to be innocent, but the evidence against her was overwhelming.

So Ruth Snyder was sentenced to sit in the electric chair.

As Janet Maslin writes, "She was was the rare liar who actually wound up with her hair on fire when she was electrocuted."