Characters:
Bob – speaks like a radio show personality, more serious and in awe
Jerry – speaks like a radio show personality, over-excited
Bob: Thanks for tuning in to “Tales of the Inside.” My name is Bob Thompson and I am here with Jerry Barryworth.
Jerry: Howdy, folks. Tonight, we are bringing you inside an execution chamber. That’s right. Tonight, a prisoner is going to be given her just deserts. The room we’re in is pretty empty. There are only the family members of the victim’s and of the prisoner.
Bob: Some would say there are two victims’ families here. Some believe that the prisoner, Jane Gainsley, is also a victim –
Jerry: Forget all that! She’s going to burn for having murdered her husband ten years ago. And there she is! Wow, she’s never been bald in her pictures.
Bob: That’s because they shave the prisoners’ bodies before electrocuting them. It makes sure the electricity is not met with resistant. Now, they are tying her down with straps across the wrists and ankles –
Jerry: (laughs) That’s to stop her from running away.
Bob: Actually, no, it’s mostly there because as the 500 to 2000 volts go through her, her body is going to jerk around.
Jerry: And we’re going to see it all, folks!
Bob: Our room hushes as the executioners leave the chamber. They have just placed a moist sponge between an electrode and her head. That makes sure the current will be at its maximum. Then, they put a mask over Ms. Gainsley’s face. This is to stop her eyeballs when they pop from their sockets from the jolt of electricity.
Jerry: Hoo-wee! That would be neat to see! It’s a good thing they have a thick sheet of glass between us and her, because once she starts cooking, she’s not going to smell too good.
Bob: Yup, because on top of being literally fried, she is going to defecate, vomit blood, and urinate.
Jerry: And that’s just not good for us law-abiding citizens to be subjected to. Whoo! Look at her jump! We don’t hear much, but her hands are bending in ways you wouldn’t believe! That’s gotta HURT! And look at her head!
Bob: The mask is also placed so we don’t have to see its blackened, blistering skin. She has stopped moving, so the current must be finished going through her. Sometimes it takes many more 30-second attempts to be sure she is dead.
Jerry: (sniffs) Hey, do you smell bacon?