Interviewer with the serious tuxedo: Where do the ideas come from, for your songs?
Blue Öyster Cult guys (with moustaches on): Comic books, movies, television, nightmares. Anything but real life.
Blue Oyster Cult Merv Griffin Show Part 2 (by HarlJHogg)
Topsy, a six-ton, 10-foot-tall female Indian elephant in a circus, had recently developed a bad temper, killing three circus workers in as many years. Each had in one way or another abused her. After a failed attempt to publicly poison Topsy by feeding her cyanide-laced carrots, and flawed plans to have her hanged, officials decided instead Topsy would be publicly electrocuted by Thomas Edison as a publicity stunt.
— [Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières] Résolution du Forum international pour la justice climatique
The door opened and Lewis entered after the governor stood in front of her and read out her death warrant. She looked much like a recent photograph taken of her in prison. The difference was that in the photo Teresa is smiling. Now she just looked frightened. My mind started to wander to our recent interview. One of the lines I remember clearly – “If I could just hold on a little longer, I will rejoice in Heaven some day”. I wondered as she lay there if she was trying to “hold on” or if she was wanting to quickly meet her end. I also wondered if she would start singing.
The death penalty is so contentious here that journalists must not reveal where they stand - I’m not allowed to say whether I feel sorry for her fate or glad.
But this was the first time I’ve witnessed an execution. Perhaps had I not interviewed Lewis, it would have been easier.
I think she died with a greater understanding of what she did and knowing that is something I will have to live with.
"— Teresa Lewis execution: ‘I watched a woman die’: One witness’ first-hand account | Mail Online
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